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9:50 AM ET, February 5, 2008

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Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: McCain Dominates GOP Races; Dems Locked in Tight Contests As Super Tuesday Polls Open  —  UTICA, New York - The final day of polling before Super Tuesday was one of hardening positions in key races across the country, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby survey work shows.
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Election Projection:
Super-Duper-Mega-Jumbo Tuesday predictions and results  —  We have arrived at the biggest day in the history of primaries.  Almost half of these United States are conducting their primaries or caucuses today.  Over 1000 delegates are at stake on the Republican side and twice that are being contested on the Democratic side.
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Super Delegates To Determine Nominee  —  It can no longer be avoided: super delegates will determine the Democratic Presidential nominee this year.  Here is the current situation:  — With Michigan and Florida removed from the equation, 2,025 delegates are required to win the nomination, and there are 3,253 pledged delegates.
Josh Gerstein / Latest Politics:
Limbaugh Defends Clinton and Obama on Iraq  —  Talk show host Rush Limbaugh is so exasperated about Senator McCain's surge in the Republican presidential contest that he is coming to the defense of Senators Clinton and Obama.  —  On Mr. Limbaugh's program today, he said people should not be rushing …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and RADAMISTO
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Reaching Out To Rush?  —  UPDATE, 6:35 pm: The Romney campaign …
RushLimbaugh.com:   John McCain Is No Maverick
Crystal Patterson / Hillary Clinton for President:
Actor Jack Nicholson Endorses Hillary for President  —  In a surprise announcement on this morning's Rick Dees show, Oscar-winning actor Jack Nicholson endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.  —  “Mrs. Clinton has been involved in issues, everything from health care, which we know and prison reform …
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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Tough-guy De Niro a softy for Obama  —  Barack Obama campaigns with actor Robert De Niro, Senator Edward Kennedy, and Caroline Kennedy at a rally Monday in East Rutherford, N.J. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)  —  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Wait, wait, wait.  Now Robert De Niro is for hope, too?
Washington Post:
Two Races, One Big Day  —  Candidates Crisscross Country …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and D-Day
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
As 24 States Vote, a Grab for Delegates, and an Edge  —  Brace yourself.  —  Forty-three presidential nominating contests in 24 states.  Channel upon channel of the commentators talking about exit polls.  The biggest prize of the night — California — being decided well after most viewers have headed for bed.
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USA Today:
Romney, McCain make last-minute pitches
Associated Press:
GOP, Democrats hit Super Tuesday
Discussion: CNN and On Deadline
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Cooper Concerns  —  I'm not a Hillary-hater.  She's been an outstanding senator.  She hung tough on Iraq through the dark days of 2005.  In this campaign, she has soldiered on bravely even though she has most of the elected Democrats, news media and the educated class rooting against her.
USA Today:
Dems set for fight on Bush budget  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush set the stage Monday for an election-year battle over spending priorities by proposing a $3.1 trillion budget that cuts spending and taxes while more than doubling the federal deficit.  —  Bush sent his 2009 budget to Congress …
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go  —  For more than half a century, Americans have proved staggeringly resourceful at finding new ways to spend money.  —  In the 1950s and '60s, as credit cards grew in popularity, many began dining out when the mood struck or buying …
Discussion: ParaPundit and Calculated Risk
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
What's Really in the U.S. Military Budget?  —  MUCH MORE THAN THE OFT-CITED $515.4 BILLION.  —  It's time for our annual game: How much is really in the U.S. military budget?  —  As usual, it's about $200 billion more than most news stories are reporting.
City Journal:
Bizarre Bedfellows for Barack  —  On the eve of Super Tuesday, the Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama race resembles the closing minutes of a football game: Team Clinton has a small lead, but Team Obama has the ball—and the momentum.  Some of that momentum derives from an extraordinary, if unspoken …
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
On McCain's Voting Coalition  —  An argument being proffered by Romney supporters is that McCain's victories in the early states have been due to the conservative vote being split among many candidates.  By this thinking, McCain would have lost South Carolina and maybe Florida if conservatives …
Discussion: protein wisdom
Tom Donnelly / Weekly Standard:
Dissonance on Iraq  —  Cartoonish views of the war.  —  CONVENTIONAL WISDOM HAS it that, unlike in Vietnam, there is bipartisan support for “the troops” in Iraq despite the many arguments over the conduct of the war and whether U.S. forces should remain in Mesopotamia.
Discussion: Redstate
 
 
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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:
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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