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3:20 AM ET, February 17, 2008

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Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Right slams Obama as ‘shady Chicago socialist’  —  Republicans are out to crush Barack by painting him as a leftwinger with dubious support  —  LEADING Republicans believe they can trounce Barack Obama in the presidential election by tarring him as a shady Chicago socialist.
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama as the Next McGovern?  —  The TimesOnline says the right wing is set to attack Barack Obama s the ultimate “liberal socialist” in the mold of George McGovern. … Sample attack: … More...  I was struck earlier by Obama's statement that the solution to the Florida primary election is to hold caucuses.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008  —  Based on polling conducted Feb. 13-15, 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — For several days, nationwide Democratic voters' preferences have been shifting toward Barack Obama in Gallup Poll Daily election tracking.  Now, the Illinois senator enjoys …
You Decide 08!:
TOP CLINTON ADVISER SAYS SUPERDELEGATES WILL DECIDE ELECTION, OBAMA'S VICTORIES ‘IRRELEVANT’  —  A top Hillary Clinton adviser on Saturday boldly predicted his candidate would lock down the nomination before the August convention by definitively winning over party insiders and officials known …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Gallup Poll: Obama Opens “First Statistically Significant Lead” Against Clinton  —  A new Gallup poll shows Illinois Senator Barack Obama widening his national lead against Senator Hillary Clinton in their increasingly heated battle for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Late Night : One for the Girls … Readers Must Login or Create an Account to Comment  —  Jeralyn (5.00 / 1) (#3) … That's a really sweet video.  (5.00 / 1) (#5)
Discussion: NO QUARTER
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Where is Obama on Gun Rights?  —  Not surprisingly, here, there and everywhere.  —  He believes (as do I) that the Second Amendment conveys an individual right to bear arms.  But, he supports reasonable regulations on those rights.  So where does reasonable regulation end and infringement on an individual's rights begin?
Discussion: Political Radar
Andrew Romano / Newsweek Blogs:
Al Gore to the Rescue?  —  Stumper's Take: He foresaw global warming.  He “took the initiative” on the Internet.  And he knew exactly how Iraq would turn out.  Who's to say that Al Gore hasn't known all along that the Democratic race would descend into some weird state of gridlock …
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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Clinton camp begins 11th hour effort
Discussion: Donklephant and Don Surber
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
F.B.I. Received Unauthorized E-Mail Access  —  WASHINGTON — A technical glitch gave the F.B.I. access to the e-mail messages from an entire computer network — perhaps hundreds of accounts or more — instead of simply the lone e-mail address that was approved by a secret intelligence court …
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Unofficial Tallies in City Understated Obama Vote  —  Black voters are heavily represented in the 94th Election District in Harlem's 70th Assembly District.  Yet according to the unofficial results from the New York Democratic primary last week, not a single vote in the district was cast for Senator Barack Obama.
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Voting Malfunctions: Obama Votes in Harlem Not Counted
Discussion: Brave New Films blog
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
A Smiling McCain, Learning to Rein Himself In  —  WASHINGTON — So this is what it looks like when the maverick becomes The Man.  —  Senator John McCain was sitting in the front of his fancy-pants front-runner's plane, trying to get comfortable.  He fidgeted, occasionally lapsing …
Discussion: TownHall Blog and The Page
Lynn Davidson / NewsBusters.org:
Western Greenland Ice Growing; Still Global Warming  —  The lynchpin in the anthropogenic global warming theory is the shrinking Arctic ice, but now that some of that ice is actually increasing, scientists claim, without a trace of irony, it is normal for temperatures and ice sheets to fluctuate.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Chris Walters / Consumerist:
Study Says Payday Lenders More Prevalent In Areas Of High Christian Conservative Power  —  A law professor and associate professor of geography set out to create the most comprehensive map of U.S. payday lenders to date.  What they found, to their surprise, was “a surprising relationship between populations …
Clif / Sadly, No!:
It's Easy To Be Brave From A Distance  —  From the safety of the Home of Economy store he manages in North Dakota, Pajamas Media blogger Rob Port takes the students of Northern Illinois to task for not throwing their laptops at the gunman in the recent shooting tragedy there:
T-Steel / The Moderate Voice:
This is sexist?  Really?  For real?  —  According to Big Tent Democrat at Talk Left, the remarks by Senator Obama about Senator Clinton, in the video below, are sexist:  —  http://www.youtube.com/watch?  v=_qNpeGPdhEw  —  For those that can't see the video, here is the meat:
Discussion: Oliver Willis, TalkLeft and The Ruckus
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