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The Politico:
Five reasons Hillary should be worried — Hillary Clinton survived a Super Tuesday scare. But there are five big reasons the former first lady should be spooked by the current trajectory of the campaign. — Longtime Clinton friends say she recognizes the peril in careening between near …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Directly Attacks Bill's Presidency, Blames It For Massive Dem Losses — In what may be Obama's most direct and aggressive criticism of Bill Clinton's presidency yet, the Obama campaign dropped a new mailer just before Super Tuesday that blasts “the Clintons” for wreaking massive losses …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Loaned Her Campaign $5 Million, Spokesperson Confirms — This morning, Mark Halperin floated an intriguing question: Are the Clintons financing Hillary's campaign with their own money? — Now the Clinton campaign has finally answered: Yes, they are. Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson sends over the following:
Krooney / The Page:
Page Exclusive: Some Clinton Senior Staff Working Without Pay** — SOURCE: THEY HAVE “VOLUNTARILY CHOSEN TO WORK WITHOUT PAY THIS MONTH” AS PART OF CLINTON CASH CRUNCH AGAINST OBAMA MOOLA FACTORY. — Includes campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle.
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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
DNC chair: We may have to broker Clinton-Obama deal — (CNN) — As predictions of a convention floor fight from the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continue to mount, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said the party would likely intervene to prevent that scenario.
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Obama on pace to raise $30 mil in Feb — Barack Obama's campaign is on track to raise another $30 million in February, sources close to the Illinois senator say, while Hillary Rodham Clinton's spokesman revealed Wednesday that she had loaned her campaign $5 million.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton loaned her campaign $5 million — Senator Hillary Clinton confirmed at a press conference in Virginia this afternoon that she'd loaned her campaign $5 million, and said, “The results last night proved the wisdom of my investment..” — Spokesman Howard Wolfson emailed with the news minutes earlier:
Mike Allen / The Politico:Obama claims delegate lead
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Marc Ambinder:Clinton Weighs A Self-Loan To Finance Campaign
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Joan Vennochi / Boston Globe:A loss for Kennedy — HILLARY CLINTON didn't just beat Barack Obama in Massachusetts.
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Felix Gillette / New York Observer:Primary Scream — Chris Matthews, MSNBC's Manic Oracle …
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Tim Tagaris / Open Left:How far off is self-funding for Clinton? Are they already there?
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Seven Reasons To Support The GOP's Nominee — As of this morning, McCain has earned 615 delegates and 4,220,296 votes; Romney 268 delegates and 3,497,341 votes, and Huckabee 169 delegates and 2,232,530 votes. — Senator McCain has a clear path to the nomination, Romney a very uphill battle …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK — I've long been dismayed by the fury …
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Josiah Ryan / CNSNews:
McCain Sends ‘Chill Down Spine,’ Reid Cites Cochran — On the Spot (CNSNews.com) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the possibility of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) becoming president “sends a cold chill down my spine.” — Reid made his remarks Tuesday outside the Senate chambers …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:G.O.P. Senators Block Democrats' Stimulus Plan
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 — Based on daily polling from Feb. 3-5, 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — The increase in support for Hillary Clinton at the national level that Gallup saw in interviewing conducted Sunday and Monday continued in interviewing Tuesday night.
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
We Tortured and We'd Do It Again — After years of dodging and dissembling, the Bush administration today boldly embraced an interrogation tactic that's been an iconic and almost universally condemned form of torture since the Spanish Inquisition. — President Bush would authorize …
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City Room:
‘Obama Girl’ Didn't Vote — So, did the ‘Obama Girl’ actually vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday? — Actually, no. — Last summer the amateur music video “I Got a Crush on Obama,” was a Web hit, splashing a seductive performance by a 26-year-old model named Amber Lee Ettinger across millions …
Karen Tumulty / TIME: Swampland:
Super Tuesday: The Most Interesting Number of All — I'm up in NYC, where we are struggling to get dead-tree TIME out the door. As is so often the case, our own numbers wizard Jackson Dykman has come up with the most fascinating bit of data within all these mountains of numbers coming out of Super Tuesday:
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
OVERTIME....Reuters reports (via email, no link) that the Obama campaign is predicting a dead-even delegate race when primary season is over: … OK, fine. But if they're going to accidentally attach internal projections to press releases, how about attaching the details too?
Associated Press:
Haggard exits restoration process early — Recommend — New Life Church said Tuesday that former pastor Ted Haggard has prematurely ended a “spiritual restoration” process begun when he was fired for sexual misconduct. — Haggard was fired from New Life Church and resigned as president …
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