Political Wire: "The Republican presidential candidates 'clashed last night in their most contentious debate of the campaign, in pointed exchanges over immigration, the war in Iraq and who among them is the best prepared to be commander in chief,' the New York Times reports. They also aimed their fire at the one candidate who was absent, former Sen. Fred Thompson, who officially jumps in the race today."
Political Wire: "In South Carolina, a new Clemson University Palmetto Poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton leading the Democratic presidential race with 26%, followed by Sen. Barack Obama at 16%, John Edwards at 10% and Al Gore at 8%. On the Republican side, Fred Thompson leads with 19%, followed by Rudy Giuliani at 18%, Sen.John McCain at 15%, Mitt Romney at 11%, Newt Gingrich at 9% and Mike Huckabee at 6%."
Living the Grand Life: "Fred Thompson made it official last night on the Jay Leno show. I tried to stay up to see it live, but as usual went to sleep. Thanks to internet magic you can see it [today]."
Elevated Voices: "Did anyone watch the Republican debate last night? I got to see a little bit, including some of the answers by Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo. He took his fellow contenders to task for being johnny-come-lately's on the immigration issue and suggested they were only getting tough on the issue now because the American people had made their dissatisfaction known. On the war in Iraq, he said the war is not about Iraq, Iraq is just a battlefield. The war is with radical Islam. Another candidate agreed with him. Tancredo implicitly endorsed torture."
Captain's Quarters: "Debate wrap-up."
TalkLeft: "Rudy Giuliani is promising to appoint conservative, 'strict constructionist' judges if elected. Who's helping him decide who they should be? Ted Olson and Miguel Estrada."
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