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10:40 PM ET, March 1, 2008

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Mark Naymik / OPENERS:
Clinton leads Obama in Ohio - barely: 47% to 43%  —  Ohio Democratic voters are nearly split over their choice for president, according to new Plain Dealer poll that shows Hillary Clinton clinging to a 4 percentage point lead over Barack Obama in Ohio, 47 percent to 43 percent.
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Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle Poll - Democrats Locked in Tight Races: Clinton Closes on Obama in Texas; Pair Deadlocked in Ohio  —  Republican John McCain retains wide leads in Ohio and Texas in advance of Tuesday's primaries  —  UTICA, New York - Democrat Hillary Clinton stemmed her losses …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Spends Heavily to Seek Knockout Blow
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Why are the letters ‘NIG’ on the child's pajamas?”  —  Asks a commenter — “Tom” — on my post about the new Hillary Clinton commercial, the one that shows several children sleeping and then Clinton taking a national security phone call in the middle of the night.
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Thers / Whiskey Fire:   [Her] Subspace Biographies  —  Ann Althouse trolls the Internets once …
Peter Allen / Telegraph:
Marion Cotillard's 9/11 conspiracy theory  —  Oscar-winning Marion Cotillard was facing embarrasment with her new American public last night after it emerged that she doubted the official account of the September 11 attacks.  —  The 32-year-old French star has swept this year's best actress awards …
Discussion: Hot Air, Daimnation! and Gateway Pundit
Jerusalem Post:
Abbas: IDF action worse than Holocaust  —  Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas labeled Israel's actions to counter the constant firing of rockets into the Gaza Strip “worse than the Holocaust.”  —  Abbas said that Israel's response to the continuous bombardment of western Negev towns …
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Rebecca Walker / The Huffington Post:
Feminist Infighting  —  There is a lot of discussion about “feminist in-fighting” of late, spurred by the election.  Jessica Valenti of Feministing.com is doing a piece on the subject for The Nation.  Here is my response to her query:  —  1. The fact is there have always been many …
Discussion: American Street and Too Sense
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Media Expert Decries Campaign Coverage  —  DALLAS (AP) - The founder of a prestigious institute on media and politics added his voice Saturday to the chorus of complaint over perceived press bias in favor of Democrat Barack Obama.  —  Walter Shorenstein, a prominent San Francisco-based real …
Discussion: Lonewacko and Don Surber
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama Adds Nato and Europe to Campaign Speeches  —  After last week's debate when Barack Obama acknowledged he hadn't held a single hearing on Nato and Afghanistan during his year as chair of the European Affairs subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee because he was running for President …
Discussion: TigerHawk
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Sarah Wheaton / The Caucus:
Send in the Celebrities  —  In case the Democratic voters of Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island are still having trouble making up their minds after nearly two weeks of uninterrupted campaigning in those states, the celebrities are here to help.  —  Two new videos are out on YouTube …
Discussion: Concurring Opinions and Hot Air
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Washington Post:
Obama Backs Law That Aids McCain
Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
House Democrats may move to split spy bill  —  Under pressure to end an impasse over espionage legislation, House Democrats are considering a plan to vote on a bill next week that would give the government broad new eavesdropping authorities but strip out a provision that would protect phone companies from lawsuits.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Obama Ad In Texas: Are We Rounding Up Arab-American Families?  —  Update: Seems official - Out of many, One.  —  I haven't had time to look into this stuff from John Batchelor implying even more links between Obama and some dubious figures in, or with links to the Middle East.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
'72 McGovern Team Rallies for One of Its Own: Clinton  —  AUSTIN, Tex. — Frank Herrera, a prominent lawyer in Texas, was sitting at home two Saturdays ago when he received a telephone call.  —  The voice at the end of the line was that of an old friend from Senator George McGovern's 1972 …
Discussion: The New Republic
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Ship built with WTC steel christened  —  AVONDALE, La. - The USS New York, an amphibious assault ship built with scrap steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center, was christened Saturday as a source of strength and inspiration for the nation.  —  Thousands of people …
New York Times:
As Developer Heads to Trial, Questions Linger Over a Deal With Obama  —  Tony Rezko was obviously in trouble.  He was a defendant in at least a dozen lawsuits, federal investigators in Chicago were poking around and his name was in newspaper stories about corruption and fraud.
Anna Johnson / Associated Press:
Ahmadinejad on historic Iraq trip  —  BAGHDAD - President Bush's last trip to Iraq was kept secret until he arrived at a U.S. military base.  Eight hours later he left, after Iraq's leaders traveled to meet him there.  —  In sharp contrast, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and USS Neverdock
The Trail:
Clinton Skips Flight; Campaign Won't Say Why  —  DALLAS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has disappeared from the campaign trail, and her campaign plane, with no explanation.  —  Clinton did not show up for this afternoon's flight from Dallas to Columbus, Ohio, and campaign spokesman Doug Hattaway …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Throw Out the Maps in 2008  —  It's time to throw out that old map with the red states and blue states.  The map that implies that all but a handful of states will definitely vote Republican or Democratic and that the real contest will be decided in Florida or Ohio or whatever.
Discussion: Riehl World View
 
 
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Nancy Trejos / Washington Post:
Wanna Talk Money?
Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Day of Reckoning  —  A visitor to Clinton HQ sees signs of serious trouble.
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Enquirer endorses Obama on Democratic side
Maria Gavrilovic / CBS News:
Obama's Visit to the Border
Mike Tackett / The Swamp:
Clinton belittles Obama as ‘a lot of talk, little action’
Discussion: The Politico
Media Matters for America:
“Media Matters”; by Jamison Foser
Discussion: Booman Tribune
This Is London:
TERROR TARGET HARRY ARRIVES BACK IN BRITAIN AS AL QAEDA THREATENS …
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Bloomberg Steps In to Help G.O.P. in Albany Fight
Discussion: Daily Kos and Cogitamus
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Mondale's Red Phone Ad
Jennifer Leahy / Houston Chronicle:
Early Harris County voting for primary turnout ‘unprecedented’
Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
Judge Reverses His Order Disabling Web Site
Discussion: TalkLeft and Discourse.net
Wall Street Journal:
Hedge Funds' Fire Sales Send Muni-Bond Yields To Historic High Levels
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton's mail  —  The late mail in Texas and Ohio is more or less …
Discussion: TRAIL BLAZERS
Karen Kwiatkowski / The Huffington Post:
War is Good, Isn't It?  —  We have three wardogs in the race for the White House.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
A LETTER TO 60 MINUTES
Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
Bailing Out Barack  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Supporters …
 

 
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