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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
After Obama Victory, Clinton's Camp Seeks Gentler Role for Ex-President — Democrats inside and outside the Clinton campaign on Sunday debated and in some cases bemoaned the degree to which former President Bill Clinton's criticism of Senator Barack Obama last week had inflicted lasting damage on his wife's presidential candidacy.
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Gains, But Still Lags In Big States — Barack Obama's overwhelming weekend victory in South Carolina's Democratic primary gives him new momentum in the run-up to the near-national nominating contest a week from tomorrow, known as Super Tuesday. — But Mr. Obama heads into the 22-state showdown as the underdog.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Team Obama Is Courting Everybody But the Press — GREENVILLE, S.C. — When reporters filed onto Barack Obama's press plane after his acrimonious debate with Hillary Rodham Clinton last week, one thing was noticeably missing amid the wine and snacks on the Boeing 737.
New York Times:
Kennedy Chooses Obama, Spurning Bill Clinton Plea — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Senator Edward M. Kennedy was set to endorse Senator Barack Obama for president on Monday as part of an effort to lend Kennedy charisma and connections to Mr. Obama as he heads into a 22-state showdown with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
William Kristol / New York Times:
Desperate Husband — In the run-up to Saturday's South Carolina primary, Bill Clinton repeatedly denounced racial divisions in American politics. Indeed, he said Friday in Spartanburg, Americans are “literally aching to live in a post-racial future." — But Clinton certainly hasn't been hastening that day.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:In Open Nomination, ‘Superdelegates’ May Hold Key to Victory
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New York Times:Kennedy Plans to Back Obama Over Clinton
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton To Vote “No” On Cloture Tomorrow UPDATE: Barack Obama Will Be There Too — According to the Clinton campaign, Hillary Clinton will be in the Senate tomorrow to vote “no” on cloture on the Intel version of the FISA bill. The vote is scheduled to take place at 4:30 pm tomorrow.
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Economy, War To Dominate State of Union — Bush's Challenge May Be Getting People to Listen — For years, President Bush and his advisers expressed frustration that the White House received little credit for the nation's strong economic performance because of public discontent about the Iraq war.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
In Bush's Legacy, Weak Economy Moves Up Front — WASHINGTON — Will George W. Bush be remembered as the president who lost the economy while trying to win a war? — Mr. Bush has spent years presiding over an economic climate of growth that would be the envy of most presidents.
John Whitesides / Reuters:
McCain edges into Florida lead: poll — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain opened a narrow lead on rival Mitt Romney ahead of a critical Florida primary after picking up the endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.
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Nitya / Political Radar:
Author Toni Morrison to Endorse Obama — ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison — who famously declared Bill Clinton to be the nation's “first black president” — is endorsing Barack Obama for president today, an Obama campaign source tells ABC News.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Lessons of 1992 — It's starting to feel a bit like 1992 again. A Bush is in the White House, the economy is a mess, and there's a candidate who, in the view of a number of observers, is running on a message of hope, of moving past partisan differences, that resembles Bill Clinton's campaign 16 years ago.
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
McCain's Dishonest Attack — As I've said before, McCain deserves a large part of the credit for the surge—he pushed to have it implemented both in his public advocacy and his behind-the-scenes lobbying of the Bush administration, and he has been its foremost defender.
Wall Street Journal:
12-Step Earmark Withdrawal — As every reformed addict knows, the road to recovery is long and hard. So it is for Republicans who became addicted to spending “earmarks” while running Congress, lost their majority in large part because of it, and are now struggling with mixed results to dry out.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
McCain Warns: “There Will Be Other Wars” — The presidential candidate who sang “Bomb bomb Iran” is already looking towards the war after the war in Iraq. — Sen. John McCain told a crowd of supporters on Sunday, “It's a tough war we're in. It's not going to be over right away.
