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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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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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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Kerry Endorses Obama as Campaign Goes Nationwide — CHARLESTON, S.C. — Senator John Kerry embraced the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama here on Thursday, saying Mr. Obama “had the greatest potential to lead a transformation, not just a transition.”
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
John Kerry to endorse Obama
John Kerry to endorse Obama
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Karen Brooks / Dallas Morning News:
Bloggers form theory New Hampshire vote was rigged
Bloggers form theory New Hampshire vote was rigged
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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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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 …
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.
Ray Lilley / Associated Press:
Edmund Hillary, first atop Everest, dies — WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday. He was 88.
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
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 …
Brian Todd / CNN:
Ron Paul literature ranted against blacks, gays — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A series of newsletters in the name of GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul contain several racist remarks — including one that says order was restored to Los Angeles after the 1992 riots when blacks went “to pick up their welfare checks.”
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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 …