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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Bill: “We Just Have to Slow Down Our Economy” to Fight Global Warming — Former President Bill Clinton was in Denver, Colorado, stumping for his wife yesterday. — In a long, and interesting speech, he characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global warming …
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ABCNEWS:
Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions — Tapes Reviewed by ABC News Show Clinton As a Loyal Company Woman — In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign …
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New York Times:
After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton Charity — Late on Sept. 6, 2005, a private plane carrying the Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra touched down in Almaty, a ruggedly picturesque city in southeast Kazakhstan. Several hundred miles to the west a fortune awaited …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Romney Spokesperson Confirms it: Mitt Hasn't Bought Any TV Ad Time In Any Feb. 5th State — With five days to go until Super Tuesday, Mitt Romney's spokesperson is confirming that the Romney campaign has bought exactly zero TV ad time in any of the states that vote on Feb. 5.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Romney to run ads in California — LOS ANGELES - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to run a “significant” level of television ads in California and other states that vote Tuesday in essentially a national primary, aides said Thursday, signaling a willingness to aggressively try …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney falls into McCain trap on Iraq — SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - In the final GOP debate before Super Tuesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain of Arizona bickered over a laundry list of past and present positions, most notably whether Romney backed a time-table for withdrawing troops for Iraq.
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Is McCain a Conservative? — As John McCain neared his momentous primary election victory in Florida after a ferocious campaign questioning his conservative credentials, right-wingers buzzed over word that he had privately suggested that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was too conservative.
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Jennifer Rubin / New York Observer:
What Will Rush, Hugh Say if McCain Wins? — Rush Limbaugh. — Certain conservative opinion makers are not pleased. — Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, much of the roster at the National Review and many (but certainly not all) of their more conservative talk radio and blogger colleagues …
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
A Matchup Starts to Take Shape — Heading into Tuesday's unprecedented day of voting in two dozen states, a degree of order is finally emerging in the dramatic races for the presidential nominations of both parties. — Public opinion and leadership support are finding their way to the same destinations …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
MUKASEY STONEWALLS SENATE DEMOCRATS ON WATER-BOARDING, AND PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING ELSE. — Virtually every Democrat on the Senate judiciary committee opens his or her questions to Attorney General Michael Mukasey at today's oversight hearing with a thank you.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Mukasey's radical worldview is now the norm
Mukasey's radical worldview is now the norm
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Matthew Mosk / The Trail:
Obama to Report $32 Million Raised in Jan. — The campaign of Barack Obama will report having raised at least $32 million in the month of January, a staggering amount for one month, campaign manager David Plouffe said this morning. — That included contributions from 170,000 new donors.
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Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
Security Gains From ‘Surge’ Backsliding — New Iraq Security Statistics Show Uptick in Explosions — It was the crescendo of an otherwise flat State of the Union address. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” President George W. Bush declared Monday night, “some may deny the surge is working, but among terrorists there is no doubt.”
New York Times:
Tainted Drugs Linked to Maker of Abortion Pill — BEIJING — A huge state-owned Chinese pharmaceutical company that exports to dozens of countries, including the United States, is at the center of a nationwide drug scandal after nearly 200 Chinese cancer patients were paralyzed or otherwise harmed …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Bush Seeks Surplus via Medicare Cuts — WASHINGTON — In his new budget, to be unveiled Monday, President Bush will call for large cuts in the growth of Medicare, far exceeding what he proposed last year, and he will again seek major savings in Medicaid, according to administration officials and budget documents.
Doug Oakley / Contra Costa Times:
Berkeley council tells Marines to leave — Hey-hey, ho-ho, the Marines in Berkeley have got to go. — That's the message from the Berkeley City Council, which voted 8-1 Tuesday night to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station “is not welcome in the city …
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Soldier Suicides at Record Level — Increase Linked to Long Wars, Lack of Army Resources — Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning …
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Airport found legitimate in troop treatment — The Oakland International Airport did not break any laws or regulations when it denied 200 Marines and soldiers access to the passenger terminal during a layover last year from Iraq to the troops' home base in Hawaii, the Transportation Department says.