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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
NY NOW: “Betrayal!” — Whoa. The New York State chapter of the National Organization for Women attacked Ted Kennedy for his endorsement today with some real heat.. The Times Union reported it first (writing, “'Scathing' feels inadequate here."), and I confirmed its authenticity with the president of the organization, Marcia Pappas.
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Sam Graham-Felsen / my.barackobama.com:
Obama Rally with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, and Caroline Kennedy — Here are the remarks of Caroline Kennedy as prepared for delivery... Here are the remarks of Senator Ted Kennedy as prepared for delivery... Here are the remarks of Senator Obama as prepared for delivery...
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Awesomely awesome: NOW NYS calls Teddy's endorsement of Obama “the ultimate betrayal”; Update: “Psychological gang bang”? — So packed with identity politics irony I'm almost misty over it. After weeks of hand-wringing by the commentariat over the race card, here comes the gender card taped …
Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:
Obama takes big risk on driver's license issue — (01-28) 04:00 PST Washington — Sen. Barack Obama easily won the African American vote in South Carolina, but to woo California Latinos, where he is running 3-to-1 behind rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, he is taking a giant risk …
CNN:
Clinton campaign advisers: Bill Clinton ‘needs to stop’ — (CNN) - Democratic sources supportive of and regularly in touch with the Clinton campaign describe what one calls “a huge wave” of sentiment that Bill Clinton “needs to stop." — The sources — who requested anonymity …
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Peter Wehner / The Corner:
Barack & Bork — According to the Drudge Report, today Senator Kennedy, in endorsing Senator Obama for president, said this: … These are very nice sentiments by Senator Kennedy. I, too, hope we move beyond the “politics of fear and personal destruction,” which the Clintons have done so much to advance.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:Kennedy Calls Obama ‘New Generation of Leadership’
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:CH-CH-CH-CHANGES. — Throughout this primary, there's been very little I could bank on.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Today's FISA vote — This morning, I wrote extensively about today's vote on the FISA filibuster and related matters here, but am starting a new post now to live-blog the proceedings, which have now begun in the Senate (and can be viewed on C-SPAN here). That earlier post should be read for background.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:GOP: Dem Effort to Extend Surveillance Law That Must Not Lapse Is Unacceptable
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Breaking News: Rudy Giuliani hints at dropping out — Rudy Giuliani appears to be pondering an end to his long pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination. — In a meeting in the back of his chartered plane en route to St. Petersburg, Fla., a short while ago, the onetime …
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Byron York / The Corner:
Judges: McCain Responds — I got a moment with John McCain, after an airport rally here in Orlando, to ask him about a report today by John Fund quoting some unnamed conservatives quoting McCain to the effect that, in Fund's words, “[McCain] would be happy to appoint the likes of Chief Justice John Roberts to the Supreme Court.
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John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Winging It — John McCain has a golden opportunity to make peace with conservatives. Will he take advantage of it? — John McCain has to decide just how comfortable he wants the conservative base of the Republican Party to be with his candidacy. Although he touts his conservative credentials …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT THE CLINTONS ARE PLAYING THE RACE CARD. — How can one equal Bill Clinton for thuggery and opportunism when it comes to the so-called “race card”? And where does one even start with the breathtaking nastiness of his own conduct, and that of his supporters, in the last week?
CNN:
Huckabee challenges Romney over fried chicken — PENSACOLA, Florida (CNN) - Mitt Romney's failure to eat fried chicken with the skin on is nothing short of blasphemy here in the South, according to GOP rival Mike Huckabee. — Romney, of Massachusetts, dug into a piece fried chicken at KFC …
Tapscott's Copy Desk:
Bush, GOP earmark cave-in: Conservatives are a base in search of a party — The White House is now confirming that President Bush won't be signing an executive order that could stop the vast majority of earmarks. Instead, he's going to sign one “directing agencies to ignore …
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Dave Barry / Seattle Times:
An insider's guide to Florida's primary — On Tuesday, millions of Florida voters will head for the polls. Being Floridians, many of them will become confused and drive into buildings, canals, cemeteries, other Floridians, etc. But some will actually make it to the polls …
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