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8:40 PM ET, January 18, 2008

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Molly Ball / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
THE NEVADA CAUCUS: Poll: Nevada going to Clinton, Romney  —  Obama picks up no ground; Giuliani fades  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney have comfortable leads in Nevada going into Saturday's presidential campaign caucuses, according to a new Review-Journal poll.
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Zogby:
Reuters/Zogby Polls: McCain Retains South Carolina Lead; Clinton Leads Obama in Nevada  —  South Carolina  —  Arizona Sen. John McCain is holding on to his lead in South Carolina as the Republican primary election there approaches, a new Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby three-day telephone tracking poll shows.
Byron York / The Hill:
The president of Florida
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Weekly Standard
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Personally Slams Obama Over Reagan Comments  —  The Hillary campaign clearly made a decision to go all out on Obama's Reagan comments today.  Hillary herself just lit into Obama over them in Las Vegas, according to a transcript provided by her campaign:
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:   Rivals blast Obama's praise for Reagan
Marc Ambinder:
The Democrats Spar Over Reagan's Legacy
Discussion: The Swamp and Spin Cycle
Dan Savage / Slog:
OMG: A Reporter Not a Stenographer!  —  Romney lies and a reporter busts him—in real time, on camera.  Romney says his campaign isn't run by lobbyists, and he doesn't have lobbyists “tied to” his campaign.  Watch this:  —  The reporter sitting on the floor putting actual, tough …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Daily Dish
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Fred File:
The Constitution is Not a “Living, Breathing Document”  —  This morning I heard that one of the other candidates commented that the Constitution is a “living, breathing document."  —  Frankly, I assumed this came from Senator Clinton or Senator Obama.  It is identical to what Al Gore …
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Bryan / Hot Air:
Video: Huckabee says the Constitution is a “living, breathing document” Update: Huck's website disagrees  —  The comment came during an interview with CNN this morning.  —  I'm not going to rant about this.  I will point out that Huckabee's position doesn't square up well with the …
Discussion: Riehl World View and Daily Pundit
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Callous Conservative  —  After watching Fred Thompson debate his Republican rivals, I have often wondered why he is not in the top tier of candidates.  He seems to have John McCain's honesty, without his razor-sharp edges, and Mitt Romney's conservatism, without his jaw-dropping inconsistencies.
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Peter Suderman / The American Scene:
Michael Gerson's Moral Clarity
The New Republic:
McCain, You Depress Me  —  My colleague Leon has been “rather stirred” by many things about John McCain, including his “decency about immigrants."  I'm rather stirred by that too — it is my favorite thing about McCain, his capacity to argue that it's a profoundly American imperative …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama Debuts New Act in Vegas  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) - The White House campaign has brought a new act to Vegas.  Barack Obama has stepped up his campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton, and he's trying to use humor to bring her down before this weekend's Democratic presidential caucus.
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Skewers Critics in Nevada
Matthew Yglesias:
Placing the Candidates  —  Interesting chart from the Pew Center.  One piece of bad news for liberals is that it seems that the self-assessed ideology of the American people is still somewhat right of center.  It's also funny how unhinged Republicans' views of Hillary Clinton are.
Robert Schroeder / MarketWatch:
Bush calls for ‘direct and rapid’ stimulus  —  Package envisioned by White House equal to about 1% of GDP  —  WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — President Bush urged Friday for “direct and rapid” tax relief for both U.S. consumers and businesses, calling such a plan the country's “most pressing economic priority.”
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
McCain Lies His Head Off; NY Times Asleep at Switch  —  One of the most common-supply-side talking points is that tax cuts always lead to higher tax revenues.  It's not really true (revenues crashed after the 2001 Bush tax cuts) but even if it were, it's misleading: Tax revenues tend to rise …
Kyle / KyleSmithOnline.com:
Chris Weitz on His “Golden Compass” Fiasco: Blame the Media  —  The writer-director of “The Golden Compass,” Chris Weitz, is peeved.  The movie tanked so badly that the second and third installments are not going to be made (it did fairly well overseas, but unfortunately for New Line Cinema …
Discussion: Vox Popoli and LIBERTAS
San Francisco Chronicle:
Mauling survivor said he yelled at tiger  —  (01-17) 18:05 PST SAN FRANCISCO — One of the two survivors of the San Francisco Zoo tiger attack that left a 17-year-old dead told the victim's father that the three had yelled and waved at the animal while standing atop the railing of the tiger's exhibit …
Discussion: The Lede, Slog and protein wisdom
Christopher Hitchens / Wall Street Journal:
The Perils of Identity Politics  —  Let us give hearty thanks and credit to Rudy Giuliani, who has never by word or gesture implied that we would fracture any kind of “ceiling” if we elected as chief executive a man whose surname ends in a vowel.  —  Yet actually, it would be unprecedented …
Nelson Hernandez / Washington Post:
Naval Academy Rite Might Slip Away  —  Safety of Lard-Slicked Herndon Climb Is Evaluated  —  In the name of safety, the U.S. Naval Academy is considering an overhaul of one of its most bizarre traditions: the annual ritual in which a thousand first-year midshipmen struggle to conquer …
Discussion: Wonkette, On Deadline and Betsy's Page
 
 
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Brad Dayspring / house.gov:
RSC Statement on Economic Growth Package
Discussion: Club for Growth
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Majority of black Democrats support Obama
Discussion: TIME and The Page
Shannon McCaffrey / Associated Press:
Black voters see new generation gap
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Official Taliban Websites Hosted in US
Yahoo! News:
Supreme Court denies Kucinich ballot bid
Discussion: Wake up America
FOX Attacks:
FOX ATTACKS! “Non-Existent” Veterans
NY Daily News:
Ben Affleck made Nancy Pelosi giggly
Dirty Harry / LIBERTAS:
WGA Sells Out To The NAACP
 Earlier Items: 
The Corner:
Nicholas Burns and the Clinton Legacy at State
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Does Online Behavior Predict Voting Patterns?
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Don't Cry for Me, America
Discussion: Gristmill and Firedoglake
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
50 WAYS TO BE A LOSER  —  I know I've been hitting on the Rudy collapse story for a while.
Discussion: Rasmussen Reports
Weekly Standard:
Misjudging McCain  —  He was right about the nuclear option.
Rich Lowry / Real Clear Politics:
Huck Hoax: Why He Won't Break Out
Gudjon Helgason / Associated Press:
Chess master Bobby Fischer dead at 64
 

 
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