memeorandum: HUCKABEE CHALLENGES WASHINGTON CAUCUS RESULTS (You Decide 08!)

6:40 PM ET, February 10, 2008

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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:

Clinton Campaign Manager Calls It Quits — Former First Lady's Chief of Staff to Take Over Running Presidential Race — Patti Solis Doyle announced that she is stepping down as the campaign manager for the presidential campaign of Sen. Hilary Clinton, D-N.Y., ABC News has learned that this afternoon.

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Clinton campaign manager out — Clinton's campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, left the position today, to be replaced by Clinton's former top White House aide, Maggie Williams. The change formalizes a shift in the campaign's power structure that began to set in after Clinton's win in New Hampshire,

Discussion: michellemalkin.com and GINA COBB

Newsweek:

Accounting 101: The Clintons — Where did Hillary Clinton get the money for her $5 million loan to her campaign? — Jonathan Torgovnik for Newsweek — On Board: Hillary and Bill Clinton on her campaign plane last month — Hillary and Bill Clinton are not nearly as wealthy as, say …

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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:

Clinton Campaign Shake-Up: Patti Solis Doyle Fired — Hillary Clinton Campaign Director Patti Solis Doyle has been fired. — Maggie Williams will now take her place. Mark Penn stays where he is, for the time being. — Big news.

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:

Clinton Campaign Manager Steps Aside — Patti Solis Doyle, the campaign manager for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (N.Y.) presidential bid has stepped down from that post and will be replaced by longtime Clinton operative Maggie Williams. — “This week Maggie will begin to assume the duties …

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

A LITTLE WEIRD — As you know, John McCain lost two of the three contests yesterday. He was losing narrowly in Washington state and then pulled ahead by a narrow margin (less than two points) toward the end. But then with 87% of the returns counted, the Washington state GOP, which runs the caucuses stopped releasing results.

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You Decide 08!:

HUCKABEE CHALLENGES WASHINGTON CAUCUS RESULTS — Mike Huckabee is challenging the results of the Washington state Republican caucuses, his campaign announced Sunday, after accusing the state party chairman of calling the election for John McCain before all the votes were counted.

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David Postman / Postman on Politics:

Huckabee challenges “dubious” caucus count, sends lawyers here — Republican Mike Huckabee's campaign is sending attorneys to Washington state to investigate what happened with the count of yesterday's Republican presidential caucus. Campaign Chairman Ed Rollins issued this statement:

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Luke Esser / wsrp.org:
Gov. Huckabee finishes a strong second

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Republican Reformation — HAVING spent the better part …

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Tad Devine / New York Times:

Superdelegates, Back Off — ON the first Wednesday in June, the morning after the last day of voting in the 1984 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, the long, drawn-out battle that began with Gary Hart's stunning victory in New Hampshire ended — but only after one last plot twist.

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Associated Press: Clinton has lead with party insiders

Matthew Yglesias:
The Rules of the Game — Chris Bowers is outraged by the prospect …

Discussion: TalkLeft, Washington Monthly and Upper Left

Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Obama's big night: “We won North, we won South, we won in between.”

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Jeff E. Schapiro / inRich.com:

Poll: Obama, McCain lead in Va. — Both enjoy sizable leads over rivals as primary approaches Tuesday — Barack Obama and John McCain may be cruising toward blowout wins in Virginia's presidential primary Tuesday. — Among the Democrats, the poll conducted for the Richmond Times-Dispatch …

Discussion: American Street, Captain's Quarters, Jonathan Martin's Blogs and Newsweek

CNN:

Obama gains momentum; McCain still leads handily — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama swept Saturday's Democratic contests, giving him considerable momentum heading into Sunday's Maine caucuses and three primaries Tuesday. — John McCain, however, was handed a starkly different message from the GOP …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Obama Gets Convincing Wins in 3 States

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Chris Wallace: probing, hard-nosed journalist — Chris Wallace interviewed George Bush today on Fox News and, after asking Bush about his views on waterboarding, this was the “question” which Wallace — sitting next to Bush in front of a cozy fireplace (after a borderline-romantic stroll …

Discussion: protein wisdom

Fox News:

FNS w/ Chris Wallace — FOXNEWS.COM HOME > FNS W/ CHRIS WALLACE … “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” HOST CHRIS WALLACE: Mr. President, I know you're not ready to endorse yet in the presidential race, so I am going to ask you a non-endorsement question. This last week you talked to the CPAC conference …

Dave Johnson / The Huffington Post:

Driving A Wedge — The Drudge Report is a right-wing site that is used to drive right-wing propaganda into the large, corporate media outlets. When a story is featured at the Drudge Report, you always have to ask why, and ask what is the right's intent behind getting this story into circulation.

Discussion: The Other McCain and Middle Earth Journal

Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
Wilder Still Sore Over Clinton Comment

Discussion: Liberal Values

Times of London:

Minister warns of ‘inbred’ Muslims — Dipesh Gadher, Christopher Morgan and Jonathan Oliver — A government minister has warned that inbreeding among immigrants is causing a surge in birth defects - comments likely to spark a new row over the place of Muslims in British society.

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