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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.
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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.
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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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
For Democrats, How Long a Honeymoon? — The media kept saying the war was going badly. The Bush administration said progress in Iraq was being obscured by relentlessly negative coverage. — The media kept saying the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina was badly botched.
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 …
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Reuters:
California man arrested for mail threats to celebs —Text+WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California man suspected of mailing threatening letters containing a suspicious white powder to celebrities and U.S. politicians has been arrested and could face federal charges on Monday, the FBI said.
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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 …
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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."
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Times of London:
Hezbollah's missiles back in Lebanon — FOUR months after Israel launched its onslaught against Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrillas are back in south Lebanon stronger than ever and armed with more rockets than they had before the conflict, according to Israeli intelligence.
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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 …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Administration Opposes Democrats' Plan for Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices — The Bush administration said on Sunday that it would strenuously oppose one of the Democrats' top priorities for the new Congress: legislation authorizing the government to negotiate with drug companies to secure lower drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / Washington Post:
Is America too Racist for Barack? Too Sexist for Hillary? — The 2006 elections were for the technocrats and the operatives, pitting the Democratic tacticians against the Karl Rove machine. But the next election is already beginning to look quite different: 2008 may be one for the novelists.
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.
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.
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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San Francisco Chronicle:
Olbermann taps a well of discontent as the anti-O'Reilly — Keith Olbermann just needed to find his voice. He'd been a droll sportscaster, a serious news anchor and a bickering critic of Fox News host Bill O'Reilly. But none of those personas really clicked. — Then he found one.
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