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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Republicans disrupt Lantos memorial service — Even the dead are political pawns to the Republicans (then again, we already knew that post-September 11). House Republicans, at the bidding of the Bush White House, are upset that House Democrats are voting on contempt citations for Harriet Miers and Josh Bolton today.
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Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
House in chaos: GOP calls vote during Lantos memorial — During what was supposed to be a somber memorial service in Statuary Hall for Rep. Tom Lantos, who died Monday, the House chamber became mired in chaos over procedural votes. — Democrats angrily denounced the GOP as insensitive for calling a …
Think Progress:
House Republicans Stage Walkout, Refuse To Vote On Contempt Charges — Today, House Democrats attempted to hold a vote on contempt charges for White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers, who refused to respond to subpoenas in Congress's investigation of the U.S. attorney scandal.
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:Bush criticizes Congress on terror bill
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Jonathan Stein / MoJoBlog:To Protect White House, GOP Disrupts Congressman's Memorial Service
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama's Lead in Delegates Shifts Focus of Campaign — WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama emerged from Tuesday's primaries leading Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by more than 100 delegates, a small but significant advantage that Democrats said would be difficult for Mrs. Clinton …
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
OUT FOR THEMSELVES. — The New York Times reports: … Put another way: If Hillary Clinton does not win delegates out of a majority of contested primaries and caucuses, her aides are willing to rip the party apart to secure the nomination, to cheat in a way that will rend the Democratic coalition …
Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Team Seeks to Calm Turmoil — MCALLEN, Texas — With Spanish music blaring, Sen. Hillary Clinton campaigned across South Texas yesterday with a more populist message, as her new campaign manager sought to reshape a campaign that has lost eight straight primaries in a week.
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New York Times:
Knocked Off Balance, Clinton Campaign Tries to Regain Its Stride — SAN ANTONIO — The Texas and Ohio presidential primaries, on March 4, have become must-win contests for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, her advisers say. So why is she just opening campaign field offices across those states?
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Should Hillary Go Negative? — Amid all of the armchair quarterbacking that has gone on over the past eight days about what Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) should do to turn around her campaign, one solution that doesn't seem to come up much is perhaps the simplest — and most dangerous: going negative.
CNN:
Romney to endorse McCain — CNN's Dana Bash reports that former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will endorse senator John McCain. The endorsement is expected to happen at a Boston event at 3:30 p.m. ET today. — Two sources familiar with the decision confirmed the news …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
FISA....Andy McCarthy, after saying it would be “unconscionable” for House Democrats to let last year's FISA extension lapse on Friday, stares into the abyss: … Look, if it's that important, there's a simple answer: pass the bill without telecom immunity. Then come back and introduce immunity in a separate bill.
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Josh Patashnik / The New Republic:
Bush's Waterboarding Stance Is Hurting McCain — As you probably heard, the Senate voted 51-45 yesterday to ban any government agency from any using interrogation tactic not authorized by the Army Field Manual (including waterboarding, sleep deprivation, exposure to extreme cold, etc.).
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:John McCain Sells His Soul to the Right: Backs Off on Torture Ban
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:McCain: Against Torture, But
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Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin Democratic Presidential Primary — Wisconsin: Obama 47% Clinton 43% — The Democratic Presidential Primary in Wisconsin may be the most competitive contest between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton since Super Tuesday. — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows Obama …
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Elizabeth Rhodes / Seattle Times:
UW study: Rules add $200,000 to Seattle house price — Backed by studies showing that middle-class Seattle residents can no longer afford the city's middle-class homes, consensus is growing that prices are too darned high. But why are they so high? — An intriguing new analysis …
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
McCain Aiding Clinton? — So yesterday, John McCain attacked Barack Obama for lacking specifics. Also yesterday, McCain's economic advisor, Kevin “Dow 36,000” Hassett attacked Obama for allegedly pilfering Clinton's economic stimulus program. (The criticism, and Obama's denial of it, can be found here.)
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
SEIU set to endorse Obama — Two labor sources tell Politico that the giant Service Employees International Union, which has been neutral through the primary, is on the verge of throwing its support to Sen. Barack Obama. — “It's done,” said one person close to the union.
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Robert A. Levy / Washington Times:
Promises breached — If you think the District of Columbia's ban on all functional firearms in all homes is a reasonable regulation under the Second Amendment, you'll love the friend-of-the-court brief filed by the Bush administration in D.C. v. Heller, now before the Supreme Court.
Michael O'Hanlon / Wall Street Journal:
Obama as Diplomat in Chief — A central element of Barack Obama's plan to change American foreign policy is his intention, upon becoming president, to meet with foreign leaders of extremist regimes — the type of rogue-state dictators that George W. Bush has generally shunned during his time as president.
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