memeorandum: How the Mighty Have Fallen — Two suicide attacks on pet markets … (Confederate Yankee)

9:05 PM ET, February 1, 2008

Top Items:

Has Ann Coulter Finally Jumped The Shark? — She did for me last year at CPAC, of course, when she derided John Edwards as a “faggot”. At the time, a number of conservative bloggers wrote that she had embarrassed the movement and owed Edwards an apology, which she refused to offer.

Discussion: JustOneMinute, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Blue Crab Boulevard, Reason Magazine, Democratic Strategist, Classical Values and American Power

Gallup:

Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 — Based on daily polling from Jan. 29-31, 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as close as they have been since the polling program started at the beginning of 2008.

Discussion: New York Daily News Blogs, Open Left, The Daily Dish, Liberal Values, Daily Kos, Comments from Left Field, The Strata-Sphere and The New Republic

Ari Melber / The Nation:

MOVEON ENDORSES OBAMA... Today Barack Obama earned the endorsement of MoveOn, one of the largest grassroots membership organizations in the United States, after clobbering Hillary Clinton by 40 percent in Internet balloting. Obama led the final tally 70.4% to 29.6%, clearing the supermajority required for the endorsement.

Discussion: MSNBC, The Carpetbagger Report, DownWithTyranny!, Corrente, Comments from Left Field, The Field, Group News Blog, The Mahablog, Liberty Street and Salon

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
NATIONAL SECURITY....The emerging consensus about the lovefest …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias

Politicker NJ:
Poll: NJ primary now in play; Clinton's lead falls to six points

Discussion: Publius Endures

Ezra Klein / American Prospect:

OBAMA'S “HARRY AND LOUISE” AD. — I was going to write a post about the health care exchange in last night's debate, noting that Hillary Clinton is basically arguing against Barack Obama's mandate from the wrong direction. The problem isn't that it leaves people out, but that it effectively closes off …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Carpetbagger Report, Comments from Left Field, American Street, Lawyers, Guns and Money, TalkLeft and Shakespeare's Sister

Ben Smith / The Politico:

That health care mailer — The Clinton campaign convened a conference call with health policy experts to denounce Obama's new mailer, which attacks Clinton's plan for “forcing” Americans to sign up for insurance, and which features a couple at a kitchen table that recalls, for some …

Discussion: The Caucus, The Washington Note, Booman Tribune, Liberal Values, The Huffington Post, AMERICAblog, The New Republic and toohotfortnr

Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Edwards Effect — So John Edwards has dropped out of the race for the presidency.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Reaction, The New Republic, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, The Garlic, Brilliant at Breakfast, Truthdig, Upper Left, The Impolitic, Norwegianity, Sister Toldjah, Make Them Accountable and American Street

The Fact Hub:
The Obama Campaign's Negative Mail: Harry and Louise Redux

Discussion: NO QUARTER and Spin Cycle

Confederate Yankee:

How the Mighty Have Fallen — Two suicide attacks on pet markets in Baghdad today have left approximately 100 killed and twice as many wounded. Both attacks used women “with Down's syndrome” according the the Daily Mail and less specifically, they were described as “mentally disabled” according to CNN.

Discussion: protein wisdom, The Newshoggers and Instapundit.com

Daily Mail:

Al Qaeda use two 'Down's syndrome' women to blow up 73 people in Baghdad markets — Two women thought to suffer from Down's syndrome may have been unwilling suicide bombers in twin blasts that killed up to 73 people at pet markets in Baghdad today. — The first bomber instantly killed 45 people …

Discussion: CNN, Associated Press, Captain's Quarters, Hot Air, Gateway Pundit, Fausta's blog, Pirate's Cove, Sister Toldjah and JammieWearingFool

New York Times:
Dozens Killed in Worst Baghdad Attack in Months

Discussion: The Reaction, The Belmont Club, Salon, The Washington Independent, Buck Naked Politics and American Street

Los Angeles Times:

Barack Obama for Democratic nominee — Democrats preparing to vote in Tuesday's California primary can mark their ballots with confidence, knowing that either candidate would make a strong nominee and, if elected, a groundbreaking leader and capable president.

Discussion: The Caucus, Comments from Left Field, Calitics and Boston Globe

Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:

Waiting for Gore — It feels official: Barack Obama has momentum. He won a resounding victory in South Carolina. He just posted another astonishing fundraising total. Gallup reports that he's pulled to within four points of Hillary Clinton. And Ted Kennedy's endorsement Monday had the feel of history about it.

Discussion: Salon, Wonkette, TPM Election Central, The New Republic and race42008.com

Doug Gordon / MoveOn.org:
MoveOn Endorsement Throws Progressive Weight

Discussion: The Caucus, Matthew Yglesias, News Hounds, Threat Level, Daily Kos, Political Machine, The Politico, The Washington Note, Wake up America, Democratic Strategist and MyDD

Michelle Malkin:
The MoveOn seal of approval goes to...

Discussion: Weekly Standard

New York Times:

Senator Wants N.F.L. Spying Case Explained — The ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee wants N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell to explain why the league destroyed evidence related to spying by the New England Patriots. — In the stretch of 12 days, from Sept. 9 to Sept. 20 …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Corner, skippy the bush kangaroo, The Swamp and Emptywheel

Jacqueline L. Salmon / Washington Post: NFL Pulls Plug On Big-Screen Church Parties For Super Bowl

Ryan Grim / The Crypt's Blogs:
Specter wants to know: Did Pats steal Super Bowl XLI?

Discussion: The Swamp

Sandy / Junkfood Science:

No fat people allowed: Only the slim will be allowed to dine in public! — It has actually happened. Lawmakers have proposed legislation that forbids restaurants and food establishments from serving food to anyone who is obese (as defined by the State). Under this bill …

Discussion: Right Wing Nut House, Wake up America, michael linn jones, The Newshoggers, QandO, Feministe, Alas, a blog, Outside The Beltway, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler and LewRockwell.com Blog

Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:

Romney v. McCain v. Coulter v. Obama — If Ann Coulter's declares again that she'd campaign for Hillary at CPAC, she will be booed and rightly so. Not only did her grandstanding on Hannity & Colmes divert attention from the real issue before conservatives —the need to abandon the idea …

Discussion: The American Mind, The Carpetbagger Report and Eunomia

Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Ann Coulter: Hillary Clinton-campaign ready

Discussion: The Politico

Wall Street Journal:

Romney's Convictions — Mitt Romney has emerged as the last Republican with a chance to stop John McCain, and there's no doubt he's a candidate from central casting: successful in business and politics, a family man, and quicker and more articulate than most.

Discussion: TownHall Blog, American Power, Weekly Standard and Commentary

Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:

Oprah's Back — ALBUQUERQUE - Oprah is on the way. — On Sunday, Oprah Winfrey is returning to the presidential campaign trail to headline a California event for Senator Barack Obama. The Obama campaign has yet to announce details, but people familiar with the event say the television talk show magnate …

Discussion: MyDD