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Hillary Should Get Out Now — Clinton has only one shot—for Obama to trip up so badly that he disqualifies himself. — If Hillary Clinton wanted a graceful exit, she'd drop out now—before the March 4 Texas and Ohio primaries—and endorse Barack Obama. This would be terrible for people …
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Clinton Turns From Anger to Sarcasm — PROVIDENCE, R.I. - On Saturday, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton showed her angry side, admonishing Senator Barack Obama for a campaign mailing that she called misleading. — On Sunday, before a rally of several thousand, she added a heavy dose of sarcasm.
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Clinton searches for the best message against Obama — Trying to reclaim the edge, she has accused him of plagiarism, dodging debates and falsehoods in mailings. — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — With her White House prospects in jeopardy, Hillary Rodham Clinton has shifted from one tactic to another in trying to overtake rival Barack Obama.
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It's All About Him — Last October, a reporter asked Barack Obama why he had stopped wearing the American flag lapel pin that he, like many other public officials, had been sporting since soon after Sept. 11. Obama could have responded that his new-found fashion minimalism was no big deal.
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GOP fears charges of racism, sexism — Top Republican strategists are working on plans to protect the GOP from charges of racism or sexism in the general election, as they prepare for a presidential campaign against the first ever African-American or female Democratic nominee.
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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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CNN poll questions 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) …
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In Painful Past, Hushed Worry About Obama — DALLAS — There is a hushed worry on the minds of many supporters of Senator Barack Obama, echoing in conversations from state to state, rally to rally: Will he be safe? — In Colorado, two sisters say they pray daily for his safety.
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Trying Some Disney Attitude to Help Cure Walter Reed — Fifty medical workers — doctors, nurses, therapists and administrators among them — sat in a room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center gazing at a slide of Donald Duck on a screen. — The oft-cranky Disney cartoon character …
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Blogger, Sans Pajamas, Rakes Muck and a Prize — Of the many landmarks along a journalist's career, two are among those that stand out: winning an award and making the government back down. Last week, Joshua Micah Marshall achieved both. — On Tuesday, it was announced that he had won …
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ElBaradei's Real Agenda — On Friday, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei submitted a report on Iran's nuclear program to the IAEA's Board of Governors. It concluded that, barring “one major remaining issue relevant to the nature of Iran's nuclear programme” …
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Obama and Pakistan — I've received a couple of e-mails along these lines: … My response is that as much as I appreciate the idea of a dead terrorist, I don't like what we did in Pakistan, and I really don't like the fact that we're bragging about it, or that a presidential candidate would openly discuss it as an option.
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A Spry Farrakhan Sings Obama's Praises — CHICAGO (AP) — In his first major public address since a cancer crisis, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Sunday that presidential candidate Barack Obama is the “hope of the entire world” that the U.S. will change for the better.
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Clinton's derision — Clinton, in Rhode Island, mocks Obama as emptily messianic and tells the audience that she has “no illusions.” — Beth Frerking has more, though it's a must-watch. — UPDATE: Clinton, in her CBN interview offers the nontheatrical (and also clearly authentic) version of that derision:
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Scare Tactics and Our Surveillance Bill — Nothing is more important to the American people than our safety and our freedom. As the chairmen of the House and Senate intelligence and judiciary committees, we have an enormous responsibility to protect both.
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CBS: More Prosecutorial Misconduct in Siegelman Case Alleged — CBS aired its long-awaited feature on the prosecution and imprisonment of former Alabama Governor Don E. Siegelman this evening at 7:00. In a stunning move of censorship, the transmission was blocked across the northern third …
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