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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Fla. Senator Mel Martinez to Chair RNC — Sen. Mel Martinez, the first-term lawmaker who previously served in President Bush's Cabinet, will assume the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, GOP officials said Monday. — Martinez, 60, will replace current chairman Ken Mehlman …
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Redstate:
Oh, Joyous Day. — I ONLY PUT THIS IN "REPUBLICANS" BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A "BONEHEADS" CATEGORY. — Oh, this is simply priceless. With Ken Mehlman retiring, we need a new RNC Chair. — We could have had a promising up-and-comer with a great life story, fantastic political skills, and odds-on-sharps like you wouldn't believe.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Mel Martinez to replace Ken Mehlman as RNC chairman — Just across at CNN. Looking for details. Standby. — Update: Presumably this means he's leaving the Senate and Florida Gov.-elect Charlie Crist will appoint his replacement. If so, that's all to the good: Martinez has been a disaster on immigration.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Blair calls for "partnership" with Iran, if...; Report: Iran grooming Bin Laden's successor — It's another "major foreign policy speech," to be followed tomorrow by a teleconference with the Baker Commission. He tries to play down the significance of this one by linking it to the address …
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
AP: Giuliani takes step toward '08 bid — WASHINGTON - Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, a moderate Republican best known for his stewardship of the city after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has taken the first step in a 2008 presidential bid, GOP officials said Monday.
Democratic Underground:
Man arrested in fake anthrax attacks an avid free republic poster — Man arrested in fake anthrax attacks an avid free republic poster — (AP) LOS ANGELES A man was arrested and accused of mailing threatening letters laced with white powder to Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi …
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Media Matters for America:
A tale of two covers: Time's '94 postelection cover touted "G.O.P. Stampede," '06 cover asserts "the center is the new place to be" — The November 21, 1994, edition of Time magazine — published following that year's congressional elections, in which Republicans gained control of the House …
The Allen Report:
The Honeymoon Is Over — After five days of giddiness, Democrats express dismay that their new House leader has thrown herself into the fight to become her Number 2, creating a potentially lose-lose situation where she could either be defeated in her first public contest since the election, or brand herself as a dove.
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Washington Post:
GOP Fliers Apparently Were Part Of Strategy — The six Trailways motorcoaches draped in Ehrlich and Steele campaign banners rumbled down Interstate 95 just before dawn on Election Day. — On board, 300 mostly poor African Americans from Philadelphia ate doughnuts, sipped coffee and prepared to spend the day at the Maryland polls.
USA Today:
Bush's post-election approval hovers near lowest of presidency — WASHINGTON — President Bush's job approval ratings have slumped in the latest USA TODAY/Gallup poll, with the president's rating hovering near the lowest of his tenure. — In the poll, taken Thursday through Sunday …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
RWN's Mark Steyn Interview #3 — John Hawkins: Give people who haven't read your book yet a quick description of what you think Europe is going to look like in, let's say, 20 years because of declining birth rates, the enormous social benefits they pay out, and the enormous number …
Bill / INDCJournal:
Special Programming Note — Starting in very late December, I'll be traveling to Western Iraq to embed with the Marines, publishing both independent blog items and op-eds for the Washington Examiner. Specific destinations (thus far) include Ramadi, Habbaniyah (the headquarters of the Iraqi …
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Hartford Courant:
Lieberman Leaves GOP Door Open — WASHINGTON — Four days after calling his party affiliation a "closed issue," U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman said Sunday he was "not ruling it out" that he could turn Republican. — He told NBC's "Meet the Press" he will return to Washington as an "Independent Democrat" - "capital I, capital D."
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
CBS Misleads Readers On Hagee Interview — CBS News has an interview on their website with Marine Corps Commandant General Mike Hagee, which it promotes with the headline, "Top Marine: No Plan For Post-Saddam Iraq". The article that fronts this interview makes the claim that Hagee admits …
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Rout brings no reform to House GOP — The depleted House Republican caucus, a minority in the next Congress, convenes at 8 a.m. Friday in the Capitol on the brink of committing an act of supreme irrationality. The House members blame their leadership for tasting the bitter dregs of defeat.
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NY Daily News:
The rise of the Mommy Party — Pelosi's at the helm, Hillary's in the wings and - for now - Bush is in the doghouse — With Democrats seizing control of the House and Senate, a debate has started over how significant their victory was. Does it potentially mark a generational power shift?
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