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12:20 PM ET, February 25, 2008

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Drudge Report:
CLINTON STAFFERS CIRCULATE ‘DRESSED’ OBAMA  —  With a week to go until the Texas and Ohio primaries, stressed Clinton staffers circulated a photo over the weekend of a “dressed” Barack Obama.  —  The photo, taken in 2006, shows the Democrat frontrunner fitted as a Somali Elder …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama slams smear photo  —  Obama campaign manager David Plouffe accused the Clinton campaign Monday of “shameful offensive fear-mongering” by circulating a photo as an attempted smear.  —  Plouffe was reacting to a banner headline on the Drudge Report saying that aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton …
Marc Ambinder:
Maggie Williams Statement
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Road Goes Ever On  —  Today brings exciting news and an end to a time in my life that has proven far more successful than I ever dreamed.  Beginning on March 1, I will begin working for Michelle Malkin, a friend, mentor, and writer I have long admired.  She has offered me a position …
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Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
Hillary Should Get Out Now  —  Clinton has only one shot—for Obama to trip up so badly that he disqualifies himself.  —  If Hillary Clinton wanted a graceful exit, she'd drop out now—before the March 4 Texas and Ohio primaries—and endorse Barack Obama.  This would be terrible for people …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
In Painful Past, Hushed Worry About Obama  —  DALLAS — There is a hushed worry on the minds of many supporters of Senator Barack Obama, echoing in conversations from state to state, rally to rally: Will he be safe?  —  In Colorado, two sisters say they pray daily for his safety.
Paul Kiel / Muckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  Got your popcorn?  If it's too early for that, a cup of coffee will do.  Last night 60 Minutes finally aired its segment on the Don Siegelman case, and here it is, in all its 9-minute glory:  —  Ever since June of last year, the Siegelman case has, more than any other …
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Wall Street Journal:
ElBaradei's Real Agenda  —  On Friday, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei submitted a report on Iran's nuclear program to the IAEA's Board of Governors.  It concluded that, barring “one major remaining issue relevant to the nature of Iran's nuclear programme” …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   The Ironic IAEA  —  Mohammed ElBaradei has issued a new IAEA finding …
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton searches for the best message against Obama  —  Trying to reclaim the edge, she has accused him of plagiarism, dodging debates and falsehoods in mailings.  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — With her White House prospects in jeopardy, Hillary Rodham Clinton has shifted from one tactic to another in trying to overtake rival Barack Obama.
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Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
Clinton Turns From Anger to Sarcasm
William Kristol / New York Times:
It's All About Him  —  Last October, a reporter asked Barack Obama why he had stopped wearing the American flag lapel pin that he, like many other public officials, had been sporting since soon after Sept. 11.  Obama could have responded that his new-found fashion minimalism was no big deal.
Washington Post:
Scare Tactics and Our Surveillance Bill  —  Nothing is more important to the American people than our safety and our freedom.  As the chairmen of the House and Senate intelligence and judiciary committees, we have an enormous responsibility to protect both.
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
GOP fears charges of racism, sexism  —  Top Republican strategists are working on plans to protect the GOP from charges of racism or sexism in the general election, as they prepare for a presidential campaign against the first ever African-American or female Democratic nominee.
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Breaking News: Mitt Romney to rejoin GOP race?  —  Josh Romney, one of former Gov. Mitt Romney's five sons, says it's “possible” his father may rejoin the race for the White House, as a vice presidential candidate or as the Republican Party's standard-bearer if the campaign of Sen. John McCain falters.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
CNN poll questions Obama's patriotism  —  I've got to say, I've never seen a reader poll like this on a mainstream media website (or, to be honest, a right-wing blog).  This is currently on CNN.com.  —  And just today (in a very interesting exchange with the Cleveland Jewish community) …
Steve Vogel / Washington Post:
Trying Some Disney Attitude to Help Cure Walter Reed  —  Fifty medical workers — doctors, nurses, therapists and administrators among them — sat in a room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center gazing at a slide of Donald Duck on a screen.  —  The oft-cranky Disney cartoon character …
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