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7:05 PM ET, January 14, 2008

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The Clintons and History — WASHINGTON — There's an old joke people here in the capital like to tell about Charles E. Schumer, the New York senator, and over the years I'm sure it's been used to describe other politicians, as well: The most dangerous place to stand in Washington …

Discussion: MSNBC, Right Wing Nut House, Stumper, Pandagon, Jack and Jill Politics and Blue Crab Boulevard

Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:

Obama Damps Down Racial Controversy — ABC News' David Wright, Andy Fies, and Sunlen Miller Report: Sen. Barack Obama told ABC News Monday there is nothing in Sen. Hillary Clinton's record that would give him any cause for concern about her in terms of racial politics.

Discussion: TalkLeft and Ben Smith's Blogs

Frank James / The Swamp:

Clinton camp fires up blacks but not how they hoped — The fallout from comments about Sen. Barack Obama made by billionaire Robert Johnson of Black Entertainment Television fame on behalf of Sen. Hillary Clinton continues today. — Former President Bill Clinton put distance between himself …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Politico and The Hill

Earl Ofari Hutchinson / The Huffington Post:

Obama Needs a History Lesson about Hillary and King — The Obama camp did it again. They manufactured yet another issue out of a non-issue when they pounded Hillary Clinton for supposedly defiling Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by minimizing his role in the civil rights struggle.

Discussion: Too Sense and PoliGazette

CNN:

Bill Clinton compiles ‘list’ of Obama attacks — (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign came out swinging Monday against the latest complaints from her rival, with former President Clinton announcing he has “a list of 80 attacks on Hillary” by Senator Barack Obama's campaign.

Discussion: Pam's House Blend and State of the Day

Josh Gerstein / Latest Politics:

President Clinton Does More Damage Control on Black Radio — In an interview Monday, President Clinton mounted a less-than-vigorous defense of comments a prominent supporter of Senator Clinton's presidential bid, Robert Johnson, made which many interpreted as a reference to Senator Obama's admission …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, BitsBlog, Associated Press, Washington Post and Hotline On Call

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Camp's Memo on Clintons' Politicizing Race

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, protein wisdom, The Garlic, Los Angeles Times, Liberal Values, The Moderate Voice, michellemalkin.com, Buck Naked Politics, American Thinker, CANNONFIRE, The Carpetbagger Report, Balloon Juice, Wake up America, Comments from Left Field, JustOneMinute, The Heretik, Sister Toldjah and BuzzFlash.org

CNN:
Clinton complains about attacks from Obama

Discussion: The Daily Dish, NY Daily News and Blue Crab Boulevard

Don Surber:
Unraveling — 40 years of victimhood politics comes home …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and BitsBlog

Anjeanette Damon / Inside Nevada Politics:

New Poll: Democratic race in Nevada a dead heat — A new poll by the Reno Gazette-Journal shows a neck-and-neck three-way race among Democrats for Saturday's caucus. On the Republican side, U.S. Sen. John McCain has taken his first lead in Nevada of the election season, and Mitt Romney …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Washington Wire, The Agonist, The Fix, Open Left, MSNBC, Pollster.com, The Caucus, Boston Globe, MyDD and Daily Kos

USA Today:

USAT/Gallup Poll: McCain jumps to lead; Clinton regains advantage — Both winners in last week's New Hampshire primary now lead in the USA TODAY/Gallup national poll of the Republican and Democratic presidential nomination races. — Sen. John McCain has jumped ahead of the other Republican contenders.

Discussion: Quinnipiac University News …, Captain's Quarters, Right Wing Nut House, Los Angeles Times, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, Pollster.com and TPM Election Central

David Mark / The Politico:

Clinton holds solid lead in California — The poll of 384 likely Democratic primary voters, conducted by telephone Jan. 11-13, shows the New York senator at 47 percent, comfortably ahead of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's 31 percent and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards' 10 percent.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

Sean Hackbarth / Fred File:

Fred Thompson Surges in South Carolina — Rasmussen Reports released their latest South Carolina poll. Fred has vaulted into a statistical tie for second place: … We are not surprised. South Carolinians know a consistent conservative when they see one. Fred has been working hard on his bus tour to talk directly to voters.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Captain's Quarters, The Corner, Wizbang, Flopping Aces and BobKrumm.com

Michelle Malkin:

McCain booed in Michigan...twice; Update: Video added — Update: Here's the vid of the booing at the Americans for Prosperity Summit event... Mr. Shamnesty-Short Fuse almost walked off the stage during a campaign event with the AFL-CIO in Michigan. Audience members didn't like his soft-on-illegal immigration blather.

Discussion: Riehl World View and Hot Air

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Trust Huck into Mich, zinging Mitt

Discussion: TPMmuckraker

Pete Winn / CNSNews:
Michigan Crowd Boos McCain on Illegal Immigration

Discussion: Stop The ACLU and PunditGuy

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly: ROMNEY IN MICHIGAN....Kos is still pushing Democrats to cross …

Matthew Yglesias:
Democrats for Romney

Discussion: The Caucus, Althouse, Talking Points Memo, The RBC and Jack and Jill Politics

Christopher Hitchens / Slate:

The Case Against Hillary Clinton — WHY ON EARTH WOULD WE CHOOSE TO PUT THE CLINTON FAMILY DRAMA AT THE CENTER OF OUR POLITICS AGAIN. — Seeing the name Hillary in a headline last week—a headline about a life that had involved real achievement—I felt a mouse stirring in the attic of my memory.

David Corn / MoJoBlog:
Clinton Smears Obama on Iraq — Again

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Crooks and Liars, TalkLeft, Matthew Yglesias, Brilliant at Breakfast, Spin Cycle, MyDD, Comments from Left Field, David Corn, The Carpetbagger Report and The Democratic Daily

Eric Lipton / New York Times:
In Defending War Vote, Clintons Contradict Record

Discussion: Chicago Sun Times, Weekly Standard, Captain's Quarters, New York Post, The Corner, MSNBC and PSoTD

Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:

Bothersome Intel on Iran — In public, President Bush has been careful to reassure Israel and other allies that he still sees Iran as a threat, while not disavowing his administration's recent National Intelligence Estimate. That NIE, made public Dec. 3, embarrassed the administration …

Discussion: The Newshoggers, Think Progress, Wall Street Journal, Hullabaloo, Emptywheel, SteveAudio, The Carpetbagger Report, Corrente, THE CUNNING REALIST and RADAMISTO

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Obama's soundtrack — So I've now spent way too much of my morning trying to report out the New York Post's item that Obama had sexist entrance music: … It's a provocative scene. But I can't find any evidence that it happened, though it does seem to have been the subject of chatter among staffers of both campaigns.

Discussion: New York Post, The Daily Background, Taylor Marsh, The Democratic Daily and Too Sense

Aaron Siegel / InvestmentNews.com Latest Headlines:

Financial advisers' No. 1 worry: A Democrat in the White House — Nothing worries financial advisers more than the prospect of a Democrat's being elected president in November, according to a quarterly poll by Brinker Capital Inc. — The fourth-quarter edition of the Brinker Barometer …