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11:30 AM ET, January 13, 2008

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Romney leads McCain in Michigan poll  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who badly needs to win Tuesday's Michgian primary, has an eight-point lead over Sen. John McCain of Arizona in a McClatchy-MSNBC poll of Michigan voters to be released Sunday.  —  Romney had a narrower lead …
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Gordon Trowbridge / Detroit News:
Romney, McCain duel for lead in Michigan GOP primary race  —  With just two days left before the primary, Michigan's volatile Republican presidential race is going down to the wire for frontrunners John McCain and Mitt Romney.  —  And Mike Huckabee is still a factor.
Chris Christoff / Detroit Free Press:
Romney is top choice for GOP in Tuesday primary, poll shows  —  McCain close second, but much rests on undecided voters  —  Republican primary voters whose greatest concern is the economy could give Bloomfield Hills native Mitt Romney his first major state victory in Tuesday's Michigan presidential primary …
Discussion: MyDD
Andante Higgins / CBS News:
McCain Cheered - and Jeered - in Michigan
Discussion: Macsmind
Armed Liberal / Winds of Change.NET:
The Media Does It Again  —  Today, the NY Times has the first part of a special series - War Torn:Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles.  It appears that the troops are coming home and becoming murderers. … And we're presented with a litany of tragedy.
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Deirdre Shesgreen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
McCaskill to endorse Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Claire McCaskill will endorse Barack Obama's presidential bid Sunday, a boost that comes as the Democratic presidential showdown intensifies in Missouri and the raft of other states set to vote on Feb. 5th.  —  McCaskill had intended …
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Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
AP: Sen. McCaskill to endorse Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill will endorse Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president, The Associated Press has learned.  —  McCaskill, the state's top Democrat, plans to announce her support for the Illinois senator during a conference call Sunday …
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Iraq Eases Curb on Ex-Officials of Baath Party  —  BAGHDAD — The Iraqi Parliament passed a bill on Saturday to allow some former officials from Saddam Hussein's party to apply for government positions, in the first of the so-called political benchmark measures to pass after months of American pressure for progress.
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Washington Post:
Iraq Passes Bill on Baathists
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
Caitlin Flanagan / New York Times:
Sex and the Teenage Girl  —  THE movie “Juno” is a fairy tale about a pregnant teenager who decides to have her baby, place it for adoption and then get on with her life.  For the most part, the tone of the movie is comedic and jolly, but there is a moment when Juno tells her father about her condition …
Jonah Goldberg / Washington Post:
Cloudy Fortunes for Conservatism  —  Well, this wasn't the plan.  —  As pretty much everyone has noticed, the Republican race hasn't exactly followed any of the scripts laid out for it.  Mitt Romney has been hacked apart like the Black Knight in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Durbin warns Bill Clinton  —  Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the second-ranking party leader in the Senate, says President Bill Clinton's comments about Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) are getting “too personal” and called on the former president to refrain from attacking Obama's integrity.
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
White House Secrecy Starts to Give  —  As Congress Intensifies Efforts for Openness, Administration Accedes  —  After years of hammering on the walls of secrecy surrounding the Bush White House, activists and Congress have begun, slowly, to open some cracks.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
So We Thought.  But Then Again . . .  HARRY S TRUMAN once said he wanted to talk to a one-armed economist, “so that the guy could never make a statement and then say: ‘on the other hand.’ ” Yet economic knowledge continues to progress in unexpected ways.  Here are a few of the things we learned in the last 12 months:
Christina Lamb / Times of London:
Scotland Yard believes Al-Qaeda assassinated Benazir Bhutto  —  BRITISH officials have revealed that evidence amassed by Scotland Yard detectives points towards Al-Qaeda militants being responsible for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.  —  Five experts in video evidence and forensic science …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Washington Post:
Huckabee: Evangelical Christians Now Have a Chance to Lead GOP  —  Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee touted his candidacy Saturday as a chance for evangelical Christians to lead the Republican Party rather than just support its candidates.  —  “I don't presume that you automatically support …
Discussion: The Corner and The Caucus
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
AN APOLOGY TO FRED THOMPSON
Discussion: Knowledge is Power
Todd Beeton / MyDD:
Barack Obama Townhall In Las Vegas  —  Yesterday I drove from LA to Vegas and due to a car fire on the 15, I arrived at Obama's townhall meeting an hour and a half after doors were scheduled to open.  I knew I wasn't late, though, when I saw the enormous lines of people waiting to get in …
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:   Unions Pouring Resources Into Nevada Caucus Fight
 
 
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