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10:15 AM ET, January 21, 2008

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
GOP Field Readies for True Test In Florida  —  The Top Candidates Finally Go All-Out In a Closed Primary  —  Riding the momentum from his weekend victory in South Carolina, John McCain turned his attention Sunday to Florida and the high-stakes primary there that will test whether …
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John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Base Runner  —  Huckabee tries but fails to win the votes of non-evangelicals.  —  Mike Huckabee tried his best to expand beyond his evangelical base in South Carolina and appeal to what his campaign called “Joe Six Pack” voters.  Mr. Huckabee was the only candidate to pander to devotees …
CNN:
S.C. debate to highlight Democratic fight for black vote  —  MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) — The top three Democratic presidential candidates face off in a Monday night debate in South Carolina, with the hearts and minds of African-American voters on the line.
Dan Hoover / Greenville News:
South Carolina to test Democrats next
Discussion: MSNBC and The Caucus
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
After His Loss in Nevada, Edwards Keeps Marching
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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baldilocks:
It's On!  —  Other that the Kenya post—set last night to automatically post early this morning—I wasn't going to post today.  However, this is bit of politicking is too delicious not to comment upon.  In an interview that will run on ABC's “Good Morning America” tomorrow morning …
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama faces off against both Clintons  —  ATLANTA - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama launched Sunday what his top aides described as a more aggressive bid to challenge “unbelievable falsehoods” pressed last week in Nevada by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton.
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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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.
Rasmussen Reports:
Generic Congressional Ballot  —  Democrats 43% Republicans 38%  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that, if the Congressional Election were held today, 43% of American voters say they would vote for the Democrat in their district and 38% would opt for the Republican (see crosstabs).
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Republicans Closing The Congressional Gap
Discussion: Macsmind
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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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.
Steve Goldstein / MarketWatch:
U.S. stock futures point to major decline on re-open  —  LONDON (MarketWatch) — If futures contracts traded on a day when U.S. stocks weren't even due to open are anything near accurate, then markets will be in for a major decline on Tuesday, with concerns about bond insurers and the health …
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.
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 …
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Show about nothing attacked for failing to address geopolitical issues  —  I see the creator of the taxpayer-funded Canadian sitcom “Little Mosque On The Prairie” has criticized “Seinfeld” for “failing to deal with the contentious issue of Jewish settlements in Palestinian territory".
Discussion: five feet of fury.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Republican Field Rides Full Force Into Florida Test  —  POLK CITY, Fla. — The Republican presidential contest entered a new phase on Sunday as the campaigns descended on Florida for the first primary in which all the candidates are participating full force, using as their stage a state famous for divisive election battles.
Discussion: TIME and Hold Fast
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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Thor Halvorssen / Pajamas Media:
THE DANGEROUSLY HIGH PRICE OF CROSSING HUGO CHAVEZ
Discussion: Redstate and Publius Pundit
Ezra Levant / Globe and Mail:
What a strange place Canada is
Discussion: The Corner
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Bush officials narrow foreign horizons
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Poll: Giuliani Loses Lead In New York
William Kristol / New York Times:
Thoroughly Unmodern McCain
John Rogers / Associated Press:
LA Times editor fired in budget dispute
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
TAX REBATES....Bruce Bartlett takes to the pages of the Wall …
Discussion: Redstate
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Barack Says Hello As Minnesota Suddenly Matters
Discussion: Redstate
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Going up on Florida networks tomorrow
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Bush's last day  —  You may have noticed, on bumpers or t-shirts, the “1.20.09” slogan.
Discussion: D-Day
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Oliver Stone votes for ‘Bush’ project
Mike Huckabee / CNN:
Norris: McCain may be too old for the White House
Daily Mail:
Zimbabwe bank issues $10million bill - but it won't even buy …
Dick Meyer / CBS News:
Obama's Age Gap: Is It Race?
The Independent:
Just one more year! Good riddance to George W Bush
Casto Ocando / MiamiHerald.com:
Chávez says he chews coca daily