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9:30 PM ET, February 2, 2008

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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008  —  Based on daily polling from Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — John McCain continues to be the primary beneficiary of Rudy Giuliani's recent exit from the Republican race for president.  The percentage of Republican primary voters nationwide favoring McCain …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
SURPRISINGLY LIBERAL  —  It's by no means unanimous, but as the primary season draws to a close, most conservatives are coalescing around Mitt Romney.  A group called Citizens United Political Victory Fund produced this ad, which I think is simple but effective:
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Romney Rising?  —  Amidst all of the stormy polling clouds, a little ray of sunshine has broken over the Romney campaign.  Rasmussen shows Romney slowly climbing into a tie nationwide with John McCain in its daily tracking poll.  It also shows John McCain gaining strength at the same time:
Marc Ambinder:
Romney Easily Wins Maine's Republican Caucuses (Updated)  —  According to the Associated Press, Mitt Romney won 53% of the vote, followed not at all closely by John McCain, who won 21% and Ron Paul, who won 19%.  —  Mr. Romney's campaign spent money to turn out voters, whereas Mr. McCain's did not.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Peter Gelzinis / Boston Herald:
Mitt happened to Mass., so let's return the favor
Discussion: The Corner
ABCNEWS:
New Celeb-Filled Music Video for Obama  —  Song from Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am Inspired by Obama Speech  —  Celebrity-filled music videos have been used to support many social movements, from famine relief for Africa, to support for American farmers, to opposition to apartheid in South Africa.
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Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
No Mea Culpa From Bill Clinton  —  UPDATE, 4:30 p.m. ET: It looks like former president Bill Clinton will not have to make an apology to the congregations of black churches in South Central Los Angeles after all.  At least not in writing.  —  Our posting on Bill Clinton's “mea culpa” tour …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bill Clinton Reportedly Will Soon Apologize At Black Churches …
Discussion: The Raw Story and Associated Press
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Bill Clinton to make black church tour Sunday
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
Clinton touts her own Kennedy endorsement in ad
Discussion: NO QUARTER and bustardblog
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
“Paid For By Obama For America”  —  I heard a powerful Obama ad on K-Earth 101 while driving this morning.  That's the '60s/'70s rock station.  The pitch combined some fine Obama audio on change and the future with clips from the scores of newspaper endorsements the Illinois senator has racked up.
Discussion: Donklephant and The Heretik
Washington Post:
Obama Is Racing Against the Clock  —  Sen. Barack Obama has two opponents: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the clock, which is rapidly running down.  —  With three days to go before Super Tuesday, when roughly half the delegates in the Democratic presidential contest will be awarded …
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:   Why the Clock May Favor Obama
Dan Gerstein / Wall Street Journal:
Decline of the Angry Left  —  Last Saturday's South Carolina Democratic primary will probably be remembered as the day when the party's emotional dam burst and many of the personal grievances and tensions that have built up over the past generation spilled out into the open …
The Huffington Post:
FundRace: CNN's Bill Bennett Never Disclosed GOP Donations  —  Last December, conservative author and CNN election analyst William J. Bennett gave several thousand dollars to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, a fact that Bennett has not mentioned during any of his appearances on the network …
Discussion: The Corner
New York Post:
LET LYNNE STEWART ROT  —  Might terror-coddling attorney Lynne Stewart get her just deserts after all?  It is to be hoped.  —  A three-judge federal appeals panel heard arguments Tuesday from prosecutors seeking a harsher sentence for Stewart, who was given just 28 months in prison in 2006 …
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Michelle Malkin:
“Let Lynne Stewart rot”
Discussion: Right Wing News
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
It's a shame one of them has to win  —  President McCain?  Or Queen Hillary?  Henry Kissinger said about the Iran/Iraq war in the '80s that it's a shame they both can't lose.  Conservatives have a slightly different problem: It's a shame that neither of them will lose - that …
Michael Elmore / Political Radar:
Obama Defends Driver's Licenses for Illegals in Interview with ABC News  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told ABC's David Muir Saturday that his support for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants will not block his path to the White House because he and G.O.P …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Flopping Aces
Bill Quick / Daily Pundit:
the war for the gop  —  I wrote the following on February 19th, 2006.  —  Daily Pundit » A Deal Was Made … I elaborated on the idea here: … I remind you of this as a prelude to my analysis of what is happening in the current GOP primary race, and why it is happening the way it is.
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:
The Jobs Numbers  —  Seems to me that everyone is making too big a deal out of the January jobs report.  My local paper's top story was the estimate that the total number of jobs fell by 17,000.  If that estimate is revised later, to look better, I'm guessing it won't be the top story.
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Angry Bear
San Francisco Chronicle:
Facing off over Marine Corps  —  3 war opponents chain selves to door of recruiting station, and right-wing blogosphere goes ballistic  —  As the right-wing blogosphere railed and a U.S. senator vowed financial retaliation against the Berkeley City Council for its effort to boot the Marine Corps …
Patrick Ruffini:
Intransigent Huck Voters  —  The Romney campaign's February 5th math is simple: move all the voters from the Huckabee pile onto theirs and claim a majority of conservatives.  Unfortunately, it's just not that simple.  —  In the South — still more delegate-rich per capita than NY, CA, NJ …
Discussion: Marc Ambinder, The Corner and Redstate
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Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
Huckabee factor could sap Romney in South
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Eunomia
 
 
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Michael Oreskes / New York Times:
The Party Animal Either Plays Well or Fights Well
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Debate Grows on Pause in Troop Cuts
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State Court Recognizes Gay Marriages From Elsewhere
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Huckabee accuses Romney of buying Hannity's endorsement
Chris Tomlinson / Associated Press:
Lynch: US ‘surge’ tipped scales in Iraq
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News Corp Trying to Mount Yahoo Bid (NWS/YHOO)
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Michael Luo / The Caucus:
Romney Attends Mormon Leader's Funeral
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and The Page
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
Reagan Challenged His Party from the Right. …
Discussion: Human Events
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Los Angeles Times:
Obama works to claim Latino vote
Discussion: The Swamp and Washington Post
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
A Different Perspective  —  Three unexpected developments …
Discussion: American Power
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Ron Paul's big chance for a modest splash
Discussion: The Caucus and New York Times
La Opinión:
The Democratic choice is Barack Obama
Ron Klain / Campaign Stops:
Speaking Truth Without Power
David Sparks / Boston Globe:
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