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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Hillary without tears — Why it's time to close the book on the Clintons — and herald the Obamas! Plus: Iran war hawks, Russian drag queens and the genius of Zeppelin. — As her husband has dragged his numerous female play objects before her and has humiliated her on the public stage year after year …
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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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Karen Brooks / Dallas Morning News:
Bloggers form theory New Hampshire vote was rigged — Posts question polls' inaccuracy, point to documentary on fraud — kmbrooks@dallasnews.com — AUSTIN - The results weren't even in when the blogosphere started to hum with a theory that sharply divided Democrats online …
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.
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 …
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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Rich Lowry / The Corner:
Skipping SC? — Let's say, Romney doesn't win Michigan. That might be it for him. But what if he finishes a very strong second to McCain? That won't give Romney any real momentum into South Carolina presumably. But would it make sense for him to take a page from his rivals and skip a state …
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 …
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Mike Nizza / The Lede:
Degrees of Confidence on U.S.-Iran Naval Incident
Degrees of Confidence on U.S.-Iran Naval Incident
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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 …
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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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Dallas Morning News:
Lewisville cab driver had been investigated for previous abuse — Sarah Said's final phone call rang into the Irving police dispatcher about 7:30 p.m. on New Year's Day: “I'm dying, I'm dying, I'm dying ..." — About an hour later, a man walked up to an orange cab parked at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Irving.
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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills — WASHINGTON (AP) — Telephone companies cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time, according to a Justice Department audit released Thursday.
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
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 …