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Rick Karlin / Albany Times Union:
And Cuomo Too — I suppose there could be lots of tea leaf reading in this one, but now its AG Andrew Cuomo on Talk 1300, minutes after the governor came on. Cuomo, to be fair, has been on the radio show a few times, if memory serves me, but his take on Hillary's win in NH …
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Pam / Pam's House Blend:
Andrew Cuomo on Obama: 'You Can't Shuck And Jive' at a press conf — Oh no he didn't. (TPM): … You see folks, this is what I'm talking about. This whole “post-racial” nonsense is a simple fantasy or delusion uttered by people who think race isn't a problem anymore.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Bangs Head Against Wall...How Stupid Can They Be... I don't really care if this is intentional or just the byproduct of having irresponsible surrogates, but both the Clinton and the Obama campaigns need to knock it off. — Yesterday Obama's national co-chair Jesse Jackson Jr. said African Americans …
The Politico:
Dept. of word choice — A prominent New York Clinton supporter, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, on Iowa and New Hampshire: … UPDATE: Though the report I link refers specifically to New Hampshire, Cuomo called to play the tape of the interview, in which he says nice things about Obama …
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Supporter Andrew Cuomo On Her NH Win: “You Can't Shuck …
Hillary Supporter Andrew Cuomo On Her NH Win: “You Can't Shuck …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
John Kerry to endorse Obama — Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), the Democratic Party's 2004 presidential nominee, will endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president in South Carolina today, Democratic sources told Politico. — Kerry is flying to South Carolina for an event to be held shortly …
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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Hillary without tears
Hillary without tears
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Kerry Endorses Obama as Campaign Goes Nationwide
Kerry Endorses Obama as Campaign Goes Nationwide
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Why Tuesday?
Wall Street Journal:
The Surge Worked — It was exactly one year ago tonight, in a televised address to the nation, that President George W. Bush announced his fateful decision to change course in Iraq, and to send five additional U.S. combat brigades there as part of a new counterinsurgency strategy and under the command of a new general, David Petraeus.
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ABCNEWS:
U.S.: Voices on Recording May Not Have Been From Iranian Speedboats — Chilling Threat Could Have Come From the Shore or Another Ship, Navy Says — Just two days after the U.S. Navy released the eerie video of Iranian speedboats swarming around American warships, which featured a chilling threat …
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
BLOGBURST FOR FRED: MAN THE OARS AND START PULLING — Fred Thompson's campaign is once again at a critical juncture and again I am showing my support for the candidate of my choice by organizing a Blogburst in hopes that we can raise the funds necessary for Fred's campaign to be competitive.
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Michael Graham / The Natural Truth:
Chris Matthews To New England: “Hello, Bigots!” — Hey, New Hampshire—why did you make the mainstream media look so bad blowing the Clinton/Obama race? Why didn't you give Sen. Obama the big victory you were supposed to? — Chris Matthews knows: — You're bigots, that's why.
Jay Newton-Small / TIME: Swampland:
Pelosi for Obama? — An interesting endorsement for Obama today. Pelosi's BFF George Miller, a fellow Californian who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee, announced today he's endorsing Obama . — Pelosi has so far stayed out of the race. But when her top advisor who also happens …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Fred Thompson Blogger Call — Fred Thompson held his first extensive blogger conference this afternoon, and he emphasized his individualism and his authenticity as his greatest assets in the race. He's touring South Carolina and seeing a lot of support — and also a lot more people …
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James Risen / New York Times:
2005 Use of Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions — WASHINGTON — The helicopter was hovering over a Baghdad checkpoint into the Green Zone, one typically crowded with cars, Iraqi civilians and United States military personnel. — Suddenly, on that May day in 2005, the copter dropped CS gas …
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Judges: Anti-Clinton Film Is Advertising … WASHINGTON (AP) - The early reviews are in, and three federal judges appeared in agreement Wednesday that a movie lambasting Hillary Clinton seemed an awful lot like a 90-minute campaign advertisement. — Citizens United, a conservative advocacy group …
Townhall.com:
Race At A Glance Total Primary Votes: Romney — McCain — Huckabee — Giuliani — Thompson — Iowa — 29,494 — 15,559 — 40,841 — 4,097 — 15,904 — New Hampshire — 75,202 — 88,447 — 26,760 — 20,387 — 2,884 — Total — 104,696 — 104,006
Bryan / Hot Air:
Mike Huckabee and the “Shiite Republicans” Updated — Yesterday in Allah's post about the Baptist who's not endorsing Huckabee, I updated with a link to this article that summarizes conservative issues with Mike Huckabee's tenure as Arkansas governor. The author, David J. Sanders …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Limbaugh: It's gotta be those out of state buses — After predicting Hillary would lose, (yesterday) Rush Limbaugh took a caller and let him explain the “out-of-town buses” routine as yet another voter fraud type theory in NH that swung the election for Hillary.