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Washington Post:
Panel May Have Few Good Options to Offer — Bipartisan Group's Plan Expected in Dec. — After meeting with President Bush tomorrow, a panel of prestigious Americans will begin deliberations to chart a new course on Iraq, with the goal of stabilizing the country with a different U.S. strategy and possibly the withdrawal of troops.
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New York Times:
Democrats and Iraq — The Democrats will not be able to savor their victory for long. Americans are waiting to hear if they have any good ideas for how to get out of Iraq without creating even wider chaos and terrorism. — Criticizing President Bush's gross mismanagement of the war was a winning electoral strategy.
Karl / protein wisdom:
Giving the Old, Old Grey Lady Some Oversight — The New York Times opines: … A cursory look the schedules for a few Congressional committees and sub-committees shows that in the past 18 months to 2 years there were only these three days of hearings. And this one. And this one. And this one.
New York Times:
In Gates Selection, White House Hopes to Close Rift Between State and Defense — President Bush selected Robert M. Gates as his new defense secretary in part to close a long-running rift between the Defense Department and the State Department that has hobbled progress on Iraq …
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Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Feingold rules out 2008 run for president — cgilbert@journalsentinel.com — Washington - Sen. Russ Feingold will not seek his party's presidential nomination in 2008, the Wisconsin Democrat told the Journal Sentinel on Saturday. — "I never got to that point where I'd rather …
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Captain's Quarters, The Democratic Daily, MyDD, Power Line, All Spin Zone, Don Surber, Althouse, Riehl World View, Daily Kos, DownWithTyranny! and Joe's Dartblog
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Daily Kos:
by Senator Russ Feingold — I know there may well already be diaries here and elsewhere discussing my decision to continue my important work in the Senate and not run for President in 2008, but I wanted everyone in the online community to hear from me directly.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:Why the Beltway class can't comprehend the Russ Feingolds of the world
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
U.S. must prove it's a staying power — On the radio a couple of weeks ago, Hugh Hewitt suggested to me the terrorists might try to pull a Spain on the U.S. elections. You'll recall (though evidently many Americans don't) that in 2004 hundreds of commuters were slaughtered in multiple train bombings in Madrid.
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Sectarian Rifts Foretell Pitfalls of Iraqi Troops' Taking Control — BAQUBA, Iraq — It did not take long for Col. Brian D. Jones to begin to have doubts about the new Iraqi commander. — The commander, Brig. Gen. Shakir Hulail Hussein al-Kaabi, was chosen this summer by the Shiite-led government …
Richard Wolffe / Newsweek:
The Architect's Faulty Specs — Rove believed in his metrics. He miscalculated. How did Bush's guru get the numbers so wrong? — President Bush knew he was in for a rough night. As he settled down in front of the TV in the White House residence to watch the election results, the numbers were already grim.
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
New Democratic Majority Throws Bush's Judicial Nominations Into Uncertainty — The impending Democratic takeover of the Senate, lawmakers and administration officials agree, will produce a vast change in an area that has produced some of the sharpest partisan battles in recent years …
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Washington Post:
Webb May Be Senate Maverick — Newest Member Expected to Take Antiwar Lead — James Webb walked into the Fish Market restaurant in Alexandria in December and wanted longtime Democratic strategist Steve Jarding to answer just one question: What were his chances of defeating Sen. George Allen …
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Michael Dirda / Washington Post:
Michael Dirda — Overlook. 409 pp. $35 — Nearly 30 years ago, the late Edward Said brought out his most famous book, Orientalism (1978). Till then, Orientalism had been regarded as simply the branch of European scholarship focusing on the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
Justin Bergman / Associated Press:
U.S. vetoes condemnation of Gaza strikes — UNITED NATIONS - The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resolution Saturday that sought to condemn an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip and demand Israeli troops pull out of the territory.
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Atlas Shrugs, Verbal Caricature, Little Green Footballs, Flopping Aces and Alabama Liberation Front
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Judd / Think Progress:
McCain and Lieberman Express Support For Sending More Troops to Iraq — Opposition to the Iraq war was the dominant factor in this week's election. NBC's Meet the Press invited Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to discuss the issue. Both McCain and Lieberman expressed support for sending more troops to Iraq.
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