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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards to Suspend Campaign — John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickened her in 2004, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, an Edwards friend told The Politico.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Getting It Wrong — A single, confident source close to John Edwards told me this morning that Edwards was "suspending his campaign," and I posted it to the blog at 11:06 this morning. — My source, and I, were wrong. — The source, whose anonymity I agreed to respect …
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MSNBC:
Wife's illness won't idle Edwards '08 campaign — 'Campaign goes on,' Democratic hopeful says despite return of wife's cancer — WASHINGTON - His wife's cancer has returned, but former North Carolina senator John Edwards says he'll continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
CNN:
Edwards: Wife's cancer returns, campaign goes on … CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Thursday his wife's cancer has returned but his bid for the White House will go on. — "The campaign goes on," John Edwards said at a news conference outside …
New York Times:
Edwards to Continue '08 Bid Despite Wife's Cancer — John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat, said today that his wife's cancer had returned, but that his bid for the presidency "goes on strongly." — "The campaign goes on, the campaign goes on strongly," he said, with his wife, Elizabeth, at his side.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Edwards and Wife Plan News Conference — John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat making a second bid for the presidency, announced late Wednesday night that he would hold a news conference Thursday, a day after he and his wife, Elizabeth, visited Mrs. Edwards' doctor to assess her health following her recovery from breast cancer.
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Edwards will continue presidential run — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - John Edwards said Thursday his wife's cancer has returned, but said he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. — "The campaign goes on. The campaign goes on strongly," Edwards told reporters, his wife by his side.
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New York Times:
Edwards Plans Announcement With His Wife — John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat making a second bid for the presidency, called a news conference for Thursday to discuss the future of his campaign, a day after he and his wife, Elizabeth, visited Mrs. Edwards's doctor to assess her recovery from a bout of breast cancer.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Prosecutor Says Bush Appointees Interfered With Tobacco Case — The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies said yesterday that Bush administration political appointees repeatedly ordered her to take steps that weakened the government's racketeering case.
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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:Bush loyalist among fired U.S. attorneys
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USA Today:3 fired prosecutors were in top 10 for convictions, federal data show
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:Senate Committee Votes to Authorize Subpoenas for WH Officials
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Was She Covert? — Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra could hardly believe what he heard on television Friday as he watched a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democratic committee chairman, said his statement had been approved by the CIA director, Michael Hayden.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
House Democrats Weigh Plan for Iraq Withdrawal — Representative Dan Boren is a Democrat, but after visiting Iraq last week he announced a decision that puts him at odds with his party's leaders: he intends to vote against their plan to set a deadline for troops to leave Iraq.
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Mystery creator of anti-Clinton ad ID'd — WASHINGTON - The mystery creator of the Orwellian YouTube ad against Hillary Rodham Clinton is a Democratic operative who worked for a digital consulting firm with ties to rival Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record).
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Jerid / Buckeye State Blog:
Calling BS on De Vellis - It Wasn't Him — Phil claims he made it? I say don't buy everything you read. — Those who have been around the Buckeye 'sphere for a while know Mr. De Vellis well. One of the most unscrupulous Democratic staffers to come to Ohio in quite a while, creative and talented Phil is not.
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Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
What Bush is hiding — In the U.S. attorney scandal, Alberto Gonzales gave orders, but he also took them — from Karl Rove, who plotted to turn the federal criminal justice system into the Republican Holy Office of the Inquisition. — Alberto Gonzales, right, and Karl Rove at the Jan. 31 …
Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Florida moves to wipe out clout of smaller states with Jan. 29 presidential primary — Tallahassee - Hoping to muscle Florida into a pre-eminent role in picking next year's Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, the state House voted Wednesday to leapfrog almost all the other states …
Ahmed Rashid / Washington Post:
Musharraf at the Exit — LAHORE, Pakistan — In the rapidly unfolding crisis in Pakistan, no matter what happens to President Pervez Musharraf — whether he survives politically or not — he is a lame duck. He is unable to rein in Talibanization in Pakistan or guide the country toward a more democratic future.
Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
In Utah, an Opponent of the 'Culture of Obedience' — SALT LAKE CITY — Rocky Anderson may not be the most liberal mayor in America. But here in the most conservative state, he might as well be. — Just being himself is enough to galvanize, divide or enrage people who have followed …
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