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12:25 PM ET, January 18, 2008

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Molly Ball / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
THE NEVADA CAUCUS: Poll: Nevada going to Clinton, Romney  —  Obama picks up no ground; Giuliani fades  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney have comfortable leads in Nevada going into Saturday's presidential campaign caucuses, according to a new Review-Journal poll.
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Confederate Flag Takes Center Stage Once Again  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Republican presidential candidates on Thursday moved to appeal to different types of conservative voters before the South Carolina primary, with Mike Huckabee using colorful language to declare the Confederate flag …
Zogby:
Reuters/Zogby Polls: McCain Retains South Carolina Lead; Clinton Leads Obama in Nevada  —  South Carolina  —  Arizona Sen. John McCain is holding on to his lead in South Carolina as the Republican primary election there approaches, a new Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby three-day telephone tracking poll shows.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
The martyrdom of John McCain  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. - The national media thinks John McCain is under siege again, and his campaign is only too happy to help reporters file their stories.  —  At a rally Thursday, outside McCain's headquarters just down the street from the state capitol here …
Discussion: New York Post
Byron York / The Hill:
The president of Florida
Discussion: Weekly Standard and TownHall Blog
Serafin Gomez / FOX Embeds:
Huckabee on SC Flag: In Ark, We'd Tell'em Where to Put the Pole
Discussion: Hot Air and Confederate Yankee
Washington Post:
Thompson Hopes S.C. Revives His Campaign
Discussion: The New Republic, USA Today and MSNBC
Kevin Hechtkopf / CBS News:
McCain Defends Stance On Confederate Flag In S.C.
USA Today:
Military: 75% of Baghdad areas now secure  —  About 75% of Baghdad's neighborhoods are now secure, a dramatic increase from 8% a year ago when President Bush ordered more troops to the capital, U.S. military figures show.  —  The military classifies 356 of Baghdad's 474 neighborhoods in the …
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Washington Post:
Iraqi Mirages  —  A new law may not bring real reconciliation much closer.
Discussion: Don Surber
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Al Qaeda in Iraq's shrinking area of operations
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Campaigning for His Wife, Shadowed by Past Battles  —  The question was about a campaign polling memo in 2008, but somehow the answer drifted back to the political wars of 1998.  Bill Clinton was holding forth to a group of college students in New Hampshire too young to remember …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
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Weekly Standard:
Misjudging McCain  —  He was right about the nuclear option.  —  JOHN MCCAIN HAS COME UNDER HEAVY FIRE from conservatives critical of his alleged apostasies.  To be sure, several of his stances—on tax cuts, illegal immigration, campaign-finance reform—stand at odds with the current mainstream of American conservatism.
Discussion: TownHall Blog
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Mark R. Levin / The Corner:   Response to Misjudging McCain
Rich Lowry / Real Clear Politics:
Huck Hoax: Why He Won't Break Out  —  Mike Huckabee has pulled a neat trick.His appeal so far has been limited exclusively to evangelicals, yet the press has taken him seriously as a new populist force in the Republican Party who could at any moment “break out” to appeal to lower-income voters.
Discussion: Ross Douthat
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Andy Borowitz / The Huffington Post:   Gay Tiger Attacks Huckabee
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Chris Matthews Backs Off ‘Nasty’ Remark on Clinton  —  Under pressure from feminist groups and his own bosses at MSNBC, Chris Matthews apologized yesterday for remarks about Hillary Clinton that he now admits sounded “nasty."  —  For 10 days, the “Hardball” host had doggedly insisted …
Gudjon Helgason / Associated Press:
Chess master Bobby Fischer dies at 64  —  REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died.  He was 64.  —  Fisher died in a Reykjavik hospital on Thursday …
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Bruce Weber / New York Times:   Bobby Fischer, Chess Master, Dies at 64
David Brooks / New York Times:
How Voters Think  —  People in my line of work try to answer certain questions.  Why did Hillary surge after misting up in New Hampshire?  Why have primary victories produced no momentum for the victors?  Why did John McCain win among Republicans who oppose the Iraq war in both New Hampshire and Michigan …
New York Post:
THE NEW ‘LEPERS’  —  THE TIMES' TROUBLE WITH VETS  —  I'VE had a huge response to Tuesday's column about The New York Times' obscene bid to smear veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan as mad killers.  Countless readers seem to be wondering: Why did the paper do it?
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
McCain hit by Hammer on the Hill  —  Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) lambasted Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Thursday for “betraying” the conservative movement.  —  During a private luncheon with Republican chiefs of staff on Capitol Hill, DeLay — who has criticized McCain for years …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Callous Conservative  —  After watching Fred Thompson debate his Republican rivals, I have often wondered why he is not in the top tier of candidates.  He seems to have John McCain's honesty, without his razor-sharp edges, and Mitt Romney's conservatism, without his jaw-dropping inconsistencies.
Discussion: The Corner, Eunomia and The Opinionator
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
CIA Places Blame for Bhutto Assassination  —  Hayden Cites Al-Qaeda, Pakistani Fighters  —  The CIA has concluded that members of al-Qaeda and allies of Pakistani tribal leader Baitullah Mehsud were responsible for last month's assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama Debuts New Act in Vegas  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) - The White House campaign has brought a new act to Vegas.  Barack Obama has stepped up his campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton, and he's trying to use humor to bring her down before this weekend's Democratic presidential caucus.
 
 
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Michelle Malkin:
Stimulation-palooza!  —  Too many people have been borrowing money …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Interviewing Jonah Goldberg About His New Book, Liberal Fascism
Discussion: The Corner
Freddiemac / Matthew Yglesias:
More Flag  —  Here's a [pro-racism] pro-heritage outfit lauding …
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
UPDATE: ADL'S FOXMAN CONDEMNS REV. WRIGHT; OBAMA CRITICIZES WRIGHT …
Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Releases Records Re: Hillary's Health Care Reform Plan
New York Post:
HE'S A NEW JEW  —  CNN's chief national correspondent …
 Earlier Items: 
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Southern Blacks Are Split on Clinton vs. Obama
Matthew Yglesias:
Are We In a Recession?  —  Brad DeLong tries to assess the situation.
Christopher Hitchens / Wall Street Journal:
The Perils of Identity Politics
Bloomberg:
MBIA, Ambac Bond Default Risk Exceeds 70%, Swaps Show
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Lawmaker Tells Court FBI Agents Bullied Him
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Reagan Advisers See A Bit Of Their Former Boss In Obama