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Scott Conroy / CBS News:
Heated Exchange At Romney Press Conference — From CBS News' Scott Conroy: — COLUMBIA, S.C. — There was an ice storm in South Carolina this morning, but it was even colder inside a Staples store where a Mitt Romney press conference suddenly went sour. — Romney was in the middle …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Romney clashes with reporter — Mitt Romney scolded a veteran campaign reporter in South Carolina today after being challenged on claims about lobbyists' involvement in the campaign. — Holding a news conference in front of the pen rack of a Columbia Staples store, Romney wanted to tout his “strategy for a stronger economy.”
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Hot Air, The New Republic, Big Lizards, The Caucus, CBS News, Wonkette, BizzyBlog and TIME
stephenbainbridge.com:
Huckabee Going Off the Rails — Mike Huckabee joins Mitt Romney on my personal list of candidates for whom I would not vote even if the only alternative is Hillary Clinton (in which case I'll just sit home and complain). Why? — 1. From ImmigrationProfBlog:
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:Huckabee Directly Equates Homosexuality With Bestiality
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The Reaction, Comments from Left Field, rubber hose, Fausta's blog, Pam's House Blend, Attytood, Slog and AMERICAblog
beliefnet:Mike Huckabee: ‘The Lord Truly Gave Me Wisdom’
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The Daily Dish, Obsidian Wings, Punditry, The Carpetbagger Report, Truthdig, Donklephant and DownWithTyranny!
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Ad: ‘Hillary Clinton is shameless’ — The radio ad aired by one of Obama's labor allies re-injects ethnicity into the Democratic primary contest in sharp terms. — “Hillary Clinton does not respect our people,” the ad says in Spanish (original and Clinton campaign translation after the jump) …
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CNN:
Huckabee: Outsiders not welcome in Confederate flag decisions — MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told South Carolina voters Thursday that the government had no business making decisions over the Confederate flag. — “You don't like people from outside …
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John C. Ensslin / Rocky Mountain News:
Joke leaves 'em gasping — Obama quip stuns Citizen of the West banquet crowd — A Greeley businessman apologized Wednesday after a joke about Illinois Sen. Barack Obama fell flat during the National Western Stock Show's annual Citizen of the West banquet.
Reno Gazette-Journal# New Hampshire Newspapers:
Obama embodies party's vision — Nevada Democrats should caucus for Barack Obama, the freshman U.S. senator from Illinois, to represent them as the party's nominee to run for president of the United States. He has the personal characteristics and political instincts expected of the person who leads this nation.
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Aaron Lewis / CBS News:Edwards Jabs Obama and Clinton
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Ben Smith's Blogs, Sister Toldjah, Taylor Marsh, TPM Election Central, Crooks and Liars, MyDD, NO QUARTER, Open Left and DownWithTyranny!
John McCain / Newsweek:
When Ross Perot Calls... The former presidential candidate blasts John McCain, and gets an education about Barack Obama's religion. — The phone rang and it was Ross Perot, who hasn't given an interview in years. Perot, who won 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election …
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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
Huge New Diebold Disparities Found in Manchester, Ward 5 During NH Hand Counts — Scores of Votes Mistallied for Every Democratic Candidate... As mentioned last night, in this disturbing article, the early results of the hand counts of the Diebold precinct in Dennis Kucinich's election contest …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Bill Clinton, Stumping and Simmering — Hillary Rodham Clinton may be the spouse running for office, but it is more Bill Clinton who appears to be feeling the heat. — After weeks of complaining publicly about Barack Obama's record, the news media's coverage of the Democratic presidential race …
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Brian Ross / Associated Press:
Gen. Tommy Franks Paid $100,000 To Endorse ‘F’ Veterans Charity — Congressional Investigators Say Only 25 Percent of Charity's Raised Funds Went to Vets — Retired U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks, who led the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, was paid $100,000 to endorse a veterans charity …
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Linkfest on Reagan — In case you haven't had enough of me, Chris, and Paul on Reagan, here's some more good analysis, both pro and con. — Big Tent Democrat, Digby, and Rick Perlstein generally take the 'Obama doesn't get it' position. Matthew Yglesias, Ezra Klein …
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:OBAMA AND REAGAN. — Obama's stated admiration for Reagan here.
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The New Republic
David Limbaugh:
New Column: Answering Fred's Call — Commentators are citing the unpredictability of the Republican primary contests as proof that Reagan conservatism is dead when precisely the opposite conclusion is warranted. — The main reason the conventional wisdom is being shattered in the primaries …
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Stop The ACLU
Washington Post:
No Ifs, Ands or Butts: Hitchens Calls It Quits — That bit of hell frozen over? Courtesy of raffish provocateur Christopher Hitchens, who's given up his beloved cigarettes — cold turkey. — In an interview with the Financial Times published last week, Hitchens casually announced he'd quit smoking …
The Appleton Post-Crescent Breaking News:
Q&A: Feingold charts course — He's hoping to make progress on five key domestic issues in 2008 — The Post-Crescent — Sen. Russ Feingold has a plan. Getting ready to head back to Washington as Congress is about to resume, the Democratic senator from Wisconsin has compiled a list …
Jon Ralston / Las vegas sun Blogs:
RJ says Romney, Clinton leading — The RJ, ever-fearful that the Internet-illiterate newspaper will be scooped on its own information by someone who knows about new media, put out its results early of its poll that will be released Friday. The RJ indicates in an email to subscribers shows …
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