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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
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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Matt Bramanti / Lone Star Times:
Obama office adores psychotic Marxist thug — Che Guevara, the chief executioner of Fidel Castro's brutal revolution, was a bank robber, a cold-blooded murderer, an enthusiastic torturer and generally an evil, sociopathic bastard. He's quite literally the poster boy for everything wrong with socialism.
Little Green Footballs:
Che Guevara Flags 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.) — UPDATE at 2/11/08 9:00:00 pm:
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
That Didn't Take Long — Captain Ed, loyal party flack. — I would take this as a sign that the GOP now feels threatened by Obama. — BTW- Is there anyone except the troglodyte right who thinks our Cuba policy has been a success and doesn't need to be thought through?
Robert Mak / KING-TV:
Snohomish County GOP caucus results being questioned — MARYSVILLE, Wash. — KING 5 News has uncovered inconsistencies in how the votes from Saturday's Republican Caucus are being reported, raising questions about the accuracy of the statewide count. — As of Monday at 5 p.m. …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
WHAT HAPPENED IN [HAZZARD] SNOHOMISH COUNTY? — Looks like Boss Esser is going to have some serious ‘splainin’ to do. — TPMmuckraker's Paul Kiel spent the day trying to figure out what was going on in Washington State. It wasn't easy. Just understanding the caucus process itself has been a challenge.
Goldy / HorsesAss.Org:
Did Esser call the primary for McCain... or McKenna? — Since prematurely calling Washington's caucus for John McCain, thus changing the narrative of Saturday's results, WSRP Chair Luke Esser is making a name for himself nationwide... or rather, the nation is making up new names for him.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
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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Karen Travers / ABCNEWS:
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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Associated Press:
Representative Tom Lantos Dies at 80 — WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Tom Lantos, who escaped the Nazis and grew up to become a forceful voice for human rights all over the world, has died. He was 80. — The California Democrat, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress …
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Hillary Clinton / CNN:
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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Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Obama's General Election strategy is... ? — I really don't know, do you? — I'm not talking about the national polls either, but how does Barack Obama put together a winning electoral advantage over John McCain? — I have heard Clinton's many times, and its been played out in the Democratic nomination battle.
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Fox News:
BlackBerry Service Out in North America; AT&T Says All Carriers Affected — NEW YORK — “CrackBerry” addicts were looking for thumbthing to do late Monday as BlackBerry smartphones throughout North America went on the blink. — AT&T Inc. says the disruption Monday is affecting all wireless carriers.
Washington Post:
U.S. to Try 6 On Capital Charges Over 9/11 Attacks — New Evidence Gained Without Coercive Tactics — The Bush administration announced yesterday that it intends to bring capital murder charges against half a dozen men allegedly linked to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks …
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WorldNetDaily:
Embattled Muslim aide to leave Pentagon job — Hesham Islam's 'resume didn't add up,' official says — In a stunning turn of events, a high-level Muslim military aide blamed for costing an intelligence contractor his job will step down from his own Pentagon post, WND has learned.