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Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 — Based on daily polling from Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — John McCain continues to be the primary beneficiary of Rudy Giuliani's recent exit from the Republican race for president. The percentage of Republican primary voters nationwide favoring McCain …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
SURPRISINGLY LIBERAL — It's by no means unanimous, but as the primary season draws to a close, most conservatives are coalescing around Mitt Romney. A group called Citizens United Political Victory Fund produced this ad, which I think is simple but effective:
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Romney Rising? — Amidst all of the stormy polling clouds, a little ray of sunshine has broken over the Romney campaign. Rasmussen shows Romney slowly climbing into a tie nationwide with John McCain in its daily tracking poll. It also shows John McCain gaining strength at the same time:
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.
Peter Gelzinis / Boston Herald:Mitt happened to Mass., so let's return the favor
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The Corner
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.
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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.
ABCNEWS:
New Celeb-Filled Music Video for Obama — Song from Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am Inspired by Obama Speech — Celebrity-filled music videos have been used to support many social movements, from famine relief for Africa, to support for American farmers, to opposition to apartheid in South Africa.
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Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Bill Clinton Prepares Mea Culpa — UPDATE, 4:30 p.m. ET: It looks like former president Bill Clinton will not have to make an apology to the congregations of black churches in South Central Los Angeles after all. At least not in writing. — Our posting on Bill Clinton's “mea culpa” …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Bill Clinton Reportedly Will Soon Apologize At Black Churches …
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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 …
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New York Post:
LET LYNNE STEWART ROT — Might terror-coddling attorney Lynne Stewart get her just deserts after all? It is to be hoped. — A three-judge federal appeals panel heard arguments Tuesday from prosecutors seeking a harsher sentence for Stewart, who was given just 28 months in prison in 2006 …
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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 …
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
It's a shame one of them has to win — President McCain? Or Queen Hillary? Henry Kissinger said about the Iran/Iraq war in the '80s that it's a shame they both can't lose. Conservatives have a slightly different problem: It's a shame that neither of them will lose - that …
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
A Different Perspective — Three unexpected developments have given Republicans a shot this year at winning — once thought impossible, given the normal desire of the electorate for a fresh party after eight years, and worries about Iraq and the economy. All can change, but for now they have a real shot.
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American Power
Chris In Seattle / The Great Endarkenment:
Blogroll Amnesty Day — email skippy if you want the code to this logo! — Well... As I understood things from Blue Gal (who was kind enough to give me a few pointers along my way), the idea behind BAD was for people to post links to blogs less trafficked than their own.
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Reagan Challenged His Party from the Right. McCain Challenges His Party from the Left. — I don't think most conservatives are interested in McCain's class ranking at Annapolis or how many planes he was nearly killed in. There have been a few posts here mentioning it.
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate — When residents in Illinois voiced outrage two years ago upon learning that the Exelon Corporation had not disclosed radioactive leaks at one of its nuclear plants, the state's freshman senator, Barack Obama, took up their cause.
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