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Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
Clinton Slams Obama Tactics — CINCINNATI - Accusing the Obama campaign of using tactics “that are right out of Karl Rove's playbook,” Senator Hillary Clinton angrily denounced Senator Barack Obama on Saturday for sending fliers to Ohio voters that she called misleading and false.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
HRC: ‘Shame on you, Barack Obama’ — CINCINNATI, Ohio — Hillary Rodham Clinton ripped Barack Obama Saturday for mailings his campaign is sending to Ohio voters that Clinton said distorted her record on NAFTA and universal health care. — “Shame on you, Barack Obama,” …
Frank James / The Swamp:
Clinton: Obama untested, just like Bush was — CINCINNATI — Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton lashed out at rival Barack Obama today for using a strategy out of “Karl Rove's playbook” by making grandiose speeches of hope while sending Ohioans what she called …
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Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
What That McCain Article Didn't Say — BILL KELLER, the executive editor of The Times, said the article about John McCain that appeared in Thursday's paper was about a man nearly felled by scandal who rebuilt himself as a fighter against corruption but is still “careless about appearances …
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Matthew Yglesias:
McCain's Lying Problem — It's weird to think of something so random as a ten year-old purchase of a television station in Pittsburgh as posing a major political problem for John McCain, but much more so than other politicians he's made the myth of some kind of preternatural powers of honestness central to his persona.
Emptywheel:
McCain's Favors for Iseman Involved Helping Far Right-Wing Families to Sustain their Shell Companies — When I noted that John McCain's lobbyist gal had represented the two networks that would, in 2004, show the anti-Kerry propaganda piece, Stolen Honor, I admitted I didn't know precisely whether …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
McConnell/Mukasey: Eavesdropping outside of FISA is “illegal” — (updated below - Update II) — The White House yesterday escalated its most brazen, Orwellian campaign of the last eight years — shrilly accusing House Democrats of jeopardizing the nation's security by allowing …
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Yes, The DLC Supports Obama — There is something both sad and hilarious about Kagro X's outrage that that the DLC and Lieber-types like Dan Gerstein are on the Obama bandwagon: … This is sad and hilarious because not for one moment can Kagro imagine WHY the DLC and Dan Gerstein might support Barack Obama.
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Lisa Girion / Los Angeles Times:
Health Net ordered to pay $9 million after canceling cancer patient's policy — The punitive damage award is the first of its kind and has prompted the giant medical insurer to scrap practices that have recently come under fire. — One of California's largest for-profit insurers stopped …
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Graham Keeley / Telegraph:
Freed dissidents expose Castro's brutal regime — Four dissidents freed this week after five years in inhumane conditions in a Cuban prison have revealed the dark side of Fidel Castro's regime. — The four - José Gabriel Ramón Castillo, Omar Pernet Hernández …
John Nichols / The Nation:
FEINGOLD: “I VOTED FOR BARACK OBAMA”... Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, a progressive icon who briefly considered seeking the Democratic presidential nomination himself, said he voted in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary for Barack Obama. — Asked directly about his choice, Feingold answered directly.
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
No Longer in Race, Richardson Is a Man Pursued — SANTA FE, N.M. — Lots of people are calling Gov. Bill Richardson these days, “just to check in.” — Barack Obama calls every three days or so. He called on Friday of last week, but Mr. Richardson was tied up with the Legislature …
Mark / OPENERS:
Complaint filed against pro-Clinton special interest group — Attorney and Barack Obama supporter Subodh Chandra has filed a complaint on behalf of several voters with the Federal Elections Commissions against a new special interest group that plans to promote Hillary Clinton in the Buckeye State.
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Michael Moore says insurance industry would love Clinton's healthcare plan — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) proposal to mandate that all people purchase health insurance would be a boon to the industry, filmmaker Michael Moore said Friday. — “Can you imagine, every time Sen. Clinton …
Stable Hand / The Jawa Report:
Update Video Added. Westboro Idiots Plan Protests Tonight at Memorial of Murdered Teenager Brianna Denison in Reno, Nevada! — Reno Teenager and Santa Barbara College student Brianna Denison was abducted in January while staying with friends over Christmas break.