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8:40 PM ET, March 2, 2008

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Charlotte Allen / Washington Post:
We Scream, We Swoon.  How Dumb Can We Get?  —  Here's Agence France-Presse reporting on a rally for Sen. Barack Obama at the University of Maryland on Feb. 11: “He did not flinch when women screamed as he was in mid-sentence, and even broke off once to answer a female's cry of 'I love you …
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Linda Hirshman / Washington Post:
For Hillary's Campaign, It's Been a Class Struggle  —  Maria Shriver sure has great hair.  Stepping up to the microphone at a girl-power rally in Los Angeles on Feb. 3, California's first lady tossed her tawny tresses with authority and instructed Golden State women to vote for Sen. Barack …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings, Eschaton and The RBC
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
INDEMNIFICATION....As we all know, the Bush adminstration is hellbent on passing a law granting telecom companies retroactive immunity for any surveillance laws they may have broken in the aftermath of 9/11.  But there's an odd aspect to this whole thing: the telecom companies themselves …
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New York Observer:
Stumping for Clinton, Steinem Says McCain's P.O.W. Cred Is Overrated  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Feminist icon Gloria Steinem took to the stump on Hillary Clinton's behalf here last night and quickly proved that she has lost none of her taste for provocation.  —  From the stage, the 73-year-old seemed …
Discussion: Don Surber
Byron York / The Corner:
Wes Clark: McCain Doesn't Have the Right Kind of Military Experience To Be Commander-in-Chief  —  On a just-finished conference call in which retired military leaders endorsed Hillary Clinton to be commander in chief, retired General Wesley Clark said John McCain's military experience …
Discussion: Power Line, TBogg and Blogs For Victory
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Hillary on “Saturday Night Live.”  —  I think Hillary does a pretty good job of delivering her lines (even if she reveals unfamiliarity with this show by getting the catchphrase “It's Saturday night” wrong).  I've put up the video for the lead-in sketch too, but I only watched part of it.
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John McCormick / The Swamp:
Obama: Clinton should have read more in 2002  —  WESTERVILLE, Ohio - Responding to comments made by Hillary Clinton earlier today in the same town, Barack Obama had his shots ready when he arrived at a high school gymnasium for a Sunday afternoon event.  —  “Sen. Clinton continues to insist …
Discussion: The Politico and The Page
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John McCormick / The Swamp:
In Ohio, Barack Obama talks about clean energy
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Shailagh Murray / The Trail:
Obama Throws Away the Script  —  NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Speeches?  What speeches?  —  In the final days before March 4, Sen. Barack Obama isn't delivering many stirring addresses, those hope-filled stemwinders that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has dismissed as long on rhetoric and short on facts.
Peter Allen / Daily Mail:
‘9/11 attacks made up, ’ says French best actress Oscar-winner  —  Actress Marion Cotillard sparked a political row yesterday after accusing America of fabricating the 9/11 attacks.  —  The 32-year-old French actress, who received an Oscar last month for her performance as singer Edith Piaf …
Lanny Davis / The Huffington Post:
Clinton “Ringing Phone” Ad Similar to Mondale's in 1984 — Reflects, Doesn't Invent, Democratic Voter Concerns Already Seen in Polling Data  —  Several days ago I posted a blog citing Gallup and USA Today data showing that Senator Obama and Senator Clinton are virtually tied in a race …
Ali / Think Progress:
Rove: Iraq Redeployment Would Cause Oil Prices To Skyrocket To $200 A Barrel  —  This morning on Fox News Sunday, former White House adviser Karl Rove claimed that redeployment from Iraq would cause oil prices to shoot to $200 a barrel: … Watch it:  —  Occupying Iraq has hardly helped oil prices stay low.
Rasmussen Reports:
New Jersey 2008 Presidential Election  —  New Jersey: Obama-McCain a Toss-Up  —  In New Jersey, Hillary Clinton holds a double-digit advantage over John McCain in an early look at the race for the Garden State's 15 Electoral College votes.  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Don Surber
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Defining Obama's Mandate  —  As I wrote in the post below this one, Obama appears to be successfully sending out dog whistles to both progressive activists and to center-right, elite media disciples of High Broderism.  The combined effect is a tremendous boon for his campaign …
 
 
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