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The Influence Peddler:
Is Hillary a Sure Loser? — Jim Geraghty has a significant post on Hillary's floor and ceiling: … The actual Rasmussen release on this point is here: … Hillary has nearly universal name identification. Nearly every American has an opinion of her. And regardless of what Americans …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Poll Matching Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul Tells A Lot About Clinton, Little About Paul — A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey featuring a match-up between Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul highlights one of the perils that comes from overanalyzing poll results between candidates with different levels of name recognition.
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main.uab.edu:
"Ron Paul Spammers" Targeted by UAB Spam Team — Contact: Deborah Lucas or Virginia Smith UAB Media Relations, 205-934-8946 — UAB Spam Team Spots First Presidential Campaign Spam — Anti-spam researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) noted a disturbing …
John R. Wilke / Wall Street Journal:
How Lawmaker Rebuilt Hometown on Earmarks — Johnstown Gets Billions — With Power Broker's Aid; — FBI Questions a Contract — JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — If John Murtha were a businessman, he'd be the biggest employer in this town. — The powerful U.S. congressman has used his clout …
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Mike Faher / The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA:
Career Army man to challenge Murtha — After nearly three decades in the military, William T. Russell's latest mission has brought him to Johnstown. — The career Army man, just two years short of retirement, has left the service and moved to the Flood City in order to mount a political campaign …
Ezra Klein:
Against Giuliani — "Hillary and Obama are kind of debating whether to invite [Osama bin Laden and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] to the inauguration or the inaugural ball," says Rudy Giuliani. Andrew's right. This guy is out of his goddamn mind. — You know, a few years ago …
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Sean O'Neill / Times of London:
Lessons in hate found at leading mosques — Books calling for the beheading of lapsed Muslims, ordering women to remain indoors and forbidding interfaith marriage are being sold inside some of Britain's leading mosques, according to research seen by The Times.
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Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
Iraqi Dam Seen In Danger of Deadly Collapse — AT THE MOSUL DAM, Iraq — The largest dam in Iraq is in serious danger of an imminent collapse that could unleash a trillion-gallon wave of water, possibly killing thousands of people and flooding two of the largest cities in the country …
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NY Daily News:
Sharpton chides Cheney over Confederate flag flap — Nobody got shot, but Vice President Cheney still fired up controversy Monday when he went hunting at a private club that hangs the Confederate flag. — A Daily News photographer captured the 3-by-5 foot Dixie flag affixed to a door …
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
New Congress at war over everything — In a closed-door meeting before the last vote on the children's health care bill, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer appealed for the support of about 30 wavering Republican lawmakers. What he got instead was a tongue-lashing, participants said.
Zogby:
Zogby Poll: 52% Support U.S. Military Strike Against Iran — Most see Clinton as the presidential candidate best equipped to deal with Iran, followed by Giuliani and McCain—but many express uncertainty — A majority of likely voters - 52% - would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran …
David Johnston / New York Times:
Immunity Deals Offered to Blackwater Guards — State Department investigators offered Blackwater USA security guards immunity during an inquiry into last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad — a potentially serious investigative misstep that could complicate efforts to prosecute …
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Howard Fineman / MSNBC:
Fineman: What Obama must do in the debate — WASHINGTON - As Sen. Barack Obama prepared for Tuesday night's crucial NBC debate in Philadelphia, his high command back in Chicago was watching a lot of old Clinton videotape — not of Hillary Clinton, but of Bill, and not of Bill as president …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Nature or Nurture? Well, Smart Guy? — The forum at the usually sober American Enterprise Institute yesterday started off with a bit of Borscht Belt humor. AEI adjunct fellow Jon Entine displayed a cartoon of a tablet-carrying Moses looking incredulously toward the heavens.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Happiness Gap — Some elections are defined by the gap between the rich and the poor. Others are defined by the gap between the left and the right. But this election will be shaped by the gap within individual voters themselves — the gap between their private optimism and their public gloom.
John Solomon / Washington Post:
Giuliani Still Working at Firm He Promised to Leave — Ten months into his presidential bid, Rudolph W. Giuliani continues to work part time at the security consulting firm he promised to leave this past spring to focus on his pursuit of the Republican nomination.