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1:10 AM ET, March 1, 2008

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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Responds: I Will Never Use “Threat Of Terrorism To Scare Up Votes”  —  Okay, Obama has now directly responded to Hillary's ad asking who you want in the White House at 3 A.M. when the red phone rings and your kids are safely asleep.  —  And his reply suggests that the Obama camp …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
New Clinton Ad Prompts Reply From Obama  —  FORT WORTH, Tex. — Playing on anxieties about national security, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has produced a “red phone moment” advertisement that suggests she would be better able to respond to a crisis than Senator Barack Obama.
Discussion: The Politico and Truthdig
Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
Hillary Cuts an Ad ... for McCain
Nitya / Political Radar:
Clinton Goes Nuclear; Obama Camp Fires Back
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
It's 3:00 AM, I Must Be Lonely
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The McCain/Hagee story picks up steam  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  The McCain/Hagee story is growing, though still not as much as it ought to.  My new friends from the Catholic League emailed earlier to advise that Bill Donohue was being interviewed for tonight's program of The Situation Room on CNN.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THAT'S IT?  —  McCain's statement on Hagee, his new endorser, who calls the Catholic Church the “great whore” and “anti-christ” ...  So he welcomes Hagee's endorsement for president, though that doesn't mean he agree with all his views.  —  Let's run down some specifics.
Marc Ambinder:
The Daily Five — Goolsbee Gate Continues
Discussion: Trailhead and ABCNEWS
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
McCain seeks distance from pastor
Discussion: Oliver Willis
ABCNEWS:
Reformer: Trial Will Reveal ‘Cesspool’ of Obama's Allies  —  Trial for Indicted Fundraiser Tony Rezko Set for Monday  —  With the corruption trial of one of Sen. Barack Obama's longtime friends and supporters set to begin Monday in Chicago, Ill., reform watchdogs say it will reveal the …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Hot Air
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Rick Pearson / Baltimore Sun:
Clinton campaign: Obama must answer for Rezko  —  FORT WORTH, Texas — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign says rival Barack Obama has a lot of questions to answer about his relationship with indicted Chicago political insider Antoin “Tony” Rezko, whose federal corruption trial is scheduled …
Discussion: The Raw Story and Macsmind
CNN:
Democrats battle over Texas airwaves
Discussion: TalkLeft
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
AG Refuses Probe of Ex-Bush Aides  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday rejected referring the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury.  Mukasey says they committed no crime.  —  Mukasey said White House Chief …
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Matthew Yglesias:
Amateur Hour  —  Slate's John Dickerson asks an obvious question on a conference call with Hillary Clinton's campaign: “What foreign policy moment would you point to in Hillary's career where she's been tested by crisis?”  After an uncomfortably long moment during which neither Mark Penn …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
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Pregnant Pause
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
Mark Impomeni / Political Machine:
WH Aide Admits Plagiarizing Article  —  Timothy Goeglein, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison at the White House, admitted to plagiarizing parts of a column he submitted to the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel which appeared in yesterday's edition of the paper.
Discussion: Think Progress
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
The White House Plagiarist
Discussion: RADAMISTO and I Am TRex
The Trail:
Obama Backs Law Helping McCain  —  U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) wrote her legislative fix on a yellow legal pad, which she delivered to the Senate clerk, to ensure that any person born to U.S. citizens serving in the armed services while stationed abroad would qualify to become president of the United States.
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Pete Williams / MSNBC:   McCain's citizenship called into question
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:   Come On!  —  I love arcane debates over arcana, but John McCain …
Marc Ambinder:
Inside Delegate Math: The Numbers  —  Using delegate projection software created by Matt Vogel, I ran a scenario yesterday showing how tough it will be for Hillary Clinton to catch up to Barack Obama's earned delegate lead.  —  Some of you have asked for my specific state-by-state projections.
Discussion: TalkLeft, Burnt Orange Report and MyDD
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
DUMB SPIN.  —  Sometimes, I really wonder how dumb the Clinton campaign thinks we are.
Discussion: Wonkette
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Clinton Camp Memo on Obama Expectations
Discussion: Open Left
MSNBC:
Clinton accepts donations from trouble firm  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton has declined to return $170,000 in campaign contributions from individuals at a company accused of widespread sexual harassment, and whose CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record, federal campaign records show.
Byron York / The Corner:
Michelle Obama: “Don't Go Into Corporate America”  —  I have a new story today about Michelle Obama's visit to Zanesville, Ohio, where she met with a group of women at a local day care center.  According to the U.S. Census, Muskingum County, where Zanesville is located …
clinton.senate.gov:
Senator Clinton Cosponsors Legislation to Ban Use of Private Security Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan  —  Washington, DC - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today that she has cosponsored legislation to ban the use of Blackwater and other private mercenary firms in Iraq.
JTA:
Wexler: Obama might not mean Ahmadinejad  —  Barack Obama does not necessarily have in mind Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he says he will meet with Iran's leaders, a top Jewish proxy says.  —  “Ahmadinejad may not be the one to meet with,” U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, the top Jewish surrogate …
Discussion: Power Line
Comedy Central:
SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON TO APPEAR ON “THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART”  —  Senator Hillary Clinton will make an appearance as a guest on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” on Monday, March 3 at 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT).  This will mark the Senator's second appearance on “The Daily Show,” …
Discussion: TalkLeft
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias:
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