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3:35 AM ET, February 3, 2008

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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:
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Hot Air and Gateway Pundit
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:
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
A Different Perspective  —  Three unexpected developments …
Peter Gelzinis / Boston Herald:
Mitt happened to Mass., so let's return the favor
Discussion: The Corner
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Chart: Polls In Super Tuesday States Show McCain Has It Made
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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Los Angeles Times:
Obama works to claim Latino vote
Discussion: The Swamp and Washington Post
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.
Discussion: Donklephant and The Heretik
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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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.
Discussion: Make Them Accountable
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zombietime:
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” …
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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Michelle Malkin:
“Let Lynne Stewart rot”
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
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.
Discussion: New York Times
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CNN:
Clinton touts her own Kennedy endorsement in ad
Discussion: NO QUARTER and bustardblog
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
No Mea Culpa From Bill Clinton
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.
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Angry Bear
 
 
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Huckabee accuses Romney of buying Hannity's endorsement
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Romney Attends Mormon Leader's Funeral
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and The Page
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
It's a shame one of them has to win
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Immigration Battle Divides Ariz. GOP
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Media Matters for America:
Boortz: “[P]rimary blame” …
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Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Reagan Challenged His Party from the Right. …
Discussion: American Power
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate
Dan Gerstein / Wall Street Journal:
Decline of the Angry Left
La Opinión:
The Democratic choice is Barack Obama
 

 
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