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12:50 PM ET, February 4, 2008

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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.
William Kristol / New York Times:
Dyspepsia on the Right  —  The prospect of John McCain as the likely Republican presidential nominee has produced a squall of anger on the right.  Normally reserved columnists and usually ebullient talk-radio hosts vie to express their disgust with McCain, and their disdain for the Republicans who are about to nominate him.
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Ahead of Super Tuesday, McCain Dominates Everywhere Except California; Obama Enjoys a Super Sunday  —  UTICA, New York - Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain leads in three out of four key Super Tuesday states - winning more than 50% support in New York and New Jersey …
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Obama expands lead on Clinton in California  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama opened narrow leads on Hillary Clinton in California and Missouri one day before crucial “Super Tuesday” nominating contests in 24 states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.
Real Clear Politics:
OBAMA CLOSES ON CLINTON IN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY LIKELY VOTER POLLS FIND; McCAIN HAS BIG LEADS IN BOTH STATES  —  NEW YORK: Clinton 53 - Obama 39; McCain 54 - Romney 22  —  NEW JERSEY: Clinton 48 - Obama 43; McCain 52 - Romney 30  —  Illinois Sen. Barack Obama …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:   McCain wins on intangibles
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 …
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
In Democratic Families, Politics Makes for Estranged Bedfellows  —  Maria Shriver woke up Sunday morning and decided to surprise the audience at a rally for Barack Obama in Los Angeles, materializing alongside Oprah Winfrey and telling the crowd she was throwing her support behind Senator Obama …
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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 …
Atrios / Eschaton:
Februrary Fund Drive  —  Long time readers may remember that it's been about 4 years since I've made a fundraising request, though since then plenty of generous readers have hit the tip jar which has always been much appreciated.  —  I'm not poor.  I'm not asking for charity.
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Republicans have become the credibility-free party
Discussion: PoliGazette and LiberalLand
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 …
New York Times:
Leak on Cross-Border Chases From Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — American military forces in Iraq were authorized to pursue former members of Saddam Hussein's government and terrorists across Iraq's borders into Iran and Syria, according to a classified 2005 document that has been made public by an independent Web site.
Discussion: Early Warning, Commentary and Attytood
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New York Times:
U.S. Says It Accidentally Killed 9 Iraqi Civilians
Discussion: The Huffington Post and PBD
Agence France Presse:
Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth: poll  —  LONDON (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Fictional Heroes  —  If I lived in contemporary Britain …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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.”
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Fox Doublecrosses Hillary, McCain  —  Yesterday morning, I watched with some disbelief as Fox News Sunday managed to get John McCain and Hillary Clinton together for a brief three-way chat with Chris Wallace.  Nothing much occurred, but I wondered what would have made either candidate agree …
Discussion: Washington Post and QandO
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
HUD Chief Accused of Retaliation  —  Philadelphia Officials Sue After Land Dispute  —  Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson demanded that the Philadelphia Housing Authority transfer a $2 million public property to a developer at a substantial discount, then retaliated against the housing authority …
Ana Marie Cox / Yahoo! News:
The ‘I Hate Romney’ Club  —  Last summer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani took time out of a GOP debate to defend John McCain: “I happen to be a very big admirer of Senator McCain and I can tell you quite honestly that if I weren't running for President I would be here supporting him.”
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Associated Press:
Romney supporter Santorum questions McCain's ‘temperament’
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
In Which I Defend Jimmy Carter  —  I generally consider Jimmy Carter the worst president and the worst ex-president of the 20th century, and for a number of good reasons.  I've written about them often enough not to repeat myself in this post; consider it stipulated.
Discussion: The Corner and American Spectator
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Clinton, Obama, Insurance  —  The principal policy division between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama involves health care.  It's a division that can seem technical and obscure — and I've read many assertions that only the most wonkish care about the fine print of their proposals.
 
 
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