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Stephen Green / Vodkapundit:
John McCain and the Last Crusade — This is my sixth presidential election, and for the first time ever I have no idea who to vote for. I suppose I could have lived with Mitt Romney, but he's out. I could feel comfortable — if not exactly enthusiastic — about Barack Obama, except for two important issues.
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Randi Rhodes Airs Unhinged Anti-Romney Skit — ‘KILLING RAMPAGE’ — Rhodes Skit Says Romney Supporters Will Kill Innocent People — *** EXCLUSIVE To The Radio Equalizer *** — Apparently unable to learn from past mistakes, or just too unhinged to know better, Air America Radio host Randi Rhodes …
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Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
Burying Mitt — Romney failed because he ran as something he's not. — Here lieth the campaign of Mitt Romney, victim of the mistaken belief that the only way to succeed in national Republican politics was to turn yourself into something you are not. Or maybe the campaign revealed what his closest friends never imaged him to be.
Eric Gorski / Associated Press:
Huckabee to Get Evangelical Leader's Nod — James Dobson, one of the nation's most prominent evangelical Christian leaders, is about to endorse former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, The Associated Press has learned. — Dobson, founder of Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Focus on the Family …
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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Romney's Run Was Dogged by Miscalculations — With Mitt Romney's campaign for president nearly in tatters, he huddled with his senior advisers on Wednesday morning, jotting notes with pen and paper, to go over his options. — By the time the meeting ended, he seemed to want to stay in the race.
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Gloves off: The Dem plan to hit McCain — With John McCain poised to win the Republican nomination, Democrats are already gathering ammunition to use against him in the general election. — In more than a few instances, the best fodder has been provided by the candidate himself.
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Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
Studies Deem Biofuels a Greenhouse Threat — Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these “green” fuels are taken into account, two studies being published Thursday have concluded.
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Bush, Congress hit bottom in AP poll — WASHINGTON - It's almost as if people can barely stand the thought of President Bush and Congress anymore. Bush reached his lowest approval rating in The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on Friday as only 30 percent said they like the job he is doing …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Re: Packing CPAC — Stanley, I'd be inclined to disagree with you. I'd say McCain definitely papered the house. I arrived at CPAC just before Mitt began to speak and was struck by the number of young student-ish types milling about in McCain T-shirts. While my minder went off to check her coat …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Story from CPAC — Will reporters hype the division? — JOHN MCCAIN'S SPEECH at CPAC was surprisingly well-received. Aside from a couple small pockets of boos, McCain got a more than polite applause from the crowd. And one of the interesting things to watch, from my vantage point …
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Hillary's Women — Let's put the Obama activist and donor numbers in perspective - 650,000 donors is a lot, but John Kerry had around 2 million donors, and George Bush had roughly as many. Richard Viguerie and Roger Craver, direct mail gurus, have frequently noted that there are roughly …
Pat Toomey / Wall Street Journal:
McCain's Veep Options — While congratulations are still premature, with Mitt Romney dropping out of the race yesterday it is now very likely that the Republican Party will nominate Sen. John McCain for president. If that happens, the GOP will, for the first time since 1976 …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Long Story — The economic news has been fairly dire this week. The credit crunch is getting worse, and a widely watched indicator of trends in the service sector — which is most of the economy — has fallen off a cliff. It's still not a certainty that we're headed into recession, but the odds are growing greater.
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Berkeley Backs Off On Banning Marines — Berkeley Mayor Apologizes To Marines Over Recruiting Center Flap — BERKELEY, Calif. — As six Republican senators devised a plan to yank $2.3 million in federal funding for Berkeley programs, the mayor of the famously liberal city apologized Wednesday …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. ‘Cannot’ Probe Waterboarding, Mukasey Says — The attorney general yesterday rejected growing congressional calls for a criminal investigation of the CIA's use of simulated drownings to extract information from its detainees, as Vice President Cheney called it a “good thing” …
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