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10:40 AM ET, January 26, 2008

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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 …
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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:
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 …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Rules?  The Clintons Don't Need No Stinkin' Rules!  —  The Democratic National Committee stripped Michigan and Florida of its delegates for violating scheduling rules for their primaries.  It took 365 delegates off the table and forced candidates to stop campaigning in the two vital states.
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
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.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
CLINTON TRIES TO REINSTATE MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA'S DELEGATES.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MORE ON DELEGATES  —  Not surprisingly there's been an avalanche …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Obama And Edwards Are On The FL Ballot Too
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and JustOneMinute
Marc Ambinder:
Clinton. Obama Spar Over Florida Delegates
Discussion: MyDD
Karl / protein wisdom:
Dems 2008: Clinton backs seating MI, FL delegates, heads explode
Discussion: The Corner and Outside The Beltway
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Hillary: DNC Should Seat The Michigan And Florida Delegates
Discussion: Liberty Street
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Exclusive: Sen. Bill Nelson To Endorse Hillary Clinton
Discussion: The Page and TPM Election Central
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 and Sister Toldjah
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
A Stress-Filled Week Shows Obama With a Blend of Humor and Fire
Discussion: MSNBC
Chris Frates / The Politico:   Clinton pursues selective strategy in S.C.
Charles Franklin / Pollster.com:   SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC ENDGAME
Scott W. Johnson / Weekly Standard:
He Didn't Give at the Office  —  Remember that picture of Yasser Arafat, blood donor?  —  Charles Enderlin is the France 2 Jerusalem correspondent who broadcast the incendiary account of the death of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura at the hands of Israeli troops operating in the Gaza Strip in September 2000.
Discussion: The Corner and Reuters
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
HE DIDN'T GIVE AT THE OFFICE  —  This week we've seen the news services become pure instruments of terrorist propaganda on behalf of Hamas.  As Noah Pollak and Pajamas Media pointed out, even Time jumped in to lend a hand.  Rest assured that the organs of the mainstream media will not pause …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
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.
Los Angeles Times:
Is the right right on the Clintons?  —  Hillary's campaign tactics are causing some liberals to turn against the couple.  —  Something strange happened the other day.  All these different people — friends, co-workers, relatives, people on a liberal e-mail list I read — kept saying the same thing …
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Riehl World View
Gulf Times:
UN urges review of journalist's death sentence  —  KABUL: The death sentence handed down to a reporter in Afghanistan has prompted the United Nations and several press freedom organisations to call on the Afghan government to intervene in the case.  —  Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh, 23 …
Discussion: Hot Air
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: Stop The ACLU and Don Surber
Seth Schiesel / New York Times:
Author Faults a Game, and Gamers Flame Back  —  The Internet hath no fury like a gamer scorned.  —  That's the lesson Fox News and a self-help author learned this week after a program on that channel featured a discussion of the sexual content of the hit video game Mass Effect.
Discussion: Simply Left Behind and News Hounds
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Bush Order Expands Network Monitoring  —  Intelligence Agencies to Track Intrusions  —  President Bush signed a directive this month that expands the intelligence community's role in monitoring Internet traffic to protect against a rising number of attacks on federal agencies' computer systems.
Discussion: Emptywheel
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
Limbaugh: Clinton, “the most cheated-on woman in the world,” …
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Late Night Letterman Clip
David Frum / New York Times:
Turning the Triple Play
Mike Lux / Open Left:
An Interesting Train Ride
Discussion: Corrente
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Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily:
McCain aide touts ‘Mexico first’ policy
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Dday / Hullabaloo:
This Is Not That Rough A Democratic Primary
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
What The F*!k Is Up With FISA