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John Wildermuth / San Francisco Chronicle:
State poll shows huge gains by Obama, McCain — A startling surge of support for Barack Obama has catapulted the Illinois senator into a virtual tie with Hillary Rodham Clinton in California's Democratic presidential primary, a Field Poll released Saturday shows.
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Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
The Wrong Experience — Clinton has immense experience and is an attractive candidate. But she is terrified to act on her beliefs. — The Democratic Party's two remaining candidates have become so cordial toward one another that you could easily believe there are few substantive differences between them.
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Zogby: Obama, Romney Ahead In California — A new Zogby poll in California — a state that may well decide the direction of the Democratic race — shows Barack Obama taking a small lead over Hillary Clinton, within the margin of error. Obama has 45% to Clinton's 41%, with Obama's 20-point …
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Clinton, Obama in close Super Tuesday races — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are running neck-and-neck in California, New Jersey and Missouri two days before the sprawling “Super Tuesday” presidential showdown, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
Robert D. Novak / Townhall.com:
Bush Against Romney — WASHINGTON, D.C. — While President George W. Bush has maintained neutrality among contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, he privately expresses to friends his exasperation with Mitt Romney's hard-line stance on immigration.
Ronald Reagan / Newsweek:
Crackup? Not So Fast. — Calm down. The GOP's demise isn't as imminent as some would have it. — “We are at the end of the Reagan era.” Or, at least, that is the claim of voices as diverse as Newt Gingrich and Ed Rollins on the right and Sen. Chuck Schumer and pollster Stanley Greenberg on the left.
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James / The Mahatma X Files:
Blogroll Amnesty Day Anniversary — About a year ago, the Gated Community Blogs began a delinking policy that commenced under the odious name of “Blogroll Amnesty Day.” Within the space of a few days, it was plainly apparent that A-listers such as Daily Kos and Atrios/Eschaton had tossed …
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Mark Steyn / National Review:
STAY SANE THROUGHOUT 2008: SUBSCRIBE TO NR (50% OFF!) HERE. — I get more mail each day along these lines: … This problem is entirely of Romney's making. He needed a Mister-Moderator-I'm-paying-for-this- microphone moment, and every time McCain offered him one, with some contemptuous snarl …
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Simon Jenkins / Times of London:
Fall back, men, Afghanistan is a nasty war we can never win — Britain's commanders ignored every warning that the Taliban were the toughest fighters on earth — The American secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, flies to Britain this week to meet a crisis entirely of London and Washington's creation.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
The Glenn and Helen Show: Mitt Romney Talks Super Tuesday — We've already done our big get-to-know-you interview with Mitt Romney, but with Super Tuesday coming up in a couple of days and the race tight, we thought we'd catch up with him again. We asked him about gun control …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
There Will Be Blood — Suddenly, everyone was in the mood for love. Would the scream team turn into the dream team? — After Thursday's Democratic debate, CNN's Carol Costello said there were “heart palpitations” and “ripples of joy” in the glittery Kodak Theater audience at the idea …
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Evangelicals a Liberal Can Love — At a New York or Los Angeles cocktail party, few would dare make a pejorative comment about Barack Obama's race or Hillary Clinton's sex. Yet it would be easy to get away with deriding Mike Huckabee's religious faith. — Liberals believe deeply …
Rick Perlstein / Washington Post:
Getting Past the '60s? It's Not Going to Happen. — Getting Past the '60s? It's Not Going to Happen. — O ne of the most fascinating notions raised by the current presidential campaign is the idea that the United States can and must finally overcome the divisions of the 1960s.
Jeff Stein / CQ Politics:
State Secret Abuses Come to a Boil — Imagine members of a Mission Impossible team listening to their assignment. They get the usual warning about the government disowning them if they're caught. Then the voice on the tape casually adds, “If we screw up, don't even think of complaining, much less suing.”
Jeffrey Feldman / FRAMESHOP:
Frameshop: Ripped Paper and Robocalls — This week, the Democratic primary arrived on my doorstep and did so in a way that vividly demonstrates the choice we face this Tuesday. — It is a difficult choice for many reasons, but amidst all the media hubbub and advocate bickering …
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