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Rush Limbaugh's First Shots at Huckabee — So everybody and their brother is listening to Rush today, wondering if he'll take a shot at Huckabee after an unnamed Huckabee aide in DC criticized Limbaugh... The first comment, moments into the show: “You want to whine like Mike Huckabee's whining …
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The Corner:
RE: Bye, Bye Mike — Regarding that Huckabee advisor's soon-to-be-regretted comments about Limbaugh, Huckabee actually encourages people in his book From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STOPs to Restoring America's Greatness to “listen to less talk radio” as part of his “12 Action Steps to STOP Being Cynical.”
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Matthew Yglesias
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Rush goes nuclear on Huckabee? Update: Audio added — Bryan's headline yesterday said it all. Geraghty has a list of choice quotes from today's tirade — “McCain's starting to look better to than this guy, and that's saying something” jumps out — but the partial transcript suggests …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Bringing A Water Pistol To A Firefight — The title has the most apt analogy, because while going after Rush Limbaugh makes sense for the Democratic presidential candidates, “bringing a knife to a gunfight” doesn't begin to describe the foolishness of a Republican candidate trying the same strategy.
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Right Wing Nut House
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
The impact of Rush's attack on Huck — I sadly didn't catch it, but apparently El Rushbo unloaded on Huck today. — Jim Geraghty has lots of the highlights here. (My favorite line: “I'm part of the Cape Girardeau-Middle America Axis.") — The bad news for Huck:
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Witnesses recall Romney-MLK march — Shirley Basore, 72, says she was sitting in the hairdresser's chair in wealthy Grosse Pointe, Mich., back in 1963 when a rumpus started and she discovered that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and her governor, George Romney, were marching for civil rights — right past the window.
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Deacon / Power Line:
THE “SCANDAL” THAT'S RIDICULOUS … That claim is incontestable. … The AP story is titled: Romney backpedals on statements — again. … Via Hugh Hewitt.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Two Polls: Obama Tied In New Hampshire And Would Outpoll Clinton Nationally — Is it a sign that direct and apparent “surrogate” attacks from New York Senator Hillary Clinton's camp have backfired? Perhaps... Two new polls bring continued good news for Illinois Senator Barack Obama …
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Steve Chaggaris / CBS News:
Huckabee: Gitmo Is “Too Nice” — From CBS News' Joy Lin and Mary Hood: — DAVENPORT, IA - Asked about Guantanamo, Mike Huckabee said he had visited the facility and said it was “disappointing” that military personnel were eating meals that averaged $1.60 while the detainees were eating Halal meals that cost over $4 each.
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Tucker Carlson / The New Republic:
Pimp My Ride — On the road with Ron Paul's merry band of misfits and his hooker fan club. — The first thing I learned from driving around Nevada with Ron Paul for a couple of days: People really hate the Federal Reserve. This became clear midway through a speech Paul was giving …
Wall Street Journal:
Banks Abandon Effort to Set Up Big Rescue Fund — Treasury Backed Idea As Response to Crisis; Boost From Foreigners — One of the federal government's signature efforts to ease financial instability caused by the subprime-mortgage crisis collapsed as the nation's three biggest banks gave …
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Angry Bear
Mark Schmitt / American Prospect:
The “Theory of Change” Primary — Perhaps we are being too literal in believing that “hope” and bipartisanship are things that Obama naively believes are present and possible, when in fact they are a tactic, a method of subverting and breaking the unified conservative power structure.
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Huckabee's Courting of the Far, Far right — People for the American Way: … Sadly, Rick Scarborough may be the most sane of the group named. PFAW has this quote from Riddle: … Leave aside we're the ONLY western country that doesn't offer national healthcare, Moscow is the pit of hell?
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The Ruckus
Kevin Naff / Washington Blade:
Gay voters are right to feel reluctant about Clinton's bid, but she represents best chance to rid White House of GOP's anti-gay agenda — ANY GAY VOTERS, this one included, are reluctant to trust Bill and Hillary Clinton's promises on our issues after the euphoria of 1993 turned …
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