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9:20 PM ET, January 21, 2008

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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: Captain's Quarters, The Daily Whim, Los Angeles Times, The Page, Talking Points Memo, The Trail and Riehl World View

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Bill Clinton jabs playing well with voters — So maybe Bill Clinton isn't quite so far off-message as we had assumed. — After two weeks of reports on the former president's temper, the former first lady's supposed inability to keep him on script, and the ostensibly dire impact on his legacy …

Discussion: Pat Dollard

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: The Corner, The Trail, The Moderate Voice, Liberal Values, The Fix, Wonkette, Watching Those We Chose, The Daily Dish, The Carpetbagger Report, Matthew Yglesias, Prairie Weather, Open Left, D-Day and Spin Cycle

Leroy Chapman Jr / The State:
Obama: Is national media correcting inaccuracies?

Discussion: MSNBC, Political Punch and TPM Election Central

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

Discussion: Megan McArdle, Greg Mankiw's Blog, GINA COBB, Mark Levin Fan, protein wisdom, Ankle Biting Pundits, The Belmont Club, Norwegianity, Say Anything, The Huffington Post, Dr. Helen, The New Republic, Redstate, Hold Fast and HillaryClinton.com

Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
Obama calls Bill Clinton untruthful

Discussion: CNN, Weekly Standard and Taylor Marsh

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 Corner, Washington Post, The Swamp, CNN, Political Machine, Wall Street Journal, Hot Air, Outside The Beltway, Eunomia, Slog, The Hill, Riehl World View, Ground Game, Ross Douthat, PrestoPundit and michellemalkin.com

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Barack Obama: “Committed Christian — Called to Bring Change” — (updated below - Update II) — Mike Huckabee has been widely criticized for his overt religious appeals to win votes. One of the most criticized aspects of his campaign was a television ad he ran in Iowa …

Discussion: TPM Election Central, Eschaton, D-Day, Slog, The Sideshow and Macsmind

Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:

Hillary Leaving South Carolina to Bill and Chelsea [updated] — A source in the Clinton campaign confirms that Hillary Clinton will be spending most of the week before the South Carolina primary in states other than South Carolina. — She's expected to spend Tuesday in California and Arizona, and New Mexico.

Discussion: Political Radar, Donklephant, TIME, TIME: Swampland, TPM Election Central and MyDD

CNN:
CNN readers respond angrily to ‘race or gender’ story

Discussion: Althouse

Randi Kaye / CNN:
Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in S.C.

Discussion: Say Anything, Preemptive Karma and Vodkapundit

Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democratic Rivals Remember Dr. King

Discussion: Firedoglake, CNN and NewsBusters.org

New York Post:

BILL HAS A ‘DREAM’ — EX PREZ NODS OFF DURING MLK AWARD PRESENTATION — Bill Clinton showed yesterday why he made it into the book “The Art of Napping." — During an appearance at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, the former president was caught nodding off.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Sister Toldjah and The Colossus of Rhodey

usmc.mil:

Scarlett Johansson boosts morale in Kuwait — If anyone has wondered what can make a battle hardened Marine act like a love-struck high-schooler, the answer is simple—a meet and greet with Scarlett Johansson. — The 23-year-old bombshell met with nearly 600 service members at Camp Buehring …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Cliff Schecter and Op For

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.

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs, The Right's Field and D-Day

Shushannah Walshe / FOX Embeds:
Romney: Who Let the Dogs Out? — Governor Romney paid tribute …

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Hot Air, The Caucus and Slog

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: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, At-Largely, Seeing the Forest, Comments from Left Field, The Seminal, The Reaction, FP Passport, Publius Pundit, Cliff Schecter, D-Day, Washington Monthly, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, Matthew Yglesias, Firedoglake and The Agonist

Michelle Malkin:

SC Democrat debate: Punch, Judy, and Silky; Update Squabbling, mud-slinging, the gloves are off! — Update 8:36pm Eastern. Barf. John Edwards panders to the race demagogues and bemoans predatory lenders. Wait a minute. Didn't John Edwards have investing ties to subprime lenders? Why, yes.

Discussion: Riehl World View, TalkLeft and Sister Toldjah

MarketWatch:

U.S. stock futures point to major decline on reopen — Markets in Europe end day in bear-market territory — 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 …

Discussion: News Hounds

Digby / Hullabaloo:

Sharpening Their Shivs — I'm sure a lot of people enjoyed this when they read it: … I know, it's great fun to think about Rahm and Teddy telling Bill to STFU. But everybody ought to take a deep breath and remind themselves that this is also exactly the kind of thing Democrats …

Discussion: MSNBC, Political Machine and Group News Blog

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