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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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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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.
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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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Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
Bush unveils $3.1 trillion spending plan — WASHINGTON - President Bush unveiled a $3.1 trillion budget proposal on Monday that supports a sizable increase in military spending to fight the war on terrorism and protects his signature tax cuts. — Bush called the document “a good …
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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 …
BBC:
Rare suicide bombing hits Israel — An Israeli woman has been killed in a suicide bombing in the southern town of Dimona, in the first such attack by Palestinian militants in over a year. — The attacker detonated an explosives belt at a shopping centre.
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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.
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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.”
Michael J. Totten:
The Final Mission, Part II — FALLUJAH - The United States military plans to formerly 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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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 …
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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 …
Jerome Starkey / The Independent:
Revealed: British plan to build training camp for Taliban fighters in Afghanistan — The Afghan government says that Britain had a secret plan to train 2,000 Taliban fighters — Britain planned to build a Taliban training camp for 2,000 fighters in southern Afghanistan …
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.