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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: It's all tied up for Dems in Texas — CNN Deputy Political Director — (CNN) — Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a statistical dead heat in Texas, according to a poll released eight days before the state's crucial presidential primary.
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CBS News:
CBS Poll: Obama Surges Ahead Nationally — CBS News/NY Times Survey Finds Obama Opens Up 16-Point Lead; Also Leads In Head-To-Head Match Up With McCain — (CBS) A new CBS News/New York Times poll finds Barack Obama with a 16-point lead over rival Hillary Clinton among Democratic primary voters nationwide.
USA Today:
Poll respondents: Obama will be nominee — The air of inevitability that once surrounded Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton has shifted to challenger Barack Obama. In a new national USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, those surveyed predict by 73%-20% that Obama will be the Democratic nominee.
New York Times:
Poll Shows Obama Is Seen as More Likely to Beat McCain — WASHINGTON — In the past two months, Senator Barack Obama has built a commanding coalition among Democratic voters, with especially strong support among men, and is now viewed by most Democrats as the candidate best able …
Drudge Report:
CLINTON STAFFERS CIRCULATE ‘DRESSED’ OBAMA — With a week to go until the Texas and Ohio primaries, stressed Clinton staffers circulated a photo over the weekend of a “dressed” Barack Obama. — The photo, taken in 2006, shows the Democrat frontrunner fitted as a Somali Elder …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama slams smear photo — Obama campaign manager David Plouffe accused the Clinton campaign Monday of “shameful offensive fear-mongering” by circulating a photo as an attempted smear. — Plouffe was reacting to a banner headline on the Drudge Report saying that aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary Spokesperson Wolfson Strongly Denies Campaign Officially Pushed Obama Turban Pic — On a conference call with reporters just now, Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson strongly denied any official campaign role in pushing the photo of Obama in a turban and Somali garb.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Rendell: ‘The Media Does Not Like the Clintons’ — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) said Monday that the media's pro-Obama (or anti-Clinton) bias explains in part why Barack Obama is portrayed as running away with the Democratic presidential nomination (instead of being locked in a close fight with Hillary Rodham Clinton).
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CBS3.com:
In-Laws' Political Dispute Ends In Stabbing — UPPER PROVIDENCE, Pa. (CBS 3) ― The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is investigating a politically motivated stabbing that left one in-law hospitalized and another in prison. — Authorities said brother-in-laws Jose Ortiz …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Obama responds to CNN's smear: Join In against ‘right wing hack attacks’ — Obama responds to the new smear campaign against him quite deftly. CNN and the AP should be ashamed of themselves. I didn't know lapel pins were so important to national security.
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Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead! — From the DoD, via TPMMuckraker: … Pardon me while I dance about my study, cackling with glee. That's some of the best news I've had since, well, since the announcement of the ceasefire in Northern Uganda. (Hard to top that.)
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Dani Rodrik / Dani Rodrik's weblog:
Mr Kristol, you get a C in economics! — There! I said it, and I feel better already. I have waited a really long time to do this, and I am happy that Bill Kristol finally gave me an opportunity with his column in today's New York Times. More on what he wrote below …
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Diane Francis / National Post:
Forget global warming: Welcome to the new Ice Age — Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than at any time since 1966. — The U.S. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) reported that many American cities and towns suffered record cold temperatures in January and early February.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Withheld Controversial Abramoff Email — On the stump, Sen. John McCain often cites his work tackling the excesses of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff as evidence of his sturdy ethical compass. — A little-known document, however, shows that McCain may have taken steps to protect …
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Cliff Schecter
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Edwards joins Obama supporters in new anti-war effort — Former presidential candidate John Edwards (D-N.C.), whose endorsement is sought by Democratic presidential rivals Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.), will join several groups that have endorsed Obama in a new effort to end the Iraq war.
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Glenn Thrush / Newsday:
An early look at how Clinton deals with crisis — In a presidential campaign focused on the future, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama spend a lot of time talking about their pasts. — Both lean heavily on tales of early, formative experiences - she running a law clinic in Arkansas …
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