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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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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 …
Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
2004 Dem nominee Kerry endorsing Obama — MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Barack Obama is being endorsed by fellow Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats' 2004 presidential nominee who lost to George W. Bush that year and gave up his own plans for a 2008 run a year ago. — Kerry, a senator from Massachusetts …
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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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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Report: Kerry Endorsing Obama — John Kerry will endorse Barack Obama, the Associated Press is reporting, quoting an unnamed source. — Late Update: Kerry and Obama will be making an appearance together today in Charleston, South Carolina, MSNBC reports. —gs
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Kerry's Endorsement of Obama: What Does It Mean? — The news that Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) later today in South Carolina should provide the Illinois senator's campaign with a day (or two) of positive press following his surprising loss to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) in New Hampshire.
New York Times:
Michigan Next, G.O.P. Rivals Turn to the Economy
Michigan Next, G.O.P. Rivals Turn to the Economy
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Why Hillary Won — What would Shakespeare's Jack Cade …
Why Hillary Won — What would Shakespeare's Jack Cade …
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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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Washington Post:
For U.S., The Goal Is Now ‘Iraqi Solutions’ — Approach Acknowledges Benchmarks Aren't Met — In the year since President Bush announced he was changing course in Iraq with a troop “surge” and a new strategy, U.S. military and diplomatic officials have begun their own quiet policy shift.
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 …
The Corner:
McLead in SC — Rasmussen has McCain jumping ahead of Huckabee for the Jan. 19 South Carolina primary... Romney is at 16 percent, Thompson at 12, Giuliani at 6, Paul at 5. If Romney drops out after Michigan, does that suddenly make Thompson viable? Does it give Huckabee or McCain a boost?
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Washington Post:
New Estimate of Violent Deaths Among Iraqis Is Lower — A new survey estimates that 151,000 Iraqis died from violence in the three years following the U.S.-led invasion of the country. Roughly 9 out of 10 of those deaths were a consequence of U.S. military operations, insurgent attacks and sectarian warfare.
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Elizabeth Benjamin / New York Daily News Blogs:
Unity08 To Jump On Bloomberg Bandwagon? — A source familiar with the Bloomberg for president movement says the bipartisan Unity08 effort is poised to shut down its Web site, reconstitute as a Draft Bloomberg site and launch its own 50-state signature-gathering operation on behalf …
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Lee Speigel / Political Punch:
Romney's Fishy Delegate Claim — Why is the former Massachusetts governor telling folks that he leads in delegates? — In Boston today, Romney told supporters, “we have more delegates than any other Republican candidate running for president." — Here's the ABC News GOP Delegate Estimate:
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Hillary's Free Pass — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Whatever your politics, people, you have to admit this is one great presidential race. What next? Fred Thompson takes Florida on a sympathy vote from retirees? (They like a leader who's really, really rested.) John Edwards finds a new emotion for South Carolina?
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Mark Hornbeck / Detroit News:
Dems push ‘uncommitted’ option — Party leaders want Obama and Edwards backers to take a stand on the primary ballot. — LANSING — Top Michigan Democrats made another plea Wednesday to coax supporters of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards to vote “uncommitted” …
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