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4:50 PM ET, January 20, 2007

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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Announces Step Toward '08 Bid  —  Six years after making history by winning a United States Senate seat as first lady, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announced this morning that she was taking the first formal step to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 …
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Associated Press:
Clinton launches 2008 White House bid  —  NEW YORK - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton embarked on a widely anticipated campaign for the White House on Saturday, a former first lady intent on becoming the first female president.  "I'm in and I'm in to win," she said on her Web site.
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT?....So Hillary's in.  John Podhoretz must be breaking out in a cold sweat right about now.  Her decision to make the announcement on her website on a Saturday, rather than at a traditional press event on a weekday, was interesting, wasn't it?
CNN:
Hillary Clinton launches White House bid: 'I'm in' … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton jumped into the fray as a 2008 presidential candidate with the words "I'm in" posted on her Web site.  —  "And I'm in to win," she added in a statement, announcing she has set up an exploratory committee …
Discussion: the talking dog
Cillizzac / The Fix:
Post-ABC Poll: Clinton, Giuliani Lead Primary Fields  —  On the day that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton officially entered the 2008 presidential sweepstakes, a new Washington Post-ABC News survey shows her with a wide lead over her potential Democratic rivals.  —  Clinton took 41 percent …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Taegan Goddard's …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Sen. Clinton Launches 2008 Campaign  —  New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) today announced she will establish a presidential exploratory committee, launching a 2008 campaign that could make her the first female president in history and the only former first lady to succeed her husband in the White House.
Political Insider:
Clinton Campaign Memo  —  Pollster Mark Penn released a memo showing how his client, Sen. Hillary Clinton, can win the 2008 presidential race.  —  People are always asking, can Hillary Clinton win the presidency?  —  Of course she can.  In many of the polls out today, she is already winning.
Discussion: The American Street
Nedra Pickler / ABCNEWS:
Richardson to Launch Presidential Bid  —  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Plans to Take First Step Toward 2008 White House Run  —  After years of freelancing his diplomatic skills from the unlikely position as governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson is taking the first step toward a bid …
Discussion: Time and State of the Day
New York Times:
Clinton Joins '08 Field, Fueling Race for Money
Discussion: Political Insider
MSNBC:   Clinton: 'I'm in and I'm in to win'
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Richardson plans to take first step toward White House run
Discussion: MyDD
Hotline On Call:   HRC: Raising Money For Primary AND General
Taylor Marsh / The Huffington Post:
Clinton Announces for '08 on Web
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and AMERICAblog
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Hillary's in  —  On a Saturday morning?
Discussion: Donklephant
Weekly Standard:
All We Are Saying . . . Is Give Petraeus a Chance
George W. Bush / White House:
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2007  —  A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America  —  America was founded on the principle that we are all endowed by our Creator with the right to life and that every individual has dignity and worth.
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Bob Geiger:
It's True: Bush Proclaims Sunday "National Sanctity of Human Life Day"
Discussion: Think Progress
Brian Braiker / Newsweek:
Dirge for a 'Surge'  —  In the latest NEWSWEEK poll Bush's approval rating remains at its all-time low as his plan to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq is met with widespread disapproval.  Looking to '08, declared candidate Hillary Clinton is in a statistical dead heat with other potential nominees.
Scott W. Johnson / Weekly Standard:
How Arafat Got Away with Murder  —  The State Department covered up his responsibility for the 1973 slaughter of two American diplomats.  —  Twenty years before he joined Bill Clinton and Yitzhak Rabin in Washington for that famous handshake—and proceeded to become Clinton's …
Discussion: Power Line
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Nahal Toosi / Associated Press:
Former FEMA head in NYC: party politics played role in Katrina response  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Political storm clouds gathered again over the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina as former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown said party politics influenced decisions …
Discussion: MyDD
Benjamin Hufbauer / New York Times:
Archives of Spin  —  SINCE Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the first federal presidential library — actually an archive and history museum — in 1941, each president has had a hand in developing his own memorial.  The National Archives and Records Administration now oversees 11 presidential libraries …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
 
 
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
CALIFORNIA OR BUST....California legislators have announced plans …
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Colbert, O'Reilly Face Off on Both Shows
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Joseph Kahn / New York Times:
China Shows Assertiveness in Weapons Test
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Democrat backlash against US oil industry
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