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New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to be hammered following her latest debate performance. Politics and Christianity posted the John Edwards YouTube video along with links to other coverage on their site. There is also a column by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann outlining what they consider may be Clinton's Iowa vulnerabilities.

The blogs were also interested in Clinton comment's at Wellesley College that seemed to portray the substance of the debate as sexist attacks. Phillip Martin at Burnt Orange Report has comments about this as did Taylor Marsh, and she made a guest appearance on MSNBC to discuss it further. If you haven't read about it enough yet, Hecate, Voices of American Sexuality Magazine blog and Open Left also have opinions on the subject.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is also having a not-so-good week as Rod 2.0 picks up on M.E. Sprengelmeyer's coverage of a Decorah event where Romney, while discussing same-sex marriage, said he thinks all kids need a father and mother -- even if they're divorced or one of them is dead. I guess in Romney's world, a dead straight parent is preferable to a live gay one.

Also picking up on this was Greg Prince and Andy Birkey of the Minnesota Monitor.

It hasn't all been roses for Arizona Sen. John McCain either. InMuscatine provides coverage of what they believe to be a McCain flip-flop on immigration and border security.

Gloria Feldt says Sen. Sam Brownback being comfortable with former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani's stance on abortion doesn't make her feel any better.

If there is a candidate who is having a good week, it has to be former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. The Doc Is In picks up on the WaPo editorial by Charles Mahtesian that describes how Huckabee could change the outcome of the primary election on the GOP side of things.

One of my favorite posts of the week comes from Around Des Moines -- go now and find out about the best ladies' bathroom in the city. As a side note, however, the Von Maur facilities in Cedar Rapids aren't nearly as nice.

The post was one part of the Bathroom Blogfest -- a project designed to promote the importance of bathrooms in the customer experience. There's a full list of clickables as a part of the Around Des Moines post.

And here is one of my least favorite posts of the week -- not because I don't think it's important, not because it is horribly written or because I disagree with it. It's my least favorite because of the subject matter. Do we really have people like this in America? Maybe if I click my heels three times I can make it back to rational-thinking-land.