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Sniping by Her Aides Hurt Clinton's Image as Manager — WASHINGTON — The morning after Senator Barack Obama shook the Clinton campaign by winning five contests in one weekend, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's new campaign manager — Maggie Williams, who had taken over in a shake-up the night before …
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Favored Over Clinton in Mississippi — Sen. Barack Obama won the unusually robust Wyoming caucuses Saturday and heads to Mississippi today looking to regain some of the momentum he lost last week when Sen. Hillary Clinton claimed victories in the Texas and Ohio primaries.
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Dems 2008: Howard Dean still crazy after all these years? — At Condé Nast's Portfolio, Matt Cooper claims that Howard Dean may have gotten a bad rap for that scream in 2004, but has been a “mess” as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. — He argues that Dean …
New York Times:
2 Clinton Backers Offer a Way to Stage New Primaries — Two of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's biggest supporters, who are also two of the Democratic Party's most successful fund-raisers, have offered to help raise millions of dollars to stage new primaries in Florida and Michigan.
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Chris / TVNewser:
Tucker Canceled; Other Programming Changes Ahead — Insiders tell TVNewser Tucker Carlson's 6pmET show Tucker is getting the axe, but Carlson stays on as a political contributor to all MSNBC shows at least through the 2008 election. The official announcement, expected tomorrow …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Avert Danger, New Studies Say — The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists who have just published studies indicating …
Seth Grahame-Smith / The Huffington Post:
The Monster: A Loyal Clinton Soldier Turns in His Badge — She has no idea. — She has no idea how many times I defended her. How many right-leaning friends and relatives I battled with. How many times I played down her shady business deals and penchant for scandals …
The Politico:
House GOP funk worsens — For National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.), every week seems to bring a new set of problems. On Saturday night, things got even worse. — With Democrat Bill Foster's victory in the Illinois 14th District special election …
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Brad Schiller / Wall Street Journal:
The Inequality Myth — Class warfare is once again a campaign theme. The Democratic candidates are railing against the “tax cuts for the rich,” lamenting the stagnation of middle-class incomes, and decrying the deepening woes of the poor. In her January response to President Bush's State …
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Palestinian Authority Daily: Killer of eight young men is Holy Martyr- Shahid — Action should cost PA $150 million in US aid — Mahmoud Abbas's official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper has honored the killer of the eight high school students gunned down this week with the status of Shahid - Holy Islamic Martyr.
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Gil Ronen / Arutz Sheva:
PA Daily: Mass Murderer is a Martyr
PA Daily: Mass Murderer is a Martyr
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Randall Stross / New York Times:
They Criticized Vista. And They Should Know. — ONE year after the birth of Windows Vista, why do so many Windows XP users still decline to “upgrade”? — Microsoft says high prices have been the deterrent. Last month, the company trimmed prices on retail packages of Vista, trying to entice consumers to overcome their reluctance.
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Gary Pettus / Clarion-Ledger:
Mississippi Dems' enthusiasm high — Campaign harkens to spirit of '76 — What did these three things have in common in 1976: gasoline prices, recession fears and the Mississippi Democratic Party? — Answer: They all were soaring. — And 2008 is beginning to look a little like '76 …
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New York Times:
McCain Uses Breathing Room to Focus on Coffers — Sewing up the Republican presidential nomination while the Democratic candidates continue to battle each other has given Senator John McCain a valuable commodity: time he can use to unite a fractured Republican Party, ramp up his lackluster fund-raising …
William Kristol / New York Times:
McCain's Daunting Task — Buried inside Sunday's papers was a noteworthy election result. In a special election to replace former Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, first-time Democratic candidate Bill Foster emerged victorious. George Bush easily carried the district in 2004 …
Washington Post:
Uneven Match — BACK WHEN his presidential campaign was running on fumes, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) applied to participate in the system to provide public matching funds to primary candidates who agree to abide by spending limits. The Federal Election Commission certified Mr. McCain's eligibility …