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9:35 AM ET, January 29, 2008

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Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: McCain Lead Widens As Primary Election Day Dawns in Florida  —  Giuliani, Huckabee tied in battle for distant third place  —  UTICA, New York - Arizona Sen. John McCain's lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is growing wider as the Republican campaign ends …
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Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Crist endorsement is surprising, risky … For Rudy Giuliani, Nov. 18 was to be a pivotal day on his march to the Republican nomination.  —  Popular Gov. Charlie Crist was to anoint him as the best choice for Florida Republicans, and the two of them, starting in St. Petersburg …
Marc Ambinder:   Romney's Major Florida Advantage
MiamiHerald.com:
Florida election a barometer for country
Discussion: The Caucus and The Trail
New York Times:
Text of the State of the Union Address  —  Following is the text of President Bush's State of the Union address on Monday, as transcribed by the Federal News Service:  —  Thank you, Madame Speaker.  Thank you all.  —  Madame Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress …
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Think Progress:
Embargoed: State of the Union Text  —  We'll start respecting White House embargoes when they start telling the truth.  Here is President Bush's FINAL State of the Union address:  —  EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY January 28, 2008  —  STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS  —  As Prepared for Delivery
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Clinton, Obama steal Bush's final show  —  All eyes were on Democratic presidential frontrunners Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) Monday night as spectators and pundits followed their every move during President Bush's final State of the Union address.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Final Year's Realities Push Big Ideas Into Background  —  Gone were the grand dreams of remaking Social Security, immigration law or the tax code.  In their place were modest initiatives, such as hiring preferences for military spouses.  The economic package targeted tax breaks to low- and middle-class workers.
Wall Street Journal:
Bush's End Game
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Chicago Tribune:
Cash to fugitive's family  —  Some of the $3.5 million went to pay off certain Rezko debts, while $20,000 went to the family of Alber Najjar, who also had extensive connections with Rezko's food companies but became a federal fugitive in 2004 when he fled to Lebanon following his indictment on bookmaking charges, prosecutors said.
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES  —  Obama Wins Big in South Carolina; Bill Clinton Scolds Journalists  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice over): Race talk.  Barack Obama stuns the media establishment …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and RADAMISTO
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Olby names Mary Katharine Ham “worst person in the world”  —  What deadly sin could she have committed to earn such a distinction?  Quote: … Mind you, she's referring to a man whom certain members of the press literally offered to fellate.  But never mind that.
Mary Katharine Ham / TownHall Blog:   I'm the Worst!  —  According to a couple incoming e-mails …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Kennedy Mystique  —  Something fundamental has shifted in the Democratic Party.  —  Last week there was the widespread revulsion at the Clintons' toxic attempts to ghettoize Barack Obama.  In private and occasionally in public, leading Democrats lost patience with the hyperpartisan style of politics …
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
No Chitchat Between Clinton and Obama
Agence France Presse:
US author Toni Morrison endorses Obama
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
GOP Unable to Force Vote on Bush Surveillance Bill  —  Senators Can't Stop Democratic Debate; Current Law Set to Expire Thursday  —  The Senate yesterday left the fate of a new electronic surveillance law backed by the Bush administration up in the air, as a Republican-led effort to cut off …
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Senate votes to keep debate open over foreign surveillance bill
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Today's FISA vote
Frank James / The Swamp:
At SOTU, Obama's Clinton snub was the news  —  So President Bush has delivered his last State of the Union.  And what everyone in the House press gallery is talking about isn't the speech.  Rather, it's the snub.  —  Sen. Barack Obama refused to make himself available to greet Sen. Hillary Clinton before the speech.
Discussion: New York Times
The Huffington Post:
Speech Text: Democratic Response By Gov. Kathleen Sebelius  —  Remarks as prepared for delivery by Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius:  —  An American Call to Action  —  I'm Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of the State of Kansas.  —  And I am grateful for the opportunity to speak with you tonight.
Discussion: Gristmill
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Illegal Globally, Bail for Profit Remains in U.S.  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Wayne Spath is a bail bondsman, which means he is an insurance salesman, a social worker, a lightly regulated law enforcement agent, a real estate appraiser — and a for-profit wing of the American justice system.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Samizdata.net
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Investing in America  —  On a quiet Wednesday morning last August, Senators Chris Dodd and Chuck Hagel held a news conference in Washington to discuss what they felt was a critical issue: the nation's deteriorating infrastructure.  —  The press was not impressed.
 
 
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Jesse Walker / Reason:
The Ghost of Rambo  —  The vigilante soldier is back in theaters …
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Is Anyone Listening?  —  President Bush has a lot to accomplish …
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