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2:30 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.
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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 …
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.
The Campaign Spot:
Weird Florida Polls  —  We've been hearing, and I've been saying, that the polls indicate a wide-open, four-man race in Florida.  But the polls actually indicate some separation between those four guys.  —  Insider Advantage puts Huckabee at 13 percent, quite a ways behind Giuliani at 21 percent.
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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: Political Radar and The Page
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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 by the intensity of Bill Clinton's attacks on Barack Obama.  A number of readers thought I meant that I didn't like seeing bare-knuckle politics.  But that's not it.  What troubles me is seeing the man who is in many respects still …
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” …
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Pam / Pam's House Blend:
Obama addresses homophobia, anti-Semitism and xenophobia in MLK Ebenezer Baptist Church speech  —  Today Barack Obama zeroed in on equal opportunity bigotry — and why everyone should strive to not only elevate the political discourse, but to be honest about the base instincts, words and deeds that divide, not unite.
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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Matthew Yglesias:
Obama v. Krugman Round A Million
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 …
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Fred Thompson Loss Ends Republican Party  —  Steve Bainbridge is preparing to sit out the 2008 election rather than vote for anyone but Fred Thompson. … If only Fred Thompson were a better candidate, the party and the Republic could have survived.  Pity.
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Jackson Williams / The Huffington Post:
Huckabee Spokesman Chuck Norris Confirms that Reagan Was Too Old …
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
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?
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.
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.
 
 
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The Corner:
Veeps — the Horror  —  Jonah — I have never voted for a Democrat in my life.
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Rudy's precipitous drop
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Carl Cameron / Cameron's Corner:
In or Out? Fred's Plans
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Paul Krugman:
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Louis Charbonneau / Reuters:
Iraq more secure, needs political consensus: U.N.
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Widow Of Bronze Star Iraq War Hero Scammed Out Of $57,000
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Hillary Papers Get Ignored By The Media
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
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Steve Goldstein / MarketWatch:
U.S. stock futures point to major decline on re-open
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Show About Nothing Attacked for Failing to Address Geopolitical Issues
Discussion: five feet of fury.
Associated Press:
Chavez to farmers: Sell within Venezuela or it's ‘treason’
William Kristol / New York Times:
Thoroughly Unmodern McCain
Thereisnospoon / Daily Kos:
UPDATED (2): Widespread Cheating & Vote Suppression by Clinton …
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

 
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