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12:20 AM ET, February 21, 2008

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New York Times:
For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk  —  WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain's first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.  —  A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client's corporate jet.
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Washington Post:
McCain's Ties To Lobbyist Worried Aides  —  Before 2000 Campaign, Advisers Tried to Bar Her  —  Aides to Sen. John McCain confronted a telecommunications lobbyist in late 1999 and asked her to distance herself from the senator during the presidential campaign he was about to launch …
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Bonus TNR Angle on the McCain Story  —  The McCain campaign is apparently blaming TNR for forcing the Times' hand on this story.  We can't yet confirm that.  But we can say this: TNR correspondent Gabe Sherman is working on a piece about the Times' foot-dragging on the McCain story...
Discussion: protein wisdom
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
McCain Slams NY Times Article Linking Him to Female Lobbyist  —  Bump and Update: McCain releases a statement condemning the New York Times article.  Olbermann read it really fast but I didn't hear any denial of the allegations pertaining to the female lobbyist.  —  Update: Salon has more.
Marc Ambinder:
McCain/Lobbyist Story In The New York Times Finally Drops  —  There's lots of fairly well-reported innuendo about a lobbyist named Vicki Iseman and a well-written recapitulation of the case against McCain as a good judge of optics... ... but nothing to suggest that McCain compromised his political principles.
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown: McCain In Bed With Lobbyist.  No, Really In Bed With Lobbyist  —  Breaking news on Countdown today, The New York Times is reporting that top advisers from Senator John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign allege that they were convinced he was having a romantic relationship with Vicki Iseman …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
THE MCCAIN STORY  —  This afternoon, before the Times story came out, I was working on a post about national political reporters' tendency not to give much of any scrutiny to various McCain flipflops, contradictions and bamboozlements.  Obviously, the terrain has changed a bit since …
Discussion: Eschaton, The New Republic and The RBC
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
NYT prints allegation of McCain relationship
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
First-Blush Reaction
Discussion: The New Republic
RADAR:   WAS JOHN MCCAIN GETTING ‘LOBBIED’ BY A WOMAN 30 YEARS HIS JUNIOR?
Texas Senator Kirk Watson:
MSNBC and Me  —  On Tuesday night, after an important and historic victory in the Wisconsin Presidential Primary by Senator Barack Obama, I appeared on the MSNBC post-election program.  “Hardball” host Chris Matthews (who is, it turns out, as ferocious as they say), began grilling me on Senator Obama's legislative record.
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Hilzoy / The Daily Dish:
Dear Chris Matthews: Please Do Your Job  —  Last night, Texas State Senator Kirk Watson, an Obama supporter, was embarrassed on national TV when he couldn't name any of Obama's legislative achievements.  (He wrote what I think is a pretty decent and disarming account of it here.)
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly: “I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels"  —  During the February 19 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O'Reilly took a call from a listener who said of Michelle Obama …
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Jill Miller Zimon / The Moderate Voice:
Joe was right: the talking heads are out of control
Discussion: News Hounds
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Clinton's Blueprint  —  A trio of senior advisers to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (N.Y.) presidential campaign held a conference call this afternoon to lay out what they believe is a blueprint that — over the next two weeks — will restore the race for the nomination to rough parity between …
Discussion: Power Line and Wonkette
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama camp slams Clinton ‘lunacy’
Discussion: Power Line
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Establishment Reaction To Obama
Discussion: Associated Press
ABCNEWS:
Bill Clinton: Texas Could Be Hillary's Last Stand
Discussion: Political Radar and TalkLeft
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Use of Private Care Tests British Health System  —  LONDON — Created 60 years ago as a cornerstone of the British welfare state, the National Health Service is devoted to the principle of free medical care for everyone.  But recently it has been wrestling with a problem its founders never anticipated …
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Navy Missile Hits Spy Satellite  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - A missile launched from a Navy ship successfully struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific on Wednesday, a defense official said.  Full details were not immediately available.  —  It happened just after 10:30 p.m. EST.
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CNN:
Military sources: Dying spy satellite hit by missile
Discussion: AngryBlackBitch and The Foundry
Thomas W. / tbo.com:
TIA Passenger Had Box Cutter In Hollowed-Out Book  —  A security officer at Tampa International Airport found a box cutter hidden in a hollowed-out book on Sunday.  —  TAMPA — A 21-year-old Clearwater man was arrested at Tampa International Airport this weekend after security personnel found …
Spiegel Online:
Danish Caricaturist of Muhammad Fame Now Homeless  —  Two years ago Kurt Westergaard was in his Copenhagen home drawing pictures.  One of them was of the Muslim prophet, Muhammad.  Now Westergaard is homeless.  —  Draw a picture offensive to Muslim extremists, and you might find yourself without a roof.
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Nitya / Political Punch:
Clinton Campaign Sets Up Website to Push to Change the Rules  —  This morning brings the news that the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, has launched a new website where they are announcing how they are officially preparing to make the case that the rules of the Democratic nomination process should be changed.
The Campaign Spot:
“Barack Will Never Allow You to Go Back to Your Lives as Usual.”  —  Last night I appeared on Hugh's show, and his producer Duane mentioned a Michelle Obama speech at UCLA.  Captain Ed talked about this a bit, but I hadn't seen anyone transcribe the part of the speech where it gets a little... unnerving.
 
 
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Neil Cavuto on Hillary's “kind of bitchy image”
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