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9:20 AM ET, February 28, 2008

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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
I'm Not Running for President, but ...  WATCHING the 2008 presidential campaign, you sometimes get the feeling that the candidates — smart, all of them — must know better.  They must know we can't fix our economy and create jobs by isolating America from global trade.
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MSNBC:
Bloomberg won't run for president
Discussion: NY Daily News
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McCain's Canal Zone Birth Prompts Queries About Whether That Rules Him Out  —  WASHINGTON — The question has nagged at the parents of Americans born outside the continental United States for generations: Dare their children aspire to grow up and become president?
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ROAD MAP  —  Hopefully, everyone can now see the McCain strategy for running against Barack Obama.  Yes, we have some general points on taxes, culture wars and McCain as war hero who can protect us in ways that flash-in-the-pan pretty boy Barack Obama can't.  —  But that's not the core.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bill Cunningham says McCain campaign told him to throw out the …
CTV.ca:
Obama staffer gave warning of NAFTA rhetoric  —  Barack Obama has ratcheted up his attacks on NAFTA, but a senior member of his campaign team told a Canadian official not to take his criticisms seriously, CTV News has learned.  —  Both Obama and Hillary Clinton have been critical …
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New York Times:
Going First Most of the Time  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Hillary …
Discussion: Fact Checker and Political Punch
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
Clinton adds a half delegate
Discussion: Vox Popoli
New York Times:
McCain and Obama Trade Jabs on Iraq  —  Senator John McCain opened a new line of attack against Senator Barack Obama on Wednesday, accusing him of being willing to surrender Iraq to Al Qaeda.  —  Mr. McCain, the likely Republican nominee for president, previewed a possible general election contest …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
RNC scolds Tenn. GOP on ‘Hussein’
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Air Force Blocks Access to Many Blogs  —  The Air Force is tightening restrictions on which blogs its troops can read, cutting off access to just about any independent site with the word “blog” in its web address.  It's the latest move in a larger struggle within the military over the value — and hazards — of the sites.
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Christmas!:  Barack Obama Cuts A Campaign Ad... For John McCain  —  I thought this was going to be a negative ad against Barack Hussein Obama.  —  It is.  It's just that he made it himself.  —  Big props to the Real Revo for this ad.  I hate swiping vids usually (except from Hot Air …
Seth Sutel / Associated Press:
NYT's Greenhouse Takes Buyout Offer  —  NEW YORK — Linda Greenhouse, who has covered the Supreme Court for The New York Times for 30 years, said Wednesday that she has accepted a buyout package from the newspaper.  —  Greenhouse joined the Times in 1968 and started covering the court in 1978 …
Discussion: Bench Memos and Romenesko
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Times Plagiarizes the Miami Herald  —  A PAGE ONE STORY LIFTS TWO LINES ABOUT AN ILLICIT DRUG.  —  The hell wrought on Argentina by the illicit drug “paco” has already become a journalistic staple.  The Christian Science Monitor visited the topic on April 5, 2006; the Miami Herald on Aug. 12 …
Advocate:
Obama Makes Gay Ad Buys in Ohio, Texas  —  The Obama campaign is lavishing some of its cash advantage on the LGBT community with targeted ad buys in Ohio and Texas leading up to the critical March 4 primaries in both states (Rhode Island and Vermont also vote that day).
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Louisiana Governor Pierces Business as Usual  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — Downstairs, legislators gnashed their teeth, while upstairs at the Capitol here this week, the new governor claimed victory against the old customs down below.  —  Six weeks into the term of Gov. Bobby Jindal …
Discussion: The RBC
Juan Cole:
Barack Hussein Obama, Omar Bradley, Benjamin Franklin and other Semitically Named American Heroes  —  At Cincinnati, Bill Cunningham, according to the LAT, who “introduced presidential candidate John McCain at a rally here today accused Barack Obama of sympathizing with 'world leaders …
Discussion: Change of Subject and Swampland
Chris Bertram / Crooked Timber:
Mankiw's 10 principles of economics  —  Well, I thought it was worth passing on ....
Discussion: Megan McArdle and Discourse.net
Michael Cohen / democracyarsenal.org:
Color Me Unimpressed  —  As many of you are aware the New York Philharmonic performed yesterday in Pyongyang, North Korea.  A beautifully written piece in the FT provides some fascinating detail to the event.  It sure seems like it was a nice moment - but as for breaking down barriers between countries …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and FP Passport
 
 
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Kleinheider / Volunteer Voters:
MTSU POLL: McCain Leads Democrats In Tennessee, Anger Over Illegal …
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Scott Woolley / Forbes:
The Lobbyist's Boss  —  When Lowell “Bud” Paxson sold …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / The Caucus:
Mega-Church Pastor in Texas Backs McCain
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
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Matt / MNpublius.com:
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Jury asked to consider 'America's evil'
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
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Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Clinton Fans Form 527 To Tackle Gender, Race
Satyam / Think Progress:
McCain Rated As America's Worst Senator For Children
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
McCain to Obama: You don't have to re-invade Iraq to fight Al Qaeda, you know
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
Post-racial  —  Even white supremacists don't hate Obama.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OBAMA'S SILENCE ON KADDAFI
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Susan Schmidt / Washington Post:
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