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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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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bill Clinton Reportedly Will Soon Apologize At Black Churches (Super Tuesday Is Coming Up) — Once again, former President Bill Clinton seems poised to be pitchforked into the headlines right on the eve of a crucial primary vote amid a report that he's going to “repent” by going to some black churches.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Closing Income Gap Tops Obama's Agenda for Economic Change — WICHITA, Kan. — Senator Barack Obama says the top priority of the next president should be to create a more lasting and equitable prosperity than achieved by either President Bush in the current decade or even Bill Clinton in the 1990s.
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!
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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Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
Huckabee factor could sap Romney in South — ATLANTA - As Mitt Romney prepared this week to enter the Super Tuesday contests, he declared confidently that “in a two-person race, I like my chances.” — But the problem with Romney's assertion is evident in the South.
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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.
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Dan Gerstein / Wall Street Journal:
Decline of the Angry Left — Last Saturday's South Carolina Democratic primary will probably be remembered as the day when the party's emotional dam burst and many of the personal grievances and tensions that have built up over the past generation spilled out into the open …
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.
Charles Mahtesian / The Politico:
Most GOP govs shun Romney — As chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2006, Mitt Romney crisscrossed the country to elect GOP governors and broke the group's fundraising record by hauling in $20 million. — Yet just two of the 16 governors he worked to elect then are supporting his presidential bid.
philly.com:
Spygate sparring — Specter: NFL tried to embarrass him over his interest in the Patriots scandal. — PHOENIX - What started out yesterday as the NFL commissioner's defending his decision to destroy evidence implicating the New England Patriots in a spy scandal turned into a Super Bowl …
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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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Bloomberg:
Paul Volcker, Former Fed Chairman, Endorses Obama — Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won the endorsement of former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. — “It is only Barack Obama, in his person, in his ideas, in his ability to understand and to articulate …