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Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Ickes: Blame Penn — Harold Ickes definitely doesn't buy the argument that Mark Penn isn't responsible for everything that has happened to the Hillary Clinton campaign. — “Mark Penn has run this campaign,” said Ickes in a brief phone interview this morning.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Microtrends vs Macrotrends: Why Obama is Winning — CHICAGO — Should Barack Obama end up winning his party's nomination, he will give his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on August 28 — 45 years to the day Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:WARMS MY HEART — Ickes: Seen any missteps in the Clinton primary race?
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The Trail:
McCain Endorsement Angers Catholic League President — Updated 6 p.m. — HOUSTON — The president of the Catholic League today blasted Sen. John McCain for accepting the endorsement of Texas evangelicalist John Hagee, calling the controversial pastor a bigot who has “waged an unrelenting war against the Catholic Church.”
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:Interview with Bill Donohue: Catholic League denounces McCain
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
American Traitor Adam Gadahn is Dead Update — A source tells The Jawa Report that Adam Gadahn is dead — ***Sticky: Scroll down for newer posts*** — Is American al Qaeda member and indicted traitor Adam Gadahn dead? Shortly after a U.S. Predator drone attack killed Abu Laith al-Libi …
Pew Research Center:
Obama Has The Lead, But Potential Problems Too — Increasing Optimism About Iraq — Summary of Findings — Barack Obama is riding high as the March 4 primaries approach. Obama has moved out to a broad-based advantage over Hillary Clinton in the national Democratic primary contest …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says — For the first time in the nation's history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report. — Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to almost 1.6 million.
Angelina Jolie / Washington Post:
Staying to Help in Iraq — The request is familiar to American ears: “Bring them home.” — But in Iraq, where I've just met with American and Iraqi leaders, the phrase carries a different meaning. It does not refer to the departure of U.S. troops, but to the return of the millions …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton raises $35 million in February — Hillary Clinton's camapign is set to announce later today that she's on track to raise roughly $35 million in the month of February, a huge month by any standard measure of political fundraising and her best of the campaign.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama's Open Letter To Gay Americans — Money quote: … The full thing after the jump:
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Bob Geldof / Time:
Geldof and Bush: Diary From the Road — I gave the president my book. He raised an eyebrow. “Who wrote this for ya, Geldof?” he said without looking up from the cover. Very dry. “Who will you get to read it for you, Mr. President?” I replied. No response.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Canadians deny Obama call — A spokesman for the Canadian Embassy to the United States, Tristan Landry, flatly denied the CTV report that a senior Obama aide had told the Canadian ambassador not to take seriously Obama's denunciations of Nafta. — “None of the presidential campaigns …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Democrats Want To Fund ACORN, La Raza With Stimulus Bill — The Democrats reacted in anger when Senate Republicans blocked their latest economic stimulus bill. Harry Reid said that bankers and lenders were high-fiving each other in hallways after the GOP torpedoed the bill …
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ABCNEWS:
McCain: Obama Represents Politics of the Past — Republican Front-runner Hits Democrat for Focus on Iraq Invasion, “Protectionist” Views — Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks at a gathering at Rice University in Houston, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.
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Office of the Speaker / The Gavel:
Pelosi Letter to Attorney General Mukasey on Contempt Citations of Miers and Bolten — February 28th, 2008 by Office of the Speaker — Washington, D.C. - Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, informing him of the referral letter sent …
The Campaign Spot:
McCain: 'Chris carries on the spirit of his dad with a great sense of humor.' — John McCain, in between fund-raisers and events in Texas, held another conference call with bloggers. Selected highlights: — McCain: My one opening comment is on Senator Obama's comment that he would consider …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:McCain in A Glass House
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White House:
Press Conference of the President — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Laura and I, as you know, recently came back from Africa, where we saw firsthand how the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is saving lives. I had a chance to go to the — speak to the Sullivan Foundation the other day about our trip …
Agence France Presse:
Iran ‘number one world power’: Ahmadinejad … President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared on Thursday that Iran was the world's “number one” power, as he launched a bitter new assault on domestic critics he accused of siding with the enemy. — “Everybody has understood that Iran is the number …
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Josephine Hearn / The Politico:
Black backers steadfast for Clinton — African-American superdelegates said Thursday that they'll stand up against threats, intimidation and “Uncle Tom” smears rather than switch their support from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to Sen. Barack Obama. — “African-American superdelegates are being targeted …
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