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1:50 AM ET, February 7, 2008

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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:

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:

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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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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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Sam Graham-Felsen / my.barackobama.com:

Message from David Plouffe: Matching the Five Million — David Plouffe just sent out this email...

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton loaned her campaign $5 million

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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Clinton Lent Campaign $5 Million, Considers More

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Tim Tagaris / Open Left:
How far off is self-funding for Clinton? Are they already there?

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Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Weighs A Self-Loan To Finance Campaign

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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.

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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 …

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Bloomberg:
Obama Campaign Projects Deadlocked Race After Primaries Finish

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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

Lieberman Has “Superdelegate” Status Stripped Because of McCain Endorsement — Mark Pazniokas: … And for those who said they'd never lift their glass in a toast to Zell Miller...cheers!

Mark Pazniokas / CAPITOL WATCH: Lieberman No Longer a Super Delegate

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.

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Cliff Kincaid / Accuracy in Media:
Talk Radio Fails Conservatives

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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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Charles Hurt / New York Post:
ONCE JOHN WINS, HE'LL MAKE A LEFT

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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 …

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Lawhawk / A Blog For All:
Obama Girl Didn't Vote In Primary

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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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Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Bush ups the ante in nomination fight

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CBS News:

Fate Of Rebate Checks In Limbo After Vote — Senate Republicans Block Democrats' Attempt To Give $44B To Elderly, Disabled, Unemployed — (CBS/AP) The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to add $44 billion …

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Reuters:
Republicans block Senate economic stimulus plan

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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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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:

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