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7:45 AM ET, January 21, 2008

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Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE: Barack vs. Bill: Obama Hits Ex-Prez Over ‘Troubling’ Attacks  —  Vows to ‘Directly Confront Bill Clinton’ Over 'Statements That Are Not Factually Accurate'  —  Sen. Barack Obama says he's ready to confront former President Bill Clinton, calling his advocacy on behalf of his wife's presidential campaign, “troubling.”
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Michael James / Political Radar:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama Rips Bill Clinton Slams as ‘Troubling’ and Inaccurate
Discussion: FOX Embeds and Cliff Schecter
The Fact Hub:   Factcheck: President Clinton on Sen. Obama's record
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BILL
Discussion: Donklephant and protein wisdom
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Debunking the Reagan Myth  —  Historical narratives matter.  That's why conservatives are still writing books denouncing F.D.R. and the New Deal; they understand that the way Americans perceive bygone eras, even eras from the seemingly distant past, affects politics today.
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
After His Loss in Nevada, Edwards Keeps Marching  —  ATLANTA — It looked like sweet relief for John Edwards that more than 1,700 miles separated him from the Nevada caucuses on Saturday.  —  He had left Las Vegas the day before, bouncing from Oklahoma to Missouri to Georgia …
Discussion: Political Machine
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
On Eve of King Holiday, Race Dominates Campaign  —  ATLANTA — As he stood at the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church here, addressing worshipers at the former congregation of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Senator Barack Obama was doing something Sunday that he has rarely done in his months of campaigning for the presidency.
Discussion: New York Post and TalkLeft
Mike Huckabee / CNN:
Norris: McCain may be too old for the White House  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Chuck Norris brought his tough-guy approach to the campaign trail Sunday, taking aim at John McCain's age and suggesting the Arizona senator might not last even a single term.  —  Norris, an ardent supporter of Mike Huckabee …
Thereisnospoon / Daily Kos:
UPDATED (2): Widespread Cheating & Vote Suppression by Clinton Campaign in Clark County, NV  —  [UPDATE 2: Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe has now made the accusation in the Atlantic, with over 200 separate allegations of irregularities at caucus sites.
Obama'08:
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: The Great Need of the Hour  —  The Scripture tells us that when Joshua and the Israelites arrived at the gates of Jericho, they could not enter.  The walls of the city were too steep for any one person to climb; too strong to be taken down with brute force.
New York Times:
Pentagon Weighs Top Iraq General as Chief of NATO  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering Gen. David H. Petraeus for the top NATO command later this year, a move that would give the general, the top American commander in Iraq, a high-level post during the next administration …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Associated Press:
Chavez to farmers: Sell within Venezuela or it's ‘treason’  —  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to take over farms or milk plants if owners refuse to sell their milk for domestic consumption and instead seek higher profits abroad or from cheese-makers.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Oliver Stone votes for ‘Bush’ project  —  Josh Brolin to play embattled president  —  Oliver Stone has set his sights on his next directing project, “Bush,” a film focusing on the life and presidency of George W. Bush, and attached Josh Brolin to play the title role.
Discussion: LIBERTAS, alicublog and Roger L. Simon
Washington Post:
This Time, McCain Defused Conservative Attacks  —  CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan. 19 — From Rush Limbaugh to Tom DeLay, voices that once held sway over the Republican rank and file unloaded on John McCain over the last week, trying to use a conservative electorate in South Carolina to derail …
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John Rogers / Associated Press:
LA Times editor fired in budget dispute  —  LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Times fired its top editor after he rejected a management order to cut $4 million from the newsroom budget, 14 months after his predecessor was also ousted in a budget dispute, the newspaper said Sunday.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Frontline Blogger Covers War in Iraq With a Soldier's Eyes  —  Michael Yon was not a journalist, and he wasn't sure what a blogger was.  He had been in uniform but not in combat, and he wanted to keep it that way.  He went to Iraq thinking he would stay for a month, and maybe find a way to write about the war after he got home.
Discussion: Michael Yon
Dick Meyer / CBS News:
Obama's Age Gap: Is It Race?  —  CBS's Dick Meyer Says Older Americans Have So Far Proven Unwilling To Vote For Barack Obama  —  (CBS) This analysis was written by CBSNews.com Editorial Director Dick Meyer.  —  Now that Democrats have voted or caucused in three states in three different parts …
William Kristol / New York Times:
Thoroughly Unmodern McCain  —  In his victory speech after winning the South Carolina primary Saturday night, John McCain acknowledged the economic challenges we face, and then said: “But nothing is inevitable in our country.  We are the captains of our fate.”
 
 
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Daily Mail:
Zimbabwe bank issues $10million bill - but it won't even buy …
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Taking liberties  —  Once again, personal choices are under attack …
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Reuters:
Saudi prince: If Israel quits Arab land, it could join Arab world
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Elizabeth Svoboda / Popular Science:
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MSNBC:
Jan. 20: Political roundtable
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“They Like Hillary Clinton"  —  A reminder from David Brooks …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
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Discussion: Jerusalem Post and The Corner
Pete Abel / The Moderate Voice:
Why Democrats Should Support McCain