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Politico Doubles Up Coverage
Ryan Grim: Young Blunt doesn’t disappoint Josh Kraushaar: Missouri governor Blunt announces surprise retirement
You can’t make this stuff up.
Akers: Rep. Jefferson a Stickler on Courthouse Food Rules At the courthouse facing federal corruption charges, Bill Jefferson gets on an elevator and jokes with Susan Crabtree that she is breaking the rules with her snack inside. Molly Hooper asks Jefferson, “What are they going to do, indict us?”
TWITTER – or die tryin’
NY Times: Campaign reporters are turning to Twitter to keep colleagues/readers informed
Tip Drill!
Earvin “Magic” Johnson in South Carolina Ad for Hillary Clinton: “Clinton is no rookie” Obama’s team (quickly!) responds: “But Magic Johnson Was An Awesome Rookie…” /This is for the White House folks.
WH 08
White House race looks past February 5 Heated Exchange at Romney Stop Bloomberg vows to cut NYC taxes, if he can Romney Criticizes Rivals’ Lobbyists Ben Smith: Obama for Veep? Ambinder: Nevada’s At-Large Precincts Ruled Legal Cillizza: Rangel: Clinton Will Overcome “National Perceptions” A Rare Chelsea Comment
Clyburn back from Asia and not happy
Pershing: Clyburn Says Focus on Race Issues ‘A Shame’ AP: Clyburn:Time to End MLK Dustup O’Connor: Clyburn tries (again) to defuse race controversy
Steroids on the Hill
Congress Seeking Tejada Investigation Baseball tells Congress it’s nearing steroids accord Extreme Mortman: For Congress, It’s Steroid to Heaven
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
Ambinder: Clinton’s Let’s All Come Together Statement UPDATE: Moments later this transcript surfaces — Clinton proxy Charles Rangel calls Barack Obama “absolutely stupid” for attacking Hillary Clinton for remarks she made about President Lyndon Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
White House 08
Clinton adviser charged with DWI in NH Fred Thompson relying on radio roots for SC Primary JoMa: Mitt pins hopes on home state to save him The Democrats try, but fail, to transcend race BET Founder Bob Johnson Criticizes Obama Clinton Courts Hispanic Vote in the West Minority Vote Moves …
Google squares off with Capitol Hill critics
The New Yorker: The Search Party Google CEO Eric Schmidt: “What kills a company is not competition but arrogance. We control our fate.”
Did Jo-Ma just frat-out?
Jonathan Martin waxing poetic from the College of Charleston “Inside the wrought iron fence were masses of white college students — but ones that looked very different from one another. There were the dreads-and-sandals types, smoking Dunhills (and who knows what else before or after). But then there was a …