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Washington Post:
Some in Party Bristle At Clintons' Attacks — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign aired a new radio ad here Wednesday that repeated a discredited charge against Sen. Barack Obama, in what some Democrats said is part of an increasing pattern of hardball politics by her and former president Bill Clinton.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Bill Clinton Accuses Obama Camp of Stirring Race Issue
Bill Clinton Accuses Obama Camp of Stirring Race Issue
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Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Hill defends Bill on stump
AP Interview: Hill defends Bill on stump
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CNN:
Bill Clinton gets upset with CNN reporter
Bill Clinton gets upset with CNN reporter
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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Romney Leads in Ill Will Among G.O.P. Candidates — TAMPA, Fla. — At the end of the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire this month, when the Democrats joined the candidates on stage, Mitt Romney found himself momentarily alone as his counterparts mingled, looking around a bit stiffly for a companion.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
RNC chairman provides numbers, strategy to defeat top Democrats — Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Mike Duncan believes Republicans can beat either of the two top Democrats racing for their party's nomination. — For Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), Duncan says it comes down to trust.
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MiamiHerald.com:
Poll: Giuliani slips to third in Florida — Rudy Giuliani has hit the skids in a Florida freefall that could shatter his presidential campaign and leave a two-man Republican contest in the state between John McCain and Mitt Romney, a Miami Herald poll shows.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments — As the Senate takes up “debate” today over granting the President new warrantless eavesdropping powers and granting immunity to lawbreaking telecoms, the individual who joined forces with Dick Cheney to get this ball rolling …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
FISA Battle: Stand And Be Counted — Who will stand for the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the rule of law in the Senate and be counted today? Who will stand up with Sens. Chris Dodd and Russ Feingold and put their values on the line, putting the foundations of American government …
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Bush's Second Child Insurance Veto Stands in House
Bush's Second Child Insurance Veto Stands in House
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Azi Paybarah / New York Observer:
Source at Fund-Raiser: Edwards Calls McCain ‘Crazy’ and Says Hillary Thinks There's More on Rezko — Before John Edwards let David Letterman mess up his hair on the Late Show last night, the former Senator was at a private fund-raiser in midtown Manhattan, also attended by Kevin Bacon …
TVNZ:
Venezuelan troops seize food — Venezuela's top food company has accused troops of illegally seizing more than 500 tonnes of food from its trucks as part of President Hugo Chavez's campaign to stem shortages. — The leftist Chavez this week created a state food distributor and loosened …
Matt / Think Progress:
John Gibson Mocks ‘Weirdo’ Heath Ledger's Death: ‘He Found Out How To Quit You’ — Opening his radio show with funeral music yesterday, Fox News host John Gibson callously mocked the death of actor Heath Ledger, calling him a “weirdo” with a “serious drug problem.”
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
‘Hamas staged some of the blackouts’ — On at least two occasions this week, Hamas staged scenes of darkness as part of its campaign to end the political and economic sanctions against the Gaza Strip, Palestinian journalists said Wednesday. — In the first case, journalists who were invited …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
John Edwards on FISA — John Edwards: … Well...yes. And that includes candidates, you know, leaving the campaign trail to do their jobs. Which Obama and Clinton can — and should — do. South Carolina is an hour and a half plane ride away. — Get thee to DC and filibuster, Senators.
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C.J. / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken didn't exactly leave 'em laughing in Northfield — Franken apparently had more fun than senior history major Peter Fritz. — Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Al Franken didn't exactly leave 'em laughing in Northfield. — Earlier this month Franken was at Carleton College …
Benny Avni / New York Sun:
‘Paradigm Change’ Is Seen as Arabs Flee Gaza — UNITED NATIONS — Washington, Cairo, and Jerusalem are expressing “concern” regarding the flow of hundreds of thousands of Gazans into Egypt, testing border agreements that have existed since Israel completely withdrew from the heavily populated strip in 2005.
IBDeditorials.com:
The Clintons' Coal-Gate — Scandals: Hillary Clinton calls President Bush's talks with the Saudis about increasing oil output “pathetic." But it's not as pathetic as her co-president husband locking up billions of tons of clean coal in exchange for political contributions.