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Pete Abel / The Moderate Voice:
Why Democrats Should Support McCain — So after eight years of waiting, my main man — Senator Johnny Mac — finally won a primary in the very state that, in 2000, helped set the course for the so-called Bush presidency. — Good for John. Unfortunately, I fear the most challenging days …
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Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Breaking News: A Ron Paul surge in Nevada — Boy, oh, boy! Hidden behind all the hoopla, headlines and the Nevada caucus victories of Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton is one little-noticed but stunning political development and number: — Ron Paul, the one-time Libertarian candidate …
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Connecticut Favorites — It's Clinton And McCain By Big Margins, Poll Says — Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton hold double-digit leads among likely voters in the Connecticut presidential primaries on Feb. 5, according to a poll commissioned by The Courant.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THE BIG QUESTION — For my part, I would have vastly preferred …
THE BIG QUESTION — For my part, I would have vastly preferred …
Lynn Sweet:
Obama at Ebenezer Baptist in Atlanta. Clinton at Abyssinian Baptist in Harlem. Pictures. — Barack Obama speaks at the home church of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday. — Barack Obama singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing" — (photos by Lynn Sweet)
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama at Ebenezer: Two calls for unity — Both Obama and Clinton are making high-profile appeals for the black vote today, Obama at Ebenezer in Atlanta trying to consolidate his high levels of support, Clinton at Abyssinian in New York trying to defend her strongest redoubts — among older poeple …
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Hillary, Barack, Experience — With all the sniping from the Clinton camp about whether Barack Obama has enough experience to make a strong president, consider another presidential candidate who was far more of a novice. He had the gall to run for president even though he had served …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Ebenezer Sermon — For the record, here are Barack Obama's full remarks in Atlanta this morning (continued after the jump). Know hope: … (Photo: Jeff Haynes/AFP/Getty.)
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Yes, Obama Won Nevada — Imagine if, the day after the 2000 election, the national media simply didn't care about what happened in Florida, and instead acted as though Al Gore had won the election because he won the popular vote. Imagine if all cries from the Bush campaign about something called …
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
How The Media Covers The Nomination Process; Or Did Romney Win The Day Yesterday? — Despite the ridiculous, pathetic and shameful attempt by the Obama campaign to spin the undemocratic and outrageous delegate selection system used in Nevada (and Iowa) as a “win,” the Media, to its credit, did not bite.
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
SOME CLARITY ON THOSE NV DELEGATES — From NBC's Mark Murray — After the Obama campaign pointed out it had won more pledged delegates than Clinton did — which the AP and NBC News later backed up — the Nevada Democratic Party issued this statement: “Just like in Iowa what was awarded today were delegates to the County Convention.
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Las Vegas Sun:
How Clinton hit pay dirt — The keys to her Nevada victory: a huge wave of new voters — If you want to know how Sen. Hillary Clinton won a convincing victory in Saturday's Nevada caucus, look back to a meeting Dec. 15 at William E. Orr Middle School in Las Vegas.
The Corner:
McCain Agonistes — Ever since I wrote a favorable column about John McCain, I have been swamped with furious e-mail from outraged conservatives, alleging this and that, and going through in systematic fashion the usual litany-McCain-Feingold, illegal immigration, tax cuts, global warming, etc.
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Did Obama Lose Nevada Because of his Reagan Remarks? — I've discussed the ‘swing liberal’ block before, noting that this group moved from Obama to Clinton between Iowa and New Hampshire. Unfortunately, we can't really fully understand this trend in Nevada because the entrance polls aren't great.
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TigerHawk:
The “public editor” of the New York Times really is nothing but a flack for the lefties — The “public editor” of the New York Times, Clark Hoyt, remains as ever unwilling to challenge the paper's editorial leadership on questions that matter. Today's column is devoted …
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
BY MAUREEN DOWD, DERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE — One of the highlights of my trip to Israel this past August was the helicopter tour that took us from Herzliya down the separation fence and over to Sderot. My guide on the helicopter was Calev Ben-David, who is in the middle of our group in the photograph accompanying “A view from the fence.”
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The Corner:
Gerson on Thompson — Last week Michael Gerson wrote a remarkably unserious column in which he suggested Fred Thompson lacked “moral seriousness” because he failed to embrace President Bush's global AIDS initiative with sufficient vigor. Looking at what Thompson actually said …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“They Like Hillary Clinton” — A reminder from David Brooks about how the leading figures in the Bush administration see the former first lady. She's a person they'd like to see continue their legacy.