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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Why I Will No Longer Support John McCain For President — I've never been a fan of John McCain. Not only is he not a conservative, he may have done more damage to the conservative movement than any other Republican over the last few years. Look back at the Gang-of-14, global warming …
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Michelle Malkin:
Shamnesty John McCain is back in full force: No, he never “got the message” — First, my friends, a reminder of what was printed right here on January 23, 2008: … And, now, straight from the campaign trail with Arnold “Move Left” Schwarzenegger, McCain has shed every last pretense that he …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
FORMAL TALKS? — CNN is reporting this morning that the Obama and Clinton campaigns are in formal talks about ending her quest for the Democratic nomination and possibly giving her the VP slot. — These apparent talks are described by CNN as being in a “very preliminary” stage and as “difficult.”
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Hillary's Top Fundraising Official Says There's “Risk” Of Obama Loss If She Isn't Invited To Be Veep — In a move that could foreshadow a public push from the Hillary forces to get Barack Obama to invite her on the ticket, Hillary's top campaign fundraising official said in an interview that there's a …
Mark Kleiman / The RBC:
Bad day for John McCain, Part II: anger management — When a candidate has well-known anger-management issues, he really needs to be careful about the tone of his statements. — Today, John McCain was one of only three Senators who failed to show up for the debate and vote on Sen. Jim Webb's improved GI Bill.
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Joseph R. Biden Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans and Our Enemies — On Wednesday, Joe Lieberman wrote on this page that the Democratic Party he and I grew up in has drifted far from the foreign policy espoused by Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy. — In fact, it is the policies that President George W. Bush has pursued …
Philly.com:
In most inclusive count, Clinton has the numbers — Lost in the excitement of Barack Obama's coronation this week was an inconvenient fact of Tuesday's results: Hillary Clinton netted approximately 150,000 votes and is now poised to finish the primary season as the popular-vote leader.
Chris Suellentrop / The Opinionator:
And Paul Begala for Vice President? — “Tucker Carlson for president?” That's the headline at the personal blog for Brendan Nyhan, a former Spinsanity editor who is now a graduate student in political science at Duke. Nyhan says that Carlson, the former “Crossfire” host and former writer …
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Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:
More Than 100 Post Journalists Take Buyout — More than 100 Washington Post reporters, editors, photographers, artists and other journalists will take early retirement packages offered by the company as a way to cut costs, reducing the newsroom staff by at least 10 percent.
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Associated Press:
McCain appears cancer-free, healthy — FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. - Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, has a strong heart and is in otherwise general good health, according to eight years of medical records reviewed by The Associated Press.
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Jeff Emanuel online:
Congressman admits Democrats “stretched the facts,” misled anti-war supporters about supposed plans for ending War — Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) has been a fairly undistinguished member of the House of Representatives for nearly a quarter of a century.
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Jonathan Adler / The Volokh Conspiracy:
WHERE'D THE 5-4 SPLITS GO? Linda Greenhouse's exploration of the relative paucity of 5-4 decisions thus far this term generally overlooks the most likely and plausible explanations: Last year's high proportion of 5-4 splits along ideological lines was itself and outlier and an artifact of the OT2006 docket.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Alpha Geeks — In 1950, Dr. Seuss published a book called “If I Ran the Zoo.” It contained the sentence: “I'll sail to Ka-Troo, and bring back an IT-KUTCH, a PREEP, and a PROO, a NERKLE, a NERD, and a SEERSUCKER, too!” According to the psychologist David Anderegg …
Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:
Obama's Growing Gaffe — WASHINGTON — When the House of Representatives takes up arms against $4 gas by voting 324-84 to sue OPEC, you know that election-year discourse has gone surreal. Another unmistakable sign is when a presidential candidate makes a gaffe, then, realizing it is too egregious …
Washington Post:
In Iraq, a Surge in U.S. Airstrikes — Military Says Attacks Save Troops' Lives, but Civilian Casualties Elicit Criticism — CAMP TAJI, Iraq — From an Apache helicopter, Capt. Ben Katzenberger's battlefield resembles a vast mosaic of tiny brown boxes. — “The city looks like a bucket …
TPMCafe:
Liberal Pundits Offer Unprecedented Apology — Alternate Universe Washington, DC (AUP)—An influential group of liberal pundits and political commentators has formed a new organization to apologize for their columns on Ned Lamont's 2006 challenge to Joe Lieberman (R - Forallintentsandpurposes) and to call for their own resignations.
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Pennsylvania Presidential Election — Pennsylvania: Obama 45% McCain 43% — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Pennsylvania finds Barack Obama attracting 45% of the vote while John McCain earns 43%. See video. — A month ago, immediately following …