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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Why are the letters ‘NIG’ on the child's pajamas?” — Asks a commenter — “Tom” — on my post about the new Hillary Clinton commercial, the one that shows several children sleeping and then Clinton taking a national security phone call in the middle of the night.
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Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle Poll - Democrats Locked in Tight Races: Clinton Closes on Obama in Texas; Pair Deadlocked in Ohio — Republican John McCain retains wide leads in Ohio and Texas in advance of Tuesday's primaries — UTICA, New York - Democrat Hillary Clinton stemmed her losses …
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OPENERS, MyDD, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, American Street, TalkLeft, Taylor Marsh, Ohio Daily Blog and PoliGazette
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Jerusalem Post:
Abbas: IDF action worse than Holocaust — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas labeled Israel's actions to counter the constant firing of rockets into the Gaza Strip “worse than the Holocaust.” — Abbas said that Israel's response to the continuous bombardment of western Negev towns …
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama Adds Nato and Europe to Campaign Speeches — After last week's debate when Barack Obama acknowledged he hadn't held a single hearing on Nato and Afghanistan during his year as chair of the European Affairs subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee because he was running for President …
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Anna Johnson / Associated Press:
Ahmadinejad on historic Iraq trip — BAGHDAD - President Bush's last trip to Iraq was kept secret until he arrived at a U.S. military base. Eight hours later he left, after Iraq's leaders traveled to meet him there. — In sharp contrast, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit …
New York Times:
As Developer Heads to Trial, Questions Linger Over a Deal With Obama — Tony Rezko was obviously in trouble. He was a defendant in at least a dozen lawsuits, federal investigators in Chicago were poking around and his name was in newspaper stories about corruption and fraud.
Rebecca Walker / The Huffington Post:
Feminist Infighting — There is a lot of discussion about “feminist in-fighting” of late, spurred by the election. Jessica Valenti of Feministing.com is doing a piece on the subject for The Nation. Here is my response to her query: — 1. The fact is there have always been many …
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Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Day of Reckoning — A visitor to Clinton HQ sees signs of serious trouble. — The day of reckoning for Hillary Clinton is almost here. The voters in Ohio will either deal a final blow to her campaign or provide a much needed victory that at best will give her a reprieve in the long march to the nomination.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
'72 McGovern Team Rallies for One of Its Own: Clinton — AUSTIN, Tex. — Frank Herrera, a prominent lawyer in Texas, was sitting at home two Saturdays ago when he received a telephone call. — The voice at the end of the line was that of an old friend from Senator George McGovern's 1972 …
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Obama Ad In Texas: Are We Rounding Up Arab-American Families? — Update: Seems official - Out of many, One. — I haven't had time to look into this stuff from John Batchelor implying even more links between Obama and some dubious figures in, or with links to the Middle East.
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Throw Out the Maps in 2008 — It's time to throw out that old map with the red states and blue states. The map that implies that all but a handful of states will definitely vote Republican or Democratic and that the real contest will be decided in Florida or Ohio or whatever.
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Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Ship built with WTC steel christened — AVONDALE, La. - The USS New York, an amphibious assault ship built with scrap steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center, was christened Saturday as a source of strength and inspiration for the nation. — Thousands of people …