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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Can Hillary Cry Her Way Back to the White House? — DERRY, N.H. — When I walked into the office Monday, people were clustering around a computer to watch what they thought they would never see: Hillary Clinton with the unmistakable look of tears in her eyes. — A woman gazing at the screen was grimacing, saying it was bad.
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Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
One Day After Saying He'll “Never Underestimate Hillary Clinton Again,” Chris Matthews Says She's Only A Presidential Candidate Because Bill “Messed Around" — January 9, 2008 — 9:36 AM EST // link // — Normally Chris Matthews isn't worth the bother, because he serves up so much non-stop clowning …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Media Analysis: The “Tweety Effect” Runs Rampant — As if an entire week's worth of Pundits Gone Wild idiocy weren't enough, this morning's Cuppa Joe on MSNBC sent me right over the edge. My own transcript here: … What is wrong with Chris Matthews? With all of these media people?
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
MoDo On Clinton — She gets the core narcissism at the heart of the Clinton machine: … My fear is that if you merely wound her candidacy, you are in danger. The Clinton machine is now poised to pull every partisan lever and deploy every cheap tactic: the gender card, the elderly card …
Gary Langer / The Numbers:
New Hampshire's Polling Fiasco — There will be a serious, critical look at the final pre-election polls in the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire; that is essential. It is simply unprecedented for so many polls to have been so wrong. We need to know why.
ABCNEWS:
Woman Who Made Clinton Cry Voted for Obama — The New Hampshire Woman Who Sparked Clinton's Emotional Moment Voted for Obama — The woman whose empathetic question — “how do you do it?" — sparked uncharacteristic emotion Monday from Sen. Hillary Clinton ended up voting for Sen. Barack Obama in the New Hampshire primary.
Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
How Hillary Did It — Theories on a turnabout ... and what happens next.
How Hillary Did It — Theories on a turnabout ... and what happens next.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney drops TV ads in key states — Mitt Romney hasn't extended his television presence into next week in South Carolina and Florida, an aide confirms. — Romney has been on TV for months in both, owning the airwaves long before his GOP rivals purchased their first spots.
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Paul Begala / The Huffington Post:
Fox News: We Report — Even if We Know It's False — I've been dealing with the media and politics for 25 years, but I've never had a more surrealistic day than January 8. Several times that day Fox News reported that I was joining Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
No One Will Miss You — Philip Agee has died in Cuba during surgery for a perforated ulcer. Agee, 72, worked for the CIA in Latin America until he wrote a book in 1975 that revealed the names of agents, allegedly leading to their deaths in some cases:
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Ex-CIA agent Philip Agee dead in Cuba — HAVANA - Renegade former CIA agent Philip Agee, whose naming of agency operatives helped prompt a U.S. law against exposing government spies, has died in Cuba, his wife said Wednesday. He was 72. — Agee quit the CIA in 1969 after 12 years working mostly …
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Hooman Majd / The Huffington Post:
It's a Fake — The Pentagon's version of the encounter in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday morning, involving U.S. Navy warships and Iranian Revolutionary Guard patrol boats is, at the very least highly suspicious. On Tuesday, the Navy released video footage and an audiotape to back its claims …
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Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
Iran Accuses U.S. of Faking Persian Gulf Video
Iran Accuses U.S. of Faking Persian Gulf Video
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Republicans Will Always Have Hillary — The amazing rebound of Hillary Clinton may have a beneficial effect on Republican fortunes. Instead of facing an inexperienced but inspirational opponent in the general election, it now appears that the GOP nominee will have to fight the Clintons and their political machine.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Commentary: The partisan elephant unnoticed in the room — The Supreme Court, studiously avoiding almost all mention that it was examining a thoroughly partisan political battle, spent a spirited hour on Wednesday looking for ways either to scuttle a major test case over voters' rights or to find a way …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Voter ID Law
Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Voter ID Law
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Lauren Effron / Political Radar:
Obama Endorsed by Culinary Workers Union — ABC News' Teddy Davis and Sunlen Miller Report: Despite losing Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, Sen. Barack Obama secured the endorsement of the Culinary Workers union. — The endorsement of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers union is seen …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Campaign Co-Chair Questions Hillary's Tears — The Tears are now officially an issue in Campaign 2008. — Obama's national campaign co-chair, Jesse Jackson, Jr., just went on MSNBC and appeared to question Hillary's tears, which he called “tears that melted the Granite State,” adding that those tears “moved voters.”
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
GOP officials urging embattled Calif. Rep. Doolittle not to seek reele — As speculation mounts about his future, Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) is being urged by friends and colleagues not to seek reelection. — Republican operatives fear that if Doolittle does not retire at the end …