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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 …
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.
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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.
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Sweetness & Light
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.
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CNN:
Edwards unlikely to endorse before Super Tuesday — (CNN) — Sources close to John Edwards tell CNN not to expect him to endorse either of his former presidential rivals before Super Tuesday. “That's just not something he's going to do,” said one source. — The former North Carolina senator's endorsement would be a coveted prize.
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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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.
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 …
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The New Republic
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 …
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Outside The Beltway, TigerHawk, Silent Running, Patterico's Pontifications and The Carpetbagger Report
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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