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4:10 PM ET, January 21, 2008

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

Huckabee: McCain-lover, Mitt-killer — COLUMBIA, S.C.—For people reading between the lines, Mike Huckabee's concession speech here Saturday night dropped some enticing hints that his presidential campaign now has an agenda other than getting elected president. — Huckabee's new role: Mitt-killer.

Discussion: New York Post, The Hill, michellemalkin.com, Slog, Eunomia, Ross Douthat and Riehl World View

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 …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Time, Matthew Yglesias, American Power, New York Times, Political Machine, The Caucus, Macsmind, DownWithTyranny!, Greenville News, Riehl World View, AMERICAblog and MSNBC

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

Accessibility Opens Doors For McCain — SPARTANBURG, S.C. — As the JetBlue charter from Michigan touched down in South Carolina, I strolled up to John McCain's front-row seat — none of his aides batted an eye — and asked if he would continue to chat with reporters around the clock if he won the Republican nomination.

Discussion: Salon, The Right's Field, D-Day, TPM Election Central, Connecting.the.Dots and MSNBC

The Campaign Spot:
Weird Florida Polls

Discussion: protein wisdom and Ground Game

The Corner:
Spoilers for McCain

Discussion: The American Scene, PrestoPundit and Townhall.com

Matthew Yglesias:
McCain's Big Win

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns and Money, PrestoPundit and The Corner

John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Base Runner — Huckabee tries but fails to win the votes of non-evangelicals.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, The Corner, Transterrestrial Musings and Betsy's Page

The Corner: The Weak Frontrunner — I still believe that McCain …

Aaron Gould Sheinin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Atlanta mayor takes political shot at Bill Clinton — During the MLK service, Franklin addresses Clinton's reference to Barack Obama's rise as a 'fairy tale' — With former President Bill Clinton standing not 20 feet in front of her, Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin took what appeared …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Political Radar, The Page and Reuters

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Hillary Adviser Wolfson: Obama's Claim That Bill Is Fibbing Is A “Right Wing Talking Point” — This is getting interesting. In an interview with me a couple of minutes ago, senior Hillary adviser Howard Wolfson claimed that Obama's assertion this morning that Bill Clinton is fibbing about his campaign is a “right wing talking point.”

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, The Fix, Watching Those We Chose, The Carpetbagger Report, Open Left, D-Day and Spin Cycle

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.

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THE PROBLEM WITH BILL — Yesterday I wrote that I was troubled …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, The Moderate Voice, Political Machine, Althouse, James Wolcott's Blog and Comment is free

Dan Balz / The Trail:
Campaigning for Wife, Bill Clinton Walks Fine Line

Discussion: TPM Election Central and Prairie Weather

New York Times:

Stocks Plunge in Europe and Asia on U.S. Recession Fear — PARIS — Global stock markets plunged on Monday as fears spread that the turmoil in United States mortgage markets is spreading. Indexes in Europe fell as much as 7 percent after a huge selloff in Asia.

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Monthly, Matthew Yglesias, Comments from Left Field, Cliff Schecter, Publius Pundit, D-Day, Mish's Global Economic … and The Agonist

David Leonhardt / New York Times:
For Clinton, Government as Economic Prod

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The New Republic, Say Anything, Norwegianity, Greg Mankiw's Blog, Redstate, Hold Fast and HillaryClinton.com

siena.edu:

Rudy Falls Behind McCain; Hillary Still Has 2-to-1 Lead — Spitzer Favorable Rating Edges Positive; Sees Gain in Job Performance — Voters Overwhelmingly Support Property Tax Cap and S-CHIP Expansion; — Also Support Higher Education Endowment with Lottery Sale or Lease

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, Marist Poll, The Huffington Post, Political Radar, TPM Election Central and PoliGazette

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Rudy Giuliani's precipitous fall

Discussion: Reuters and The Page

Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:

Obama Addresses Homophobia, Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia Among Black Americans — In a speech today at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.served as pastor, Barack Obama talked about the existence of institutional racism, the sensationalizing of race “by the media” …

Discussion: MSNBC, The RBC, Riehl World View and Hold Fast

Pam / Pam's House Blend:
Obama addresses homophobia, anti-Semitism and xenophobia in MLK …

Discussion: Salon, The New Republic, D-Day, Hold Fast, Open Left, Booman Tribune, New York Observer, Pacific Views, UrbanGrounds, The Carpetbagger Report, Firedoglake, Middle Earth Journal, New York Daily News Blogs and The Daily Dish

Confederate Yankee:

The Scott Thomas Beauchamp “ Shock Troops” Military Investigation, Statements 13-24 — Documents released by the Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base Florida, in relation to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests files for documents relating …

Discussion: QandO

Matthew Yglesias:

Obama v. Krugman Round A Million — I think this is getting a bit silly. In his column, Paul Krugman seems to suggest that the main reason the Clinton administration failed to bring about major progressive change in the 1990s is that they didn't talk enough smack about Ronald Reagan.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, New York Times and Washington Monthly

Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Why Obama is losing

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Newshoggers, Your Right Hand Thief and Taylor Marsh

Scott Conroy / CBS News:

“Who Let The Dogs Out?" Mitt Romney Wants To Know — From CBS News' Scott Conroy: — JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA — Mitt Romney was greeted warmly by a largely African-American crowd at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Parade in Jacksonville. He shook hands with several dozen parade-goers and even hugged a few of them.

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

WHAT THE GROWN-UPS SAY — Seriously, why should John Edwards drop out of the race? I think his chances of winning the nomination at this point are quite slim. And I could understand if he wanted to drop out. But is there some reason he should? Is he under some obligation?

Discussion: Eschaton, The Carpetbagger Report, Shakespeare's Sister and New York Times

Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:

Highly Skilled And Out Of Work — Long-Term Joblessness Spreads in Middle Class — An unusually large share of workers have been out a job for more than six months even as overall unemployment has remained low, a little-noted weakness in the labor market that analysts said threatens …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and PoliGazette

John Burgess / Crossroads Arabia:

Saudi Women Gain Permission to Drive — Britain's The Daily Telegraph reports that the Saudi government has at last showered its blessings upon women and granted them permission to drive. The government had, in recent years, been saying that it wasn't a legal or religious mandate that kept women …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Outside The Beltway and The Glittering Eye