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post from Eschaton on 09 February 2008 08:41:00 PM. © Eschaton

Molly & I & watertiger saw these guys last night. They were more fun than trolls or aggravating primary hyperpartisans who Have Seen the Light.

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Obama is like Chocolat

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 09 February 2008 08:40:57 PM. © Docudharma - Front Page

Before anyone starts slinging the "R" word around, this is not about that. So get your pointed little cursor off of the Hide Button and have a read.The film Chocolat begins in a church...Opening lines from the film "Chocolat"Once upon a time, there was a[...]

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They're "inalienable", remember

post from Eschaton on 09 February 2008 08:39:00 PM. © Eschaton

Since I've said it myself a number of times, I feel obliged to enthusiastically agree with Jim Henley about foreigners and people, even though he is not a dirty hippie at all but in fact his hair was way too short last time I saw him.

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Not Atrios

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Barack Obama Wins Nebraska Caucuses

post from MyDD on 09 February 2008 08:32:08 PM. © MyDD

According to CNN, Barack Obama is projected to have won the Nebraska caucuses. The results look like this: Obama 17,074 state delegates (69 percent) Clinton 7,622 state delegates (31 percent) 73 percent of precincts reporting That makes it eight of nine[...]

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Nebraska results thread

post from Daily Kos on 09 February 2008 08:29:24 PM. © Daily Kos

CNN already calls it for Obama.

83 percent of precincts reporting:

Obama 68
Clinton 32

A crushing victory for Obama.

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Hillary's Campaign Responds to Obama's Win Today

post from TalkLeft on 09 February 2008 08:27:00 PM. © TalkLeft

The votes aren't fully counted, but it's pretty clear that as expected, Barack Obama will win big today in Washington State, Nebraska and Louisiana. Hillary Clinton's campaign as released the following statement:

(Shorter version: We're concentrating on Ohio and Texas.)

Tonight there are contests in three states that the Obama campaign has long predicted they would win by large margins. According to a spreadsheet that was obtained by Bloomberg News, the Obama campaign predicted big victories in Washington State, Nebraska and Louisiana.

The Obama campaign has dramatically outspent our campaign in these three states, saturating the airwaves with 30 and 60 second ads. The Obama campaign has spent $300,000 more in Louisiana on television ads, $190,000 more in Nebraska and $175,000 more in Washington. [More...]

Although the next several states that hold nominating contests this month are more favorable to the Obama campaign, we will continue to compete in them and hope to secure as many delegates as we can before the race turns to Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania.

Louisiana had a low turnout, maybe 15%. Anger over Katrina is one of the suspected causes. 50% of Louisiana Democrats are African-American so it's not suprising Obama will win big there.

Washington State liberals and well-to-do came out in droves there -- they also tend to be Obama supporters.

Nebraska has never had a good relationship with the Clintons -- Hillary didn't even make an appearance there. So it's not suprising Obama will take that as well.

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It's Got A Name: 'Obamaphilia'

post from Taylor Marsh on 09 February 2008 08:23:20 PM. © Taylor Marsh

It’s Got A Name: ’Obamaphilia’ At the Jefferson Jackson dinner in Virginia tonight, Obama once again side stepped the facts, just like he did in Denver. Check this post out, because his lacking substance rhetoric is just becoming[...]

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WA results thread

post from Daily Kos on 09 February 2008 08:17:14 PM. © Daily Kos

Per CNN:

48 percent of precincts reporting:

Obama 67
Clinton 32

The Northwest Progressive Institute is pulling together diaries and blog posts from caucus goers.

Update: Not a lot of polling out of Washington except for Strategic Vision (R), but note that in October 2007, Clinton had a 48-22 lead in Washington.

As the Clinton campaign tries to spin away Obama's crushing victories today, people shouldn't forget that not too long ago, these were all solid Clinton states.

Update: And CNN makes it official. Obama wins Washington.

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Results Thread

Been on the road getting to Richmond for the dinner and now that we're here, we likely won't be able to follow results as closely as we'd like, so let us know what the results are as they come in in the comments. Update [2008-2-9 20:19:29 by Todd[...]

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Bush stuffs 2009 budget with earmarks.

President Bush has sharply criticized Congress for its earmarks. Yet The New York Times notes that “buried deep” in Bush’s 2009 budget are similar earmarks:

Mr. Bush has often derided Congressional earmarks as “special interest items” that waste taxpayer money and undermine trust in government. Congress, he said, included more than 11,700 earmarks totaling almost $17 billion in spending bills for the current fiscal year.
But some of those earmarks were similar or identical to ones included in the 2009 budget that Mr. Bush sent Congress last week. For example, Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the Democratic whip, obtained an earmark of $1.5 million last year to deal with the emerald ash borer, a beetle that attacks trees, lawns and crops. Mr. Bush now wants more money to fight that insect.

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