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New York Observer:
Stumping for Clinton, Steinem Says McCain's P.O.W. Cred Is Overrated — AUSTIN, Texas—Feminist icon Gloria Steinem took to the stump on Hillary Clinton's behalf here last night and quickly proved that she has lost none of her taste for provocation. — From the stage, the 73-year-old seemed …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
K Drum, Breaking A Big Story Or Breaking, Well... Kevin Drum either has a huge story in which Evil BushCo has misled Congress for months, or he has nothing. The topic is indemnification, rather than immunity, for the telecom companies; we will let him start us up:
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
INDEMNIFICATION....As we all know, the Bush adminstration is hellbent on passing a law granting telecom companies retroactive immunity for any surveillance laws they may have broken in the aftermath of 9/11. But there's an odd aspect to this whole thing: the telecom companies themselves …
Byron York / The Corner:
Wes Clark: McCain Doesn't Have the Right Kind of Military Experience To Be Commander-in-Chief — On a just-finished conference call in which retired military leaders endorsed Hillary Clinton to be commander in chief, retired General Wesley Clark said John McCain's military experience …
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Clive Crook / Financial Times:
Hillary Clinton gets it sincerely wrong — When Texas and Ohio vote in Tuesday's Democratic primaries, they may bring Hillary Clinton's campaign for the presidency to an end. If she loses either of those states, her bid is over barring the formalities. This is a position few expected her to be in.
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Taylor Marsh:
Flag Officers Make the Case for Hillary Clinton as Commander-in-Chief … During a conference call with the Clinton campaign just now, moderated by Clinton's National Security Director Lee Feinstein (with Howard Wolfson), flag officer after flag officer offered their unqualified endorsements of Hillary Clinton for Commander-in-Chief.
Brian Knowlton / International Herald Tribune:
Pressure raised on Clinton to bow out — WASHINGTON: Top supporters of Senator Barack Obama, joined by at least one prominent but uncommitted Democrat, raised the pressure Sunday on Senator Hillary Clinton to bow out of the presidential nominating race if she fails to score clear victories in two big-state primary contests Tuesday.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Hillary Clinton: ‘A fighter, a doer and a champion’
Hillary Clinton: ‘A fighter, a doer and a champion’
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Linda Hirshman / Washington Post:
For Hillary's Campaign, It's Been a Class Struggle — Maria Shriver sure has great hair. Stepping up to the microphone at a girl-power rally in Los Angeles on Feb. 3, California's first lady tossed her tawny tresses with authority and instructed Golden State women to vote for Sen. Barack …
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Charlotte Allen / Washington Post:
We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get?
We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get?
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New York Times:
Vienna Meeting on Arms Data Reignites Iran Nuclear Debate — Last Monday, the chief United Nations nuclear inspector gathered ambassadors and experts from dozens of nations in a boardroom high above the Danube in Vienna and laid out a trove of evidence that he said raised new questions …
Peter Allen / Daily Mail:
‘9/11 attacks made up, ’ says French best actress Oscar-winner — Actress Marion Cotillard sparked a political row yesterday after accusing America of fabricating the 9/11 attacks. — The 32-year-old French actress, who received an Oscar last month for her performance as singer Edith Piaf …
Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
John McCain, grill master supreme — SEDONA, Ariz. - It was a busy weekend of socializing and tending to the grill for Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president. — Today, he invited reporters covering his campaign to his cabin for a barbecue.
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Defining Obama's Mandate — As I wrote in the post below this one, Obama appears to be successfully sending out dog whistles to both progressive activists and to center-right, elite media disciples of High Broderism. The combined effect is a tremendous boon for his campaign …
Engram / Back Talk:
Casualties in Iraq: February, 2007 — For the sixth month in a row, civilian casualties in Iraq remained lower than anyone thought possible as recently as September, which is when General Petraeus testified before infinitely skeptical Democratic politicians.