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3:45 PM ET, February 10, 2008

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Jeff E. Schapiro / inRich.com:
Poll: Obama, McCain lead in Va.  —  Both enjoy sizable leads over rivals as primary approaches Tuesday  —  Barack Obama and John McCain may be cruising toward blowout wins in Virginia's presidential primary Tuesday.  —  Among the Democrats, the poll conducted for the Richmond Times-Dispatch …
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CNN:
Obama gains momentum; McCain still leads handily  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama swept Saturday's Democratic contests, giving him considerable momentum heading into Sunday's Maine caucuses and three primaries Tuesday.  —  John McCain, however, was handed a starkly different message from the GOP …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Douglas E. Schoen / Washington Post:
The Disaffected Voters Who'll Decide 2008  —  It has been a totally confusing election — and the 2008 race is only getting started.  —  The resurrection of John McCain, the Barack Obama insurgency, the fall (and rise) of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the rise (and fall and rise) of Mike Huckabee …
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Obama Gets Convincing Wins in 3 States
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Obama, Clinton turn eyes to McCain
Washington Post:
Obama Handily Wins Nebraska, Louisiana, Washington
Discussion: TIME: Swampland
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A LITTLE WEIRD  —  As you know, John McCain lost two of the three contests yesterday.  He was losing narrowly in Washington state and then pulled ahead by a narrow margin (less than two points) toward the end.  But then with 87% of the returns counted, the Washington state GOP, which runs the caucuses stopped releasing results.
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Dave Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Driving A Wedge  —  The Drudge Report is a right-wing site that is used to drive right-wing propaganda into the large, corporate media outlets.  When a story is featured at the Drudge Report, you always have to ask why, and ask what is the right's intent behind getting this story into circulation.
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Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
Wilder Still Sore Over Clinton Comment … RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The nation's first elected black governor said Saturday he is not ready to excuse comments former President Bill Clinton made about Barack Obama.  —  In campaigning for his wife last month on the eve of the New Hampshire primary …
Discussion: Liberal Values
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Chris Wallace: probing, hard-nosed journalist  —  Chris Wallace interviewed George Bush today on Fox News and, after asking Bush about his views on waterboarding, this was the “question” which Wallace — sitting next to Bush in front of a cozy fireplace (after a borderline-romantic stroll …
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Tad Devine / New York Times:
Superdelegates, Back Off  —  ON the first Wednesday in June, the morning after the last day of voting in the 1984 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, the long, drawn-out battle that began with Gary Hart's stunning victory in New Hampshire ended — but only after one last plot twist.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:   Tad Devine, man of the hour
Newsweek:
Accounting 101: The Clintons  —  Where did Hillary Clinton get the money for her $5 million loan to her campaign?  —  Jonathan Torgovnik for Newsweek  —  On Board: Hillary and Bill Clinton on her campaign plane last month  —  Hillary and Bill Clinton are not nearly as wealthy as, say …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Frank Rich / New York Times:
Next Up for the Democrats: Civil War  —  WHAT if a presidential candidate held what she billed as “the largest, most interactive town hall in political history” on national television, and no one noticed?  —  The untold story in the run-up to Super Tuesday was Hillary Clinton's elaborate live prime …
Matt / Think Progress:
Ashcroft: Bush is ‘the most respectful’ ever of civil liberties.  —  In a speech to Missouri Republicans yesterday, former attorney general John Ashcroft defended President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program and his record on civil liberties, declaring that Bush is “among the most respectful …
Matthew Yglesias:
The Rules of the Game  —  Chris Bowers is outraged by the prospect of superdelegates determining the winner of the Democratic primary.  Kevin Drum is blasé.  I'll take a middle ground view — I think Chris is right to think it'd be a pretty bitter pill to swallow if that's how things shake out …
Eli Stokols / cw2.trb.com:
DeGette could be caught in cross-hairs of superdelegate scenario  —  Some Dems wonder if Clinton-backer will be loyal to politics or principle  —  DENVER (KWGN) — Much has been made of the record turnout of Democratic voters in the presidential primaries and caucuses that have been held thus far.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
The Moran endorsement  —  That's a useful nod in Northern Virginia, but comes with serious baggage, in the form of long-running dislike of Moran in active parts of the Jewish community.  Moran's suggestion that the Israel lobby helped start the Iraq War drew him wide condemnation on Capitol Hill, including from Pelosi.
 
 
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