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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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Booker Rising
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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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CBS News, The Newshoggers, Deadline USA, About.com US Politics, DownWithTyranny!, Daily Dose and Samizdata.net
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 …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
No Quick Knockouts as Races Move to New Terrain
No Quick Knockouts as Races Move to New Terrain
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Lynn Sweet:
Obama at Ebenerzer 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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John McCormick / The Swamp:
Obama stops at Ebenezer Baptist, calls for empathy — ATLANTA - Speaking Sunday from the pulpit of a church once led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Sen. Barack Obama called on the nation to close an “empathy deficit” as he sought to appeal to African American voters likely help determine his fate in a series of upcoming primaries.
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The Politico
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 …
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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Captain's Quarters, Open Left, Liberal Values, TPM Election Central, 2008 Democratic … and Slog
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Dr. Steven Taylor / PoliBlog (TM):
Post-Toasties (Nevada and SC edition)
Post-Toasties (Nevada and SC edition)
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The Newshoggers, The Moderate Voice, Dick Polman's American Debate and The Huffington Post
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 …
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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.
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TalkLeft
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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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Fausta's blog
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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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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.
Sister Toldjah:
Bubba being told by top Democrats to back off — Here's an interesting tidbit of news, via Newsweek's Jonathan Alter: … This is an issue we talked a little bit about last night on BlogTalkRadio w/ Rick Moran, after The Nation and more mainstream news outlets began to note that even though Hillary …
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 …
The Agonist:
The Four Horsemen Claim the Monoline Insurers. Who's Next? — This week on our way to Financial Armageddon it was the turn of the monoline insurers to face the scythe. For over two months AMBAC Financial and MBIA, the two biggest insurers of municipal and structured debt …
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Firedoglake
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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Jerusalem Post
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 …
Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
The Myth of Strategy — Looking back at the last 17 days of the primary season, it occurs to your Cardinal that despite all the talk to the contrary, every major candidate has exactly the same strategy, which is to say no real strategy at all. Each has tried to win every big primary …
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race42008.com