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1:55 PM ET, January 20, 2008

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Ross Douthat:
Rudy Is Toast  —  How's that for a bold prediction?  Seriously, I think Mark Steyn had it exactly wrong this afternoon, when he wrote: … If Romney hadn't won Michigan, I could almost imagine something like this happening.  (Indeed, I did imagine it, back when it looked like Romney might flame out early.)
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Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
The Myth of Strategy  —  Looking back at the last 17 days of the primary season, it occurs to your Cardinal that despite all the talk to the contrary, every major candidate has exactly the same strategy, which is to say no real strategy at all.  Each has tried to win every big primary …
Discussion: race42008.com
Byron York / The Corner:
From McCain's Crowd: “Go Fred Go!”
Mark Steyn / The Corner:   McMentum vs Huckmentum
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
allow me to interject  —  I will not, will not, vote for John McCain.  —  I will not, will not, vote for Mike Huckabee.  —  I will not, will not, vote for Ron Paul — unless he runs for Fuhrer.  In which case, he's got my full support.  —  I might hold my nose and vote for Mitt Romney …
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Lynn Sweet:
Obama at Ebenerzer Baptist in Atlanta.  Clinton at Abyssinian Baptist in Harlem.  Pictures.  —  Barack Obama speaks at the home church of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday.  —  Barack Obama singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing"  —  (photos by Lynn Sweet)
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Hillary, Barack, Experience  —  With all the sniping from the Clinton camp about whether Barack Obama has enough experience to make a strong president, consider another presidential candidate who was far more of a novice.  He had the gall to run for president even though he had served …
Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Connecticut Favorites  —  It's Clinton And McCain By Big Margins, Poll Says  —  Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton hold double-digit leads among likely voters in the Connecticut presidential primaries on Feb. 5, according to a poll commissioned by The Courant.
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
SOME CLARITY ON THOSE NV DELEGATES  —  From NBC's Mark Murray  —  After the Obama campaign pointed out it had won more pledged delegates than Clinton did — which the AP and NBC News later backed up — the Nevada Democratic Party issued this statement: “Just like in Iowa what was awarded today were delegates to the County Convention.
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Las Vegas Sun:
How Clinton hit pay dirt  —  The keys to her Nevada victory: a huge wave of new voters  —  If you want to know how Sen. Hillary Clinton won a convincing victory in Saturday's Nevada caucus, look back to a meeting Dec. 15 at William E. Orr Middle School in Las Vegas.
Discussion: TalkLeft
TigerHawk:
The “public editor” of the New York Times really is nothing but a flack for the lefties  —  The “public editor” of the New York Times, Clark Hoyt, remains as ever unwilling to challenge the paper's editorial leadership on questions that matter.  Today's column is devoted …
Discussion: Fausta's blog
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Clark Hoyt / New York Times:   Public and Private Lives, Intersecting
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Did Obama Lose Nevada Because of his Reagan Remarks?  —  I've discussed the ‘swing liberal’ block before, noting that this group moved from Obama to Clinton between Iowa and New Hampshire.  Unfortunately, we can't really fully understand this trend in Nevada because the entrance polls aren't great.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Yes, Obama Won Nevada  —  Imagine if, the day after the 2000 election, the national media simply didn't care about what happened in Florida, and instead acted as though Al Gore had won the election because he won the popular vote.  Imagine if all cries from the Bush campaign about something called …
The Agonist:
The Four Horsemen Claim the Monoline Insurers.  Who's Next?  —  This week on our way to Financial Armageddon it was the turn of the monoline insurers to face the scythe.  For over two months AMBAC Financial and MBIA, the two biggest insurers of municipal and structured debt …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Michael Gerson / Newsweek:
How My Party Lost Its Way  —  What caused the unraveling of the Republican Party?  The president's former speechwriter explains.  —  Khue Bui for Newsweek  —  Dwindling Support?  The Republican Party has had a rough couple of years  —  The evening of the 2004 presidential vote had been late and frustrating.
Discussion: The Corner and Redstate
 
 
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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Some fictional horrors of war
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Washington Post:
Making Iraq Safe for Politics
Matt Lewis / TownHall Blog:
Right on McCain's Chances ...
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CNN:
Francis Lewine, trailblazing journalist, dies
Discussion: TVNewser
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Good Jobs Are Where the Money Is  —  I think of the people running …
Frank Rich / New York Times:
Ronald Reagan Is Still Dead
Discussion: Pottersville and Needlenose
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
SC Primary Coverage: Chris Matthews Wants To Wrap The Mantle Of Reagan Around McCain
Pajamas Media:
Drunkblogging South Carolina and Nevada
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Michelle Malkin:
The end of Mike Huckabee
The Corner:
This Race  —  The problem for the Republicans in this race …
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An Iraq Veteran's Descent; a Prosecutor's Choice
Times of London:
Women turn on ‘traitor’ Oprah Winfrey for backing Barack Obama