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8:55 AM ET, February 5, 2008

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Dole scolds Limbaugh  —  Bob Dole, the former Senate Republican leader, wrote an insistent letter to Rush Limbaugh on Monday and suggested that for the good of the party, the conservative talk-show host should stop his strafing of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Reaching Out To Rush?  —  UPDATE, 6:35 pm: The Romney campaign …
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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Tough-guy De Niro a softy for Obama  —  Barack Obama campaigns with actor Robert De Niro, Senator Edward Kennedy, and Caroline Kennedy at a rally Monday in East Rutherford, N.J. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)  —  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Wait, wait, wait.  Now Robert De Niro is for hope, too?
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
Washington Post:
Two Races, One Big Day  —  Candidates Crisscross Country …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: McCain Dominates GOP Races; Dems Locked in Tight Contests As Super Tuesday Polls Open  —  UTICA, New York - The final day of polling before Super Tuesday was one of hardening positions in key races across the country, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby survey work shows.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Raising Kaine
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Cooper Concerns  —  I'm not a Hillary-hater.  She's been an outstanding senator.  She hung tough on Iraq through the dark days of 2005.  In this campaign, she has soldiered on bravely even though she has most of the elected Democrats, news media and the educated class rooting against her.
New York Times:
Time Runs Out for an Afghan Held by the U.S.  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Abdul Razzaq Hekmati was regarded here as a war hero, famous for his resistance to the Russian occupation in the 1980s and later for a daring prison break he organized for three opponents of the Taliban government in 1999.
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
On McCain's Voting Coalition  —  An argument being proffered by Romney supporters is that McCain's victories in the early states have been due to the conservative vote being split among many candidates.  By this thinking, McCain would have lost South Carolina and maybe Florida if conservatives …
Discussion: protein wisdom
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Super Delegates To Determine Nominee  —  It can no longer be avoided: super delegates will determine the Democratic Presidential nominee this year.  Here is the current situation:  — With Michigan and Florida removed from the equation, 2,025 delegates are required to win the nomination, and there are 3,253 pledged delegates.
Election Projection:
Super-Duper-Mega-Jumbo Tuesday predictions and results  —  We have arrived at the biggest day in the history of primaries.  Almost half of these United States are conducting their primaries or caucuses today.  Over 1000 delegates are at stake on the Republican side and twice that are being contested on the Democratic side.
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
City Journal:
Bizarre Bedfellows for Barack  —  On the eve of Super Tuesday, the Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama race resembles the closing minutes of a football game: Team Clinton has a small lead, but Team Obama has the ball—and the momentum.  Some of that momentum derives from an extraordinary, if unspoken …
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go  —  For more than half a century, Americans have proved staggeringly resourceful at finding new ways to spend money.  —  In the 1950s and '60s, as credit cards grew in popularity, many began dining out when the mood struck or buying …
Discussion: ParaPundit and Calculated Risk
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
What's Really in the U.S. Military Budget?  —  MUCH MORE THAN THE OFT-CITED $515.4 BILLION.  —  It's time for our annual game: How much is really in the U.S. military budget?  —  As usual, it's about $200 billion more than most news stories are reporting.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Washington Monthly
Aislinn Simpson / Telegraph:
Winston Churchill didn't really exist, say teens  —  A fifth of British teenagers believe Sir Winston Churchill was a fictional character, while many think Sherlock Holmes, King Arthur and Eleanor Rigby were real, a survey shows.  —  The canvass of 3,000 under-twenties uncovered …
Tom Donnelly / Weekly Standard:
Dissonance on Iraq  —  Cartoonish views of the war.  —  CONVENTIONAL WISDOM HAS it that, unlike in Vietnam, there is bipartisan support for “the troops” in Iraq despite the many arguments over the conduct of the war and whether U.S. forces should remain in Mesopotamia.
Discussion: Redstate
White House:
President Bush Meets with Cabinet, Discusses Budget  —  Fact Sheet: The President's FY09 Budget  —  Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming.  I just met with my Cabinet, where we discussed a lot of issues.  And one issue we discussed is the budget.
 
 
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
As 24 States Vote, a Grab for Delegates, and an Edge
Jane Sutton / Reuters:
U.S. says no one too young for Guantanamo court
Jerusalem Post:
Woman killed, 38 wounded in Dimona suicide bombing
Ruth / cab drollery:
Who Owns Your Media  —  If you happen to live in Alice, TX …
Discussion: Wizbang
CNN:
Obama the choice of Democrats in Indonesia
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Watertiger / Firedoglake:
Monday Late Nite: Stop, Yer Killing Me.
Ari Melber / The Politico:
Winning Dem holds key to new strategy
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Richard T. Cullen / The Politico:
Utah's Mormons loathe Huckabee
Discussion: race42008.com
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
The sun'll not come out tomorrow
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Al Giordano / The Field:
The Man from Tennessee
Discussion: D-Day and American Spectator
Deborah Burger / The Huffington Post:
A Message to Sen. Clinton …
CNN:
FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping
Marc Ambinder:
Feb 5 Projections: Revised