memeorandum: Mukasey: No, I Will Not Investigate Warrantless Wiretapping (Paul Kiel/Muckraker)

7:40 AM ET, February 8, 2008

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Randi Rhodes Airs Unhinged Anti-Romney Skit — ‘KILLING RAMPAGE’ — Rhodes Skit Says Romney Supporters Will Kill Innocent People — *** EXCLUSIVE To The Radio Equalizer *** — Apparently unable to learn from past mistakes, or just too unhinged to know better, Air America Radio host Randi Rhodes …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, You Decide 08!, Power Line, NewsBusters.org and Pajamas Media

Howard Fineman / Newsweek:

Burying Mitt — Romney failed because he ran as something he's not. — Here lieth the campaign of Mitt Romney, victim of the mistaken belief that the only way to succeed in national Republican politics was to turn yourself into something you are not. Or maybe the campaign revealed what his closest friends never imaged him to be.

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New York Times:
McCain Emerges as G.O.P. Choice

Discussion: The Osterley Times

Joshua Treviño / joshua.treviño.at:
Mitt Romney: The End.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, Washington Wire and Redstate

Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Governor Romney (Bumped and Updated)

Discussion: Betsy's Page, Gay Patriot, BizzyBlog, QandO, neo-neocon and TIME

Eric Gorski / Associated Press:

Huckabee to Get Evangelical Leader's Nod — James Dobson, one of the nation's most prominent evangelical Christian leaders, is about to endorse former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, The Associated Press has learned. — Dobson, founder of Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Focus on the Family …

Discussion: Hot Air, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Redstate, Reasoned Audacity, The Reaction, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL and The Moderate Voice

Eric Gorski / Associated Press:

AP: Evangelical leader endorses Huckabee — James Dobson, one of the nation's most prominent evangelical Christian leaders, backed Mike Huckabee's presidential bid Thursday night, giving the former Arkansas governor a long-sought endorsement as the Republican field narrowed to a two-man race.

Discussion: Political Machine, AMERICAblog and Pam's House Blend

Michael Luo / New York Times:

Miscalculations Dogged Romney From the Start — With Mitt Romney's campaign for president nearly in tatters, he huddled with his senior advisers on Wednesday morning, jotting notes with pen and paper, to go over his options. — By the time the meeting ended, he seemed to want to stay in the race.

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Paul Kane / Washington Post:

washingtonpost.com > Discussions — washingtonpost.com's Daily Politics Discussion — Don't want to miss out on the latest in politics? Start each day with The Post Politics Hour. Join in each weekday morning at 11 a.m. as a member of The Washington Post's team of White House …

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Matt Stoller / Open Left:

Hillary's Women — Let's put the Obama activist and donor numbers in perspective - 650,000 donors is a lot, but John Kerry had around 2 million donors, and George Bush had roughly as many. Richard Viguerie and Roger Craver, direct mail gurus, have frequently noted that there are roughly …

Discussion: TalkLeft, Corrente and The Democratic Daily

Ari Melber / The Nation:
OBAMA DOWNLOADS $7.9 MILLION FROM MOVEON AND WEB DONORS...

Discussion: Salon and Open Left

Peter Baker / The Trail:

Bush Signals Support for McCain — President Bush plans to give an implicit endorsement of onetime rival John McCain's conservative bona fides tomorrow as the Arizona senator seeks to consolidate the party behind his candidacy. — In a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in the morning …

Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and D-Day

Joe Conason / Salon:
Why McCain provokes paranoia on the right

Discussion: The Mahablog, culturekitchen and Bark Bark Woof Woof

This Is London:

BROWN SLAPS DOWN ARCHBISHOP'S CALL FOR ISLAMIC SHARIA LAW TO OPERATE IN BRITAIN — The Archbishop of Canterbury caused consternation yesterday by calling for Islamic law to be recognised in Britain. — He declared that sharia and Parliamentary law should be given equal legal status …

Discussion: Pajamas Media, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Wake up America, Gay Patriot and Blue Crab Boulevard

Johnathan Pearce / Samizdata.net:
The Archbishop of Canterbury is an ass

Discussion: Guardian, Telegraph, The Volokh Conspiracy, Dean's World, BBC and Neptunus Lex

Real Clear Politics:

John McCain's CPAC Speech — ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released the following remarks by John McCain as prepared for delivery: Thank you. Thank you for inviting me. It's been a little while since I've had the honor of addressing you, and I appreciate very much your courtesy to me today.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Scott Ott, Soccer Dad, Power Line, Dick Polman's American Debate, FP Passport, TIME and Sister Toldjah

Redstate:
Liveblogging John McCain

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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
John McCain Speech Live Blog

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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:

David Shuster's Offensive Remark: Chelsea Clinton Being “Pimped” — what does this say about Caroline Kennedy who is also a former presidents daughter.... What about Romney's sons (5.00 / 1) (#27) … Frankly (none / 0) (#17)

Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Shuster: Chelsea Being ‘Pimped Out’

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:

Studies Deem Biofuels a Greenhouse Threat — Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these “green” fuels are taken into account, two studies being published Thursday have concluded.

Discussion: cab drollery, The Agonist and Marginal Revolution

Paul Kiel / Muckraker:

Mukasey: No, I Will Not Investigate Warrantless Wiretapping — The Justice Department will not investigate whether CIA agents engaged in torture by waterboarding detainees, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said earlier. — Ditto goes for the administration's warrantless wiretapping program …

Discussion: The Impolitic, Comments from Left Field, The Heretik, Hold Fast and The Carpetbagger Report

Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. ‘Cannot’ Probe Waterboarding, Mukasey Says

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Mark Steyn / The Corner:

Re: Packing CPAC — Stanley, I'd be inclined to disagree with you. I'd say McCain definitely papered the house. I arrived at CPAC just before Mitt began to speak and was struck by the number of young student-ish types milling about in McCain T-shirts. While my minder went off to check her coat …

Discussion: alicublog and TBogg

The Huffington Post:

Whoopi Switches From Obama To Hillary — Yesterday on “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg switched her endorsement from Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton. Whoopi cited Clinton's statement that she would end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. Whoopi previously believed that Obama …

Discussion: Hot Air, Liberal Values, Tennessee Guerilla Women, TalkLeft and The Democratic Daily

Michael Duffy / Time:

TIME Poll: Clinton More Beatable than Obama — Though the real election is nine months away, Sen. Barack Obama would fare slightly better than Sen. Hillary Clinton in a head to head match-up with Sen. John McCain if the general election were held today, a new TIME poll reveals.

Discussion: Liberal Values

James Pethokoukis / US News:

Wall Street Is Unprepared for a Dem Sweep — I spent a good chunk of yesterday calling all over Wall Street getting people's take on the election. One thing I think learned is that many financial pros are pretty blasé over the prospect of getting a Democratic president.

Discussion: BobKrumm.com