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Michelle Malkin:
Digging out more CNN/YouTube plants: Abortion questioner is declared Edwards supporter (and a slobbering Anderson Cooper fan); Log Cabin Republican questioner is declared Obama supporter; lead toy questioner is a prominent union activist for the Edwards-endorsing United Steelworkers
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
A powerful moment — A retired Army general, Keith Kerr, just listed all his military credentials and then left the crowd silent by saying at the end of his video that he is "an openly gay man" and wants to know why gays can't serve in the military. — Romney was hit by Anderson Cooper …
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Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
A Depressing Debate — What a depressing debate. CNN's long slide into mediocrity accelerates. Is this what running for president of the greatest democracy in the world has become? Standing in front of CNN's corporate logo in a hall full of yowling Ron Paul loons and enduring clumsy webcam questions …
New York Times:
The Republican Debate — Following is a transcript of the Republican Presidential debate in St. Petersburg, Fla., as provided by the Federal News Service. — PARTICIPANTS: — FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI — FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE
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Adam Yoshida:
Why is a Hillary Clinton Campaign Member Asking Questions at a Republican Debate? — So, the fellow who just asked the Republican candidates about Don't Ask, Don't Tell, retired Brigader General Keith Kerr, is a member of Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Presidency.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Debate questioner is affiliated with Hillary's — and Kerry's — campaigns; Update: Plantmania! — As incredible as it may seem, given all the flak they took for not vetting questioners after the last debate, CNN not only approved a question from someone affiliated …
Matthew Balan / NewsBusters.org:
CNN Fails to Mention Retired Gay General's Endorsement of Hillary — [Update: Keith Kerr was known to CNN as a gay activist as far back as December 2003, when he was featured in this CNN article.] — CNN, as part of its Republican debate with YouTube, failed to mention that retired general Keith Kerr …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
CNN/YouTube Debate — CNN Wins (Update: A Major Error Mars Their Night) — So the Republicans finally braved the CNN/YouTube format, and the most apparent result was that CNN and YouTube did their homework. For the most part — with a few glaring exceptions — the network eliminated the silliness and stuck to substance.
Joseph B. Treaster / New York Times:
Lawyer Battling for Katrina Payments Is Indicted — Richard F. Scruggs, a prominent trial lawyer who has been fighting insurance companies over payments for damage from Hurricane Katrina, was indicted yesterday by federal authorities on charges of offering a bribe of $50,000 to a Mississippi state judge …
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John O'Connor / The State:
Giuliani, Clinton slip in SC polls — Romney leads in S.C. poll; Obama, Clinton virtually tied — New Yorkers Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton are beginning to lose ground in South Carolina, according to a Clemson University Palmetto Poll released Wednesday.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Foes Use Obama's Muslim Ties to Fuel Rumors About Him — In his speeches and often on the Internet, the part of Sen. Barack Obama's biography that gets the most attention is not his race but his connections to the Muslim world. — Since declaring his candidacy for president in February …
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Matt Towery / Southern Political Report:
SPECIAL ALERT — InsiderAdvantage Poll Of CNN/YouTube Debate And Controversy After Debate — Due to transmission issues our live coverage of the debate aftermath was interrupted. However, our cameras captured the moment when Matt Towery and Tom Baxter informed Governor Huckabee …
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Shutting Up Venezuela's Chávez — It was a fascist general in 1930s Spain who coined the phrase "Viva la muerte!" or "Long live death!" Essentially meaningless, the words captured the cult of soil, blood and savagery that coursed through European Fascism, in its Francoist and other forms.
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
As Lenders Tighten Flow of Credit, Growth at Risk — Credit flowing to American companies is drying up at a pace not seen in decades, threatening the creation of jobs and the expansion of businesses, while intensifying worries that the economy may be headed for recession.
Townhall.com:
Hugh tries to get to the bottom of the Mansoor Ijaz-Mitt Romney controversy. — HH: We begin as promised with Mansoor Ijaz. Mansoor Ijaz is the founder and chairman of the Crescent Investment Management Group. It's an investment partnership in New York.
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Jerusalem Post:
'Stop treating me like a pariah' — "Stop treating me as a pariah," Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Arab delegates at the Annapolis conference on Tuesday, according to The Washington Post. — Livni and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to the summit's attendees …
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