Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:10 PM ET, February 4, 2008

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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 …
RELATED:
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.
Discussion: Wonkette
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.
Discussion: Reuters and Raising Kaine
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.
RELATED:
Jaketapper / Political Punch:
Obama & Romney Misfire on Guns  —  Perhaps no other issue causes politicians to shift to the right as they enter the national arena more so than guns...  And perhaps no other issue so explicitly causes politicians attempting such a leap to shoot themselves in the foot.
Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Toss-up between Clinton and Obama, Romney leads among Massachusetts …
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
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.
Discussion: The Field, Salon and Don Surber
RELATED:
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 …
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 …
Discussion: INDCJournal
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.
Discussion: Think Progress and The Politico
RELATED:
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 …
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.”
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: New York Times, D-Day and Taylor Marsh
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Republicans have become the credibility-free party  —  (updated below)  —  Substantial attention has been paid to the historic unpopularity of the Bush presidency, but relatively little attention has been paid to the accompanying collapse of the Republican Party's credibility.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 4:10 PM ET, February 4, 2008.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
The Hub  —  I remember sitting in the media room at the Libby trial …
Discussion: Eschaton
Matthew Yglesias:
The Bill  —  Tom Shanker reports for The New York Times …
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
In Romney's Backyard  —  With 24 hours to go before Super Tuesday …
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Some House incumbents falling behind in fundraising
Megan McArdle:
Mass health  —  Paul Krugman says that it's not fair to accuse …
Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
A Reason to Vote Hillary
Marc Ambinder:
Plouffe Memo: We're The Giants, Baby
Discussion: The New Republic and Wonkette
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Empty seats
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
McCain's Electability  —  I wanted to post a sober thought.
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
In Which I Defend Jimmy Carter
Jerome Starkey / The Independent:
Revealed: British plan to build training camp for Taliban fighters in Afghanistan
Matt / Think Progress:
McCain's stand up comedy routine.
Michael Chabon / Washington Post:
Obama vs. the Phobocracy
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
HUD Chief Accused of Retaliation
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page