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2:05 PM ET, February 28, 2008

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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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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Canadians deny Obama call  —  A spokesman for the Canadian Embassy to the United States, Tristan Landry, flatly denied the CTV report that a senior Obama aide had told the Canadian ambassador not to take seriously Obama's denunciations of Nafta.  —  “None of the presidential campaigns …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Bush: Obama ‘better stay focused’ on Clinton  —  President Bush, reluctant to engage in the presidential campaign underway, nevertheless today gingerly stepped in to some of the most contentious debates between the Democrats running to succeed him and their contest with the likely Republican.
Discussion: The Politico
Marc Ambinder:
NAFTA Bluster? The Report That's Making Waves In Canada
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Scapegoating NAFTA  —  The Democratic contenders are stumbling …
Discussion: Commentary
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Report: Obama Campaign Official Secretly Reassured Canada On NAFTA
IBDeditorials.com:
NAFTA Nonsense Insults Our Allies
Discussion: QandO
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
The “Race Card” let us count the ways  —  There are a few themes developing that should be called out now for what they are.  —  First, the racist junk that right-wing radio. blogs, and conservative interest groups are going to throw out.  That somehow a black candidate secretly hates …
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Wired News:
Disturbing New Photos From Abu Ghraib  —  NSFW: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.  As an expert witness in the defense of an Abu Ghraib guard who was court-martialed, psychologist Philip Zimbardo had access to many of the images of abuse that were taken by the guards themselves.
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?
BBC:
Prince Harry in Taleban fighting  —  Prince Harry has been fighting the Taleban on the front line in Afghanistan, the MoD has confirmed.  —  Harry, 23, who is third in line to the throne, has spent the last 10 weeks serving in Helmand Province.  —  The prince joked about his nickname …
Discussion: culturekitchen and Us Weekly
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Drudge Report:
PRINCE HARRY FIGHTS ON FRONTLINES IN AFGHANISTAN; 3 MONTH TOUR  —  They're calling him “Harry the Hero!”  —  British Royal Prince Harry has been fighting in Afghanistan since late December — and has been directly involved in gun battle, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Paul Kiel / Muckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  You can understand their exasperation.  The administration and Congressional Republicans have done everything in their power to protect the telecoms.  They used every legislative tactic at the ready, made every speech or public pronouncement possible …
Discussion: toohotfortnr
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Tapscott's Copy Desk:   The Mob is a bunch of protection racket amatuers compared to Congress
Jack Fink / KTVT-TV:
Clinton Reacts To Supporter's Remarks About Obama  —  DALLAS (CBS 11 News) ― Senator Hillary Clinton responded Wednesday to controversial comments made by one of her prominent local supporters.  —  “Obama simply has the problem that he happens to be Black,” Adelfa Callejo said when asked …
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Anne E. Kornblut / The Trail:
Clinton Faces Questions Over Supporter's Comments
Discussion: The New Republic and Marc Ambinder
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton raises $35 million in February  —  Hillary Clinton's camapign is set to announce later today that she's on track to raise roughly $35 million in the month of February, a huge month by any standard measure of political fundraising and her best of the campaign.
Discussion: The Page
Bill Ardolino / The Long War Journal:
Inside Iraqi politics - Part 5.  A look at legislative progress: Sunnis' and states' rights  —  The first four installments of The Long War Journal's series on Iraqi politics discussed the structure and progress of the executive branch, the composition of the legislative branch and the status of key legislation.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
McCain in A Glass House  —  Certain kinds of conservatives, distrusting Richard Nixon's ideological elasticity, rejected him — until 1973.  Although it had become clear that his administration was a crime wave, they embraced him because the media were his tormentors.
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 …
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Prediction  —  In the next few days, there will be a wave of liberals — Frank Rich comes particularly to mind — who will use WFB's memory to beat up on today's conservatives.  Ramesh and I wrote a piece about this tendency last year.  Liberals today bemoan how wonderful the conservatives …
Discussion: The New Republic and Whiskey Fire
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.
Gateway Pundit:
“60 Minutes” Too?!!... MAJOR SCANDAL Brewing Over Rove Hit Piece!  —  Alabama GOP Asks For Proof on Karl Rove Hit Piece...  Or, demands that the network retract the story!  —  Did CBS learn nothing from their last major scandal?  —  The chairman of the Alabama Republican Party sent a letter to …
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Black Ohioans Backing Clinton Feel the Pressure to Switch  —  CLEVELAND — The way Eugene R. Miller was hemming and hawing about Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, you would have thought he was trying to sell igloos in the Sahara.  —  Mr. Miller, a state legislator who represents a solidly black wedge …
 
 
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Aida Edemariam / Guardian:
The true cost of war
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John Cooke / The Georgetown Voice:
Howard Dean talks politics in ICC
The Hill:
Rules revolt, ethics fiasco
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
McCain says 100-year remark distorted
International Herald Tribune:
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Gabriel Sherman / The New Republic:
Split Decision  —  How the ‘Times’ almost didn't back Hillary
Discussion: Attytood
Jules Crittenden:
Sex in '08  —  And why it shouldn't be an issue in this year's …
Discussion: PoliGazette
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Obama criticizes Bush, McCain on economy
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
 Earlier Items: 
Matt / Think Progress:
GOP ‘Griping’ That They Haven't Seen ‘The Financial Gravy Train’ From Telecoms
Amanda / Think Progress:
Chief Justice Roberts defends Exxon.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Insults, apologies fuel Obama's rise
Richard Corliss / Time:
William F. Buckley: Mandarin of Right-Wing TV
Bloomberg:
California City Moves Closer to Bankruptcy Filing
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Fading Jihadists  —  Politicians who talk about the terrorism …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Some hateful, radical ministers — white evangelicals — are acceptable
Washington Post:
Clinton Campaign Pours Resources Into Two Crucial Primaries
 

 
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New York Times:
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