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4:30 PM ET, February 22, 2008

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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
A Hole in McCain's Defense?  —  An apparent contradiction in his response to lobbyist story.  —  A sworn deposition that Sen. John McCain gave in a lawsuit more than five years ago appears to contradict one part of a sweeping denial that his campaign issued this week to rebut a New York Times story …
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New York Times:
The McCain Article  —  A recent New York Times article examined a number of decisions by Senator John McCain that raised questions about his judgment over potential conflicts of interest.  The article included reporting on Mr. McCain's relationship with a female lobbyist whose clients often …
The Big Blog:
Why we didn't run the McCain story  —  I chose not to run the New York Times story on John McCain in Thursday's P-I, even though it was available to us on the New York Times News Service.  I thought I'd take a shot at explaining why.  —  To me, the story had serious flaws.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OOPS ...  I was wondering when we'd hear from Isikoff on this McCain business.  (Remember, he was one of the other reporters in the hunt, one or more of whom seems to have prompted the Times to pull the trigger.)  It seems that one of McCain's sweeping denials from that presser yesterday morning …
Discussion: Salon, RobertEmmet and American Street
David Brooks / New York Times:
The McCain World Rift  —  The staff of the McCain campaign had a rude awakening last Jan. 25th.  They opened The Washington Post and found a front-page story linking McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, to the Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska.  Who, some wondered, was feeding damaging information about Davis to the press?
Stephen Singer / Associated Press:
Lieberman defends McCain from suggestion of improper relationship
Discussion: BuzzFlash.org and DownWithTyranny!
Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
From the Fact Check Desk: Obama's Army Anecdote  —  At last night's debate in Texas, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, told an anecdote about an Army captain that is causing a lot of chatter in the political world.  —  Obama was making a point about what he called “the single …
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Stuart Koehl / Weekly Standard:
Obama Heard Wrong  —  There is a lot about Obama's story that makes no sense.  Let us start with the opening line: … Well, captains command companies, not rifle platoons.  A rifle platoon is normally commanded by a 2nd lieutenant, sometimes (if short handed) by a senior sergeant.
Matthew Yglesias:
Platoon  —  Conservatives have been all over Barack Obama (here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here) for telling the following anecdote during last night's debate: … Basically, as you can see if you check the conservative blogs above …
Curt / Flopping Aces:
Obama on Afghanistan.  —  Me thinks this little blurb will come back to bite Obama in the ass.  Just my guess: … First of all, and correct me if I'm wrong on this Chris (seeing as how I've been out for 18 years) but the military rarely splits a platoon across theaters, maybe companies but platoons?
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
US Troops Scavenging Weapons?
Discussion: QandO and democracyarsenal.org
Ann Sanner / Associated Press:   Fact check: Obama's Iraq platoon story
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:   The Messiah: US Troops In Afghanistan So Under-supplied They Must …
Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:   “Sent to Iraq”  —  I've received tons of e-mail about Obama's …
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
Obama: is America ready for this dangerous leftwinger?  —  Listen to the rhetoric of Barack Obama ...  For most ordinary Americans, those not encumbered with an expensive education or infected by prolonged exposure to cosmopolitan heterodoxy, patriotism is a consequence of birth.
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Try a Little Tenderness
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:   Peggy Noonan: The Obamas Are Unpatriotic Liberal Snobs
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Congressman Charged in Land Deal  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Rick Renzi has been indicted for extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other charges related to a land deal in Arizona.  —  A 26-page federal indictment unsealed in Arizona accuses Renzi and two former business partners …
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CNN:
Arizona Rep. Renzi indicted in land deal probe
Discussion: Macsmind
CNN:
Clinton faces claims of borrowed language  —  (CNN) - Hillary Clinton - whose campaign has spent the past several days pointing to instances of borrowed language in the speeches of rival Barack Obama - is being accused of lifting words from one very familiar politician: her own husband, former President Bill Clinton.
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Karen Tumulty / Time:
Clinton Faces Reality in Texas Debate
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
Nader to discuss election plans  —  WASHINGTON - Ralph Nader could be poised for another third party presidential campaign.  —  The consumer advocate will appear on NBC's “Meet the Press” on Sunday.  Nader launched his 2004 presidential run on the show.  —  A spokesman for Nader did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Discussion: driftglass
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Is Nader planning a Sunday announcement?
Discussion: Newsweek Blogs, Flopping Aces and Salon
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama once visited '60s radicals  —  In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district's influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
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John Podhoretz / Commentary:
Obama's Ayers  —  Ben Smith of Politico discusses the relationship …
Discussion: Redstate
Jim Forsyth / WOAI-TV:
Huckabee: A Deadlocked Convention is My Goal  —  Insurgent Republican giving up dream of winning in primaries  —  In an interview with 1200 WOAI news during his swing through Texas, longshot Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee outlined a strategy which has him not winning …
Evan Smith / Poll Dancing:
Hillary: Seat Michigan, Florida Delegates  —  I just finished a thirty-minute interview with Hillary Clinton — it will air statewide next week, just before the Texas primary, on “Texas Monthly Talks” — and among the topics we discussed was the controversy over whether the Michigan …
White House:
Press Gaggle by Scott Stanzel  —  MR. STANZEL: Good morning, everyone.  I was going to say, for those of you who have been traveling, welcome back — but I'm not sure if we have anyone — you're all well rested.  —  I'll go through the President's schedule today and then take your questions, and I can do the week ahead at the end.
Discussion: American Street and First Draft
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Associated Press:
Turkish troops enter Iraq seeking rebels
Matt / Think Progress:
Coburn: ‘I Think It Was Probably A Mistake Going To Iraq’  —  During a town hall meeting in Muskogee, Oklahoma this past weekend, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) admitted that it was “a mistake” for the United States to invade Iraq in 2003.  “I will tell you personally that I think it was probably …
Discussion: Tulsa World
 
 
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Megan McArdle:
Clarification  —  The debate over whether people want higher taxes …
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Henry / Crooked Timber:
McMuddled  —  Megan McArdle responds to my earlier post on taxes …
Los Angeles Times:
Gang mayhem cripples big area
Juliet Eilperin / The Trail:
Group Ranks McCain Last on Environrmental Votes
Discussion: Wonkette
International Herald Tribune:
Transcript: Democratic debate in Austin, Texas
Daily Texan:
Endorsement: Time to clean house
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Speaker Pelosi and the New York Times' Blind Eye
Matthew Yglesias:
The Party of Terror  —  This little GOP web video about …
Abe Greenwald / Commentary:
Reuters' Sadr Story Vanishes
Discussion: Reuters
Schuyler Dixon / Associated Press:
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