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So I've been reading a lot of gossip about John Edwards endorsing Hillary.

Specifically, Richard Stengel of Time, while on Tweety's show, told a story about a scoop by Mark Halperin:

John Edwards. Senator John Edwards -- remember him? -- who's been conspicuously silent since he dropped out of the race, will endorse a Democratic candidate probably before North Carolina, certainly before North Carolina, possible before Pennsylvania. And our own Mark Halpern [sic] on the page [sic] says it's going to be Senator Hillary Clinton.

I keep hearing this over and over. I don't buy it.

The evidence, from John Edwards own statements, is that the horse left the barn a long time ago in terms of Edwards' support of Hillary.

And frankly, I believe Edwards has far too much integrity to pull a complete 180° on this.

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So Hillary put out an attack ad. You know the one, the "telephone ad":

It's 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep, But there's a phone in the White House, and it's ringing — something's happening in the world. Your vote will decide who answers that call.

Whether it’s someone who already knows the world’s leaders, knows the military, someone tested and ready to lead in a dangerous world. It’s 3 AM and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?

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Yes, folks, I'm serious.

Today on the campaign trail, in what can only be described as an exceedingly uncomfortable moment, a confused and frightened Mitt Romney, coming across a group of African American youngsters, actually blurted out through a forced smile, "Who let the dogs out? Who, Who!"

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I'll be honest, I didn't read his site too often, but I most certainly knew of the work of Andy Olmsted.  

He blogged under the name G'Kar at Obsidian Wings, and I just saw (by following a link from digby), that he died in Iraq.

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We have so many insightful and powerful diaries written here at Daily Kos.  Our diaries inform, inflame, impassion, and even entertain.  We Kossacks have strong voices and an even stronger will to be the change we wish to see in this country.

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We have so many insightful and powerful diaries written here at Daily Kos.  Our diaries inform, inflame, impassion, and even entertain.  We Kossacks have strong voices and an even stronger will to be the change we wish to see in this country.

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Today is International Ninja Day, brought to us by NinjaBurger and my favorite YouTube star, Ask a Ninja.

Join us for the celebration below the fold.

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Right now the recommended list features several diaries regarding an alleged excerpt of former White House spokesperson Scott McClellan's forthcoming book. From that excerpt, it appeared that McClellan was alleging Bush knew his staff had outed CIA agent Valerie Plame and had lied about it:

Amid a swelling controversy about the leak of Valerie Wilson's name, McClellan went to the White House podium in October 2003 and told reporters that Karl Rove, the president's top political adviser, and Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's chief of staff, had not been involved. . .

There was one problem. It was not true," McClellan writes in his new book, "What Happened," which is to be released in April. "I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice president, the president's chief of staff and the president himself."

Explosive stuff, huh? Sure is.

Too bad McClellan is nothing more than a coward engaging in a cheap PR stunt. He has now disavowed that Bush knew about the outing.

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