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8:55 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:
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
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 …
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 …
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William Glaberson / New York Times:   Hurdles Seen as Capital Charges Are Filed in 9/11 Case
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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   TAKIN' A LOOOOONG TIME  —  (Ed.Note: We are now uncertain whether …
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
Arizona Seeing Signs of Flight by Immigrants  —  PHOENIX — The signs of flight among Latino immigrants here are multiple: Families moving out of apartment complexes, schools reporting enrollment drops, business owners complaining about fewer clients.  —  While it is too early to know for certain …
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
CNN:
Sources: Gore won't endorse  —  (CNN) - He's the most prominent Democrat yet to take a side in the presidential election, but two sources close to Al Gore tell us not to expect the former vice president to endorse either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama any time during the primary season.
Discussion: TIME and Political Machine
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Cal Thomas / Townhall.com:
Redefining Conservatism  —  This just in: Ronald Reagan is dead and he's not coming back.  Now, can conservatives please move on?  —  Reagan always spoke about the future and its possibilities.  Today's conservatives, however, can't seem to break with the past and the nostalgia for the Reagan years.
Discussion: Don Surber
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Reid's move delayed rap on Berkeley  —  Senate Democrats left two days of legislative business officially open last week, hobbling GOP efforts to bring up a bill punishing a liberal California city for scolding Marine Corps recruiters.  —  Republicans said Democrats clearly wanted to avoid …
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
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.
Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
Danes nab suspects in cartoonist plot  —  COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Danish police said Tuesday they have arrested three people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked a deadly uproar in the Muslim world two years ago.
Daniel J. Mitchell / Cato-at-liberty:
Puncturing the Two-Americas Myth  —  John Edwards has dropped out of the presidential race, but the left continues to trumpet his class-warfare arguments.  The two-Americas theme is endlessly regurgitated, particularly the notion that the rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer …
 
 
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
To Hell With the Archbishop of Canterbury
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
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