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Today's Quick Hits

+ If you've been reading this blog for some time this shouldn't surprise you, but nevertheless it is worth a mention: It isn't just subprime mortgages that are the problem. Our entire financial system is in the middle of a slow motion meltdown.

+ Not convinced? Take a look at what Warren Buffett is doing. If you don't believe him, read Krugman. If you don't believe them, I give up.

+ Where is Obama's support coming from, and what does it mean for the campaign going forward? PoliSci geek Brendan Nyhan has run the regressions, and the results are most definitely worth a look.

+ The rules for the Texas Primacaucus are insane.

+ If you care at all about the writers strike, or more broadly about unions in America, this is an absolute must-read.

+ Swampland asks a very important question: is it possible to un-torture someone? Because the Bush administration would apparently like the courts to believe that it is.

+ Max Boot thinks McCain will make a great president because he is more willing than the other candidates to threaten other nations. Because yes, bullying the world has worked so well for us these past 7 years, hasn't it?

+ The Clinton campaign doesn't want us to call them Super Delegates. That might be their official name, but never mind. "Automatic Delegates" is to be their new name going forward.