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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms — The Senate today — led by Jay Rockefeller, enabled by Harry Reid, and with the active support of at least 12 (and probably more) Democrats, in conjunction with an as-always lockstep GOP caucus — will vote to legalize warrantless spying …
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The FISA fight: Nutroots lose, America wins — I've been keeping you up-to-date on the FISA fight in the Senate (see here and here). This morning, a series of votes took place and you'll be happy to know that the defeatist Dems were defeated. — Carter Wood at the NAM's ShopFloor blog sums up the votes:
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Senate Moves to Shield Phone Companies on Eavesdropping — WASHINGTON — After more than a year of heated political wrangling, the Senate handed the White House a major victory Tuesday by voting to broaden the government's spy powers and to give legal protection to phone companies that cooperated …
Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Inside the Clinton Shake-Up — Like so much involving Hillary Clinton, Sunday's departure of her campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, has gotten tons of attention, but its larger significance has been somewhat misunderstood. I've spent a fair amount of time over the last two years reporting on …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
‘SUPER’ LATINO SLAMS CLINTON — A prominent member of the national Democratic Party has circulated a sharp e-mail saying the removal of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle was disloyal to Hispanics and should give “pause” to superdelegates and voters.
Michael Gormley / Associated Press:
NY Hispanics question Clinton aide exit — ALBANY, N.Y. - Two New York Hispanic leaders said they would be upset if Hillary Rodham Clinton's Hispanic campaign manager was replaced because of primary losses they believe should be blamed on former President Bill Clinton and others.
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Tony Norman / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Gov. ‘Blunt Talk’ Rendell (and other topics) — So many topics, so little space: — Gov. Ed “Don't Call Me ‘Fast Eddie’ ” Rendell met with the editorial board of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette last week to talk about his latest budget. But before turning the meeting over to his number-crunchers …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Top Hillary Supporter: Some Whites In Pennsylvania “Are Not Ready” To Support Black Candidate — This explanation from a prominent Hillary supporter in Pennsylvania, regarding why he thinks Barack Obama could lose his state, seems a bit off message. — According to a columnist …
Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
Obama Unplugged — Lost without a Teleprompter. — USUALLY WHEN BARACK OBAMA gives a major speech, the overdone hosannas from the liberal commentariat follow as surely as night follows day. The American Prospect's Ezra Klein wrote of Obama's post-Iowa victory speech, “I've been blessed to hear many great orations.
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Why the Right is Behind Online — From Erick Erickson, Redstate editor and influential Republican. … Now, being a doctor who performs abortions is in fact a job, so one might find conflicting narratives in Erick's quote. And if the way to use the internet well politically is to up the number …
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John Derbyshire / The Corner:
Cool on O'Bama — All this emoting over Barack Obama's wonderful, wonderful personality is starting to trigger my gag reflex. — What are we electing here, a faith healer? What is Obama's view of the executive power? How, exactly, does he propose to “bring us together”? Just by being half-black?
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Steve Sailer / Steve Sailer's iSteve Blog:
“Barack Obama is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human …
“Barack Obama is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human …
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
John McCain's Top 24 Potential Picks For Vice-President — Predicting whom a particular candidate will take as Vice-President is always difficult because so many factors play into it. Do both candidates get along? Is the presidential nominee looking to carry a particular state, region …
Rob Bluey / Bluey Blog:
Why I Voted for Obama — College Park Rally, originally uploaded by Barack Obama. — I grew up in the 1990s loathing Bill Clinton. He and his wife represented everything that was bad about politics — from the corruption and lies they brought from Arkansas to the immoral and embarrassing behavior in the White House.
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Go with the tough guy — The new ‘axis of evil’ doesn't fear the U.S. McCain could change that. — Some conservatives are having conniptions over the rise of John McCain as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Personally, I am less interested in what Rush Limbaugh …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
When Reality Bites — There's a big difference between the Republican and Democratic campaigns: The Republicans have split on policy grounds; the Democrats haven't. There's been a Republican divide between center and right, yet no Democratic divide between center and left.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Finding 11-Day Sentence Not Too Little but Too Late — Matthew Sinor was in his second year of law school at Ohio State a couple of years ago when he heard that an Army buddy had gotten into trouble with the law. Mr. Sinor rescheduled two exams and flew to Mobile, Ala. …
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