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8:30 AM ET, January 19, 2008

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Camilla Cavendish / Times of London:
Hillary Clinton speaks of her pain and shame at the Monica Lewinsky scandal  —  Tim Reid in Las Vegas and Tom Baldwin in Columbia  —  Hillary Clinton spoke yesterday of the pain and embarrassment caused by her husband's affair with Monica Lewinsky, ten years after the scandal erupted …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Edwards, Clinton Critical of Obama's Praise for GOP And Reagan  —  RENO, NEV. — John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama's praise of the Republican Party and Ronald Reagan - an anathema for many Democrats, particularly union members considered crucial to winning Nevada's Democratic caucuses Saturday.
Robert Schroeder / MarketWatch:
Bush calls for ‘direct and rapid’ stimulus  —  Package envisioned by White House equal to about 1% of GDP  —  WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — President Bush urged Friday for “direct and rapid” tax relief for both U.S. consumers and businesses, calling such a plan the country's “most pressing economic priority.”
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
‘Preacher’ Huckabee says Confederate flag opponents can shove flag pole up their ass  —  Does Huckabee pray to Jesus with that mouth?  So much for our Christ-invoking preacher.  Now he's suggesting that civil rights advocates shove flag poles up their ass.
Discussion: My Two Sense and Slog
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Max Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Mike Huckabee's White Supremacist Links
Andrew Romano / Stumper:
Best.  Campaign.  Question.  Ever.  —  CLEMSON, S.C.—Imagine a wiry little man with a flop of gray hair.  He's wearing a brown leather bomber jacket.  Medium build.  Every word he says, he shouts.  Like he's half deaf.  Sounds like an irate hillbilly, even if he's not.  (He could be.)
Dan Savage / Slog:
OMG: A Reporter Not a Stenographer!  —  Romney lies and a reporter busts him—in real time, on camera.  Romney says his campaign isn't run by lobbyists, and he doesn't have lobbyists “tied to” his campaign.  Watch this:  —  The reporter sitting on the floor putting actual, tough …
Discussion: Reason Magazine and Balloon Juice
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The Corner:
California Blues  —  Our poor state is $14 billion plus now in the red, and the Governator has promised no new taxes, wise inasmuch as our sales and income taxes are already among the highest in the country.  The University of California system is panicking and sending out emails to us alums …
Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Source: Mel Martinez on McCain's Monday Miami sched.  Endorsement likely.  Crist next?  —  A source working with the John McCain campaign says U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez is set to appear with him in Miami-Dade on Monday, swinging crucial Hispanic support to his fellow senator who suffered …
Discussion: Marc Ambinder and Riehl World View
Fred File:
The Constitution is Not a “Living, Breathing Document”  —  This morning I heard that one of the other candidates commented that the Constitution is a “living, breathing document."  —  Frankly, I assumed this came from Senator Clinton or Senator Obama.  It is identical to what Al Gore …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
BILL ALSO HITS OBAMA ON GOP IDEAS  —  From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli and NBC's Mark Murray  —  PAHRUMP, NV — Bill Clinton joined his wife in targeting Barack Obama's statement about Republican ideas, saying that his “legs fell out” when he read it.  —  “Her principal opponent said that since 1992 …
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Facing Deportation but Clinging to Life in U.S.  —  WAUKEGAN, Ill. — She is a homeowner, a taxpayer, a friendly neighbor and an American citizen.  Yet because she is married to an illegal immigrant, these days she feels like a fugitive.  —  Whenever her Mexican husband ventures out of the house …
Discussion: BAGnewsNotes and Daily Pundit
Kyle / KyleSmithOnline.com:
Chris Weitz on His “Golden Compass” Fiasco: Blame the Media  —  The writer-director of “The Golden Compass,” Chris Weitz, is peeved.  The movie tanked so badly that the second and third installments are not going to be made (it did fairly well overseas, but unfortunately for New Line Cinema …
Discussion: Vox Popoli and LIBERTAS
Aalkon / Advice Goddess Blog:
Quick!  Figure Out How This Target Billboard “Objectifies” Women!  —  Via Consumerist, the feminists are up in arms about a Times Square Target billboard: … She's making a snow angel, retards.  For people who are supposedly about seeing women “as people first,” these feminists sure are all about pussy!
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Official Taliban Websites Hosted in US  —  Several official websites belonging to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the group better known as theTaliban, are back up once again and operating on US soil.  The websites are named the “Voice of Jihad".  —  Again the Taliban webmaster …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Clinton, Obama spar over disorganization  —  RENO, Nev. — In the days since Barack Obama first suggested that his “greatest weakness” is being disorganized, Hillary Rodham Clinton has hammered him on it, repeatedly highlighting her own organizational and managerial skills in an effort …
Discussion: The Swamp
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Skewers Critics in Nevada
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
 
 
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USA Today:
Army task force finds gaps in brain-injury care
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Alistair Barr / MarketWatch:
Bond-insurer woes may trigger more write-downs
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Pamela Leavey / The Democratic Daily:
Yes She Can!  —  Late yesterday afternoon I received an email …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
POT & KETTLE CONVENTION
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Brad Dayspring / house.gov:
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 Earlier Items: 
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Majority of black Democrats support Obama
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Shannon McCaffrey / Associated Press:
Black voters see new generation gap
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Line: Don't Forget Congress!
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Yahoo! News:
Supreme Court denies Kucinich ballot bid
Discussion: Wake up America
NY Daily News:
Ben Affleck made Nancy Pelosi giggly
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
McCain Lies His Head Off; NY Times Asleep at Switch
Nelson Hernandez / Washington Post:
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