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Consumer advocate Nader starts presidential bid — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said on Sunday that he is launching another long shot independent campaign for president of the United States. — Nader, who will turn 74 this week, announced his presidential bid on NBC's …
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‘Meet the Press’ transcript for Feb. 24, 2008 — Ralph Nader, David Brooks, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Michele Norris, Chuck Todd — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Many Democrats accuse this man of draining votes from Al Gore, which helped elect George W. Bush in 2000.
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Nader enters in boon to GOP — Ralph Nader announced on NBC's “Meet the Press” that he'll run as a third-party, anti-corporate candidate for president this fall, which would be likely to drain votes from the Democratic nominee and provide a huge boon to Republicans.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Ralph Nader Will Run For President Again But Faces Different Political Landscape
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:Nader An Oh-Eighter — Barack Obama can now point to someone running …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN EMBRACES OBAMA HOAX EMAIL — Overtime, and pretty quickly now, it'll make sense to keep a list of stuff like this. On Friday night's Bill Maher show, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) claimed that Barack Obama refuses to say the pledge of allegiance to the American flag.
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Sweetness & Light:
Obama Wore Muslim Garb During Kenya Trip — [Note: please see the update posted below. The photograph is authentic.] — A poster named “Bannie” at Free Republic has noted a photo that appeared in the February 4, 2008 edition of the notoriously unreliable supermarket tabloid, the National Examiner:
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Lapel Pin Patriotism, Round Two — I thought we had already dispatched this nonsense once, but it appears to have resurfaced with Nedra Pickler's insightful piece: … Doing due diligence to get the story right, Nedra goes to an expert for his opinion:
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Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Obama Mailings ‘False’? — Clinton says Democrats should be “outraged.” You be the judge. — Clinton said “every Democrat should be outraged” at two “false” mailers that Obama sent to voters in Ohio. — We find that a mailer criticizing her position on trade is indeed misleading.
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The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton Mocks Barack Obama During Campaign Rally — Hillary Clinton's campaign is on its last legs after suffering a string of defeats to her rival Barack Obama. Clinton made the decision to go negative in an effort to halt Obama's rising momentum.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
EXPERIENCE....Riffing off Scott Lemieux, Matt Yglesias takes a pot shot at Hillary Clinton's claim to be the “experienced” candidate: … This obviously gets into the realm of pure spin since “experience” is such an amorphous quality, but I really think that Obama partisans are missing the point here.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Kristol: ‘I Recommend The Politics Of Fear’ — This morning on Fox News Sunday, New York Times columnist Bill Kristol recommended that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) employ the “politics of fear” to attack Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL): … Kristol explained that his fear-mongering political strategy would focus on Iran.
Jonathan Singer / MyDD:
DNC to File FEC Complaint Against McCain Campaign — John McCain's attempted politically motivated gaming of the public financing system is already drawing the attention of the Federal Elections Commisssion, with the chairman of the FEC firing off a letter to McCain's presidential campaign asking …
Josh Meyer / Los Angeles Times:
White House backtracks on claims of lost intelligence — Hours after chiding Congress for not finishing a wiretapping bill and leaving the nation ‘vulnerable to terrorist attack,’ officials acknowledge all requested information is being received. — WASHINGTON — A day after warning …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Saturday Night Live Pulls One Out for Hillary — (Updated to include video). Comments now closed.) — Do not miss the You Tube of Tina Fey's commentary on Saturday Night Live last night when it comes out. It was incredible. My DD has a rough transcript of the last part. … More...
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Raul Castro Succeeds Fidel as President of Cuba — Fidel Castro's brother, Raúúl, was named president of Cuba on Sunday, preserving a nearly half-century socialist dynasty that brought free schools and health care to all Cubans as well as political repression.
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