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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Clinton, Obama crush GOP in funds race — Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama outraised the four Republican presidential candidates — John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul — $49.6 million to $42.2 million in the last three months of 2007, according to finance reports made public Thursday night.
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Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
News Shocker: Ron Paul biggest GOP fundraiser last quarter — Well, it's official, ladies and gentlemen. Believe it or not, Rep. Ron Paul, the 72-year-old Texan who hardly ever gets mentioned in Republican political news and the one-time libertarian who always gets the least time on TV debates …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
McCain's Critics on Right Look Again — WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain has long aroused almost unanimous opposition from the leaders of the right. Accusing him of crimes against conservative orthodoxy like voting against a big tax cut and opposing a federal ban on same-sex marriage …
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Breaking: Moveon Members Endorses Obama 71-29 — And here we go. From a press release. … It's not quite as skewed towards Obama as it was in the Dailykos poll, where Obama took 76% to Clinton's 11%, but it's pretty close. — UPDATE: I just spoke with Ilyse Hogue …
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Ari Melber / The Nation:
MOVEON ENDORSES OBAMA... Today Barack Obama earned the endorsement of MoveOn, one of the largest grassroots membership organizations in the United States, after clobbering Hillary Clinton by 40 percent in Internet balloting. Obama led the final tally 70.4% to 29.6%, clearing the supermajority required for the endorsement.
Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Waiting for Gore — It feels official: Barack Obama has momentum. He won a resounding victory in South Carolina. He just posted another astonishing fundraising total. Gallup reports that he's pulled to within four points of Hillary Clinton. And Ted Kennedy's endorsement Monday had the feel of history about it.
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Wall Street Journal:
Buried WMD Scoop — Journalists are taught never to “bury the lead.” Yet it looks as if that's precisely what CBS's “60 Minutes” did in reporter Scott Pelley's fascinating interview Sunday with George Piro, the FBI agent who debriefed Saddam Hussein following his capture in December 2003.
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Philip Shenon / New York Times:
Times Reporter Subpoenaed Over Source for Book — WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury has issued a subpoena to a reporter of The New York Times, apparently to try to force him to reveal his confidential sources for a 2006 book on the Central Intelligence Agency, one of the reporter's lawyers said Thursday.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Edwards Effect — So John Edwards has dropped out of the race for the presidency. By normal political standards, his campaign fell short. — But Mr. Edwards, far more than is usual in modern politics, ran a campaign based on ideas. And even as his personal quest for the White House faltered …
New York Times:
Dozens Killed in Worst Baghdad Attack in Months — BAGHDAD — Twin bombs struck two markets in central Baghdad on Friday, killing dozens in the worst attack in the Iraqi capital for many months. — One bomb hit the Ghazil pet market, the scene of another deadly bombing in November when 13 people were killed.
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The Campaign Spot:
Highlights From Mitt Romney's Conference Call — Moments ago, Mitt Romney completed a brief conference call with conservative bloggers. — Mitt Romney: It's been fun to watch the Democratic race, Hillary and Obama are really going at it. I think Hillary has won four, Barack has won two.
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown Special Comment: On FISA and Telecom Immunity — Keith Olbermann's Special Comment tonight on Countdown was yet another scathing rebuke of President Bush and his lies about the pending FISA legislation and fear tactics during his final State of the Union address earlier this week.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The McCain Transition — John McCain is exhausted. He hasn't had a full-night's sleep in forever. It took him 10 hours to get to California because of flight trouble. He underperformed in the debate Wednesday night, as his staff understands. He took some shots at Mitt Romney …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Coulter: If McCain's the nominee, I'll campaign for Hillary — The ne plus ultra of conservatives crapping away Iraq in a fit of spite at Maverick: “I think she would be stronger on the war on terrorism.” Madness. — Blowback
Matt Welch / Los Angeles Times:
He's a hawk on the war, yet independent-minded voters who are sick of Iraq are voting for him anyway. — John McCain will likely go down in history as the first GOP presidential nominee who vaulted to the front of the pack despite failing to win a plurality among self-identified Republicans in any of the early state primaries.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Clawing for a Legacy — Legacy? What legacy? — There was general amazement when (the now-muzzled) Bill Clinton did his red-faced, attack-dog, race-baiting performance in South Carolina. Friends, Democrats and longtime media sycophants were variously perplexed, repulsed, enraged …
bls.gov:
Employment Situation Summary — Technical information: — Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 08-0130 — Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release — http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Friday, February 1, 2008.
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Romney v. McCain v. Coulter v. Obama — If Ann Coulter's declares again that she'd campaign for Hillary at CPAC, she will be booed and rightly so. Not only did her grandstanding on Hannity & Colmes divert attention from the real issue before conservatives —the need to abandon the idea …
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