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1:45 AM ET, February 23, 2008

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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
From the Fact Check Desk: Obama's Army Anecdote  —  At last night's debate in Texas, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, told an anecdote about an Army captain that is causing a lot of chatter in the political world.  —  Obama was making a point about what he called “the single …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BUSH PENTAGON  —  It would appear that we have another case where the Bush Pentagon, particularly the Office of Public Affairs is forcefully inserting itself into the civilian election process.  Earlier today I referenced Barack Obama's anecdote from Thursday night's Democratic debate …
Discussion: MSNBC
Associated Press:
Fact check: Obama's platoon story  —  WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama says the war in Iraq, which he opposes, has pulled troops away from Afghanistan and left soldiers there without proper equipment.  —  He underscored his point in the Democratic debate Thursday by telling a story …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Matthew Yglesias:
Platoon  —  Conservatives have been all over Barack Obama (here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here) for telling the following anecdote during last night's debate: … Basically, as you can see if you check the conservative blogs above …
Discussion: You Decide 08!
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Obama's Captain Speaks  —  Although his identity is withheld.  —  Jake Tapper spoke to the guy, and he claims to find him credible.  He re-tells Obama's tale.  —  Still sounds like bulls**t, but here's what the guy's saying. … This continues sounding like pure bulls**t …
Discussion: Redstate and Weekly Standard
Stuart Koehl / Weekly Standard:
Obama Heard Wrong
Phillip Carter / intel-dump.com:   Obama And The 39-Man Rifle Platoon
Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:   “Sent to Iraq”  —  I've received tons of e-mail about Obama's …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
ABC interviews Obama's Army source for last night's ammo shortage …
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
A Hole in McCain's Defense?  —  An apparent contradiction in his response to lobbyist story.  —  A sworn deposition that Sen. John McCain gave in a lawsuit more than five years ago appears to contradict one part of a sweeping denial that his campaign issued this week to rebut a New York Times story …
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Washington Post:
McCain Disputed On 1999 Meeting  —  Broadcaster Lowell “Bud” Paxson yesterday contradicted statements from Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign that the senator did not meet with Paxson or his lobbyist before sending two controversial letters to the Federal Communications Commission on Paxson's behalf.
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
RENZI TO STEP DOWN FROM MCCAIN CAMP  —  From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy and NBC's Kelly O'Donnell  —  On his weekly blogger conference call, John McCain said that Rep. Rick Renzi (R) would probably step down as co-chair of his Arizona campaign.  McCain was unaware of the Arizona …
Matthew Philips / Newsweek:
McCain's ‘Free Ride’
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
McCain's Cronies: Ya Gotta Have Friends
Jeffrey Ressner / The Politico:
Michelle Obama thesis was on racial divide  —  Michelle Obama's senior year thesis at Princeton University, obtained exclusively from the campaign by Politico, shows a document written by a young woman grappling with a society in which a black Princeton alumnus might only be allowed to remain “on the periphery.”
Ralph Nader / Associated Press:
Nader considering another White House run  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ralph Nader could be poised for another third party presidential campaign.  —  The consumer advocate will appear on NBC's “Meet the Press” on Sunday.  Nader launched his 2004 presidential run on the show.
Matt / Think Progress:
Coburn: ‘I Think It Was Probably A Mistake Going To Iraq’  —  During a town hall meeting in Muskogee, Oklahoma this past weekend, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) admitted that it was “a mistake” for the United States to invade Iraq in 2003.  “I will tell you personally that I think it was probably …
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Tulsa World:   Coburn declines to elaborate on Iraq War statement
Jack Douglas Jr / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Secret Service defends security at Obama rally in Dallas  —  JLD@STAR-TELEGRAM.COM … FORT WORTH — The U.S. Secret Service on Friday defended its handling of security during a massive rally in downtown Dallas for Barack Obama, saying there was no “lapse” in its “comprehensive and layered security plan …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Bush admin: U.S. has ‘lost intelligence’  —  The Bush administration informed Congress on Friday that the government has “lost intelligence” because of the expiration of surveillance legislation caught in a political tug of war.  —  “We have lost intelligence information this past week …
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
Obama: is America ready for this dangerous leftwinger?  —  Listen to the rhetoric of Barack Obama ...  For most ordinary Americans, those not encumbered with an expensive education or infected by prolonged exposure to cosmopolitan heterodoxy, patriotism is a consequence of birth.
Discussion: Macsmind and BBC NEWS
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Blue Texan / Firedoglake:   Peggy Noonan: The Obamas Are Unpatriotic Liberal Snobs
Henry / Crooked Timber:
McMuddled  —  Megan McArdle responds to my earlier post on taxes and revealed preferences and really makes a bit of a mess of things.  More detailed discussion below the fold. … Umm, no. I sent her Tom Slee's book, which uses the analogy of shopping at Walmart to demonstrate …
Discussion: Megan McArdle, Instapundit.com and 11D
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Megan McArdle:
Crooked Timber » » McMuddled
Discussion: Will Wilkinson
Evan Smith / Poll Dancing:
Hillary: Seat Michigan, Florida Delegates  —  I just finished a thirty-minute interview with Hillary Clinton — it will air statewide next week, just before the Texas primary, on “Texas Monthly Talks” — and among the topics we discussed was the controversy over whether the Michigan …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Dems' FISA Thriller: 3, .. 2, .. 1 .. The Constitution Is Saved!  —  House Democrats Save the World! (for now) Dems' Freedom Card v. GOP's Fear Card: Constitution v. Cowardice  —  Who wins this hand may depend on you.  Contacted your Representative yet?  Here's a new C&L video that parodies …
 
 
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