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9:55 AM ET, January 25, 2008

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New York Times:
Primary Choices: John McCain  —  We have strong disagreements with all the Republicans running for president.  The leading candidates have no plan for getting American troops out of Iraq.  They are too wedded to discredited economic theories and unwilling even now to break with the legacy of President Bush.
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New York Times:
Primary Choices: Hillary Clinton  —  This generally is the stage of a campaign when Democrats have to work hard to get excited about whichever candidate seems most likely to outlast an uninspiring pack.  That is not remotely the case this year.  —  The early primaries produced …
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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Zogby:
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 …
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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Walter Shapiro / Salon:
Bill Clinton looks backward  —  He is attacking Barack Obama with the same playbook he used to go after Republican targets like Newt Gingrich.  Are the Clintons stuck in reverse?  —  Hillary Clinton, with husband Bill Clinton, prepares to give a victory speech Jan. 19 after the Democratic caucuses in Las Vegas.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Rasmussen Reports:
Georgia Republican Presidential Primary  —  Georgia: Huckabee 34% McCain 19% Romney 16%  —  While John McCain and Mitt Romney are fighting for the lead in Florida's Presidential Primary on January 29, Mike Huckabee has the lead in Georgia.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey …
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MiamiHerald.com:
Republicans keep it civil at debate
Discussion: The Caucus and Cliff Schecter
New York Times:
At Debate on the Economy, Republicans Become Kindest of Candidates
Discussion: The Politico
Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
Mitt Romney courts neutral Jeb Bush
Discussion: Naked Politics
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
YEP, HE SAID IT  —  Seems McCain did say that.  —  Here's the video to refresh your memory ...  TPM Reader BY just sent in this clip from the Boston Globe ...  I guess it was too much to ask to have Russert crash and burn on this one.  —  Russert's quote was: “I know a lot less …
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John Mercurio / MSNBC:
Clintons leave no fingerprints  —  The couple have skillfully steered the nomination campaign toward race  —  WASHINGTON - First, a quick show of hands: How many of you honestly thought we'd make it through this Democratic presidential primary without a bruising debate over race?
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
In Senate, a White House Victory on Eavesdropping  —  WASHINGTON — A White House plan to broaden the National Security Agency's wiretapping powers won a key procedural victory in the Senate on Thursday, as backers defeated a more restrictive plan by Senate Democrats that would have imposed more court oversight on government spying.
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Pamela Hess / Associated Press:
Senate Delays Eavesdropping Vote
Discussion: Firedoglake
Michael Graham / The Corner:
Why was this debate so bad?  —  One of my GOP candidates had an expression: “WOT."  Waste of time.  —  Did this debate accomplish anything, other than to remind us that Tim Russert is the most overrated journalist in television?  —  I'm trying to imagine what Florida voter watched that and went—"OK, now I'm ready to vote!"
Discussion: Don Surber and Say Anything
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Michael Mandel / Business Week:
How Real Was the Prosperity?  —  We're just beginning to figure out how much of the nation's recent growth was the result of a credit-induced frenzy.  Here are some guideposts  —  Mark it down.  Clear the slate.  Get it all behind us.  That's what the big banks are trying to do now.
Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Immigration officials detaining, deporting American citizens  —  FLORENCE, Ariz. — Thomas Warziniack was born in Minnesota and grew up in Georgia, but immigration authorities pronounced him an illegal immigrant from Russia.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement has held Warziniack for weeks …
Roddie A. Burris / The State:
Exclusive |  Edwards rises in S.C. polls  —  Palmetto State native might be in striking distance for 2nd-place finish  —  Watch John Edwards.  —  With only a day left before Saturday's S.C. Democratic presidential primary, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina and S.C. native is making a move, tracking polls suggest.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Mike Nizza / The Lede:
Wolfowitz Returns to U.S. Government as Adviser  —  Paul D. Wolfowitz, who resigned as World Bank chief after serving as second-in-command at the Pentagon, has returned to the Bush administration, albeit in an advisory role.  From a short news release put out this afternoon:
Discussion: The Corner
Wall Street Journal:
Washington Sets $150 Billion Plan To Jolt Economy  —  Taxpayers to Get Credits; Boost for Big Mortgages Via Fannie and Freddie  —  WASHINGTON — Congress and the White House hammered out an economic stimulus package that would put $150 billion into the hands of consumers and businesses …
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
 
 
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Associated Press:
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Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic Online:
Partisan Retreat  —  A few months ago, in a packed …
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