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10:55 AM ET, January 31, 2008

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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Romney to run ads in California  —  LOS ANGELES - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to run a “significant” level of television ads in California and other states that vote Tuesday in essentially a national primary, aides said Thursday, signaling a willingness to aggressively try …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney falls into McCain trap on Iraq  —  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - In the final GOP debate before Super Tuesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain of Arizona bickered over a laundry list of past and present positions, most notably whether Romney backed a time-table for withdrawing troops for Iraq.
David Espo / Associated Press:
Romney Tactics Seem Good News for McCain  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major boost for John McCain, Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney signaled Wednesday he's not ready to commit to a costly campaign in the states holding primaries and caucuses next week.
New York Times:
A Face-Off, Not Necessarily Televised
Discussion: MSNBC
Hugh Hewitt / TownHall Blog:
An Angry, Defensive McCain
Discussion: Riehl World View
Daniel Casse / Commentary:
The Man Who Blew It  —  Tonight was Mitt Romney's last stand.
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
ABCNEWS:
Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions  —  Tapes Reviewed by ABC News Show Clinton As a Loyal Company Woman  —  In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign …
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Is McCain a Conservative?  —  As John McCain neared his momentous primary election victory in Florida after a ferocious campaign questioning his conservative credentials, right-wingers buzzed over word that he had privately suggested that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was too conservative.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Novak Corroborates Fund On Alito Comments
Discussion: Power Line
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Romney Spokesperson Confirms it: Mitt Hasn't Bought Any TV Ad Time In Any Feb. 5th State  —  With five days to go until Super Tuesday, Mitt Romney's spokesperson is confirming that the Romney campaign has bought exactly zero TV ad time in any of the states that vote on Feb. 5.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   ALL SHE WROTE?  —  The AP says Mitt Romney isn't buying any ads in Super Tuesday states.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Mukasey's radical worldview is now the norm  —  Yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, featuring day-long testimony from Attorney General Michael Mukasey, was extraordinary for only one reason: for our country, what happened in the hearing is now completely ordinary.
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New York Times:
A Disappointing Debut
Discussion: Balkinization and The Corner
CNN:
Transcript of GOP debate at Reagan Library  —  This is the transcript of the GOP debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday January 30.  —  (CNN) — ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: The first question is actually a question that will go to all of you, but I'll start with Governor Romney.
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Michelle Malkin:
Reagan vs. McCain on profits, business, and the free market
Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Bill: “We Just Have to Slow Down Our Economy” to Fight Global Warming  —  Former President Bill Clinton was in Denver, Colorado, stumping for his wife yesterday.  —  In a long, and interesting speech, he characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global warming …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
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Jennifer Rubin / New York Observer:
What Will Rush, Hugh Say if McCain Wins?  —  Rush Limbaugh.  —  Certain conservative opinion makers are not pleased.  —  Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, much of the roster at the National Review and many (but certainly not all) of their more conservative talk radio and blogger colleagues …
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama in Denver  —  DENVER - In seven months, the Democratic Party will crown its presidential nominee here at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, the gateway to the West - and, they hope, the White House.  —  So at a campaign stop here today, even as he courted voters for next week's Colorado caucuses …
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Associated Press:
Obama Says Clinton Would Be a Step Back
Discussion: AMERICAblog and MyDD
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
President McCain  —  Well, Kathryn, since most of the gang seems to have turned in early (too demoralized to opine?), I might as well chip in.  I'm getting a bit tired of Senator McCain's anti-business shtick.  The line about serving “for patriotism, not for profit” is pathetic.
Discussion: Salon, Power Line and Matthew Yglesias
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Soldier Suicides at Record Level  —  Increase Linked to Long Wars, Lack of Army Resources  —  Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning …
Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women's rights  —  A young man, a student of journalism, is sentenced to death by an Islamic court for downloading a report from the internet.  The sentence is then upheld by the country's rulers.  This is Afghanistan …
 
 
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