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So I'm glancing down MSNBC's site, and I see an article about Edwards. It's called "Edwards still in the hunt". Sounds interesting.

I see the subtitle of the article: "In second place in Iowa and third in N.H., but he hasn't disappeared". The conjunction seems out of place, but the article starts out strong enough.

So, by the end of the article, I'm getting into sentences like, "The result is that Edwards's message may be too clear." What? The last nine paragraphs are backhanded compliments or worse.

I google the author of the article, Marc Ambinder. Oh! He usually details the insides of conservative campaigns! Now it all makes sense.

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BTW, Stephen Colbert has declared himself a candidate for President of the United States. He'll be joining the South Carolina primary.

NYT confirms that Colbert consulted both parties before announcing, but calls it a "stunt" in the same breath.

The code that Cheney lives by

If knowledge is power, then withholding information is the ultimate power.

alerted by democrats

Christopher Dodd, presidential nominee, places a hold on the FISA bill, saying:

The Military Commissions Act. Warrantless wiretapping. Shredding of Habeas Corpus. Torture. Extraordinary Rendition. Secret Prisons.

No more.

I have decided to place a "hold" on the latest FISA bill that would have included amnesty for telecommunications companies that enabled the President's assault on the Constitution by illegally providing personal information on their customers without judicial authorization.

I said that I would do everything I could to stop this bill from passing, and I have.

It's about delivering results -- and as I've said before, the FIRST thing I will do after being sworn into office is restore the Constitution. But we shouldn't have to wait until then to prevent the further erosion of our country's most treasured document. That's why I am stopping this bill today.

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