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George W. Bush / Newsweek:
Sorry, Barack, You've lost Iraq. — Bush's efforts to negotiate a long-term U.S-Iraq pact may remove troops as an '08 election issue for Obama, Clinton. — Camp Arifjan in the desert kingdom of Kuwait, America's depot to the Iraq war, feels about as far away as you can get from South Carolina …
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The State:
John McCain clearly the best in GOP primary — FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, and to some extent for the nation, the choice among Republican candidates for president has come down to two men. — First Rudy Giuliani, then Mitt Romney looked at political realities and fled the Palmetto State, deciding their priorities lay elsewhere.
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Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
Women vs. Oprah — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The absence of Oprah Winfrey from the frantic four last days of the New Hampshire primary campaign after her heavy schedule in Iowa backing Sen. Barack Obama may be traced to heavy, unaccustomed post-Iowa abuse of the popular entertainment superstar by women.
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:
“The last house of worship torched in Edmonton was my synagogue” — I've been in the wilds away from the Internet all day, but I wanted to draw attention to this - yesterday's interrogation of my old boss Ezra Levant by one of Canada's many “human rights commissions” for publishing the Danish cartoons.
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Little Green Footballs:
Outrage of the Week: Canadian Publisher Persecuted for Mindcrime — An excellent opening statement by Ezra Levant, at his Canadian Human Rights Commission “hearing” for publishing the Danish cartoons of blasphemy. This hearing is an outrage, and Levant is brilliant here.
New York Times:
Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles — Late one night in the summer of 2005, Matthew Sepi, a 20-year-old Iraq combat veteran, headed out to a 7-Eleven in the seedy Las Vegas neighborhood where he had settled after leaving the Army. — This particular 7-Eleven sits in the shadow …
New York Times:
Clinton Accuses Obama Camp of Distorting Her Words — RENO, Nev. — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday accused Senator Barack Obama's campaign of distorting remarks she made to suggest that she had cast aspersions on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Steve Friess / New York Times:
Teachers Sue to Block Hotel Workers' Union Vote in Nevada Caucus — LAS VEGAS — Nevada's state teachers union and six Las Vegas area residents filed a lawsuit late Friday that could make it harder for many members of the state's huge hotel workers union to vote in the hotly contested Jan. 19 Democratic caucus in Nevada.
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Wayne Washington / The State:
Clinton camp hits Obama | Attacks ‘painful’ for black voters — Many in state offended by criticism of Obama, remarks about King — Sharp criticism of Barack Obama and other comments about Martin Luther King Jr. — all from people associated with Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign …
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Brendan Montague / Times of London:
Anti-war Soros funded Iraq study — A STUDY that claimed 650,000 people were killed as a result of the invasion of Iraq was partly funded by the antiwar billionaire George Soros. — Soros, 77, provided almost half the £50,000 cost of the research, which appeared in The Lancet, the medical journal.
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Nelson For Obama — Sen. Ben Nelson today endorsed Barack Obama for president, saying that he can appeal to voters across the political spectrum. — “Those of us on both sides of the aisle who have made it our purpose to set aside partisanship to address some of the important issues …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Young Evangelicals Embrace Huckabee as Old Guard Balks — WASHINGTON — Much of the national leadership of the Christian conservative movement has turned a cold shoulder to the Republican presidential campaign of Mike Huckabee, wary of his populist approach to economic issues and his criticism …
Stephanie Hooper / Nashuatelegraph.com:
Clinton adviser arrested in Nashua — shooper@nashuatelegraph.com — NASHUA - A top Clinton adviser faces charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated after city police caught him speeding through Greeley Park a day before the state primary. — Sidney Blumenthal …
Paul Vitello / New York Times:
A Combative Thompson Sways Voters — MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — John and Ann Berenberk dutifully watched the umpteenth Republican presidential debate on television on Thursday night and had an epiphany. It was about the candidate they had previously referred to as the tall, silent one. Fred D. Thompson.
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Wall Street Journal:
JOURNAL EDITORIAL REPORT — A transcript of the weekend's program: With Iowa done, the candidates look toward New Hampshire. Paul Gigot interviews Sen. John Sununu, and the panel sizes up the contenders. Tune in this weekend for more: FOX News Channel, Saturday 11 p.m. and Sunday 6 a.m. ET.
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