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12:15 AM ET, March 2, 2008

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Mark Naymik / OPENERS:
Clinton leads Obama in Ohio - barely: 47% to 43%  —  Ohio Democratic voters are nearly split over their choice for president, according to new Plain Dealer poll that shows Hillary Clinton clinging to a 4 percentage point lead over Barack Obama in Ohio, 47 percent to 43 percent.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Spends Heavily to Seek Knockout Blow  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio —Taking advantage of his huge financial edge, Senator Barack Obama is buying large amounts of advertising and building extensive get-out-the-vote operations in Ohio and Texas in an effort to deal Hillary Rodham Clinton twin defeats …
Discussion: The Swamp and Prairie Weather
Zogby:
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 …
Mike Tackett / The Swamp:
Clinton belittles Obama as ‘a lot of talk, little action’
Discussion: The Politico
Sarah Wheaton / The Caucus:
Send in the Celebrities  —  In case the Democratic voters of Texas …
Discussion: Concurring Opinions and Hot Air
Washington Post:
Obama Backs Law That Aids McCain
Peter Allen / Telegraph:
Marion Cotillard's 9/11 conspiracy theory  —  Oscar-winning Marion Cotillard was facing embarrasment with her new American public last night after it emerged that she doubted the official account of the September 11 attacks.  —  The 32-year-old French star has swept this year's best actress awards …
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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Thers / Whiskey Fire:   [Her] Subspace Biographies  —  Ann Althouse trolls the Internets once …
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Media Expert Decries Campaign Coverage  —  DALLAS (AP) - The founder of a prestigious institute on media and politics added his voice Saturday to the chorus of complaint over perceived press bias in favor of Democrat Barack Obama.  —  Walter Shorenstein, a prominent San Francisco-based real …
Discussion: Don Surber and Lonewacko
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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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 …
Discussion: American Street and Too Sense
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 …
Discussion: TigerHawk
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Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
House Democrats may move to split spy bill  —  Under pressure to end an impasse over espionage legislation, House Democrats are considering a plan to vote on a bill next week that would give the government broad new eavesdropping authorities but strip out a provision that would protect phone companies from lawsuits.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
DISSECTING THE 60 MINUTES SCANDAL  —  We've written a couple of times about the 60 Minutes story last Sunday that claimed former Alabama governor Don Siegelman was the victim of a Republican conspiracy that sent him to prison for bribery and mail fraud.  The story implicitly accused …
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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.
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.
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 …
The Trail:
Clinton Skips Flight; Campaign Won't Say Why  —  DALLAS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has disappeared from the campaign trail, and her campaign plane, with no explanation.  —  Clinton did not show up for this afternoon's flight from Dallas to Columbus, Ohio, and campaign spokesman Doug Hattaway …
Discussion: CNN and The Moderate Voice
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and USS Neverdock
 
 
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New York Times:
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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Throw Out the Maps in 2008  —  It's time to throw out that old map …
Discussion: Riehl World View
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
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Discussion: The New Republic
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
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Wall Street Journal:
Hedge Funds' Fire Sales Send Muni-Bond Yields To Historic High Levels
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton's mail  —  The late mail in Texas and Ohio is more or less …
Discussion: TRAIL BLAZERS
Karen Kwiatkowski / The Huffington Post:
War is Good, Isn't It?  —  We have three wardogs in the race for the White House.
 

 
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