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8:15 PM ET, February 23, 2008

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Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
Clinton Slams Obama Tactics  —  CINCINNATI - Accusing the Obama campaign of using tactics “that are right out of Karl Rove's playbook,” Senator Hillary Clinton angrily denounced Senator Barack Obama on Saturday for sending fliers to Ohio voters that she called misleading and false.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
OBAMA DEFENDS ‘LIBERAL’ LABEL  —  From NBC/NJ's Aswini Anburajan  —  AUSTIN, Texas — In the shadow of the state capitol that provided the United States with one of the most conservative presidents in recent history, Obama last night railed against the charge that being “liberal” was a bad thing.
Discussion: Open Left, TalkLeft and Sister Toldjah
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
HRC: ‘Shame on you, Barack Obama’  —  CINCINNATI, Ohio — Hillary Rodham Clinton ripped Barack Obama Saturday for mailings his campaign is sending to Ohio voters that Clinton said distorted her record on NAFTA and universal health care.  —  “Shame on you, Barack Obama,” …
CNN:
Clinton to Obama: ‘Shame on you’  —  (CNN) — A visibly angry Sen. Hillary Clinton lashed out Saturday at Sen. Barack Obama over campaign literature that she said he knows is “blatantly false.”  —  Clinton jabbed the air with her hands as she told a crowd in Cincinnati, Ohio …
Discussion: Digg
Frank James / The Swamp:
Clinton: Obama untested, just like Bush was  —  CINCINNATI — Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton lashed out at rival Barack Obama today for using a strategy out of “Karl Rove's playbook” by making grandiose speeches of hope while sending Ohioans what she called …
Matthew Yglesias:
The Re-Up  —  I think the NAFTA mailing that comes …
Discussion: Open Left
Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
What That McCain Article Didn't Say  —  BILL KELLER, the executive editor of The Times, said the article about John McCain that appeared in Thursday's paper was about a man nearly felled by scandal who rebuilt himself as a fighter against corruption but is still “careless about appearances …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
New York Times vs.
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Emptywheel:
McCain's Favors for Iseman Involved Helping Far Right-Wing Families …
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown: Did The NY Times Give The Right Wing Noise Machine …
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Yes, The DLC ‘Supports’ Obama  —  NOTE- The DLC does not support either candidate officially.  My post was not intended to state that, but to discuss why many DLC-type figure do support Obama.  Sorry for any confusion.  —  There is something both sad and hilarious about Kagro X's outrage …
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Taylor Marsh:
Obama Ducks Out Again  —  But this time it's on his own community.  Ohio, that's where Obama will be, along with Texas: “In the final stretch, I will be on the campaign trail every day in states like Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin talking directly with voters about the causes that are at the heart …
Sean Callebs / CNN:
Obama takes heat for skipping State of the Black Union
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Soldiering On, but Somber as the Horizon Darkens  —  To her longtime friends, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sounds unusually philosophical on the phone these days.  She rarely uses phrases like “when I'm president” anymore.  Somber at times, determined at others, she talks to aides …
Graham Keeley / Telegraph:
Freed dissidents expose Castro's brutal regime  —  Four dissidents freed this week after five years in inhumane conditions in a Cuban prison have revealed the dark side of Fidel Castro's regime.  —  The four - José Gabriel Ramón Castillo, Omar Pernet Hernández …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
McConnell/Mukasey: Eavesdropping outside of FISA is “illegal”  —  (updated below - Update II - Update III)  —  The White House yesterday escalated its most brazen, Orwellian campaign of the last eight years — shrilly accusing House Democrats of jeopardizing the nation's security by allowing …
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Elizabeth Rubin / New York Times:
Battle Company Is Out There  —  WE TUMBLED OUT of two Black Hawks onto a shrub-dusted mountainside.  It was a windy, cold October evening.  A half-moon illuminated the tall pines and peaks.  Through night-vision goggles the soldiers and landscape glowed in a blurry green-and-white static.
Lisa Girion / Los Angeles Times:
Health Net ordered to pay $9 million after canceling cancer patient's policy  —  The punitive damage award is the first of its kind and has prompted the giant medical insurer to scrap practices that have recently come under fire.  —  One of California's largest for-profit insurers stopped …
Discussion: D-Day and On Deadline
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Thomas Watkins / Associated Press:
Cut-off cancer patient to get $9M
Discussion: Wizbang and Mercury Rising
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Federal Drug War Funding Takes a Hit  —  Excellent news...Congress cut funding for Byrne Grants and local cops say the war on drugs will suffer. … One of the results of Byrne Grants: Tulia, Texas. … The meth busters are upset.  They probably don't need to worry, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will help them out.
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Peter—the wager.  —  I still maintain that the Clintons (if she can squeak by in the next two primaries) will use every means to find a way to challenge, seat, or sway delegates to win the nomination, regardless of the aggregate popular vote or ongoing delegate count.
Discussion: Power Line and The Belmont Club
 
 
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