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5:55 AM ET, February 12, 2008

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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
A Flag Obama Supporters Salute?  —  Oh, my.  Barack Obama may want to call his new Houston office and suggest some decorating ideas.  Take a look at the flag flying in the office at the moment:  —  No, that's not a Texas state flag with a picture of Obama on it.
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Matt Bramanti / Lone Star Times:
Obama office adores psychotic Marxist thug  —  Che Guevara, the chief executioner of Fidel Castro's brutal revolution, was a bank robber, a cold-blooded murderer, an enthusiastic torturer and generally an evil, sociopathic bastard.  He's quite literally the poster boy for everything wrong with socialism.
Little Green Footballs:
Che Guevara Flags in Obama's Houston Office  —  Barack Obama won't wear an American flag on his lapel, but on the wall of his Houston campaign office: a Cuban flag with a picture of Communist mass murderer Che Guevara.  (Click picture for video.)  —  (Hat tip: LGF readers.)  —  UPDATE at 2/11/08 9:00:00 pm:
Discussion: Moonbattery
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
That Didn't Take Long  —  Captain Ed, loyal party flack.  —  I would take this as a sign that the GOP now feels threatened by Obama.  —  BTW- Is there anyone except the troglodyte right who thinks our Cuba policy has been a success and doesn't need to be thought through?
D. S. Hube / NewsBusters.org:
Another Flag Issue for Obama?
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Hot Air
Robert Mak / KING-TV:
Snohomish County GOP caucus results being questioned  —  MARYSVILLE, Wash. — KING 5 News has uncovered inconsistencies in how the votes from Saturday's Republican Caucus are being reported, raising questions about the accuracy of the statewide count.  —  As of Monday at 5 p.m. …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
WHAT HAPPENED IN [HAZZARD] SNOHOMISH COUNTY?  —  Looks like Boss Esser is going to have some serious ‘splainin’ to do.  —  TPMmuckraker's Paul Kiel spent the day trying to figure out what was going on in Washington State.  It wasn't easy.  Just understanding the caucus process itself has been a challenge.
Goldy / HorsesAss.Org:
Did Esser call the primary for McCain... or McKenna?  —  Since prematurely calling Washington's caucus for John McCain, thus changing the narrative of Saturday's results, WSRP Chair Luke Esser is making a name for himself nationwide... or rather, the nation is making up new names for him.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   TAKIN' A LOOOOONG TIME  —  (Ed.Note: We are now uncertain whether …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
For Clinton, Ohio and Texas Emerge as Key States to Win  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her advisers increasingly believe that, after a series of losses, she has been boxed into a must-win position in the Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4, and she has begun reassuring anxious donors …
Karen Travers / ABCNEWS:
College Junior Breakfasts With Chelsea Clinton  —  21-Year-Old Wisconsin Super Delegate Gets Face Time With Former First Daughter  —  Jason Rae is a typical junior in college.  —  He spends several hours a day in class at Marquette University in Wisconsin where he is majoring in history and political science.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Hillary hits Obama on transparency, style
Discussion: MyDD and The Democratic Daily
Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
The Clintons' Charm Offensive
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister and ABCNEWS
Matthew Yglesias:   Good Advice  —  Jason Rae is a 21 year-old superdelegate from Wisconsin.
Associated Press:
Representative Tom Lantos Dies at 80  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Tom Lantos, who escaped the Nazis and grew up to become a forceful voice for human rights all over the world, has died.  He was 80.  —  The California Democrat, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:   Tom Lantos, 80, Is Dead; Longtime Congressman
White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Clinton dismisses weekend losses  —  WHITE MARSH, Maryland (CNN) — Hillary Clinton on Monday explained away Barack Obama's clean sweep of the weekend's caucuses and primaries as a product of a caucus system that favors “activists” and, in the case of the Louisiana primary, an energized African-American community.
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Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Obama's General Election strategy is... ?  —  I really don't know, do you?  —  I'm not talking about the national polls either, but how does Barack Obama put together a winning electoral advantage over John McCain?  —  I have heard Clinton's many times, and its been played out in the Democratic nomination battle.
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Fox News:
BlackBerry Service Out in North America; AT&T Says All Carriers Affected  —  NEW YORK — “CrackBerry” addicts were looking for thumbthing to do late Monday as BlackBerry smartphones throughout North America went on the blink.  —  AT&T Inc. says the disruption Monday is affecting all wireless carriers.
Washington Post:
U.S. to Try 6 On Capital Charges Over 9/11 Attacks  —  New Evidence Gained Without Coercive Tactics  —  The Bush administration announced yesterday that it intends to bring capital murder charges against half a dozen men allegedly linked to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks …
Discussion: the talking dog
WorldNetDaily:
Embattled Muslim aide to leave Pentagon job  —  Hesham Islam's 'resume didn't add up,' official says  —  In a stunning turn of events, a high-level Muslim military aide blamed for costing an intelligence contractor his job will step down from his own Pentagon post, WND has learned.
 
 
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Telegraph:
Street lights to be switched off at midnight
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Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Air Force: $144 Billion a Year Not Enough; Wants $19 Billion …
Stanley Fish / NYT:
A Calumny a Day To Keep Hillary Away
Discussion: The New Republic
New York Times:
At Zurich Museum, a Theft of 4 Masterworks
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and FP Passport
Martin Fletcher / Times of London:
Hospital boss arrested over al-Qaeda attack by human boobytraps
Discussion: A Blog For All and Hot Air
David Mark / The Politico:
Full Text: Obama interview
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Susan Estrich / Real Clear Politics:
Race and the Democratic Party
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Game Changer  —  Politics is already a little different.
Discussion: PSoTD
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
To Hell With the Archbishop of Canterbury
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Bill Maher Sorry Rush Remains Alive, Media Silent
Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:
Rove's Awesome Election Analysis
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
Obama, the Very-High-Tax Candidate
Jerusalem Post:
Shas: If ‘Post’ report true, we will leave the government
Clive Crook / Financial Times:
Why Democrats must choose Obama