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National Review Online:
Romney for President — Many conservatives are finding it difficult to pick a presidential candidate. Each of the men running for the Republican nomination has strengths, and none has everything — all the traits, all the positions — we are looking for. Equally conservative analysts can reach …
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Drudge Report:
DEMS HOLD FIRE ON HUCKABEE; SEE 'EASY KILL' IN GENERAL ELECTION — Democrat party officials are avoiding any and all criticism of Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee, insiders reveal. — The Democratic National Committee has told staffers to hold all fire, until he secures the party's nomination.
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Poll: Huckabee would lose to top Democrats — WASHINGTON (CNN) — While presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is surging in new polls of GOP candidates, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Tuesday shows he would lose to all three leading Democratic candidates by double digits in hypothetical contests.
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Wallace: Dems are 'fools' to boycott Fox — When Chris Wallace replaced Tony Snow as the host of "Fox News Sunday" in December 2003, the network appeared to take a more moderate approach to Sunday talk. — Unlike Snow, a former Republican speechwriter, Wallace's broadcasting résumé …
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Frank James / The Swamp:
Clinton camp bludgeons Obama on WH readiness — Today's New York Times/CBS News poll might as well be a big stick, the way Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is trying to bludgeon Sen. Barack Obama with it. — The poll found more than double the voters—83 percent …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
POLL: Shifting Preferences Shake GOP Race; Dem. Contest is Stable, Bush Stays Low
POLL: Shifting Preferences Shake GOP Race; Dem. Contest is Stable, Bush Stays Low
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TPM Election Central
Toronto Star:
Dad charged in teen's death — A 16-year-old girl is dead and her father has been charged with murder after an attack in a Mississauga home. — Aqsa Parvez, a student at Applewood Heights Secondary School, had been on life support in hospital since yesterday morning.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Democrats Pull Budget Offer — The GOP Is Negotiating In Bad Faith, Obey Says — A Democratic deal to give President Bush some war funding in exchange for additional domestic spending appeared to collapse last night after House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey (D-Wis.) …
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
McConnell moves to crack budget stalemate — Sensing that Democrats are in a compromising mode, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is pitching a budget amendment that Democrats would have laughed off just a few weeks ago. — McConnell on Tuesday called for $70 billion for Iraq …
The Politico:
Liberal views could haunt Obama — When Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was seeking state office a dozen years ago, he took unabashedly liberal positions: flatly opposed to capital punishment, in support of a federal single-payer health plan, against any restrictions on abortion …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Clinton Pushes Electability Argument — With the Iowa caucuses now just 23 days away, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is using the electability argument as a cudgel against Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.). — In a hastily-organized conference call this afternoon, which just happened …
Bryan / Hot Air:
Larry O'Donnell admits he's afraid to criticize Islam publicly — Consider this post a companion post to Allah's, about the Muslim man who murdered his daughter because she wouldn't wear the hijab. If you criticize the man and/or his religious motivation, consider yourself more courageous than one of the MSM's prominent pundits.
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Bush to tap Glassman to shape US image — WASHINGTON - President Bush intends to name a well-known conservative commentator and journalist to lead the State Department's struggling efforts to improve the U.S.'s image abroad, replacing long-time confidante Karen Hughes, who is leaving government …
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Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
How Ron Paul Can Ruin Fred Thompson — There's been a lot of buzz over Des Moines Register columnist David Yepsen's crusade against the possibility of campaigns organizing non-Iowa resident college students to caucus. Most of the talk has been about whether Obama will pull in loads of Illinois college kids.
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Reuters:
NBC refunds advertisers as ratings plunge — NEW YORK (Media Week) - Fourth-ranked broadcaster NBC has quietly begun reimbursing advertisers an average of $500,000 each for failing to reach guaranteed ratings levels, the first time a network has taken such a step in years, media buyers said.
ACLU:
FISA Court Denies Public Access to Records Concerning Wiretapping — Decision Blocks Essential Oversight of Spying Program, ACLU Says — CONTACT: (212) 549-2689 or 549-2666; media@aclu.org — NEW YORK - The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) announced today …
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Reuters:
Bush issues 29 pardons but Libby not among them — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush granted pardons to 29 people on Tuesday but Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, was not among them. — There has been speculation that before he leaves office …
Stuart Rothenberg / Real Clear Politics:
GOP Tries to Avoid Unpleasant Surprise in Ohio — The reliably Republican nature of Ohio's 5th district would seem to make it an unlikely target for Democrats, but a target it is in Tuesday's special election. — And while political operatives from both parties scramble to downplay expectations …
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Scott Lindlaw / Associated Press:
Clinton, Buffett denounce income gap — SAN FRANCISCO - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday warned of the dangers of a growing gap between rich and poor and a tax system that disproportionately helps people he calls "these super-rich" — and he's one of them.
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The American Street
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Huckabee to Romney: Grow Up, This Isn't Third Grade — (And even if it was, no one would like you...) — Just to pick up on what I wrote about last night and earlier today, Huckabee held a longish press conference here this morning after canceling some local events due to weather.