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8:40 AM ET, February 8, 2008

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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.
Stephen Green / Vodkapundit:
John McCain and the Last Crusade
Discussion: StephenBainbridge.com
New York Times:
As Romney Exits, McCain Seeks Unity
Discussion: The Osterley Times
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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Eric Gorski / Associated Press:
AP: Evangelical leader endorses Huckabee  —  James Dobson, one of the nation's most prominent evangelical Christian leaders, backed Mike Huckabee's presidential bid Thursday night, giving the former Arkansas governor a long-sought endorsement as the Republican field narrowed to a two-man race.
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.
Discussion: BAGnewsNotes and The Heretik
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com > Discussions  —  washingtonpost.com's Daily Politics Discussion  —  Don't want to miss out on the latest in politics?  Start each day with The Post Politics Hour.  Join in each weekday morning at 11 a.m. as a member of The Washington Post's team of White House …
Peter Baker / The Trail:
Bush Signals Support for McCain  —  President Bush plans to give an implicit endorsement of onetime rival John McCain's conservative bona fides tomorrow as the Arizona senator seeks to consolidate the party behind his candidacy.  —  In a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in the morning …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and D-Day
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Joe Conason / Salon:
Why McCain provokes paranoia on the right
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 …
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.
This Is London:
BROWN SLAPS DOWN ARCHBISHOP'S CALL FOR ISLAMIC SHARIA LAW TO OPERATE IN BRITAIN  —  The Archbishop of Canterbury caused consternation yesterday by calling for Islamic law to be recognised in Britain.  —  He declared that sharia and Parliamentary law should be given equal legal status …
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
David Shuster's Offensive Remark: Chelsea Clinton Being “Pimped”  —  what does this say about Caroline Kennedy who is also a former presidents daughter....  What about Romney's sons (5.00 / 1) (#27) … Frankly (none / 0) (#17)
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Shuster: Chelsea Being ‘Pimped Out’
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Hotline On Call:
Obama On Romney: An “Ineffective Candidate”  —  OMAHA, NE — Barack Obama called Mitt Romney's candidacy “ineffective” on the day that the former MA governor exited the presidential race.  —  Romney, who dropped out of the race for president today in Washington, said in his exit speech …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Obama to Clinton: Release Your Tax Returns
Discussion: Flopping Aces
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 …
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 Kiel / Muckraker:
Mukasey: No, I Will Not Investigate Warrantless Wiretapping  —  The Justice Department will not investigate whether CIA agents engaged in torture by waterboarding detainees, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said earlier.  —  Ditto goes for the administration's warrantless wiretapping program …
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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 …
Discussion: The Corner
The Huffington Post:
Whoopi Switches From Obama To Hillary  —  Yesterday on “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg switched her endorsement from Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton.  Whoopi cited Clinton's statement that she would end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.  Whoopi previously believed that Obama …
 
 
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Michael Scherer / Time:
McCain Starts His Conservative Courtship
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Aggressive Obama TV Spending Prompted Clinton's Loan
Discussion: New York Post and Don Surber
Ted Robbins / NPR:
New Mexico to Recount All Democratic Votes
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Long Story  —  The economic news has been fairly dire this week.
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Dems rev up anti-McCain research
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
CPAC: MIGHTY MARK STEYN AND ME
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
James Pethokoukis / US News:
Wall Street Is Unprepared for a Dem Sweep
Discussion: BobKrumm.com
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Top lawyer faces money-laundering charges
Michael Duffy / Time:
TIME Poll: Clinton More Beatable than Obama
Discussion: Liberal Values
New York Times:
Injury From Blast Killed Bhutto, Report Says
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Truthdig
Shailagh Murray / The Trail:
Obama Agrees to Debates with Clinton
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Where the money went  —  Hillary Clinton spent more than $77 million …
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