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8:35 AM ET, January 26, 2008

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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
CLINTON TRIES TO REINSTATE MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA'S DELEGATES.  —  This is a very, very, very big deal.  From the Clinton campaign: … This is the sort of decision that has the potential to tear the party apart.  In an attempt to retain some control over the process and keep the various states …
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CNN:
Bill Clinton: John McCain and Hillary are ‘very close’  —  (CNN) — If Hillary Clinton and John McCain become their party's presidential nominees, the general election race is likely to be a love-fest.  —  At least according to Bill Clinton.  —  Campaigning in Spartanburg, South Carolina …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
NO WAY  —  The Clinton camp really needs to be shut down on this new gambit of theirs to muscle the party and the other candidates into seating the Michigan and Florida delegate slates.  —  And let me be very clear about what I mean.  It was very debatable decision whether the DNC …
HillaryClinton.com:
Statement by Senator Hillary Clinton on the Seating of Delegates at the Democratic National Convention  —  “I hear all the time from people in Florida and Michigan that they want their voices heard in selecting the Democratic nominee.  —  “I believe our nominee will need the enthusiastic support …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MORE ON DELEGATES  —  Not surprisingly there's been an avalanche of heated emails in response to my post about the question of whether delegates from Florida and Michigan should be seated at the Democratic National Convention.  Oddly enough most of the people who wrote in from Michigan …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Obama And Edwards Are On The FL Ballot Too  —  After railing against Hillary Clinton for her UNENFORCEABLE call to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations (Josh Marshall calls it an attempt to “muscle” the Party, what muscle is not at all clear) and lambasting Clinton for not taking …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Marc Ambinder:
Clinton.  Obama Spar Over Florida Delegates  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton pledged today to work to seat Florida and Michigan's delegates at the Democratic National Convention, thereby negating the penalties meted out by the Democratic National Committee.  —  It's true that the party's eventual nominee …
Discussion: Associated Press and MyDD
Karl / protein wisdom:
Dems 2008: Clinton backs seating MI, FL delegates, heads explode
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Exclusive: Sen. Bill Nelson To Endorse Hillary Clinton
Discussion: TPM Election Central and The Page
Deborah Charles / Reuters:
Bill Clinton again wagging finger, raising eyebrows  —  SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (Reuters) - The resurgence of the old Bill Clinton, flushing with anger and wagging his finger as he fights for his wife's presidential bid, has cast a shadow over her campaign and could mar his new image as a global statesman.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Corruption Of Feminism  —  A reader transcribed the following conversation on Hardball tonight: … Wow.  A proud defense of nepotism over feminism.  Or rather, as is the Clintons' wont, a total conflation of feminism with nepotism.  I remember similar Clintonian feminists in the 1990s trashing …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and CNN
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Polls: Obama Solidifies Lead as Election Day Looms in South Carolina; McCain Holds Narrow Lead Over Romney in Florida; Others Far Back  —  1/23-25  —  1/22-24  —  1/21-23  —  1/20-22  —  Obama  —  41%  —  38%  —  39%  —  43%  —  Clinton  —  26%  —  25%
Discussion: MyDD
SurveyUSA:
UPDATED: So It's All Settled Then: Obama Will Win Tomorrow's SC Primary.
Discussion: Open Left and Taegan Goddard's …
Charles Franklin / Pollster.com:   SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC ENDGAME
Nigel Blundell / Telegraph:
Killer dolphins baffle marine experts  —  It's hard to visualise but the intelligent and ever-friendly dolphin can also be a determined killer.  —  New evidence has been compiled by marine scientists that prove the normally placid dolphin is capable of brutal attacks both on innocent fellow marine mammals …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Don Surber
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Egypt Tries to Plug Border; Gazans Poke New Hole  —  GAZA — Egypt tried to restore its border with Gaza on Friday, stationing riot police officers in an effort to block Palestinians from entering.  But Palestinians used a bulldozer to knock down another portion of the wall separating Egypt and Gaza.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
McCain's Fiscal Mantra Becomes Less Is More  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Senator John McCain said that, if elected, he would do what other presidents had tried but failed to do: cut government spending sharply enough to reduce the budget deficit while lowering taxes at the same time.
Discussion: Marginal Revolution and The Plank
The Huffington Post:
Reid Issues Ultimatum: More Time Or No Wiretaps  —  At a State of the Union preview speech today at the National Press Club, Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a dramatic ultimatum to President Bush: either sign an extension of the Protect America Act (which sets conditions …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Late Night Letterman Clip  —  Barack Obama last night gave his top ten campaign promises on Letterman.  But, that's not why I tuned in and it's not the clip below.  Right after Obama, T.J. Miller came on.  —  T.J. was promoting the new movie he is in, Cloverfield — and his fondness for drinking.
The Raw Story:
UPDATE: ‘No way of knowing’ who whispered, MSNBC says  —  The whisper that could be heard just before an answer from Mitt Romney at Thursday's Republican debate was the result of a microphone malfunction, an MSNBC spokesman tells RAW STORY, but its source remains a mystery.
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Michelle Malkin:
Meet the open borders family: McCain, Hernandez, Soros, and the “Reform Institute”  —  Follow the bouncing ball with me:  —  Hernandez is a fellow at McCain's “Reform Institute."  What has he been working on there for the past year?  —  “Dr. Juan Hernandez serves as a Senior Fellow …
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Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily:
McCain aide touts ‘Mexico first’ policy
Discussion: The Corner
Tapscott's Copy Desk:
Why should anybody care about pork?  Ask the Captain  —  Morrisey is hot, folks.  He received a thoughtful email from one of his legion of faithful readers posing the question in the headline above and, being the good man that he is, Morrisey replied at length with some observations that are well-worth reading.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Why Pork Matters  —  I get a lot of e-mail every day …
 
 
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