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Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Andy Olmsted — Andrew Olmsted, who also posted here as G'Kar, was killed yesterday in Iraq. Andy gave me a post to publish in the event of his death; the last revisions to it were made in July. — Andy was a wonderful person: decent, honorable, generous, principled, courageous, sweet, and very funny.
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Andrew Olmsted:
Final Post — “I am leaving this message for you because it appears I must leave sooner than I intended. I would have preferred to say this in person, but since I cannot, let me say it here." — G'Kar, Babylon 5 — “Only the dead have seen the end of war." — Plato*
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
GODSPEED MAJOR ANDREW OLMSTED — Just a month ago, I was interviewed by Chicago Magazine where the reporter asked me what blogs I read - I gave her Mudville, Mike Yon, Acute Politics and Andrew Olmsted. — I just found out that, yesterday, Andrew Olmsted's unit was ambushed. Andrew was killed.
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Weekly Standard
Karl / protein wisdom:
Godspeed, Andrew Olmsted [Karl] - updated by Jeff — Via Memeorandum, some sad news from hilzoy at Obsidian Wings: … My heartfelt condolences go out to them as well. I also thank him for his service to our country. — Incidentally, our esteemed host is mentioned in Olmsted's posthumous post …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Bill Clinton takes a swipe at media — Bill Clinton voiced his abiding anger at the media's coverage of him and his wife in Durham, N.H., today, and suggested that media bias will force Clinton to go negative on Barack Obama. — He also expressed his frustration that his wife is perceived …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
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Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Clinton reaches for the right argument — Former President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton listen to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a rally this morning in Nashua, N.H. — By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff — NASHUA, N.H. — The 9/11 card. The legacy card. The trial-by-fire card.
Atrios / Eschaton:
Trust Me — In all my dealings with Obama people, as well as the man himself, there's always been this sense that they're constantly telling people, “Trust us. We've thought this through. We know what we're doing. It'll work. Yes we understand that you're uncomfortable with this …
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Charles Peters / Washington Post:
Judge Him by His Laws — People who complain that Barack Obama lacks experience must be unaware of his legislative achievements. One reason these accomplishments are unfamiliar is that the media have not devoted enough attention to Obama's bills and the effort required to pass them …
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Turnout Thoughts — I am still gathering my thoughts on Obama's win. In all likelihood, his vote count is lower than actual turnout for his candidacy due to the excessive weighting of rural precincts that went for Edwards. And while Obama performed fantastically, Clinton and Edwards …
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Matthew Yglesias
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Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
Democratic Voters to Nutroots: Take a Long Virtual Walk Off a Short Virtual Pier
Democratic Voters to Nutroots: Take a Long Virtual Walk Off a Short Virtual Pier
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JunkYardBlog
The Corner:
Admit it — Let's say last night really did indicate that Hillary's negatives will keep her off the ticket. (Or keep her from winning if she's on it.) You know what? Deep in my psyche, in the place that kind of misses the toothache I've been prodding at with my tongue, I am having a tiny little pang of missing Hillary.
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Cogitamus
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Worthless chatter — I love when this happens. It's a reminder that the political prattle that spews forth from group-think media stars without end and which consumes our political dialogue for a full year is based on absolutely nothing. Also, most predictive “analysis” …
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Brad / Sadly, No!:
Feel the Love — Remember those heady days after the 2004 presidential elections when liberals were chided as coastal elites who were being punished by the electorate for mocking the heartland and its treasured traditional values? Remember when those folksy Christian Midwesterners …
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The Impolitic, Lance Mannion, Right Wing Nut House, Booman Tribune, BitsBlog and VodkaPundit
Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Ready, Set, New Hampshire Debate! — On Saturday, January 5, 2008 — only two days after the critical Iowa caucuses and three days before the first in the nation New Hampshire primary — ABC News, Facebook, and ABC affiliate WMUR will team up for a historic debate night.
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Lindsey Ellerson / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton: Hillary Can Be the ‘Comeback Kid’
Bill Clinton: Hillary Can Be the ‘Comeback Kid’
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Matthew Mosk / The Trail:
Hsu Ordered to Prison — Norman Hsu in court, Sept. 2007. (AP). — It may not be the final chapter of his saga, but disgraced political mega-bundler Norman Hsu today lost his bid to have a 16-year-old fraud conviction tossed out. He was ordered to serve out a three year jail sentence, California authorities said.
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Economics Blog:
Economists React: ‘Looking for a Bunker to Hide in’ — Economists and others weigh in on the weaker-than-expected gain in payrolls and the rise in the unemployment rate. — The sharp jump in the unemployment rate — from 4.7% to 5.0% — may be the most alarming feature of this report.
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Steve Kornacki / New York Observer:
Obama Makes a Clinton-Campaign Joke — Inside an old airplane hangar at what used to be Pease Airforce Base in Portsmouth, Barack Obama made his first New Hampshire appearance since his Iowa victory. — He recited his standard stump speech, but there was a confident, almost giddy …
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Talking Points Memo