memeorandum: WHO STEPPED DOWN AND NAMED ANDREW SULLIVAN KING OF FEMINISM? (Dana Goldstein/American Prospect)

4:10 AM ET, January 26, 2008

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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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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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: MyDD

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MORE ON DELEGATES — Not surprisingly there's been an avalanche …

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Karl / protein wisdom:
Dems 2008: Clinton backs seating MI, FL delegates, heads explode

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Exclusive: Sen. Bill Nelson To Endorse Hillary Clinton

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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 …

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John Kerry / CNN:

Kerry blasts Bill Clinton for ‘abusing truth’ — WASHINGTON (CNN) — John Kerry, the Democratic Party's 2004 nominee for president, took aim at Bill Clinton Friday, telling the National Journal the former president does “not have a license to abuse the truth.”

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Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
WHO STEPPED DOWN AND NAMED ANDREW SULLIVAN KING OF FEMINISM?

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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Bill Clinton Takes on the ‘Polarizing’ Issue

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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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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
THAT TAXES WHISPER — From NBC's Domenico Montanaro

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P.M. Jaworski / The Shotgun:
“Psst: He raised taxes”

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Rasmussen Reports:

Attorney General Edwards? — An Inside Report by Robert Novak — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Illinois Democrats close to Sen. Barack Obama are quietly passing the word that John Edwards will be named attorney general in an Obama administration. — Installation at the Justice Department …

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Feingold Rips Edwards Again, Urges Dem Candidates To Take On Rove

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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 …

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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 …

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Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:

SOUTH CAROLINA: WHY SO MUCH VARIATION? — We've had quite a bit of discussion today in the comments section about the wide variation in results from the South Carolina polls. Reader Ciccina noticed some “fascinating” differences in the percentages reported as undecided …

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Charles Franklin / Pollster.com: SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC ENDGAME

Scott Horton / Harper's:

The Illustrated President — W.H.D. Koerner, “A Charge to Keep” (1916) — George W. Bush is famous for his attachment to a painting which he acquired after becoming a “born again Christian." It's by W.H.D. Koerner and is entitled “A Charge to Keep." Bush was so taken by it …

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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
The unintentional humor of ‘A Charge to Keep’

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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.

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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