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6:00 PM ET, February 8, 2008

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Howard Kurtz / The Trail:
MSNBC's Shuster to Offer On-Air Apology to Clinton  —  Using a prostitution metaphor for the daughter of a presidential candidate is a surefire way for a journalist to get into trouble.  —  On MSNBC yesterday, correspondent David Shuster went there, amazingly enough, while interviewing …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Breaking: Hillary Campaign Goes To War With MSNBC Over Chelsea “Pimp” Comment  —  This is really something.  The Hillary campaign has just gone to war with MSNBC, dispatching a top Hillary adviser to launch a lacerating attack on the network on a conference call with reporters moments ago.
Southern Political Report:
Obama With Big Lead In Virginia  —  InsiderAdvantage, the only national firm to accurately indicate the surge of Mike Huckabee in Southern states on “Super Tuesday,” polled Virginia Democrats for the Southern Political Report, whose coverage includes that state.
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WorldNetDaily:
The media pick the winners  —  Super Tuesday's over, and there's no absolute winner among either Democrats or Republicans.  —  Nonetheless, even though no one candidate has yet locked up their party's nomination, we might as well cancel the rest of the primaries or caucuses.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
what liberal media (redux, redux, redux)?
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Macsmind
IBDeditorials.com:
The Sun Also Sets  —  Climate Change: Not every scientist is part of Al Gore's mythical “consensus.”  Scientists worried about a new ice age seek funding to better observe something bigger than your SUV — the sun.  —  Back in 1991, before Al Gore first shouted that the Earth was in the balance …
Pat Toomey / Wall Street Journal:
McCain's Veep Options  —  While congratulations are still premature, with Mitt Romney dropping out of the race yesterday it is now very likely that the Republican Party will nominate Sen. John McCain for president.  If that happens, the GOP will, for the first time since 1976 …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Can Mrs. Clinton Lose?  —  If Hillary Clinton loses, does she know how to lose?  What will that be, if she loses?  Will she just say, “I concede” and go on vacation at a friend's house on an island, and then go back to the Senate and wait?  —  Is it possible she could be so normal?
Associated Press:
Bill Clinton says he's learned a lesson  —  WASHINGTON - Former President Clinton says he's learned a lesson from the dustup over his remarks on the campaign trail — he can promote his wife's presidential candidacy, but he's not free to defend her.  —  Bill Clinton also said that everything …
Matt / Think Progress:
Bush Declares That Cheney Is ‘The Best Vice President In History’  —  During his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this morning, President Bush told the crowd of raucous right-wing activists that he “appreciates the fact that” they “invited Vice President Cheney” to speak.
Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
Hillary still in bed with '96 scandal  —  Nearly one in five “HillRaisers,” the elite big-money fundraisers for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, have ties to the 1990s fundraising scandal that tarnished her husband's presidency by offering Democratic donors sleepovers …
White House:
Remarks by the President to the Conservative Political Action Conference  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all.  Good morning.  I thank you for coming.  I apologize to my friend — he likes to sleep in.  (Laughter.)  —  I really do want to thank you all for adjusting the schedule.
KFSM-TV:
Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas  —  SPRINGDALE - The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon.  —  Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale.
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Thoughts on the Current Mess  —  There were four developments that got conservatives into this mess — the inexcusable increase of federal spending from 2001-05 (that gave mendacious Democrats room to fabricate that the tax cuts had caused the red ink), the sordid scandals of 2005-7 …
Michael Graham / The Natural Truth:
The GOP Veepstakes: The Winning Number is Three  —  The denial phase is soon coming to an end, and disgruntled conservatives (as well as “gruntled” McCain supporters) will be asking “who is the running mate?”  The media speculation has already begun.  —  First answer: NOT Mitt Romney.
 
 
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Arwa Damon / CNN:
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
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Jonathan Garthwaite / TownHall Blog:
Ann Coulter Speaks At CPAC
Mark Hemingway / National Review:
The Pantsuit Army Is Still on the March
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CNN:
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Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Smear or Be Smeared?  —  The DNC plans “unlimited” …
WSJ.com:
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