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2:20 PM ET, January 22, 2008

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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release  —  The Federal Open Market Committee has decided to lower its target for the federal funds rate 75 basis points to 3-1/2 percent.  —  The Committee took this action in view of a weakening of the economic outlook and increasing downside risks to growth.
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Washington Post:
Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate as Asian Markets Drop for Second Day  —  The European stock markets responded favorably to the Federal Reserve's surprise short-term interest rate cut today, while Wall Street remained more skeptical as it attempted to climb back up to even during midday trading.
Madlen Read / Associated Press:
Dow drops 465 then gains most of it back
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:   The Fed Got It Right
John Edwards / CNN:
Clinton, Edwards hold private post-debate meeting  —  MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) — What were they talking about?  —  Hillary Clinton and John Edwards met privately backstage following a very contentious Democratic presidential debate in this coastal city, sources with both campaigns confirm to CNN.
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CNN:
Bill Schneider's take on last night's Democratic debate:  —  MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) — It's obvious who the Democrats think will win the Republican nomination: They're all talking about who will run strongest against John McCain.  —  This is new — and it's likely the result of his South Carolina win on Saturday.
Discussion: The Swamp, The Trail and MyDD
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
Clinton keeps up Obama attacks in D.C.
Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Now McCain Must Convince The Right  —  John McCain has a problem.  After winning South Carolina's primary last Saturday, he should be the overwhelming favorite to capture the Republican presidential nomination.  He's not, at least not yet, and the reason is that he's alienated so many conservatives over the past eight years.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Economic downturn could help Romney
Discussion: race42008.com
The Campaign Spot:
Fred Out of Thursday's Debate; Doesn't Plan on Endorsing  —  I spoke to one of my Thompson sources.  —  He's still with his ailing mother.  “He's just being a good son."  —  He has not spoken to any other campaign or any other candidates, nor does he intend to at this time.
Matthew Yglesias:
Someone Didn't Get The Word  —  Fareed Zakaria: … Ah, those sad, sad, Democrats.  So unaware that the war's over.  The dude who killed at least fourteen and wounded seventeen in Tikrit must, like the Democrats, have been wearing partisan blinders when he failed to acknowledge the surge's success in bringing the war to an end.
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Ian Traynor / Guardian:
Pre-emptive nuclear strike ‘an option’  —  The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt the “imminent” spread of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, according to a radical manifesto for a new Nato by five of the west's most senior military officers and strategists.
The Prowler / American Spectator:
Huckabee Broke  —  Less than a month after a huge upset victory, and promises that fundraising would be ramped up, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is asking his senior staff to keep working for him without pay, while lower level campaign staff are seeing their salaries cut dramatically or eliminated altogether.
Andrew Moylan / Government Bytes:
Bush to Cop Out on Earmarks?  —  There has been a lot of buzz in recent weeks about the idea of President Bush issuing an executive order canceling all earmarks not found in bill text (roughly 90 percent of them).  Unfortunately, the New York Times has a story today that suggests he'll do nothing of the sort.
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Manu Raju / The Hill:
Attorneys probe deepens  —  The federal investigation into the firing of nine U.S. attorneys could jolt the political landscape ahead of the November elections, according to several people close to the inquiry.  —  Washington's attention has been diverted from the scandal since …
New York Times:
In Matters Big and Small, Crossing Giuliani Had Price  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani likens himself to a boxer who never takes a punch without swinging back.  As mayor, he made the vengeful roundhouse an instrument of government, clipping anyone who crossed him.  —  In August 1997, James Schillaci …
Michelle Malkin:
Mystery in Brooklyn: Bomb factory at Columbia University professor's home  —  The NY Daily News reports today on a disturbing discovery at a Columbia University instructor's home: … Clatts cannot be located.  Who is he? … The NYTimes reports on a bizarre twist in the case …
Discussion: New York Times and Pat Dollard
RushLimbaugh.com:
Why Should We Shut Up?  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT  —  RUSH: One closing thought from the previous hour: I'm noticing this in a lot of conservative media.  Those of us who are opposing these McCain... Let me set this up a better way.  When Huckabee was coming out of nowhere in Iowa …
Little Green Footballs:
Netherlands Merchant Puts Anne Frank in a Kaffiyeh  —  Sick, sick, sick.  —  Boomerang, a popular Dutch merchant of T-shirts, greeting cards, and other items, is now selling an image of Anne Frank wearing the symbol of Palestinian terrorism: Boomerang.nl - Werk - ‘Banned Frank’ by T.
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
 
 
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Greg Moran / San Diego Union-Tribune:
60-year sentence urged for Wilkes
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ROMNEY: I'M NOT THE FRONTRUNNER  —  14-year-old Braden Anderson …
Discussion: FOX Embeds
Matthew Yglesias:
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Justices rule against Muslim inmate
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Jose Padilla is sentenced to 17 years
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John R. Emshwiller / Wall Street Journal:
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New York Times:
Romney Waxes Lyrical at a Holiday Parade in Florida