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A Flag Obama Supporters Salute? — Oh, my. Barack Obama may want to call his new Houston office and suggest some decorating ideas. Take a look at the flag flying in the office at the moment: — No, that's not a Texas state flag with a picture of Obama on it.
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Balloon Juice, Don Surber, Hot Air, Moonbattery, politburo diktat 2.0, Ed Driscoll.com and Bookworm Room
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A Che Guevara Flag in Obama's Houston Office — Barack Obama won't wear an American flag on his lapel, but on the wall of his Houston campaign office: a Cuban flag with a picture of Communist mass murderer Che Guevara. (Click picture for video.) — (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
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Clinton dismisses weekend losses — WHITE MARSH, Maryland (CNN) — Hillary Clinton on Monday explained away Barack Obama's clean sweep of the weekend's caucuses and primaries as a product of a caucus system that favors “activists” and, in the case of the Louisiana primary, an energized African-American community.
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The Swamp, Spin Cycle, Comments from Left Field, The Page, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, Donklephant, AMERICAblog and Balloon Juice
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Clinton Insists Campaign Is Strong … WHITE MARSH, Md. (AP) - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton denied Monday that her campaign is in trouble after losing to Sen. Barack Obama in four states this past weekend and replacing her campaign manager. — “I'm still ahead in the popular vote and in delegates,” Clinton said.
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Matthew Yglesias, New York Sun, Truthdig, MSNBC, Associated Press, Jules Crittenden and Gateway Pundit
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College Junior Breakfasts With Chelsea Clinton — 21-Year-Old Wisconsin Super Delegate Gets Face Time With Former First Daughter — Jason Rae is a typical junior in college. — He spends several hours a day in class at Marquette University in Wisconsin where he is majoring in history and political science.
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Obama, the Democratic Nominee? Yes He Can! — A Commentary By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann — I believe that Barack Obama will defeat Hillary and win the Democratic nomination. I think that this weekend's victories in states as diverse as Washington State, Louisiana, Nebraska …
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For Clinton, Ohio and Texas Emerge as Key States to Win — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her advisers increasingly believe that, after a series of losses, she has been boxed into a must-win position in the Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4, and she has begun reassuring anxious donors …
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Barack Obama Makes His Case — Steve Kroft Interviews The Democratic Presidential Candidate — (CBS) Asked what he thinks is the biggest difference between himself and Senator Hillary Clinton, Obama told Kroft, “I think Senator Clinton is smart and can be an effective advocate.
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My Brother the Superdelegate and Why I Don't Trust Him to Pick the Next President — My brother Rahm Emanuel is a superdelegate. I love my brother, and I trust my brother. But I gave up letting my brother dictate my life since he determined whether he got the top or bottom bunk in our bedroom back in Chicago.
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Open Left, Balloon Juice, DownWithTyranny!, The American Mind, politburo diktat 2.0, Ground Game, The Swamp and Left in the West
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Did Bill Sink Hill on Purpose? — Before I explain, let me say that I'm not a (Bill) Clinton hater. I actually like the guy. I've grown nostalgic for the Clinton years. The economy was booming. He was the most free trade president we've had in a long, long time (certainly more free trade than this one).
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The Newshoggers, Unqualified Offerings, The Daily Dish, Done With Mirrors, Wizbang and The Daily Whim
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NEW: Preliminary Virginia Poll has Obama and McCain with Sizable Leads: Huckabee Surges — Eve of VA Democratic Primary 2/11/08: No Late Charge from Clinton; Obama Will Get Larger Share of Delegates: 24 hours till votes are counted in the Virginia Democratic Primary, Barack Obama is positioned …
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Ross Douthat, The Corner, Commentary, Wake up America, The Campaign Spot, The New Republic and Seattle Times
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To Hell With the Archbishop of Canterbury — ROWAN WILLIAMS' DANGEROUS CLAPTRAP ABOUT “PLURAL JURISDICTION.” — In December 1931, George Orwell got himself arrested in the slums of East London in order to find out about conditions “inside,” and then he wrote an essay about the people he met while in detention.
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Getting to 270 — Can John McCain win in November? — The conventional wisdom is that Republicans start at a serious disadvantage in trying to hold the White House. A still-unpopular war and a softening economy certainly represent challenges. So far, most of the enthusiasm in the primaries …
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SHALLOW BARACK?....Matt Yglesias hangs a long post about Barack Obama on this opening sentence: … I'm confused. Who says this? There are no links in the post, and virtually everything I've ever read about Obama acknowledges that he's scary smart and extremely well briefed.
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Matthew Yglesias, Comments from Left Field, The Carpetbagger Report and Outside The Beltway
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HALPERIN'S TAKE: Sixteen Underappreciated Obama Advantages
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Taylor Marsh
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Rove's Awesome Election Analysis — Rove was on Face the Nation yesterday, expressing confidence that John McCain would have no trouble uniting the Republican party in time to defeat the Democratic nominee in the fall. The intraparty squabbling, said Rove, was a hiccup; in 2000 …
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Why Democrats must choose Obama — The manager or the visionary. Hillary Clinton's own supporters - the candidate herself, in speech after speech - have cast the fight this way. Stirred emotions and soaring rhetoric are all very well, goes the line. If that is what you want, vote for Barack Obama.
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Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 — Based on daily polling conducted Feb. 8-10, 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are now essentially tied in the Gallup Poll Daily tracking results for Feb. 8-10, with Clinton at 46% and Obama at 44%. Clinton's lead over Obama has eroded over the past five days.