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7:00 AM ET, January 14, 2008

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Camp's Memo on Clintons' Politicizing Race  —  Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has prepared a detailed memo listing various instances in which it perceived Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign to have deliberately played the race card in the Democratic primary.  [See the full memo here.]
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
NOT BEAN BAG  —  We seem to be at the point where there are now two credible possibilities.  One is that the Clinton campaign is intentionally pursuing a strategy of using surrogates to hit Obama with racially-charged language or with charges that while not directly tied to race nonetheless play to stereotypes about black men.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
CLINTON, OBAMA, IRAQ.  —  Just got this e-mail from the Clinton campaign: … On one level, this is true.  Barack Obama did not step into the Senate and seek leadership in the anti-war movement.  When Elizabeth Edwards said Obama's Senate record showed “a relatively complacent and go-along Senator,” she wasn't necessarily wrong.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Michelle Obama Enters the Race Fray  —  Michelle Obama spoke today in South Carolina at the Trumpet Awards, an event celebrating black achievement.  After commenting on Bill Clinton's fairy tale remark she said: … More...  She then wove the women issue into her comments:
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
BET Founder Slams Obama in South Carolina  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, who is campaigning today in South Carolina with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, just raised the specter of Barack Obama's past drug use.
Sen. Hillary Clinton / MSNBC:
‘Meet the Press’ transcript for Jan. 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Clinton backer appears to raise Obama's drug use
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Ben Smith's Blogs
New York Times:   Clinton and Obama Spar Over Remark About Dr. King
Michael Medved / Townhall.com:
PRESIDENTIAL TRIAL HEATS: WHO'S WEAKEST FOR G.O.P?  —  This weekend, CNN released results of general election trial heats, pitting each of the four leading Republican candidates for President against both of the leading Democrats.  —  The unmistakable message from this national exercise …
Discussion: Riehl World View
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New York Times:
Fluidity in G.O.P. Race; Democrats Eye Electability  —  WASHINGTON — Republican voters have sharply altered their views of the party's presidential candidates following the early contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, with Senator John McCain, once widely written off, now viewed more favorably …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
National Polls: Clinton And McCain Lead But More Contradictory Than Ever  —  A new ABC News/Washington Post poll reveals two things: Presidential campaign 2008 is a free for all- and Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama are picking up steam in the battles for their parties' nominations.
Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Reaction
CBS News:
CBS Poll: McCain Surges To National Lead  —  On Democratic Side, Clinton Maintains Double-Digit Lead Over Obama  —  (CBS) Surging after his win in the New Hampshire primary, Arizona Sen. John McCain has come from behind to now lead the national Republican race, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and TalkLeft
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
POLL: Transformed by Iowa and N.H., '08 Kicks Off as a Free-for-All
Discussion: Riehl World View and Hot Air
City Journal:
Abu Dhabi: East Leans West  —  Each month, 25,000 people from around the globe arrive in the United Arab Emirates, seeking jobs, contracts, and political stability.  Walk past the gleaming new skyscrapers, government buildings, fountains, and shopping malls that line the immaculate tree-lined corniche …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Matthew Yglesias / New York Times:
Beyond Mother Nature  —  Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger's 2004 essay “The Death of Environmentalism” sparked passionate debate and earned them a reputation as the bad boys of the environmental movement.  Judging from their new book, “Break Through,” which expands their argument …
Discussion: Gristmill
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
Mail-In Voters Become the Latest Prize  —  LOS ANGELES — The first Tuesday in February, when 22 states hold primaries, may turn out to be the biggest day of the presidential campaign.  But for many voters, half or more in some states, the polling place will be the kitchen table …
William Kristol / New York Times:
The Democrats' Fairy Tale  —  “Give me a break.  This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen."  Thus spoke Bill Clinton last Monday night, exasperated by Barack Obama's claim that he — unlike Hillary Clinton — had been consistently right (or wrong, depending on your point of view) on the Iraq war.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ray Duckler / Concord Monitor:
Paul supporters ‘freak out’ town clerk  —  Vote-counting flub draws ire, threats  —  January 12.  —  Jennifer Call's eyes searched the office for nothing in particular.  Her arms waved and her fear spilled out.  —  “This is where I grew up,” Sutton's town clerk said yesterday.
Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
He May Be Unwelcome, but We'll Survive  —  IN 1972, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, was looking for a conservative columnist for his left-leaning Op-Ed page.  —  At a charity dinner, he wound up sitting next to William Safire, the Nixon White House speechwriter …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
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Ruth Morris / Sun-Sentinel:
Anti-war group aborts demonstration plans in Little Havana
Robert Bryce / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Redstate
Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Who Spun The Hormuz Incident? (Update - The Full Video)
David Greenberg / Washington Post:
Why Obamamania? Because He Runs as The Great White Hope.
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Cooper / The Caucus:
Giuliani Pushes Hard in Florida
Satyam / Think Progress:
Snow Shrugs Off Post-War Failures: 'Everybody Gets It Wrong …
Tom Hilton / If I Ran the Zoo:
Not-Much Shorter Jonah: “Tom Wolfe Likes It!”
Discussion: Orcinus
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