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12:15 PM ET, February 2, 2008

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San Francisco Chronicle:
Facing off over Marine Corps  —  3 war opponents chain selves to door of recruiting station, and right-wing blogosphere goes ballistic  —  As the right-wing blogosphere railed and a U.S. senator vowed financial retaliation against the Berkeley City Council for its effort to boot the Marine Corps …
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Gateway Pundit:
Berkeley Chaos— Protesters Chain Themselves to Marine Office Doors... Scuffle With Recruits!  —  The protesters denied anyone entry into the US Marine Corp offices for 7 1/2 hours!  —  And the mayor was not any help to the US Marines...  Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates offered to help the U.S. Marines leave town on Friday!
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Barack Obama and John McCain lead rivals 2-1 in Illinois, poll shows  —  Favorite-son Sen. Barack Obama and Arizona Sen. John McCain each hold a better than 2-to-1 edge over their closest presidential rivals entering the Illinois primary, but many voters say they're still undecided or could change …
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Gary Reese / Southern Political Report:
McCain, Clinton lead in InsiderAdvantage Alabama poll  —  There's a statistical tie in the Republican presidential primary race in Alabama, but Mitt Romney is not a part of it.  And the Democrats could have a photo finish on their hands in that state.  Our latest InsiderAdvantage/Majority …
David Sparks / Boston Globe:
The fat lady won't sing on Super Tuesday  —  THERE'S A side of me that resists giving career advice to rich successful guys with good hair.  That said, there's still hope, Mitt Romney.  —  There's a big difference between the Super Bowl and Super Tuesday.  At the end of the Super Bowl, the champion is crowned and the season is over.
Discussion: Riehl World View and GINA COBB
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CNN:
Edwards unlikely to endorse before Super Tuesday
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Bill Clinton Prepares Mea Culpa  —  Once again, Bill Clinton is ready to repent.  —  On Sunday the former president is scheduled to visit black churches in South Central Los Angeles, where he's expected to offer a mea culpa to those who “dearly loved him” when he was their president, Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.) says.
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
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Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
The Accompanists  —  Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama Warm Up to Their Parts in Orchestrating Victory  —  Both are confident and funny, opinionated and very smart.  Both are Ivy League lawyers with working-class roots.  Both have formidable identities independent of their formidable partners.
La Opinión:
The Democratic choice is Barack Obama  —  The Democratic Party arrives at the California primary with a historic choice between two extraordinary candidates.  We believe that of the two, Senator Barack Obama represents fundamental change in a campaign in which “change” has become a central theme.
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Richard Wolffe / Newsweek:
Barack + GOP = ‘Obamacans’
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Susan Eisenhower / Washington Post:
Why I'm Backing Obama  —  Forty-seven years ago, my grandfather Dwight D. Eisenhower bid farewell to a nation he had served for more than five decades.  In his televised address, Ike famously coined the term “military-industrial complex,” and he offered advice that is still relevant today.
CNN:
Third undersea Internet cable cut in Mideast  —  (CNN) — An undersea cable carrying Internet traffic was cut off the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, officials said Friday, the third loss of a line carrying Internet and telephone traffic in three days.  —  Ships have been dispatched to repair …
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BBC:
New cable cut compounds net woes
Discussion: Mashable!
Rachel Lucas:
Dear People, You have lost your minds.  Love, Rachel.UPDATED  —  You have lost your minds.  —  Love, Rachel.  —  UPDATED  —  The reason I haven't posted anything in a day is because I've been spending my free time reading everything I can get my hands on about John McCain in a quest …
Daniel Finkelstein / Comment Central:
Which of these men did the photographer think was a hero?  —  This morning is the fortieth anniversary of one of the iconic images of the Vietnam War.  It was taken on 1 February 1968, with the Tet offensive in its early stages.  It pictures General Nguyan Ngoc Loan executing a Vietcong prisoner.
Skippy / skippy the bush kangaroo:
blogroll amnesty day!  —  email skippy if you want the code to these logos!  —  readers of this space may have noticed a plethora of “blogging around” posts, wherein we give you several links to several other blogs.  —  astute readers might theorize that we are just lazy.
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Obama Slams McCain in N.M.  —  ABC News' David Wright, Sunlen Miller and Andy Fies Report: At a raucous town hall meeting on the economy in Albuquerque, N.M., Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama today accused Republican presidential contender Sen. John McCain of towing …
Discussion: The New Republic
Washington Post:
Tortured Testimony  —  THERE WAS one overarching takeaway from Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey's testimony yesterday before the Senate Judiciary Committee: When it comes to waterboarding and other extreme interrogation techniques, the ends justify the means.
 
 
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