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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Canadian Election Live Blog — 6:30 - I'm off to a late start, thanks to a last-moment emergency at work. Now that I'm home, the First Mate has me fixed up with dinner and I'll be eating while blogging. (Excuse typos for a while, IOW.) We're still two hours ahead of poll closings in Canada, and I'm a bit behind on my e-mail.
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Silent Running, Steve Janke, UNCoRRELATED, ++ relapsed catholic …, Dust my Broom, Flopping Aces and Macsmind
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cbc.ca:
Harper wins Tory minority government — Conservative Leader Stephen Harper will become Canada's next prime minister, as Canadians have elected a Tory minority government and ended a 12-year reign of Liberal rule. — Nationwide, the Tories are currently leading or elected in 123 ridings …
ctv.ca:
Conservatives win minority, Martin stepping down — Canadians awarded Conservative Leader Stephen Harper with a minority government Monday, putting an end to more than 12 years of Liberal rule. — Polls across the country are closed and all but a handful of seats are left to account for.
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Iowa Voice
Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Canadian Voters Oust Incumbent for Conservative — TORONTO, Jan. 23 - Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party defeated the long entrenched Liberal Party in Canadian elections on Monday. A Conservative victory is a striking turn in the country's politics and is likely …
Beth Duff-Brown / Associated Press:
Conservative Party Wins in Canada Election — OTTAWA - Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party won national elections Monday and ended 13 years of Liberal rule, a victory expected to move Canada rightward on social and economic issues and lead to improved ties with the United States.
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Gay Patriot
USA Today:
Surveillance program protects country, Bush says — MANHATTAN, Kan. — President Bush defended on Monday what he called a "terrorist surveillance program" that targets international communications of suspected al-Qaeda members. However, the nation's No. 2 intelligence officer acknowledged …
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:AMENDING FISA....Here's another point related to General Hayden's …
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Talking Points Memo
Editor and Publisher:Defending Spy Program, General Reveals Shaky Grip on 4th Amendment
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War and Piece
Associated Press:
Bush tells abortion foes, 'We will prevail' — 33 years after Roe v. Wade ruling, abortion debate continues — SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) — President Bush told abortion opponents Monday that they are pursuing "a noble cause" and making a real difference in the campaign to recruit more Americans to stand on their side.
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
White House Got Early Warning on Katrina — In the 48 hours before Hurricane Katrina hit, the White House received detailed warnings about the storm's likely impact, including eerily prescient predictions of breached levees, massive flooding, and major losses of life and property, documents show.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Special Report: Many States Shift Democratic During 2005 — Rhode Island, Delaware most Democratic; Utah, Wyoming most Republican — PRINCETON, NJ — An analysis of Gallup Poll data from 2005 shows that the Democratic Party made gains in party identification among the American public.
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Rove's Early Warning — Perhaps it's an aspect of compassionate conservatism. Or maybe it's just a taunt and a dare. Well in advance of Election Day, Karl Rove, President Bush's top political adviser, has a habit of laying out his party's main themes, talking points and strategies.
MB Williams / Wampum:
The 2005 Koufax Awards: Most Deserving of Wider Recognition — This is the hardest of the nomination posts to compile, one reason I chose to do it early this year - hopefully you'll all feel sorry enough for me that you'll send much Pinot Noir and pad thai (well, maybe not together …
Mark Schmitt / tpmcafe.com:
The Missing Abramoff-to-Dems Money — One point to add to Brad DeLong's, and others', dogged and appropriate insistence that the Washington Post finally correct its own and its ombuds-person's errors regarding possible Democratic beneficiaries of Abramoff-tainted cash:
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White House:
President Discusses Global War on Terror at Kansas State University — THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for the warm welcome. Thanks for inviting me here to give the Landon Lecture. For those students who are here, I want you to know I can remember what it was like to sit through lectures. (Laughter.)
ThreatsWatch.Org:
Iraqis vs. al-Qaeda, Continued — Anti al-Qaeda force raised in Ramadi, Zarqawi passes on command of the Mujahedeen Council — Al-Qaeda's situation in Anbar province and the embattled city of Ramadi has slowly worsened since the deadly suicide strikes against police recruits.
James Glanz / New York Times:
Iraq Rebuilding Badly Hobbled, U.S. Report Finds — The first official history of the $25 billion American reconstruction effort in Iraq depicts a program hobbled from the outset by gross understaffing, a lack of technical expertise, bureaucratic infighting, secrecy and constantly increasing security costs …
truthout.org:
Democrats: Get Up and Walk Out — MEMO — I have a wild and crazy idea. — George W. Bush's delivery of the State of the Union address will take place on Tuesday, January 31, a little more than a week from now. It is my strong belief that every single Democrat present in the House chamber …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Closed-Door Deal Makes $22 Billion Difference — GOP Negotiators Criticized for Change In Measure on HMOs — House and Senate GOP negotiators, meeting behind closed doors last month to complete a major budget-cutting bill, agreed on a change to Senate-passed Medicare legislation that would save …
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Democrat Taylor Marsh …
