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Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Obama fires back at Bill Clinton — Democratic contender counter-punches ex-president on experience issue — Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama calls on a reporter at his news conference before a rally in Waterloo, Iowa on Saturday. — WATERLOO, Iowa - Former president …
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Bill Clinton, on 'Charlie Rose' Show, Suggests Obama Not Ready — And Would Be a 'Miracle' If Hillary Won Iowa — NEW YORK In a surprisingly frank interview with Charlie Rose on his PBS show late Friday night, former President Bill Clinton declared that his wife was not only far better prepared …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Showing New Confidence With Iowa Sprint — WATERLOO, Iowa — Senator Barack Obama is striving to seize on a moment of opportunity in the final weeks before the Iowa caucuses to challenge Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's long dominance of the Democratic field, even as he faces intensified questions …
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Bill Clinton ... Well, He Just Puts Everything On The Table. Read It. — In a hard-changing interview with Charlie Rose tonight, Bill Clinton said Americans who are prepared to choose someone with less experience, are prepared to "roll the dice" about the future of America. "It's less predictable, isn't it?
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Perils of Huckaplomacy — Don't know much about foreign policy. — Just moments into the third Republican presidential debate, last June 5, CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee about Iraq. "Governor Huckabee, do you have confidence in the government of Iraq …
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Atrios / Eschaton:
They Hate Huckabee — I have to admit I don't really get it. I mean, I understand why the Villagers are freaked by Huckabee, but I don't understand why all of the idiot conservative bloggers are freaking out too. They're using the kind of language to describe the religious right that I steer clear of personally.
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
Huckabee Sees WH 'Bunker Mentality' — CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Mike Huckabee, who has joked about his lack of foreign policy experience, is criticizing the Bush administration's efforts, denouncing a go-it-alone "arrogant bunker mentality" and questioning decisions on Iraq.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:Fading Romney targets Huckabee
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Learfield / Radio Iowa:
Obama in the 'Loo responds to Clinton camp — During a news conference this morning in Waterloo, Iowa (hence the 'Loo reference in the headline), Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama responded to the recent comments a key Clinton supporter in New Hampshire made about Obama's admitted drug use as a youth.
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New York Times:
Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry — WASHINGTON — For months, the Bush administration has waged a high-profile campaign, including personal lobbying by President Bush and closed-door briefings by top officials, to persuade Congress to pass legislation protecting companies …
John Shiffman / philly.com:
Videotape shows Sharpton cutting a deal — With a hidden FBI camera rolling inside a New York hotel suite in 2003, an unsuspecting Rev. Al Sharpton, Democratic candidate for president, spoke candidly. — Sharpton offered to help Philadelphia fund-raiser Ronald A. White win …
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
Catching Up With the Complaints — Does the ombudsman sometimes procrastinate on complaints? Sure. Here are a couple of examples: — Several Rush Limbaugh fans complained about an Oct. 20 Style story by Neely Tucker about a dust-up between conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Huckabee DWI clemency, donations raise questions — From NBC's Amna Nawaz, Investigative Producer — Questions are being raised about then-Gov. Huckabee's 2004 decision to grant clemency to a repeat Driving While Intoxicated offender in Arkansas named Eugene Fields, despite the objections of a law enforcement official at the time.
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Children? Not if you love the planet — This is the time of year, as Hillary Rodham Clinton once put it, when Christians celebrate "the birth of a homeless child" - or, in Al Gore's words, "a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child." — Just for the record, Jesus wasn't "homeless."
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
'Trust Huckabee' moves into New Hampshire — The third-party group assisting Mike Huckabee has moved beyond Iowa and into New Hampshire. — Trust Huckabee — a group that the candidate has publicly denounced — made a similar round of automated calls spreading negative information …
Deacon / Power Line:
IS ROMNEY BECOMING THE CHOICE OF MAINSTREAM CONSERVATIVES? — Judge Robert Bork has endorsed Mitt Romney for president. He explains: … As much as conservatives respect Judge Bork, his endorsement is less significant as guidance for undecided conservatives than as evidence of how undecided …
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David Limbaugh / Townhall.com:
Single-Issue vs. Comprehensive Conservatism — Since its emergence as a dominant political force in the '80s, the religious right has been a favorite whipping boy of the mainstream media and political left and a sometimes embarrassment to certain conservative elitists.
Roy / alicublog:
Quotomatic Selector say: And the middle school kids were giving, and getting, blowjobs all day. — YOUR MOMENT OF DR. HELEN. Dr. Mrs. Ole Perfesser throws more bait to the poor souls who have despaired of finding love in this cold, cruel, gynocracy. "Men are being told not to get married …
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