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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Obama's Farrakhan Test — Barack Obama is a member of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. Its minister, and Obama's spiritual adviser, is the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. In 1982, the church launched Trumpet Newsmagazine; Wright's daughters serve as publisher and executive editor.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Guilt By Association — It didn't take long for Hillary Clinton supporters to latch onto Barack Obama's church as a rebuttal to the criticism they've taken for Hillary's remarks about the role of civil-rights activists in fostering real change. Richard Cohen takes up the cudgel by demanding …
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Major Clinton supporter calls Obama remark ‘absolutely stupid’ — (CNN) — As both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama tried to lower the tension after days of charged rhetoric over race, a congressional supporter of Clinton's presidential bid called the Illinois senator's remarks attacking …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Identity Trap
The Identity Trap
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
HUCK, THE CONSTITUTION AND 'GOD'S STANDARDS' — From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy — WARREN, Mich. — Huckabee's closing argument to voters here this evening featured a few new stories and two prolonged sections on illegal immigration and Christian values.
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Huck: We Need To Amend The Constitution, Bring It In Line With God — At a Michigan campaign event last night, Mike Huckabee gave an interesting reason for why he wants to amend the Constitution to ban both abortion and gay marriage: Otherwise, the Constitution would be in conflict with God.
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Tina Lam / Detroit Free Press:
Riegle: Clinton's actions manipulated the ballot — The Michigan Democratic ballot is a sham that was rigged by Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband and her supporters to give the nation the impression that she's the leading candidate in Michigan, an angry former Sen. Don Riegle said Monday.
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Detroit Free Press:
Little to no waiting at polls across metro Detroit — FREE PRESS STAFF REPORTS — It's Michigan's turn today to choose the presidential candidates. Here's a sampling of scenes at polling places, as voters pick their favorites. — Birmingham resident breaks away from the family
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Dean Barnett / New York Times:
Driving Mr. Romney — I FIRST met Mitt Romney at a Lincoln Day dinner in 1994, during the earliest days of his failed Senate race against Ted Kennedy. The next weekend, I was helping him to collect the signatures he needed to get on the ballot for the Republican primary.
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Sabrina Eaton / OPENERS:
NBC appeals Kucinich decision to Nevada Supreme Court — The NBC television network has asked Nevada's Supreme Court to overturn a Clark County District Court judge's decision that Cleveland's Dennis Kucinich must be allowed to participate in tonight's debate for Democratic presidential candidates.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Rules Against Investors in Securities Fraud Case
Supreme Court Rules Against Investors in Securities Fraud Case
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Matthew Yglesias:
A Very Serious Blog Post — It seems that nothing gets conservatives off nearly so much as writing obviously unserious books with patently offensive titles, designed in every way to not be taken seriously, and then get huffy when people make fun of them without having given their precious works the deep consideration they deserve.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Banned at The DoJ — We here at TPM get hundreds of emails each day, ranging from reader emails to press releases. And it took me a while to notice that on October 10th of last year, the Justice Department stopped sending us their releases. We had been on their list for well more than a year.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Finally: Fred hits McCain; Update: Fred hits McCain again — Not with an uppercut but a good straight jab. It would have been more effective if he'd gone after him individually instead of lumping him in with Huck but the race being what it is in South Carolina, he doesn't have much choice.
Josephine Hearn / The Politico:
Pelosi pushes gourmet menu — The processed cheese has been replaced with brie. The Jell-O has made way for raspberry kiwi tarts and mini-lemon blueberry trifles. Meatloaf has moved over for mahi mahi and buns have been shunted aside in favor of baguettes.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Michigan Primary Prediction Time! — One week after the shocking finish in New Hampshire's Democratic primary, it's time to get back on your prediction horse. The Michigan primary, which is only being contested on the Republican side, gives everyone in The Fix community a chance to bounce back from last Tuesday.
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