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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.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:An Underwhelming Choice For RNC
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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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Telegraph:
Iran plotting to groom bin Laden's successor — Audio: Why is the policy change significant? — Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qa'eda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin Laden, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.
Philip Webster / Times of London:Blair - we must work with 'Axis of Evil' states
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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.
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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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Michael J. Totten:
A Perfect Storm? — A perfect storm may be brewing in Lebanon. — I've been under Tornado Watch probably ten times or so in the American Midwest. Not once did a tornado touch down anywhere near me while I was on alert. Several tornadoes, though, blew through the area out of the blue with no warning on different days.
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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 …
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.
citizensforethics.org:
CREW BLASTS PELOSI ENDORSEMENT OF UNETHICAL MURTHA FOR MAJORITY LEADER — DEMOCRATS WIN ON ETHICS BUT CHOOSE TO RUN CORRUPT MEMBER FOR LEADERSHIP POST — Washington, DC - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) questioned soon-to-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) …
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Elana Schor / The Hill:
Lott running for whip post — After keeping his plans close to the vest since Election Day, Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) formally declared his bid for minority whip on Monday evening. — Lott had refrained from openly discussing his intentions for the whip race even after GOP Conference …
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 …
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 …
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
The "Maximizing Abortion Rates" Gambit — Amy Sullivan's recent article celebrating anti-choice Colorado SenatorGovernor-elect Bill Ritter makes some arguments that allow me to clarify some of my difficulties with "centrist" arguments about abortion. First of all, there's this:
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
US: Immigrants may be held indefinitely — WASHINGTON - Immigrants arrested in the United States may be held indefinitely on suspicion of terrorism and may not challenge their imprisonment in civilian courts, the Bush administration said Monday, opening a new legal front in the fight over the rights of detainees.
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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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