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5:05 PM ET, February 3, 2008

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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008  —  Based on daily polling from Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Two days before the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, Gallup Poll Daily tracking data show Hillary Clinton (46%) and Barack Obama (44%) in a statistical dead heat …
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John Wildermuth / San Francisco Chronicle:
State poll shows huge gains by Obama, McCain  —  A startling surge of support for Barack Obama has catapulted the Illinois senator into a virtual tie with Hillary Rodham Clinton in California's Democratic presidential primary, a Field Poll released Saturday shows.
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Zogby: Obama, Romney Ahead In California  —  A new Zogby poll in California — a state that may well decide the direction of the Democratic race — shows Barack Obama taking a small lead over Hillary Clinton, within the margin of error.  Obama has 45% to Clinton's 41%, with Obama's 20-point …
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton, McCain lead in bellwether Super Tuesday states  —  WASHINGTON — Republican John McCain leads in all four corners of the country heading into a rush of primaries on Tuesday, while Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were locked in a close struggle for delegates coast to coast …
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Breaking News: Pro-Clinton push poll erupts in California  —  Ed Coghlan was just starting to prepare his dinner in the northern San Fernando Valley the other night when the phone rang.  The caller was very friendly.  He identified himself as a pollster who wanted to ask registered independents …
CNN:
Romney predicts conservatives will stop McCain  —  (CNN) — Mitt Romney predicted Sunday his party's conservative base will rally behind him on Super Tuesday in order to prevent John McCain from winning the Republican nomination.  —  “What I have to do is continue to see what's been happening …
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
The Conservative Minority  —  I feel like I'm beating a dead horse on the issue, but the continued high pitched battle between conservative Republicans who have rallied around conservative-come-lately Mitt Romney in hopes of defeating Teddy Kennedy's Good Friend John McCain remains the most interesting story this election cycle.
Andante Higgins / CBS News:   McCain: “I Assume That I Will Get the Nomination”
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bill Kristol: White women are a problem  —  The neocon warmonger speaks.  With Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton locked in a very good battle leading up to Super Tuesday, Kristol makes this misogynistic quote:  —  BILL KRISTOL: Look the only people for Hillary Clinton are the Democratic establishment …
Discussion: protein wisdom
Kate Michelman / The Huffington Post:
Why I'm Endorsing Barack Obama  —  The question I have been asking myself and others during my entire life in public policy and throughout this 2008 presidential Campaign — the question which tens of millions of women and men have also been asking — is how do we best bring America together …
Discussion: Political Radar
Simon Jenkins / Times of London:
Fall back, men, Afghanistan is a nasty war we can never win  —  Britain's commanders ignored every warning that the Taliban were the toughest fighters on earth  —  The American secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, flies to Britain this week to meet a crisis entirely of London and Washington's creation.
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Jason Burke / Observer:
Taliban attacks on allied troops soar
Discussion: The Seminal
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Unbelievable and Assaultive Strip Search on an Innocent Woman  —  Raw Story: (h/t Existentialist Cowboy)
Discussion: ThePoliticalCat and Balloon Juice
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Evangelicals a Liberal Can Love  —  At a New York or Los Angeles cocktail party, few would dare make a pejorative comment about Barack Obama's race or Hillary Clinton's sex.  Yet it would be easy to get away with deriding Mike Huckabee's religious faith.  —  Liberals believe deeply …
Peter Wehner / Washington Post:
Why Republicans Like Obama  —  Barack Obama is not only popular among Democrats, he's also an appealing figure to many Republicans.  Former GOP House member Joe Scarborough, now a host on MSNBC, reports that after every important Obama speech, he is inundated with e-mails praising the speech …
Barbara Ehrenreich / Washington Post:
The Boom Was a Bust For Ordinary People  —  I t begins to sound a bit naughty — all this talk about the need to “stimulate” the economy, as if we were discussing how to make a porn film.  I don't mean to trivialize our economic difficulties or the need for effective government intervention …
Patrick Ruffini / Townhall.com:
Older Belligerent Men  —  If John McCain wins the nomination, he'll do so on the backs of older belligerent men.  —  What is this new swing voter bloc?  It's something I've teased out from exit polls and anecdotal observations.  It helps explain why McCain has decent enough conservative appeal …
Discussion: American Spectator
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Race At A Glance Total Primary Votes: Romney
Discussion: Ross Douthat
 
 
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