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3:35 AM ET, March 3, 2008

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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:
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
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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 …
Washington Post:
Bush Moves to Shield Telecommunications Firms
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.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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.
Discussion: The Huffington Post and NO QUARTER
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’
Discussion: The Politico
John McCormick / The Swamp:
Obama: Clinton should have read more in 2002
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 …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings, The RBC and Eschaton
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Charlotte Allen / Washington Post:
We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get?
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.
 
 
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Reuters:
US admits more Iraqi refugees but pace still slow
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Democrats, Off Course On Trade
Discussion: Redstate
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
N.Y. TIMES ON OBAMA AND THE JEWS: The Times today has a story about Obama and the Jews.
Discussion: TigerHawk
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Obama To Put Conservatives in Cabinet
Fox News:
FNS w/ Chris Wallace
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Late Edition: Howard Dean - John McCain Is “A Flawed Candidate”
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Problems back home?  —  SAN ANTONIO — With increasing frequency …
Discussion: Times of London
Lanny Davis / The Huffington Post:
Clinton “Ringing Phone” …
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UC-Berkeley Negotiating Deal with Saudi University
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Hillary on “Saturday Night Live.”
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Obama Throws Away the Script
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New Jersey 2008 Presidential Election
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Andy / Siberian Light:
Liveblogging the Russian Presidential Election
Discussion: Publius Pundit
Patrick Quinn / Associated Press:
US military kills al-Qaida leader
Ali / Think Progress:
Rove: Iraq Redeployment Would Cause Oil Prices To Skyrocket To $200 A Barrel
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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