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4:50 AM ET, January 21, 2008

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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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.
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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
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
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Ebenezer Sermon  —  For the record, here are Barack Obama's …
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John McCormick / The Swamp:
At Dr. King's church, Obama calls for empathy
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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 …
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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.
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
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
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 …
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
Casto Ocando / MiamiHerald.com:
Chávez says he chews coca daily  —  Analysts said Chávez's comments before National Assembly amounted to a dangerous endorsement and might be an admission of an illegal act.  —  AIM  —  El Nuevo Herald  —  Venezuela's controversial President Hugo Chávez has revealed …
The Independent:
Just one more year!  Good riddance to George W Bush  —  But what kind of mess will the next president inherit, exactly 12 months from today?  By Rupert Cornwell in Washington  —  Arabia is the land of illusion and desert mirages.  And as he jetted last week from kingdom to sheikdom …
Discussion: War in Context
Daily Mail:
Zimbabwe bank issues $10million bill - but it won't even buy you a hamburger in Harare  —  Forget the glitzy restaurants of New York and London: only in Zimbabwe would a hamburger actually cost millions of dollars.  —  The central bank of the southern African country has a issued a 10million Zimbabwe dollar note.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Bush's last day  —  You may have noticed, on bumpers or t-shirts, the “1.20.09” slogan.  It denotes, of course, Inauguration Day for Bush's successor.  —  With that, I just thought I'd mention that after seven painful years, the Bush presidency will end exactly one year from today.
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