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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Huckabee vows to send all illegal aliens home — TIGERVILLE, S.C. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee yesterday continued to move to the right on immigration during this year's presidential campaign, signing a pledge to enforce immigration laws and to make all illegal aliens go home.
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The Politico:
Romney skips S.C., bets on Nevada — “This is a state I'd expect that Sen. [John] McCain has pretty well wrapped up,” Romney told reporters at the Sun City Hilton Head Retirement Center in Bluffton. “It would be an enormous surprise if he were unable to win here.”
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The Hill, Captain's Quarters, The Swamp, Rasmussen Reports, Matthew Yglesias, Sister Toldjah and The Fix
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: McCain Still Leads in South Carolina — Huckabee still No. 2, Thompson boots Romney from No 3 spot — Utica, NY - Arizona Sen. John McCain kept his lead in South Carolina in the second installment of the Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby tracking poll.
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
“The Free Pass for McCain is Over” — Yes, two days before South Carolina, it finally ends, according to a Huckabee adviser. It's about time, because McCain has a solid lead in South Carolina in every poll, and if he wins there, he's going to be hard to stop (hate to sound like a broken record on this theme).
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
McCain Takes the Fight To Negative Opponents — As Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) campaigned in South Carolina yesterday, he confronted crudely produced fliers attacking his war record and a blitz of robotic phone calls twisting his position on abortion, attacks he said were reminiscent …
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CNN:
Clinton supporter apologizes for Obama comments — (CNN) - High-profile Hillary Clinton supporter Bob Johnson is apologizing to Barack Obama for comments he made last week regarding the Illinois senator's acknowledged drug use as a teenager. Johnson said he sent a letter to Obama Thursday morning …
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John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Voter-Fraud Rethink — Both Democrats and Republicans are good at practicing hypocrisy when they need to. But it's still breathtaking to see how some Democrats ignore that it was only last week they argued before the Supreme Court that an Indiana law requiring voters show ID at the polls …
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Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Anti-war groups retreat — After a series of legislative defeats in 2007 that saw the year end with more U.S. troops in Iraq than when it began, a coalition of anti-war groups is backing away from its multimillion-dollar drive to cut funding for the war and force Congress to pass timelines for bringing U.S. troops home.
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Captain's Quarters, JustOneMinute, Don Surber, Blue Crab Boulevard, Gateway Pundit, JammieWearingFool and QandO
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Résumé Gap — A Democratic Field Without an Executive — It was fascinating to watch the three top contenders for the Democratic nomination discuss their concept of the presidency during Tuesday night's MSNBC debate in Las Vegas. But it was also stunning to realize …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Leahy for Obama — Two sources familiar with the senior Vermont senator's plans say Patrick Leahy will be endorsing Obama today in an 11:00 a.m. conference call today. — Leahy's spokesman, David Carle, wouldn't confirm the senator's plans, but did suggest a reporter pay attention to the call …
Arthur C. Brooks / Wall Street Journal:
Liberal Hatemongers — A politically progressive friend of mine always seemed to root against baseball teams from the South. The Braves, the Rangers, the Astros — he hated them all. I asked him why, to which he replied, “Southerners are prejudiced." — The same logic is evident …
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Testimony — Chairman Ben S. Bernanke — The economic outlook — Before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives — Chairman Spratt, Representative Ryan, and other members of the Committee, I am pleased to be here to offer my views on the near-term economic outlook and related issues.
Gareth Porter / Asia Times:
How the Pentagon planted a false story — WASHINGTON - Senior Pentagon officials, evidently reflecting a broader administration policy decision, used an off-the-record Pentagon briefing to turn the January 6 US-Iranian incident in the Strait of Hormuz into a sensational story demonstrating …
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Even at Home, Backers Worry About Giuliani — For months, the Republican establishment in New York and New Jersey marched nearly in lock step behind Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former hometown mayor they were confident would become their party's nominee for president.
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People.com:
Jenna Bush Planning May 10 Wedding — Jenna Bush and her fiancé Henry Hager will marry in a ceremony on May 10, two sources confirm to PEOPLE. — One of the sources says the wedding will be held at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas. — “It's going to be a small wedding …