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9:40 AM ET, February 14, 2008

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Satyam / Think Progress:
Maverick Fails The Test: McCain Votes Against Waterboarding Ban  —  Today, the Senate brought the Intelligence Authorization Bill to the floor, which contained a provision from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) establishing one interrogation standard across the government.
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Passes Interrogation Ban
Patrick Yoest / CQ Politics:   Intelligence Bill Including Interrogation Restrictions Faces Bush Veto
Talal Al-Khatib / Political Radar:
McCain Adviser Won't Fight Obama  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: On Wednesday, a top adviser to John McCain said more definitively than he has in the past that he will step down from the Arizona senator's presidential campaign if the presumed GOP nominee faces Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in the general election.
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Obama: McCain 'Traded Principles for his Party's Nomination'
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Republicans homing in on Barack Obama
Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Clinton counts on superdelegates  —  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton will take the Democratic nomination even if she does not win the popular vote, but persuades enough superdelegates to vote for her at the convention, her campaign advisers say.  —  The New York senator …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
CLINTON TO FIGHT FOR EVERY DELEGATE  —  From NBC's Domenico Montanaro  —  The Clinton campaign is not about to give up anything without a fight.  —  Strategists said in a conference call with reporters the campaign will go after delegates wherever they can be found — including in Michigan and Florida.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Ethics Panel Admonishes Craig for Conduct in Sex Sting  —  Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) was rebuked yesterday by the Senate ethics committee over his conviction for disorderly conduct in an airport men's restroom, with the panel concluding that he committed the offense and citing him for actions …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:   Craig admonished by ethics panel
New York Times:
Making (Some) Progress in Iraq  —  Good news is rare in Iraq.  But after months of bitter feuding, Iraq's Parliament has finally approved a budget, outlined the scope of provincial powers, set an Oct. 1 date for provincial elections and voted a general amnesty for detainees.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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 …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Candidates' Earmarks Worth Millions  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure more than $340 million worth of home-state projects in last year's spending bills, placing her among the top 10 Senate recipients of what are commonly known as earmarks, according to a new study by a nonpartisan budget watchdog group.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Hardbrawl  —  Last fall, as network executives, members of Congress and other hotshots gathered beneath a massive tent at Washington's Decatur House to celebrate the 10th anniversary of “Hardball,” Chris Matthews began to address the crowd.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org, TVNewser and Romenesko
Steven Kreytak / Austin American-Statesman:
Court strikes down Texas ban on sex toys  —  Federal appeals court says law violates right to privacy.  —  A federal appeals court has struck down a seldom-enforced Texas law making it a crime to promote or sell sex toys.  —  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling in a case originally filed …
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
When We Torture  —  The most famous journalist you may never have heard of is Sami al-Hajj, an Al Jazeera cameraman who is on a hunger strike to protest abuse during more than six years in a Kafkaesque prison system.  —  Mr. Hajj's fortitude has turned him into a household name in the Arab world …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Jules Crittenden
Lanny Davis / The Huffington Post:
The “Superdelegates”: Always Intended to be Independent  —  There is certainly a valid concern expressed by those who fear that the 796 “superdelegates” to the August 2008 Democratic National Convention — Democratic elected officials, party officials and VIPs - might make the difference …
Sara Robinson / Orcinus:
The Cult of Obama  —  Every political news outlet, from the networks to the blogs, is abuzz today with the question: Is the Obama phenomenon a cult?  —  People — particularly Hillary partisans — are eagerly putting this idea out there.  I want to make it very clear before I get started …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Be My Political Valentine  —  Are you in love with a staffer on Capitol Hill, someone who works at a think tank, or just a plain, old political wonk?  Well, then today's your lucky day because you can show them that you really do understand their weird obsession with monetary policy …
Eliot Spitzer / Washington Post:
Predatory Lenders' Partner in Crime  —  How the Bush Administration Stopped the States From Stepping In to Help Consumers  —  Several years ago, state attorneys general and others involved in consumer protection began to notice a marked increase in a range of predatory lending practices by mortgage lenders.
CNN:
Newspapers reprint Prophet Mohammed cartoon  —  (CNN) — Newspapers across Europe Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked worldwide protests two years ago.  —  The move came one day after Danish authorities arrested three people allegedly plotting a …
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
U.S. Muslim Inciting Murder of Danish Mohammed Cartoonists …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
 
 
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Blood-and-guts politics  —  Old-guard feminists caterwaul for Hillary …
Mark Penn / Real Clear Politics:
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Andante Higgins / CBS News:
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