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Jason George / The Swamp:
Hillary Clinton cries in Connecticut — NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Sen. Hillary Clinton teared up this morning at an event at the Yale Child Study Center, where she worked while in law school in the early 1970s. — Penn Rhodeen, who was introducing Clinton, began to choke up …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Obama erases Clinton's lead — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton is losing ground to Sen. Barack Obama in a national CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released on the eve of critical Super Tuesday presidential primaries and caucuses. — The two are virtually tied …
New York Magazine:
Breaking: Hillary Reemploys ‘The Cry’ — Yep, it's official. Hillary Clinton is running to be Crybaby-in-Chief. According to the Tribune Co.'s politics blog, the Swamp, Clinton teared up after a heartfelt introduction by a former colleague at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, where she worked in college.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 — Based on daily polling from Feb. 1-Feb. 3, 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — On the eve of the Super Tuesday election, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama remain closely matched in national Democratic voters' nomination preferences.
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Michelle Obama: I Would Have To Think About Supporting Clinton If She Is The Nominee — Imagine if Bill Clinton had said that? Michelle Obama needs to straighten this out immediately. Really bad stuff from the Obama campaign.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
PULLING THE LEVER....So who am I going to vote for tomorrow? Answer: Barack Obama. — I've got some good reasons and some bad reasons for changing my mind. The good reasons include (a) the ugliness coming out of the Clinton camp over the past couple of weeks, which has turned me off …
New York Times:
Bush Seeks Budget of $3.1 Trillion — WASHINGTON — President Bush submitted a federal budget of $3.1 trillion on Monday, declaring that the spending plan would keep the United States safe and prosperous and, despite its record size, would adhere to his principle of letting Americans keep as much of their own money as possible.
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Michael J. Totten:
The Final Mission, Part II — FALLUJAH - The United States military plans to formally hand over Anbar Province to the Iraqis this spring because the insurgency truly is finished in that part of the country. Most Americans have heard about the success in this province by now …
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Wall Street Journal:
McCain and the Supreme Court — The conservative movement has made enormous gains over the past three decades in restoring constitutional government. The Roberts Supreme Court shows every sign of building on these gains. — Yet the gulf between Democratic and Republican approaches …
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Maria Shriver endorses Obama — The California first lady, who apparently wavered until almost the last minute, aligns herself with other members of the Kennedy clan. — California First Lady Maria Shriver delivered a surprise endorsement of Barack Obama on Sunday, overcoming qualms …
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Matt Stearns / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton's ‘35 years of change’ omits most of her career — WASHINGTON — To hear Hillary Clinton talk, she's spent her entire career putting her Yale Law School degree to work for the common good. — She routinely tells voters that she's “been working to bring positive change to people's lives for 35 years.”
Daniel J. Chacon / Rocky Mountain News:
DNC boost for sex biz — Denver can expect prostitution spike during convention — Political tricks may not be the only ones turned during the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August. — The sex and adult entertainment industries are expecting a boom in business …
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Health Care Reformers — Don't Despair! — We're going to take a moment from the debate about individual mandates in health care reform — a topic to which I shall return soon enough — to bring you some unambiguously good news. If, that is, you think universal health care is a good idea.
Erica Jong / Washington Post:
Hillary vs. the Patriarchy — “Look, the only people for Hillary Clinton are the Democratic establishment and white women,” said Bill Kristol yesterday on Fox News Sunday, one of the many “news” outlets to expose Kristol's reliable sexism. “The Democratic establishment would be crazy …
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Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: McCain on a Roll; Clinton, Obama Neck-and-Neck in Key Super Tuesday States — Pollster John Zogby: “The Mac Attack appears ready to launch on Super Tuesday. McCain's leads are commanding, except for in California where Romney leads in Southern California and among women, investors, and voters over 50.
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Official GOP Spokesperson Ann Coulter Snubbed By CPAC — Ann Coulter speaks for the base of the GOP, but apparently organizers of the Conservative Political Action Committee have decided not to invite her to speak at this years convention. She was quite the hit last year with her derogatory comment …