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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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Balloon Juice, Don Surber, Moonbattery, politburo diktat 2.0, Ed Driscoll.com and Bookworm Room
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Little Green Footballs:
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.)
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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The Swamp, Spin Cycle, Comments from Left Field, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, The Page, Donklephant, AMERICAblog and Balloon Juice
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Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
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
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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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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The New Republic, MSNBC, Matthew Yglesias, TalkLeft, Eschaton, Open Left, The Field, PunditGuy and Amygdala
Rasmussen Reports:
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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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TAKIN' A LOOOOONG TIME — (Ed.Note: We are now uncertain whether …
TAKIN' A LOOOOONG TIME — (Ed.Note: We are now uncertain whether …
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CBS News:
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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Radley Balko / The Agitator:
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
Ari Emanuel / The Huffington Post:
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
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
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.
WTVR-TV:
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, Seattle Times and The New Republic
John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Clive Crook / Financial Times:
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.
Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:
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 …