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Todd Beeton / MyDD:
Hillary Clinton Not Conceding Wisconsin — Saw this headline over at Huffington Post this morning: … But I noticed that the article it pointed to was written on Friday, prior to the article Jonathan linked to yesterday reporting on her “scaling back” her Wisconsin schedule. So which is it?
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
The Expectations Game: Point To Clinton's Wolfson — As well as this campaign has gone for Barack Obama, the one field of play where his team has been consistently outmaneuvered by the Clinton team has been on playing the expectations game. Todd Beeton shows Axelrod taking it on the chin …
Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
Kosovo Declares Its Independence From Serbia — PRISTINA, Kosovo — The former Serbian province of Kosovo declared independence on Sunday, sending tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians swarming through the streets to celebrate what they hoped was the end of a long and bloody struggle for national self-determination.
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Associated Press:
Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia — PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo declared itself a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an “independent and democratic state” backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia.
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Matthew Yglesias, The Agonist, Stop The ACLU, Taylor Marsh, MSNBC, Vodkapundit, War and Piece and Publius Pundit
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama visits Edwards — Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) paid a secret visit to his former rival, John Edwards, in quest of his endorsement on Sunday. — The meeting in Chapel Hill, N.C., where Edwards lives, is the latest effort by Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to win …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Clinton Wants A Wisconsin Debate As Obama Adds The Beef
Clinton Wants A Wisconsin Debate As Obama Adds The Beef
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ABCNEWS
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Transcript: DNI Mike McConnell on ‘FNS’ — WASHINGTON — The following is a partial transcript of the Feb. 17, 2008, edition of “FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace”: — “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” HOST CHRIS WALLACE: A law which gives President Bush powers to monitor communications among terrorism suspects expired at midnight.
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Dems Accuse Bush Administration of Politicized Fear-Mongering on FISA
Dems Accuse Bush Administration of Politicized Fear-Mongering on FISA
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The Sundries Shack
Sean Lengell / Washington Times:
Analysts say FISA will suffice
Analysts say FISA will suffice
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Think Progress, Middle Earth Journal, The Carpetbagger Report, Balloon Juice and White House
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Fun and Excitement of Civilization Wars (fought from afar) — In response to my post on Friday pointing out that nobody outside of the handful of Muslim-obsessed faux-warriors is moved any longer by the Government's endless exploitation of Terrorism to secure more and more unchecked power, National Review's Mark Steyn said:
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Steadfast McCain ally sparks veep talk — Even through the McCain campaign's darkest days in 2007, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty remained a steadfast ally to the Arizona senator in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. — As a result, with John McCain as the clear GOP frontrunner …
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Is The Media Biased Against Hillary Clinton? — My response - is the Pope Catholic? Via Taylor Marsh, I see Eugene Robinson has, an, um, more nuanced view: … Whatever you say Gene. How's that NBC gig working out for you? More . . . Robinson continues: … Yes, “less settled” is one way to put it.
Pajamas Media:
“That Root,” “youths,” and why Reuters is a disgrace — In “Portrait of an Age,” G. M. Young's classic overview of early Victorian England, there are a few melancholy pages devoted to the devastating Irish potato famine of the mid 1840s. Young notes in an aside that Sir Robert Peel …
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The Corner
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton keeps up health care attack — This mailer, provided by the Obama campaign, is the latest salvo from Hillary on health care. It also includes a quote from Paul Krugman accusing Obama of “unscrupulous demagoguery” on the issue. Obama has a conference call shortly …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Barack Obama, Leftist? — Two foreign newspapers introduce the notion of Barack Obama as a Leftist. The Times of London reports that Republicans intend on painting him as such in the general election, based on his voting record in the Senate and in the Illinios state legislature.
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Liberal Values, Outside The Beltway, The Moderate Voice, Althouse, Fausta's blog and No More Mister Nice Blog
Matt / Think Progress:
New McCain Rips Old McCain's Argument That Bush Tax Cuts Benefit The ‘Wealthy’ — On ABC's This Week today, host George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about Democratic proposals to protect “middle-income Americans” and “only raise” taxes “on the wealthy.”
George Will / Real Clear Politics:
Questions For John McCain — WASHINGTON — Foreign policy has slipped to the periphery of presidential politics, displaced by a nonexistent recession as the voters' preoccupation. Come autumn, however, Iraq and Iran might be central subjects, Iraq as a bigger problem for the Democratic nominee …
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
The World's Worst Panderer — Even for those of us who shudder at many of John McCain's positions, there is something refreshing about a man who wins so many votes despite a major political shortcoming: he is abysmal at pandering. — What sets Senator McCain apart isn't so much his physical courage …
Associated Press:
Up to 80 killed in Afghan bombing — KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber penetrated a crowd watching a dog-fighting competition in the Taliban's former stronghold Sunday, killing up to 80 people in one of the bloodiest bombings since the regime's 2001 ouster.
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