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Gallup:
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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The Huffington Post:
FundRace: CNN's Bill Bennett Never Disclosed GOP Donations — Last December, conservative author and CNN election analyst William J. Bennett gave several thousand dollars to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, a fact that Bennett has not mentioned during any of his appearances on the network …
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The Corner
Marc Ambinder:
Romney Easily Wins Maine's Republican Caucuses (Updated) — According to the Associated Press, Mitt Romney won 53% of the vote, followed not at all closely by John McCain, who won 21% and Ron Paul, who won 19%. — Mr. Romney's campaign spent money to turn out voters, whereas Mr. McCain's did not.
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
Most GOP govs shun Romney
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Democratic Strategist, The Raw Story, New York Times, Eunomia, Hot Air, The New Republic and American Power
Peter Gelzinis / Boston Herald:
Mitt happened to Mass., so let's return the favor
Mitt happened to Mass., so let's return the favor
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The Corner
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Why the Clock May Favor Obama — Isaac makes a good point about the MacGillis/Kornblut piece in today's WaPo, which wonders if Obama has enough time to catch Hillary before Tuesday. I'd add a couple thoughts: — First, Obama isn't playing for a win on Tuesday. Just something that approximates a stalemate.
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
“Paid For By Obama For America” — I heard a powerful Obama ad on K-Earth 101 while driving this morning. That's the '60s/'70s rock station. The pitch combined some fine Obama audio on change and the future with clips from the scores of newspaper endorsements the Illinois senator has racked up.
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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Personal Democracy Forum, The Trail, Political Machine, The Heretik and DownWithTyranny!
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Chris Tomlinson / Associated Press:
Lynch: US ‘surge’ tipped scales in Iraq — BAGHDAD - Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch has spent years thinking about the war in Iraq, both as a senior strategist in 2005 and now as a division commander. He has seen strategies, missions and buzzwords come and go, but he now believes U.S. commanders finally have a feel for the battlefield.
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Berkeley's Marine Corps Recruiting Center Controversy — Protest by World Can't Wait and Code Pink — As noted in an earlier zombietime report, the radical group Code Pink has since September of 2007 been staging protests in front of a U.S. Marine Corps' “Officer Selection Office” …
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Michael Elmore / Political Radar:
Obama Defends Driver's Licenses for Illegals in Interview with ABC News — ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told ABC's David Muir Saturday that his support for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants will not block his path to the White House because he and G.O.P …
Bill Quick / Daily Pundit:
the war for the gop — I wrote the following on February 19th, 2006. — Daily Pundit » A Deal Was Made … I elaborated on the idea here: … I remind you of this as a prelude to my analysis of what is happening in the current GOP primary race, and why it is happening the way it is.
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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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Bill Clinton to make black church tour Sunday — (CNN) - Two prominent African-American politicians plan to join former President Bill Clinton on a tour of black churches this Sunday in Los Angeles. Sources say one of the officials has described it as Clinton's “mea culpa tour” to the black community.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Democrats Flood States With Ads as Tuesday Nears — Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have unleashed advertisements in nearly all the 22 states that have Democratic presidential nominating contests on Tuesday, a combined $19 million expenditure that is the most ambitious …
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:
The Jobs Numbers — Seems to me that everyone is making too big a deal out of the January jobs report. My local paper's top story was the estimate that the total number of jobs fell by 17,000. If that estimate is revised later, to look better, I'm guessing it won't be the top story.