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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Has Ann Coulter Finally Jumped The Shark? — She did for me last year at CPAC, of course, when she derided John Edwards as a “faggot”. At the time, a number of conservative bloggers wrote that she had embarrassed the movement and owed Edwards an apology, which she refused to offer.
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 — Based on daily polling from Jan. 29-31, 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as close as they have been since the polling program started at the beginning of 2008.
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.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
NATIONAL SECURITY....The emerging consensus about the lovefest …
NATIONAL SECURITY....The emerging consensus about the lovefest …
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Matthew Yglesias
Los Angeles Times:
Barack Obama for Democratic nominee — Democrats preparing to vote in Tuesday's California primary can mark their ballots with confidence, knowing that either candidate would make a strong nominee and, if elected, a groundbreaking leader and capable president.
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Oprah's Back — ALBUQUERQUE - Oprah is on the way. — On Sunday, Oprah Winfrey is returning to the presidential campaign trail to headline a California event for Senator Barack Obama. The Obama campaign has yet to announce details, but people familiar with the event say the television talk show magnate …
Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Waiting for Gore — It feels official: Barack Obama has momentum.
Waiting for Gore — It feels official: Barack Obama has momentum.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
OBAMA'S “HARRY AND LOUISE” AD. — I was going to write a post about the health care exchange in last night's debate, noting that Hillary Clinton is basically arguing against Barack Obama's mandate from the wrong direction. The problem isn't that it leaves people out, but that it effectively closes off …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
That health care mailer
That health care mailer
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Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Convictions — Mitt Romney has emerged as the last Republican with a chance to stop John McCain, and there's no doubt he's a candidate from central casting: successful in business and politics, a family man, and quicker and more articulate than most.
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Confederate Yankee:
How the Mighty Have Fallen — Two suicide attacks on pet markets in Baghdad today have left approximately 100 killed and twice as many wounded. Both attacks used women “with Down's syndrome” according the the Daily Mail and less specifically, they were described as “mentally disabled” according to CNN.
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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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BBC:
New cable cut compounds net woes — A submarine cable in the Middle East has been snapped, adding to global net problems caused by breaks in two lines under the Mediterranean on Wednesday. — The Falcon cable, owned by a firm which operates another damaged cable, led to a “critical” …
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Mashable!
Sandy / Junkfood Science:
No fat people allowed: Only the slim will be allowed to dine in public! — It has actually happened. Lawmakers have proposed legislation that forbids restaurants and food establishments from serving food to anyone who is obese (as defined by the State). Under this bill …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Ann Coulter: Hillary Clinton-campaign ready — Testing the limits of tolerance, the campaign of 2008 may be doing. — We've been amused by the assertion of Ann Coulter, the iconoclastic conservative, that, if Sen. John McCain wins the Republican Party's presidential nomination, she will campaign for Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Associated Press:
Court: Gay marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York — ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An appeals court has ruled that a gay couple's marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York. — The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court on Friday reversed a judge's ruling in 2006 …
New York Times:
Senator Wants N.F.L. Spying Case Explained — The ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee wants N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell to explain why the league destroyed evidence related to spying by the New England Patriots. — In the stretch of 12 days, from Sept. 9 to Sept. 20 …
Ariel Alexovich / The Caucus:
A Call to End Hate Speech — The head of the country's largest Latino civil rights organization called on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News to stop providing a forum for pundits who consistently disparage the documented and undocumented Hispanic immigrant population.