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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Campaigns Feeling Effects of Iowa Poll — DES MOINES — The results of the Des Moines Register's final poll of Iowa caucus-goers, showing Senator Barack Obama leading the Democrats and Mike Huckabee leading the Republicans, continued to reverberate across the campaign trail on Tuesday …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Joe Trippi: Sit and Spin — Joe Trippi breezed into a restaurant back room last night filled with several tables full of journalists and grabbed a chair. — “Obama is slamming Gore and Kerry,” he said at a volume nobody could have missed before even taking his seat.
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Ties in Iowa but many still undecided — DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) — With two days to go until the Iowa caucuses, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll out Tuesday shows both the Democratic and Republican presidential nomination races tied at the top. — But with a quarter …
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Washington Wire:
Clinton, Obama Top $100 Million for 2007 — Mary Jacoby reports from New Hampshire on the presidential race. — Sen. Barack Obama, with wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha, at a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa. Photo: Associated Press — Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama …
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Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:Edwards' ‘Mudcat’ gives tasty dish on Clinton
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Southern Political Report:Reallocated Numbers Based on Second Preferences Gives Edwards A Solid Lead
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Road to Nowhere — The most impressive thing about Mitt Romney is his clarity of mind. When he set out to pursue his party's nomination, he studied the contours of the Republican coalition and molded himself to its forms. — Earnestly and methodically, he has appealed to each of the major constituency groups.
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Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Romney says Bush mismanaged Iraq war — JOHNSTON, Iowa (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Tuesday the Bush administration mismanaged the Iraq war, distancing himself from his party's unpopular president two days before Iowa's first-in-the-nation presidential contest.
Mike Huckabee / CNN:
New Huckabee ad appeals to Christian conservatives — WASHINGTON (CNN) - For the second time in the past two weeks, presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has aired a commercial in which a Christian symbol appears in the background. — In the campaign ad, Huckabee is addressing members …
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Associated Press:Networks cut debate fields, angering Paul backers
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton errs on Pakistan — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was praised in the wake of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for demonstrating her command of the players and the issues at stake in Pakistan, even as another candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee …
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Marc Ambinder:
Kucinich Urges Supporters To Choose Obama On Second “Ballot” — On Thursday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich might actually swing the results of the caucus, which is why I'm passing this along. — Kucinich's supporters could help Obama in non-liberal precincts where the two or three Kucinich supporters …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Kucinich throws Obama a bone — An unexpected twist from the Kucinich camp: … UPDATE: Obama responds:
John Tierney / New York Times:
In 2008, a 100 Percent Chance of Alarm — I'd like to wish you a happy New Year, but I'm afraid I have a different sort of prediction. — You're in for very bad weather. In 2008, your television will bring you image after frightening image of natural havoc linked to global warming.
Michelle Malkin:
Cindy Sheehan: Down with BushCo-and screw the evil corporate Rose Bowl parade, too! — As promised, St. Cindy stinks up the Rose Bowl parade and delivers an unhinged salvo posted at After Downing Street-complete with BushCo/Hitler epithets, anti-American insults, and Absolute Moral Authority sanctimony:
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Hindustan Times:
Pak Govt makes U-turn on cause of Bhutto's death — In a dramatic U-turn, Pakistan government has “apologised” for claiming that former premier Benazir Bhutto died of a skull fracture after hitting the sunroof of her car during a suicide attack. — Caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan …
Jerome Starkey / The Sun:
Our Boys blitz Taliban bash — On patrol ... British soldier in Helmand province — BRITISH commandos launched a devastating blitz on the Taliban - as the evil terrorists held a party to celebrate Benazir Bhutto's murder. — The dawn raid was staged after messages were intercepted …
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Poll: Clinton, McCain lead in NH — From NBC's Domenico Montanaro — With exactly a week to go until New Hampshire, McCain has pulled ahead of Romney and Clinton has opened back up a double-digit lead in New Hampshire, according to a 7News/Suffolk University poll.
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