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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Losing Ugly — There's losing. There's losing honorably. And then there's John Edwards. — Mike Huckabee is not going to be president. The loss in South Carolina, one of the most highly evangelical states in the union, made that plain. With a ceiling of 14 percent among nonevangelical Republicans …
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Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama's Lead Shrinks in SC — Edwards continues to advance, nips at Clinton's heels — UTICA, NY - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's lead over New York Sen. Hillary Clinton narrowed yet a little more in South Carolina with just two days to go before the primary …
Christopher Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
For Edwards, a Role as Possible Kingmaker — Democrat May Grab — Enough Delegates — To Sway Convention — LANCASTER, S.C. — As the banjo strains of his warm-up act faded to silence, John Edwards took the stage, telling the 200 assembled supporters the truth. “The truth is, I am the underdog,” he said.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary On The Morning Shows: Surprised By Photo Of Her And Rezko — Hillary hits all the morning shows, gets hit with a surprise on NBC: An old photo of her and Bill next to disgraced Obama associate Tony Rezko. NBC's Matt Lauer says that the network “received” the photo and that its date is uncertain …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Was that a whisper in Romney's Ear? — What's a debate without a little blogging fun? During the GOP Presidential Debate on MSNBC, a very curious thing happened during a Tim Russert question to Mitt Romney. You can hear what seemed like an on air-whispered answer directed at Romney …
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Bizarre Whisper During Romney Debate Answer — Whisper: Raise taxes Romney: I am not going to raise taxes. — Tim Russert: Governor Romney, you are a big fan of Ronald Reagan. — Mitt Romney: Uh-um — Russert: Will you do for Social Security what Ronald Reagan did in 1983? — [whisper] raise taxes
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Bill Clinton Takes on the ‘Polarizing’ Issue — SPARTENBURG, S.C.- Bill Clinton just staged a passionate defense of his wife here, after a voter asked how Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton could unite this country when it is so split, politically and racially, and when she is such a polarizing figure.
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NationalJournal.com:
Transcript: John Kerry On Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton And More — National Journal's Linda Douglass sat down with John Kerry for “National Journal On Air." This is a transcript of their conversation. — Q: I'd like to introduce Sen. John Kerry, former Democratic presidential candidate in 2004, United States senator now.
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do — We begin, as one always must now, again, with Bill Clinton. The past week he has traveled South Carolina, leaving discord in his wake. Barack Obama, that “fairytale,” is low, sneaky. “He put out a hit job on me." The press is cruelly carrying Mr. Obama's counter-jabs.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Ideas Bill Forgot — It was a remarkable moment: A young, free-thinking presidential hopeful named Bill Clinton sat down with reporters and editors at The Post in October 1991 and started saying things most Democrats wouldn't allow to pass their lips. — Ronald Reagan, Clinton said, deserved credit for winning the Cold War.
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The Hill:
Weldon will not seek reelection — Rep. Dave Weldon (R-Fla.) announced Friday that he will retire from Congress at the end of this session, citing a desire to return to his medical practice. — “I want to thank my wife Nancy and my kids for all the support over these many years …
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Scott Horton / Harper's:
The Illustrated President — W.H.D. Koerner, “A Charge to Keep” (1916) — George W. Bush is famous for his attachment to a painting which he acquired after becoming a “born again Christian." It's by W.H.D. Koerner and is entitled “A Charge to Keep." Bush was so taken by it …
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
The unintentional humor of ‘A Charge to Keep’
The unintentional humor of ‘A Charge to Keep’
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Michelle Malkin:
John McCain's open-borders outreach director: The next DHS secretary? — Dr. Juan Hernandez, McCain Hispanic outreach director: “We must not only have a free flow of goods and services, but also start working for a free flow of people." — Last month, I received an e-mail from a concerned reader.
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Steve Bousquet / St. Petersburg Times:
Early vote may be decisive in Florida … TALLAHASSEE - Nearly 7 percent of Florida's 10-million registered voters have already cast their ballots for Tuesday's election, suggesting the vote may buck the recent trend of lackluster turnout. — Nearly 700,000 voters had voted early or returned absentee ballots as of Thursday.
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Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Bush plan for Iraq would be a first — No OK from Congress seen; Constitutional issues raised — WASHINGTON - President Bush's plan to forge a long-term agreement with the Iraqi government that could commit the US military to defending Iraq's security would be the first time such a sweeping …
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James Fallows:
Man from Mars perspective on the Republican debate — As soon as this evening's Florida debate ended, the MSNBC TV commentators were wondering how it would have looked to “someone who was seeing these candidates for the first time." — Why didn't they just ask me?