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10:25 PM ET, February 13, 2008

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Satyam / Think Progress:
Maverick Fails The Test: McCain Votes Against Waterboarding Ban  —  Today, the Senate brought the Intelligence Authorization Bill to the floor, which contained a provision from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) establishing one interrogation standard across the government.
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Passes Interrogation Ban  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 51 to 45 on Wednesday afternoon to ban waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods used by the Central Intelligence Agency against high-level terrorism suspects.  —  Senate Republicans generally opposed the bill …
Pamela Hess / Associated Press:
Senate Votes to Ban Waterboarding  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesdy to prohibit the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects despite President Bush's threat to veto any measure that limits the agency's interrogation techniques.
Discussion: MSNBC, JammieWearingFool and Don Surber
Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
House Defeats FISA Extension
Discussion: Wake up America
Talal Al-Khatib / Political Radar:
McCain Adviser Won't Fight Obama  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: A top adviser to John McCain said Wednesday that he will step down from the Arizona senator's presidential campaign if the presumed GOP nominee faces Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in the general election.
Discussion: The Newshoggers and PoliPundit.com
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Obama ‘Takes It Down a Notch’  —  ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: After touring a General Motors plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, Sen. Barack Obama delivered a speech on the economy that he said is on the “brink of a recession.”  —  The senator told GM workers to bear with him as he gave a more policy oriented speech.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and Slog
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Republicans honing in on Barack Obama  —  Democrats have a long way to go for a consensus presidential nominee, but Republicans in Washington appear increasingly convinced their November opponent will be Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).  —  At a Capitol Hill press conference this morning …
Discussion: The Politico
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Who's Singularly Lacking In Specifics?  —  I see John McCain is attacking Barack Obama for lacking specifics, the same theme Hillary Clinton has been pounding.  Well, it's certainly true that Obama can't match Hillary Clinton's grasp of policy detail.  Clinton is a true policy wonk.
NPR:
Listen Now  —  · Sen. John McCain swept the so-called …
Discussion: The Swamp and Truthdig
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain manager welcomes age debate with Obama
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Spin Cycle
The Huffington Post:
John McCain Goes After Barack Obama
Discussion: Political Radar and Don Surber
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Paul Kiel / Muckraker:
Conyers Introduces Contempt Resolution, Call for Lawsuit against White House  —  As expected, things are finally moving forward in the House today to bring contempt resolutions against White House officials for ignoring Congressional subpoenas as part of the U.S. attorney firings investigation.
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CNN:
Newspapers reprint Prophet Mohammed cartoon  —  (CNN) — Newspapers across Europe Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked worldwide protests two years ago.  —  The move came one day after Danish authorities arrested three people allegedly plotting a …
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
U.S. Muslim Inciting Murder of Danish Mohammed Cartoonists …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Michelle Malkin:
Mohammed cartoon reprint: Show your solidarity
ABCNEWS:
Edwards Weighs Clinton Endorsement  —  Former Candidate Torn Between Clinton and Obama in Democratic Race  —  As he weighs a possible endorsement in the Democratic race, former Sen. John Edwards is as split as the party he once hoped to lead — and is seriously considering supporting …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008  —  Based on polling conducted February 10-12, 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama remain locked in a statistical tie among Democrats nationally for the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  In Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted …
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Jewish Rep. Cohen Battles Antisemitism and Racism In Re-Election  —  If you thought race was an uncomfortable issue in the Democratic presidential primary, wait 'til you get a load of what's going on in the Democratic primary in the Memphis area's 9th District of Tennessee …
Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
Was there a Housing Bubble?  —  The conventional wisdom is that there was a housing bubble which has now popped.  The data, however, tell a different story.  Remember, that the evidence for the bubble was that real house prices had increased tremendously since around 1997 leading to prices …
Steven Kreytak / Austin American-Statesman:
Court strikes down Texas ban on sex toys  —  Federal appeals court says law violates right to privacy.  —  A federal appeals court has struck down a seldom-enforced Texas law making it a crime to promote or sell sex toys.  —  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling in a case originally filed …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Listen, I'll never forget you.  You were the only guys who would listen to me for a couple of months.  Do you think I'd ever forget you?"  —  John McCain, on the phone with the bloggers, responding to a blogger thanking him for continuing doing phone calls with bloggers.
Bob Dow / The Daily Record:
Veteran Loch Ness Monster Hunter Gives Up  —  LEGENDARY Nessie hunter Robert Rines is giving up his search for the monster after 37 years.  —  The 85-year-old American will make one last trip in a bid to find the elusive beast.  —  After almost four decades of fruitless expeditions …
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias:
Unreal  —  Spencer Ackerman offered a gentle critique …
Associated Press:
Craig admonished over men's room incident
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Speaker Pelosi / The Gavel:
On the House Vote on FISA
Discussion: Eschaton and Daily Kos
Anne Schroeder Mullins / Anne Schroeder's Blogs:
Chris Matthews in for Tony Snow
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Bush Administration Hides More Data, Shuts Down Website Tracking …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
IMAGINE.  —  I think Matt is right to say that Obama's great advantage …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
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