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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/romneysurfsweb.jpg?w=300&h=123" />David Axelorod sets <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Axelrods_expectations.html">Super Tuesday expectations low for Obama</a>. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Penn_and_Wolfson_The_long_game.html">Mark Penn and Howard Wolfson do the same for Hillary Clinton</a>. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/2/4/124123/6787">  Michelle Obama says she would “have to think about supporting” Clinton</a> if she become the Democratic nominee. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/04/jack-nicholson-phones-rad_n_84891.html">Jack Nicholson calls into a radio show to express his support for Hillary</a>. </p>
<p>Speculation about <a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/2/4/condi-condi-condi.html?s_cid=rss:washington-whispers:condi-condi-condi">John McCain’s possible running mate includes the names Mike Huckabee, John Thune, Tim Pawlenty and Condaleezza</a> Rice. </p>
<p>  Eliot Spitzer is proposing an initiative to <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=660847&amp;Category=STATE&amp;LinkFrom=RSS">draw young doctors to underserved communities upstate</a>. </p>
<p>  Spitzer calls <a href="http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=6391">George W. Bush’s budget “irresponsible</a>.”   </p>
<p>Bob <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/04/in-letter-to-limbaugh-bob-dole-defends-mccain/">Dole writes Rush Limbaugh</a> to defend McCain. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/02/ED39UQKTS.DTL">Rory Kennedy endorses Obama</a> in the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em>. </p>
<p>  Joan <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/ED50UO8QM.DTL&amp;hw=Joan+Baez&amp;sn=001&amp;sc=1000">Baez, picking a candidate for the first time, also endorses Obama</a> in a letter to the editor. </p>
<p>  <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/03/obama200803"><em>Vanity Fair</em> profiles Obama</a>. </p>
<p>  Rupert <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Murdoch_No_ill_will.html">Murdoch distances himself from the <em>New York Post</em></a>’s endorsement of Obama.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2008/02/uft-has-not-endorsed-clinton.html">Clinton campaign is phone banking at U.F.T. headquarters</a>, even though the union hasn't endorsed her. (President Randi Weingarten is a Clinton supporter). </p>
<p><a href="http://thepage.time.com/2008/02/04/clinton-obama-earn-pre-super-tuesday-free-media/">Obama and Clinton will each appear on a slew of T.V. programs</a> in advance of Super Tuesday. </p>
<p>Writing in <em>City Journal</em> Fred Siegel says of Obama, “It will be ironic if in the name of post-partisanship we manage, with the contrivance of both Left and Right, to elect Oprah’s candidate, <a href="http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0204fs.html">a man with a narrowly partisan record who has never demonstrated a capacity (rhetoric aside) either to lead or to govern</a>.”   </p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/romneysurfsweb.jpg?w=300&h=123" />David Axelorod sets <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Axelrods_expectations.html">Super Tuesday expectations low for Obama</a>. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Penn_and_Wolfson_The_long_game.html">Mark Penn and Howard Wolfson do the same for Hillary Clinton</a>. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/2/4/124123/6787">  Michelle Obama says she would “have to think about supporting” Clinton</a> if she become the Democratic nominee. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/04/jack-nicholson-phones-rad_n_84891.html">Jack Nicholson calls into a radio show to express his support for Hillary</a>. </p>
<p>Speculation about <a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/2/4/condi-condi-condi.html?s_cid=rss:washington-whispers:condi-condi-condi">John McCain’s possible running mate includes the names Mike Huckabee, John Thune, Tim Pawlenty and Condaleezza</a> Rice. </p>
<p>  Eliot Spitzer is proposing an initiative to <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=660847&amp;Category=STATE&amp;LinkFrom=RSS">draw young doctors to underserved communities upstate</a>. </p>
<p>  Spitzer calls <a href="http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=6391">George W. Bush’s budget “irresponsible</a>.”   </p>
<p>Bob <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/04/in-letter-to-limbaugh-bob-dole-defends-mccain/">Dole writes Rush Limbaugh</a> to defend McCain. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/02/ED39UQKTS.DTL">Rory Kennedy endorses Obama</a> in the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em>. </p>
<p>  Joan <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/ED50UO8QM.DTL&amp;hw=Joan+Baez&amp;sn=001&amp;sc=1000">Baez, picking a candidate for the first time, also endorses Obama</a> in a letter to the editor. </p>
<p>  <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/03/obama200803"><em>Vanity Fair</em> profiles Obama</a>. </p>
<p>  Rupert <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Murdoch_No_ill_will.html">Murdoch distances himself from the <em>New York Post</em></a>’s endorsement of Obama.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2008/02/uft-has-not-endorsed-clinton.html">Clinton campaign is phone banking at U.F.T. headquarters</a>, even though the union hasn't endorsed her. (President Randi Weingarten is a Clinton supporter). </p>
<p><a href="http://thepage.time.com/2008/02/04/clinton-obama-earn-pre-super-tuesday-free-media/">Obama and Clinton will each appear on a slew of T.V. programs</a> in advance of Super Tuesday. </p>
<p>Writing in <em>City Journal</em> Fred Siegel says of Obama, “It will be ironic if in the name of post-partisanship we manage, with the contrivance of both Left and Right, to elect Oprah’s candidate, <a href="http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0204fs.html">a man with a narrowly partisan record who has never demonstrated a capacity (rhetoric aside) either to lead or to govern</a>.”   </p>
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