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3:40 PM ET, January 17, 2008

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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Huckabee vows to send all illegal aliens home  —  TIGERVILLE, S.C. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee yesterday continued to move to the right on immigration during this year's presidential campaign, signing a pledge to enforce immigration laws and to make all illegal aliens go home.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
McCain Parries a Reprise of 2000 Smear Tactics  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Volunteers making telephone calls for Senator John McCain in South Carolina last weekend noticed something odd: Four people contacted said in remarkably similar language that they opposed Mr. McCain for president …
The Politico:
Romney skips S.C., bets on Nevada  —  “This is a state I'd expect that Sen. [John] McCain has pretty well wrapped up,” Romney told reporters at the Sun City Hilton Head Retirement Center in Bluffton.  “It would be an enormous surprise if he were unable to win here.”
Quin Hillyer / American Spectator:
It's Fred's Turn  —  If I were a South Carolina Republican voter on Saturday, then for parochial, tactical, and philosophical reasons, I would vote for Fred Thompson.  —  This doesn't mean that I would not have voted for Mitt Romney in Michigan on Tuesday, if I were a Michigander …
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: McCain Still Leads in South Carolina  —  Huckabee still No. 2, Thompson boots Romney from No 3 spot  —  Utica, NY - Arizona Sen. John McCain kept his lead in South Carolina in the second installment of the Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby tracking poll.
Discussion: Don Surber
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
“The Free Pass for McCain is Over”
Discussion: CNN and Riehl World View
Adam Tanner / Reuters:
Court allows casino vote that may boost Obama  —  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday allowed Nevada Democrats to hold presidential voting in casino hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, potentially helping Sen. Barack Obama in the next round of the campaign on Saturday.
Discussion: Open Left
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CNN:
Judge OKs casino caucuses in Nevada
Discussion: The Back Story Blog and The Nation
Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
Judge dismisses Nevada caucus challenge
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Huckabee Directly Equates Homosexuality With Bestiality  —  At some point you'd think Mike Huckabee's views would be seen as so controversial that there's no way he could possibly be a contender for the nomination of one of America's two main political parties.  —  Especially now.
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Aaron Lewis / CBS News:
Edwards Jabs Obama and Clinton  —  From CBS News' Aaron Lewis:  —  HENDERSON, NEV. — John Edwards ripped Barack Obama for praising the way Ronald Reagan brought about change when he was President of the United States.  —  “When you think about what Ronald Reagan did to the American people …
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CNN:
Clinton supporter apologizes for Obama comments  —  (CNN) - High-profile Hillary Clinton supporter Bob Johnson is apologizing to Barack Obama for comments he made last week regarding the Illinois senator's acknowledged drug use as a teenager.  Johnson said he sent a letter to Obama Thursday morning …
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George Will / Real Clear Politics:
Misstep in a Liberal Minefield
Discussion: Cold Fury and Booman Tribune
Suzanne Malveaux / CNN:
BET founder apologizes to Obama
Discussion: Salon
John McCain / Newsweek:
When Ross Perot Calls...  The former presidential candidate blasts John McCain, and gets an education about Barack Obama's religion.  —  The phone rang and it was Ross Perot, who hasn't given an interview in years.  Perot, who won 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election …
Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Anti-war groups retreat on funding fight  —  After a series of legislative defeats in 2007 that saw the year end with more U.S. troops in Iraq than when it began, a coalition of anti-war groups is backing away from its multimillion-dollar drive to cut funding for the war and force Congress …
Editor and Publisher:
Jon Stewart Goes After Jonah Goldberg and ‘Fascism’  —  NEW YORK Columnist Jonah Goldberg stopped by Comedy Central's “Daily Show” on Wednesday night to tout his provocative new book, “Liberal Fascism."  Jon Stewart clearly didn't buy the premise, asking at one point in exasperation …
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
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Faiz / Think Progress:   Stewart to Jonah: 'I don't know what you're saying.'
Scott Conroy / CBS News:
Heated Exchange At Romney Press Conference  —  From CBS News' Scott Conroy:  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — There was an ice storm in South Carolina this morning, but it was even colder inside a Staples store where a Mitt Romney press conference suddenly went sour.  —  Romney was in the middle …
Michelle Malkin:
The statistical proof of liberal intolerance  —  When I was on the book tour for Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, critics predictably countered by playing the moral equivalence card.  Show them how intolerant, racist, sexist, hateful, conspiratorial-minded, and violent the Left can be …
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
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Patrick Cockburn / The Independent:
Opium fields spread across Iraq as farmers try to make ends meet  —  The cultivation of opium poppies whose product is turned into heroin is spreading rapidly across Iraq as farmers find they can no longer make a living through growing traditional crops.  —  Afghan with experience …
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—Blue Girl / Watching Those We Chose:   Opium poppies cropping up across Iraq
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Leahy for Obama  —  Two sources familiar with the senior Vermont senator's plans say Patrick Leahy will be endorsing Obama today in an 11:00 a.m. conference call today.  —  Leahy's spokesman, David Carle, wouldn't confirm the senator's plans, but did suggest a reporter pay attention to the call …
Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Abortions Hit Lowest Number Since 1976  —  The number of abortions performed in the United States dropped to 1.2 million in 2005 — the lowest level since 1976, according to a new report.  —  The number of abortions fell at least in part because the proportion of women ending their pregnancies …
David McGrath Schwartz / Las vegas sun Blogs:
Judge: At-large precincts are OK  —  Just minutes ago, District Court Judge James Mahan rejected the lawsuit that contested the nine at-large Strip caucus sites.  —  He cited case law that “recognizes the parties have the right to determine how to apportion delegates.”
Discussion: TalkLeft, The Page and Tammy Bruce
 
 
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Satyam / Think Progress:
NYT's Roger Cohen: On Iraq, McCain Is 'Less Wrong Than Most …
Philip Johnston / Telegraph:
Ministers ditch the phrase ‘war on terror’
Discussion: Spectator and Daily Pundit
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Just What Types of Change Do Americans Want?
Discussion: TIME: Swampland
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