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The Onion:
Bill Clinton: 'Screw It, I'm Running For President' — CHARLESTON, SC—After spending two months accompanying his wife, Hillary, on the campaign trail, former president Bill Clinton announced Monday that he is joining the 2008 presidential race, saying he “could no longer resist the urge.”
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Clinton Education — One of our favorite Bill Clinton anecdotes involves a confrontation he had with Bob Dole in the Oval Office after the 1996 election. Mr. Dole protested Mr. Clinton's attack ads claiming the Republican wanted to harm Medicare, but the President merely smiled …
Shaun McKinnon / Arizona Republic:
Poll: Clinton and McCain well ahead in Arizona — Arizona Sen. John McCain has opened a wide lead in his home state for the Feb. 5 Republican presidential primary, according to a poll released Tuesday. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton leads fellow Democrats by a similar margin.
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Frank James / The Swamp:
Obama's Rezko problem; it's about judgment — In Monday night's Democratic presidential slugfest, er, debate in South Carolina, Sen. Hillary Clinton hit Sen. Barack Obama with the charge that as a young lawyer he represented a now infamous Chicago “slumlord” named “Rezko.”
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
New Negative Hillary Ad In South Carolina Hits Obama For Calling GOP “Party Of Ideas” — The Obama campaign has just sent out to reporters audio and script of a negative Hillary radio spot hitting him over that now-infamous interview in which Obama called Republicans the “party of ideas.”
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Now or Never for Obama — COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina has become a must-win state for Barack Obama. — Whatever the outcome of Saturday's Democratic presidential primary here, the Illinois senator has the money and the organization to compete in the nearly two dozen states voting on Feb. 5.
Washington Post:Clinton Now Looking Beyond S.C.
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Dick Morris / Real Clear Politics:How Clinton Will Win the Nomination by Losing S.C.
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:Hillary plays Rezko card
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Times of London:
Exclusive: Hamas ‘spent months cutting through Gaza wall in secret operation’ — James Hider of The Times at the Rafah border crossing — As tens of thousands of Palestinians clambered back and forth between the Gaza strip and Egypt today, details emerged of the audacious operation …
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New York Times:
Palestinians Topple Gaza Wall and Cross to Egypt — RAFAH, Egypt — Thousands of Palestinians streamed from the Gaza Strip into Egypt on Wednesday after a fence at the Rafah border crossing was toppled, going on a buying spree of fuel, medicine, soap, cigarettes and many other supplies …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Your Harry Reid-led Senate in action — (updated below - Update II) — Harry Reid — who has (a) done more than any other individual to ensure that Bush's demands for telecom immunity and warrantless eavesdropping powers will be met in full and (b) allowed the Republicans all year …
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Markos Moulitsas / The Hill:Scare tactics — Stuck in traffic on Sept. 11, smoke …
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Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
ABC News Badly Mischaracterizes Obama's Alleged “Testy Exchange” With Reporter — Okay, this is really a bad one. Late yesterday, ABC News posted a story called: “Is Bill Clinton getting in Obama's head?" — The piece reported that Obama had had a “testy exchange” with New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
George Soros Funded Study Says Bush Lied — The AP reports, and the New York Times expands, on a new study by a supposedly “independent” organization that claims to have assembled hundred of “false statements” by the Bush administration in the course of the Iraq war.
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Associated Press:Study: False statements preceded war
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Worries That the Good Times Were Mostly a Mirage — So, how bad could this get? — Until a few months ago, it was accepted wisdom that the American economy functioned far more smoothly than in the past. Economic expansions lasted longer, and recessions were both shorter and milder.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
NOT FOR DEBATE — I was a little surprised when one of the questioners at last night's Democratic debate — I think Joe Johns, but I'm not certain — referenced the new and long-awaited Iraqi ‘de-Baathification’ law as an undisputed sign of political progress.
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Think Progress:
FLASHBACK: Economists Predicted That A Prolonged U.S. Presence In Iraq Could Lead To A Recession — In yesterday's press briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Dana Perino about the tie between the current U.S. economy and the Iraq war. Perino quickly dismissed the reporter's question …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Consequences for ignoring congressional subpoenas: None — (updated below) — Back in July of last year — more than six months ago — the Senate and House Judiciary Committees were investigating the U.S. attorneys scandal and, as part of that investigation, they issued subpoenas …
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