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Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 — Based on daily polling from Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — Two days before the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, Gallup Poll Daily tracking data show Hillary Clinton (46%) and Barack Obama (44%) in a statistical dead heat …
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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.
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 …
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton, McCain lead in bellwether Super Tuesday states — WASHINGTON — Republican John McCain leads in all four corners of the country heading into a rush of primaries on Tuesday, while Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were locked in a close struggle for delegates coast to coast …
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Breaking News: Pro-Clinton push poll erupts in California — Ed Coghlan was just starting to prepare his dinner in the northern San Fernando Valley the other night when the phone rang. The caller was very friendly. He identified himself as a pollster who wanted to ask registered independents …
CNN:
Romney predicts conservatives will stop McCain — (CNN) — Mitt Romney predicted Sunday his party's conservative base will rally behind him on Super Tuesday in order to prevent John McCain from winning the Republican nomination. — “What I have to do is continue to see what's been happening …
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
The Conservative Minority — I feel like I'm beating a dead horse on the issue, but the continued high pitched battle between conservative Republicans who have rallied around conservative-come-lately Mitt Romney in hopes of defeating Teddy Kennedy's Good Friend John McCain remains the most interesting story this election cycle.
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Carl / The Reaction:
Because I'm B.A.D., ya know it! — Today is the anniversary of a dark day in Blogtopia (© Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo). — One year ago, Atrios (also known as Duncan Hunter), proprietor of the feebly-written (except for his co-bloggers) blog, “Eschaton,” decided to trim his blogroll for...well, his own reasons.
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Kate Michelman / The Huffington Post:
Why I'm Endorsing Barack Obama — The question I have been asking myself and others during my entire life in public policy and throughout this 2008 presidential Campaign — the question which tens of millions of women and men have also been asking — is how do we best bring America together …
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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.
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Peter Wehner / Washington Post:
Why Republicans Like Obama — Barack Obama is not only popular among Democrats, he's also an appealing figure to many Republicans. Former GOP House member Joe Scarborough, now a host on MSNBC, reports that after every important Obama speech, he is inundated with e-mails praising the speech …
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 …
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Unbelievable and Assaultive Strip Search on an Innocent Woman — Raw Story: (h/t Existentialist Cowboy)
Barbara Ehrenreich / Washington Post:
The Boom Was a Bust For Ordinary People — I t begins to sound a bit naughty — all this talk about the need to “stimulate” the economy, as if we were discussing how to make a porn film. I don't mean to trivialize our economic difficulties or the need for effective government intervention …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bill Kristol: White women are a problem — The neocon warmonger speaks. With Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton locked in a very good battle leading up to Super Tuesday, Kristol makes this misogynistic quote: — BILL KRISTOL: Look the only people for Hillary Clinton are the Democratic establishment …
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Patrick Ruffini / Townhall.com:
Older Belligerent Men — If John McCain wins the nomination, he'll do so on the backs of older belligerent men. — What is this new swing voter bloc? It's something I've teased out from exit polls and anecdotal observations. It helps explain why McCain has decent enough conservative appeal …
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