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11:50 PM ET, February 24, 2008

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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.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Clintons' Last Stand  —  Watching senator Clinton attempt to regain some lift as she paraglides into history is almost enough to evoke pity.  Almost.  The Clintons come with their own boundless reserves of self-pity so further reinforcements seem unnecessary to me.
Discussion: Viking Pundit
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   Hillary Clinton Mocks Obama: Political Masterstroke Or Mistake?
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The Politico:
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.
Reuters:
Consumer advocate Nader starts presidential bid
Sarah Wheaton / The Caucus:
Nader to Run Again
Discussion: Economist's View and Roger Ailes
James Fallows:
Ralph Nader: tragedy to farce
Discussion: 23/6, MoJoBlog, PoliGazette and ABCNEWS
Ralph Nader / You Decide 08!:
NADER ANNOUNCES HE WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT
Discussion: Political Radar
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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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama Knocks Clinton, But Wouldn't Ax NAFTA  —  Obama: NAFTA Repeal ‘Would Actually Result in More Job Loss ... Than Job Gains’  —  Appealing to union voters in a dry wall manufacturing plant in this crucial primary state, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Sunday afternoon said that even though …
Discussion: NO QUARTER and Redstate
Erik German / Newsday:
Clinton blasts claims in two Obama mailers  —  CINCINNATI - Struggling to regain her footing in the run-up to a crucial primary here, Hillary Rodham Clinton lashed out at Sen. Barack Obama Saturday, waving a pair of Obama campaign mailers whose claims she called “an outright falsehood.”
Discussion: Pensito Review and Redstate
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:
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
CNN's question: Obama's patriotism  —  I've got to say, I've never seen a reader poll like this on a mainstream media website (or, to be honest, a right-wing blog).  This is currently on CNN.com.  —  And just today (in a very interesting exchange with the Cleveland Jewish Community) …
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Lapel Pin Patriotism, Round Two
Anthony H. Cordesman / Washington Post:
Two Winnable Wars  —  No one can return from the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, as I recently did, without believing that these are wars that can still be won.  They are also clearly wars that can still be lost, but visits to the battlefield show that these conflicts are very different …
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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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 …
Reuters:
Israel prepares for mass protests at Gaza border  —  Source: Reuters  —  Israel has put paramilitary police on standby and boosted surveillance along the Gaza border in case Palestinians try to break through into Israel as they did in Egypt last month, security sources said on Sunday.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Saudis Arrested for Flirting With Women
Discussion: Liberal Values
Pete Abel / The Moderate Voice:
Sex and Lobbyists  —  Last week, Shaun Mullen attempted …
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Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Mugniyah behind establishment of Mahdi Army
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Hot Air
A. O. Scott / NYT > Movies:
Are Oscars Worth All This Fuss?
Matthew Yglesias:
Tax and Deregulate  —  To offer some further thoughts on Iceland …
Discussion: The RBC
World Politics Review:
Turkey's Iraq Incursion: Barzani Draws the Line
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The McCain Flap  —  It was extremely pleasant not to have to respond …
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Ali Waked / Ynetnews:
New excuse for Qassams: Prophet cartoons
Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Obama, not Clinton, favored over McCain
Faiz / Think Progress:
Kristol: ‘I Recommend The Politics Of Fear’
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN EMBRACES OBAMA HOAX EMAIL
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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