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4:45 PM ET, January 24, 2008

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Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog:
Bill Clinton's Old Politics  —  I write this more out of sadness than anger.  Bill Clinton's ill-tempered and ill-founded attacks on Barack Obama are doing no credit to the former President, his legacy, or his wife's campaign.  Nor are they helping the Democratic party.
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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.
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Editing Hillary's Story  —  Last summer, I asked Hillary Clinton if she had any reservations about using her husband in her campaign.  She said no, that having Bill on the team was “a great gift.  I have always believed you should get the very best people to advise you."  —  I never really made use of the interview.
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Prairie Weather
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Winning Spin War Over Who's Victim In Campaign  —  One of the central struggles between the Obama and Hillary campaigns right now is this: Which of the two can successfully persuade voters that he or she is the fair-fighter being victimized by the other's out-of-control aggression?
Mike Dorning / The Swamp:
Obama says party will unite despite bitter campaign
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
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.
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Jim Ash / News Press:
Poll: Romney slightly ahead in Florida  —  TALLAHASSEE — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a slight edge in Florida over his closest GOP rival, Arizona Sen. John McCain, with just five days to go before Tuesday's presidential primary, according to a poll released today.
Steven Stark / Real Clear Politics:
Who Said Freddy's Dead?  —  The Republican race is coming into focus.  Well, sort of.  If John McCain can win the Florida primary on January 29, he'll be the clear front-runner heading into Super Tuesday a week later.  —  But Florida is hardly a sure thing for McCain.
CNN:
Giuliani fights political fall in Florida
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Tentative Deal on Economic Stimulus Plan  —  WASHINGTON — House leaders and the White House on Thursday announced a tentative agreement on an economic stimulus package of roughly $150 billion that would pay stipends of $300 to $1,200 per family and provide tax incentives for businesses to encourage spending.
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
The Dems just gave away your stimulus check  —  According to AP, congressional leaders have reached a deal on those economic stimulus checks.  And rather than being geared towards helping the economy, they're apparently geared towards redistributing wealth (that would be our wealth) to the poor.
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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Robert A. Guth / Wall Street Journal:
Bill Gates Issues Call For Kinder Capitalism  —  Famously Competitive, Billionaire Now Urges Business to Aid the Poor  —  Free enterprise has been good to Bill Gates.  But today, the Microsoft Corp. chairman will call for a revision of capitalism.  —  In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos …
Discussion: The Corner, Portfolio.com and Salon
Matt / Think Progress:
Gibson Defends His Mockery Of Ledger's Death: ‘No Point In Passing Up A Good Joke’  —  On his radio show yesterday, Fox News host John Gibson responded to ThinkProgress' criticism of his comments mocking the death of Heath Ledger, saying that it was just “a little Brokeback Mountain joke” …
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Anti-Bush campaign planned  —  WASHINGTON - A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to ensure that 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 …
Agence France Presse:
Bono confesses sins to ‘father’ Al Gore  —  Having climate campaigner Al Gore round to your house is to open yourself to a self-flagellating guilt trip, Irish rock star Bono confessed Thursday.  —  Sharing a stage with the former US vice president at the annual gathering of world movers …
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Canadian Military Has Quit Turning Detainees Over to Afghans  —  OTTAWA — The Canadian military secretly stopped transferring prisoners to Afghanistan's government in November after Canadian monitors found evidence that they were being abused and tortured.  —  The suspension, which began Nov. 5 …
 
 
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President Bill Clinton / Detroit Free Press:
2 notable perjury cases
Discussion: Associated Press and Wonkette
David Neiwert / Orcinus:
Responding to Jonah
Discussion: Sadly, No!
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain praises Rush Limbaugh, faintly
NPR:
‘Internal and External Threats’
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
HuffPost and Pollsters: Why We're Just Not That Into Them
Discussion: TalkLeft
Marc Ambinder:
(Updated) Clinton Campaign Pulls The Misleading South Carolina Ad....
Discussion: TIME: Swampland
Erin Ballou / zwire.com:
Muslim opening prayer at Iowa Statehouse raises concerns
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Bipartisanship push sparks conservative revolt
 Earlier Items: 
Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
CLINTON PRO-CHOICE SUPPORTER FLIPS TO OBAMA.
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Clinton and his God Nemesis
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
The Rudyification of Romney and the Romnification of Rudy (or Something Like That)
Discussion: Ross Douthat
New York Times:
Justice Nomination Seen as Snub to Democrats
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama's SC lead slipping but still wide
Discussion: MyDD, Reuters and Political Machine
New York Times:
Attacks Imperil U.S.-Backed Militias in Iraq
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Obama said oops on 6 state Senate votes
Azi Paybarah / New York Observer:
Source at Fund-Raiser: Edwards Calls McCain ‘Crazy’ …
Discussion: Hot Air and Donklephant
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

 
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