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Caroline Kennedy / New York Times:
A President Like My Father — OVER the years, I've been deeply moved by the people who've told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting …
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
The Media And The 2008 Election: The Perfect Storm Of Clinton Hate — Regarding the Media coverage of this primary season it now seems clear that there is a new rule that objectivity and appearances thereof are out the window. Certainly at NBC this is true.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ABOUT JESSE'S WINS IN SOUTH CAROLINA — Bill Clinton's reference to Jesse Jackson's wins in South Carolina pretty much speaks for itself. But there's a further part of the story that's well worth pointing out. TPM Reader JZ wrote in last night to point out that in 1984 and 1988 …
Mark Mooney / Political Punch:
Bubba: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson — Said Bill Clinton today in Columbia, SC: “Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88. Jackson ran a good campaign. And Obama ran a good campaign here." — This was in response to a question about Obama saying it “took two people to beat him.”
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Winning Large — Congratulations to Senator Obama! He has won South Carolina in a landslide and with 24% of white voters to boot. I think that should put to rest the idea that he has somehow become the “black” candidate and can't compete. The Democrats aren't going to win South Carolina in the general —
CBS News:
Analysis: Bill Clinton's Lost Legacy — CBSNews.com's Vaughn Ververs: Inflammatory Remarks Tarnish Ex-President's Reputation — (CBS) This analysis was written by CBSNews.com senior political editor Vaughn Ververs. — The man crowned as America's first black president …
Sam Graham-Felsen / my.barackobama.com:
Barack Obama's victory speech in South Carolina
Barack Obama's victory speech in South Carolina
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THEIR SPIN — Just off the AP wire ... I guess they're really broken up about it.
THEIR SPIN — Just off the AP wire ... I guess they're really broken up about it.
Redstate:
Democrats: The Party of the Klan?
Democrats: The Party of the Klan?
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CNN:
Exit polls: Bill Clinton's effect
Exit polls: Bill Clinton's effect
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Laura Donnelly / Telegraph:
Don't treat the old and unhealthy, say doctors — Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly should be barred from receiving some operations, according to doctors, with most saying the health service cannot afford to provide free care to everyone. — Fertility treatment and …
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: McCain, Romney Locked in Florida — Huckabee passes Giuliani to capture third place — UTICA, New York - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has drawn even with Arizona Sen. John McCain in the Republican presidential nomination fight in Florida …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
My Vote — Over a year ago and many times since, I wrote that I could give no endorsement, because I had honestly not made up my mind about which candidate to support. I also told the CapQ community that if I did make a decision, I would announce it as soon as I made it so that they knew where I stood.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
FISA: Wiretapping Without A Warrant. It Could Be You Next. — Via no-frills marilyn. — So much for that “innocent Americans aren't being wiretapped” talking point. A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist was not only wiretapped while doing his job in following-up on some sources …
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Jeff Stein / CQ Politics:
Collateral Damage: Surveillance Aimed at Terrorists Can Easily Go Awry
Collateral Damage: Surveillance Aimed at Terrorists Can Easily Go Awry
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Tim B. / Tim Blair:
THEY SAVED THE ARM — Further news from the recovery front shortly. All is going very well.
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Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
3 US workers face investigation over Obama e-mail — Allegedly spread discredited rumor — WASHINGTON - Three federal employees are being investigated for unlawful political activities after they allegedly sent an e-mail falsely accusing Barack Obama of being a “radical Muslim,” the Globe has learned.
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Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton to Stop in Fla. on Primary Night — On CBS's “Face the Nation” this morning, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton confirmed that she would be in Florida on Tuesday night for the results in that state's primary. — Mrs. Clinton and the other leading Democratic candidates had foresworn campaigning …
NEWS.com.au:
Detained extremists planned attack wave — A GROUP of alleged Islamist extremists were planning a wave of suicide attacks across Europe before they were detained in Barcelona last weekend. — The group intended to carry out three attacks in Spain and one each in Portugal, France and Germany …
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Traven / Matthew Yglesias:
Prescient — “Clinton says insurgency is failing”, Associated Press, February 19, 2005: — I'll just observe that I don't think that take on things has been borne out by the subsequent years. — But of course, according to Big Dog Bill, there ain't a dime's worth of difference between Hillary …