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8:55 AM ET, February 25, 2008

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Ben Smith / The Politico:
CNN poll questions Obama's patriotism  —  I've got to say, I've never seen a reader poll like this on a mainstream media website (or, to be honest, a right-wing blog).  This is currently on CNN.com.  —  And just today (in a very interesting exchange with the Cleveland Jewish community) …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
CNN SIGNS ON WITH REP. KINGSTON (R-GA)  —  I guess we shouldn't be surprised.  Ben Smith, at The Politico, flags that today CNN's running a ‘online poll’ asking if Barack Obama has enough patriotism to be president.  As Ben, with some understatement, put it's “it's odd to see the mainstream media drive …
Discussion: Firedoglake, American Street and Salon
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Clintons' Last Stand  —  Watching senator Clinton attempt to regain some lift as she paraglides into history is almost enough to evoke pity.  Almost.  The Clintons come with their own boundless reserves of self-pity so further reinforcements seem unnecessary to me.
Discussion: Viking Pundit
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The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton Mocks Barack Obama During Campaign Rally  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign is on its last legs after suffering a string of defeats to her rival Barack Obama.  Clinton made the decision to go negative in an effort to halt Obama's rising momentum.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   Hillary Clinton Mocks Obama: Political Masterstroke Or Mistake?
Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
Hillary Should Get Out Now  —  Clinton has only one shot—for Obama to trip up so badly that he disqualifies himself.  —  If Hillary Clinton wanted a graceful exit, she'd drop out now—before the March 4 Texas and Ohio primaries—and endorse Barack Obama.  This would be terrible for people …
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Julie Bosman / The Caucus:
Clinton Turns From Anger to Sarcasm  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - On Saturday, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton showed her angry side, admonishing Senator Barack Obama for a campaign mailing that she called misleading.  —  On Sunday, before a rally of several thousand, she added a heavy dose of sarcasm.
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton assures donors after losses
Discussion: TalkLeft
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Ad shows Hillary's vulnerability dilemma
Discussion: New York Times
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
In Painful Past, Hushed Worry About Obama  —  DALLAS — There is a hushed worry on the minds of many supporters of Senator Barack Obama, echoing in conversations from state to state, rally to rally: Will he be safe?  —  In Colorado, two sisters say they pray daily for his safety.
William Kristol / New York Times:
It's All About Him  —  Last October, a reporter asked Barack Obama why he had stopped wearing the American flag lapel pin that he, like many other public officials, had been sporting since soon after Sept. 11.  Obama could have responded that his new-found fashion minimalism was no big deal.
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Blogger, Sans Pajamas, Rakes Muck and a Prize  —  Of the many landmarks along a journalist's career, two are among those that stand out: winning an award and making the government back down.  Last week, Joshua Micah Marshall achieved both.  —  On Tuesday, it was announced that he had won …
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama Knocks Clinton, But Wouldn't Ax NAFTA  —  Obama: NAFTA Repeal ‘Would Actually Result in More Job Loss ... Than Job Gains’  —  Appealing to union voters in a dry wall manufacturing plant in this crucial primary state, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Sunday afternoon said that even though …
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Wall Street Journal:
ElBaradei's Real Agenda  —  On Friday, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei submitted a report on Iran's nuclear program to the IAEA's Board of Governors.  It concluded that, barring “one major remaining issue relevant to the nature of Iran's nuclear programme” …
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Flopping Aces
City Journal:
The Campus Rape Myth  —  The reality: bogus statistics, feminist victimology, and university-approved sex toys  —  It's a lonely job, working the phones at a college rape crisis center.  Day after day, you wait for the casualties to show up from the alleged campus rape epidemic—but no one calls.
Discussion: The Corner and michellemalkin.com
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
ATTACKING AL-QAEDA....Last August, in the wake of news (here) that Donald Rumsfeld had called off a special ops mission intended to capture senior members of al-Qaeda in Pakistan's tribal areas, Barack Obama called the failure to act a “terrible mistake.”  He then went on to promise …
MSNBC:
‘Meet the Press’ transcript for Feb. 24, 2008  —  Ralph Nader, David Brooks, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Michele Norris, Chuck Todd  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Many Democrats accuse this man of draining votes from Al Gore, which helped elect George W. Bush in 2000.
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
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RSF says 23 journalists were jailed in Syria and 10 others were missing as of December 9; press freedom groups call for accountability for Assad's government

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