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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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RushLimbaugh.com:
Let's Hear Some Straight Talk — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: A new California poll taken just after Fred Thompson's withdrawal from the Republican primary shows Mitt Romney as leading big over McCain in California when it comes to which candidate best represents the Republican Party.
Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
Let the sunshine in — If the other GOP candidates don't stop McCain now, they never will — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain bites his tongue as he answers reporters' questions during a campaign stop in Orlando, Florida. — GOP hopefuls brace for debate
Elizabeth Holmes / Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Wallet Keeps Him in the Race — Cash Is Major Asset As Some Opponents — Run Perilously Low — TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney lost three of the first five big Republican contests and lags behind in most major state and national polls. Yet he is still widely seen as a credible contender …
MiamiHerald.com:Poll: McCain rising, Giuliani fading
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Steven Stark / Real Clear Politics:Who Said Freddy's Dead? — The Republican race is coming into focus.
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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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments — (updated below - Update II) — 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 …
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein's amendments to FISA — by Robert Cruickshank, for the Courage Campaign — The Feinstein “Compromise” Amendments — 1. There is no chance that Bush and the Republicans will agree to any compromise short of complete immunity for telecoms - making compromise impossible.
Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
Business as Usual GOP — WASHINGTON, D.C. — When House Republicans convene behind closed doors today (Thursday) at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.V., they have a chance to make two bold moves to restore their reputation for fiscal responsibility.
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Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama's SC lead slipping but still wide — Edwards makes gains amid shifting voter preferences — Utica, NY - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's lead over New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has shrunk by four points overall and by nine points among black voters …
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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 …
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 …
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Anti-Bush campaign planned — WASHINGTON - A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to make sure President Bush's public approval doesn't improve as his days in the White House come to an end. — Americans United for Change plans to undertake a yearlong campaign …
Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
The Truth About Talk Radio — It just provides a dial tone. — IT WAS ROUGHLY SEVEN months ago that the McCain/Kennedy immigration bill went down to ignominious defeat. At the time, many pundits blamed or credited talk radio for the bill's demise. While guest-hosting …
Sarah Harris / Daily Mail:
‘Three Little Pigs CD’ banned from Government-backed awards for offending Muslims and builders — A story based on The Three Little Pigs has been rejected by a Government-backed awards event because it might offend Muslims... and builders. — The digital book, retelling the classic children's tale …
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 …
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