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7:30 AM ET, February 28, 2008

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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
I'm Not Running for President, but ...  WATCHING the 2008 presidential campaign, you sometimes get the feeling that the candidates — smart, all of them — must know better.  They must know we can't fix our economy and create jobs by isolating America from global trade.
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MSNBC:
Bloomberg won't run for president
Discussion: NY Daily News
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ROAD MAP  —  Hopefully, everyone can now see the McCain strategy for running against Barack Obama.  Yes, we have some general points on taxes, culture wars and McCain as war hero who can protect us in ways that flash-in-the-pan pretty boy Barack Obama can't.  —  But that's not the core.
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New York Times:
McCain and Obama Trade Jabs on Iraq  —  Senator John McCain opened a new line of attack against Senator Barack Obama on Wednesday, accusing him of being willing to surrender Iraq to Al Qaeda.  —  Mr. McCain, the likely Republican nominee for president, previewed a possible general election contest …
CTV.ca:
Obama staffer gave warning of NAFTA rhetoric  —  Barack Obama has ratcheted up his attacks on NAFTA, but a senior member of his campaign team told a Canadian official not to take his criticisms seriously, CTV News has learned.  —  Both Obama and Hillary Clinton have been critical …
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New York Times:
Going First Most of the Time  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sounded almost put upon.  —  “Can I just point out that in the last several debates, I seem to get the first question all the time,” she said to Brian Williams of NBC News, a moderator of Tuesday night's debate between Mrs. Clinton and Senator Barack Obama.
Discussion: Fact Checker
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
RNC scolds Tenn. GOP on ‘Hussein’  —  The Republican National Committee this afternoon scolded the Tennessee Republican Party over their use of “Barack Hussein Obama” in an official press release and warned the state party that they will be denounced by the national committee if they use …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Christmas!:  Barack Obama Cuts A Campaign Ad... For John McCain  —  I thought this was going to be a negative ad against Barack Hussein Obama.  —  It is.  It's just that he made it himself.  —  Big props to the Real Revo for this ad.  I hate swiping vids usually (except from Hot Air …
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Air Force Blocks Access to Many Blogs  —  The Air Force is tightening restrictions on which blogs its troops can read, cutting off access to just about any independent site with the word “blog” in its web address.  It's the latest move in a larger struggle within the military over the value — and hazards — of the sites.
Jeet Heer / sans everything:
William F. Buckley: the Gift of Friendship  —  William F. Buckley.  —  The death of a man at age 82, after a productive, successful, event-filled life enriched by an unusually close-knit family and an enormous circle of friends and admirers, should hardly be the cause of sadness.
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Robert Poole / Reason:
William F. Buckley, Jr., RIP
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Advocate:
Obama Makes Gay Ad Buys in Ohio, Texas  —  The Obama campaign is lavishing some of its cash advantage on the LGBT community with targeted ad buys in Ohio and Texas leading up to the critical March 4 primaries in both states (Rhode Island and Vermont also vote that day).
Seth Sutel / Associated Press:
NYT's Greenhouse Takes Buyout Offer  —  NEW YORK — Linda Greenhouse, who has covered the Supreme Court for The New York Times for 30 years, said Wednesday that she has accepted a buyout package from the newspaper.  —  Greenhouse joined the Times in 1968 and started covering the court in 1978 …
Discussion: Bench Memos and Romenesko
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Times Plagiarizes the Miami Herald  —  A PAGE ONE STORY LIFTS TWO LINES ABOUT AN ILLICIT DRUG.  —  The hell wrought on Argentina by the illicit drug “paco” has already become a journalistic staple.  The Christian Science Monitor visited the topic on April 5, 2006; the Miami Herald on Aug. 12 …
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Hamas and Israelis Trade Attacks, Killing Several  —  JERUSALEM — In a sudden surge of violence, an Israeli civilian was killed Wednesday in a rocket attack by Hamas militants from Gaza, the first such fatality in nine months, and at least eight Palestinians, militants and civilians …
Discussion: The New Republic
Matt / MNpublius.com:
COLEMAN SUPPORTERS DEFRAUD LOCAL PAPERS WITH CAMPAIGN DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS  —  On January 25th the Minnesota Daily published a letter to the editor from Abul-Rahman Magba-Kamara, chairman of the UMN College Republicans.  The letter's a bit too long to post in the body here …
Discussion: I Am TRex and Hullabaloo
Juan Cole:
Barack Hussein Obama, Omar Bradley, Benjamin Franklin and other Semitically Named American Heroes  —  At Cincinnati, Bill Cunningham, according to the LAT, who “introduced presidential candidate John McCain at a rally here today accused Barack Obama of sympathizing with 'world leaders …
Discussion: Swampland
 
 
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Elisabeth Bumiller / The Caucus:
Mega-Church Pastor in Texas Backs McCain
Discussion: Bang the Drum and Pharyngula
Haaretz:
Student killed in Negev college as Qassam barrage intensifies
Discussion: Debbie Schlussel
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
EFF, ACLU Move to Intervene in Wikileaks Case
Slate:
Slate's Delegate Calculator
Mike Hedge / The Australian:
Jury asked to consider 'America's evil'
Discussion: Tim Blair
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Bill Clinton says words do matter — and he would know
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Clinton Fans Form 527 To Tackle Gender, Race
Satyam / Think Progress:
McCain Rated As America's Worst Senator For Children
Discussion: Wizbang
 Earlier Items: 
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
McCain to Obama: You don't have to re-invade Iraq to fight Al Qaeda, you know
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bill Cunningham says McCain campaign told him to throw out the …
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
Post-racial  —  Even white supremacists don't hate Obama.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OBAMA'S SILENCE ON KADDAFI
Discussion: The Newshoggers
City Journal:
The Unbought Grace of Life
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Rick Klein / Political Radar:
White House Blames Clintons for Document Delay
Discussion: Hot Air and Ben Smith's Blogs
Susan Schmidt / Washington Post:
Imam From Va. Mosque Now Thought to Have Aided Al-Qaeda
Andrew Romano / Newsweek Blogs:
Expertinent: Why the Obama “Brand” Is Working
Discussion: MyDD and Hullabaloo
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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