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rushlimbaugh.com:
MoDo and Barack Hussein Odumbo — RUSH: Here we go with Barack Obama. As you know, he was up in New Hampshire — do you know, by the way, TV ads for Barack Obama are going to start airing this weekend? Presidential ads for Barack Obama in New Hampshire start airing this weekend.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: Obama scolds Maureen Dowd for making fun of his ears
Audio: Obama scolds Maureen Dowd for making fun of his ears
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Riehl World View
Wall Street Journal:
What the Fate of Johnson's Seat May Portend — If a Republican Succeeds Ill Senator, — Power Shift Would Bolster Bush, — Alter Tenor of Committees — WASHINGTON — "There isn't a thing that's changed," Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said yesterday after visiting his stricken colleague …
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Washington Post:
Rice Rejects Overture To Iran And Syria — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday rejected a bipartisan panel's recommendation that the United States seek the help of Syria and Iran in Iraq, saying the "compensation" required by any deal might be too high.
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Reuters:
Senator Kerry urges dialogue with Iran, Syria — CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2004, said on Thursday the U.S. administration should talk to Syria and Iran. — Kerry also told reporters in Cairo he believed U.S. policy …
Independent:
Diplomat's suppressed document lays bare the lies behind Iraq war — The Government's case for going to war in Iraq has been torn apart by the publication of previously suppressed evidence that Tony Blair lied over Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Tony Snow Apologizes to David Gregory — During today's press briefing Tony Snow apologized to David Gregory for characterizing one his questions last week about the ISG report as "partisan." Snowjob may not know a lot of things, but at least he acknowledges — for whatever reason — that he's in the wrong on this one.
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The Moderate Voice
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Fox News:
FBI ISSUES WARNING TO POLICE AFTER TERRORIST HEALTH SCARE — Omar Abdel-Rahman. — The FBI has sent a bulletin to state and local law enforcement warning of possible terrorist reprisals as the health of an incarcerated terror mastermind fails, FOX News has learned.
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Riehl World View, Redstate, Wake up America, GINA COBB, The Jawa Report, Blue Crab Boulevard and Hang Right Politics
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Alex Hutchinson / Popular Mechanics:
10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2007 — From concrete that can flex to sensors that you swallow, here are the technologies you'll be talking about. — Bendable concrete is 40 percent lighter than regular concrete and 500 times more resistant to cracking under pressure. (Photograph by ACE-MRL)
Shaun Kenney / ShaunKenney.com:
Oppo Research on Bloggers??? — DEVELOPING... If you are a Virginia blogger, chances are that the Webb campaign has an opposition research book on you. Bloggers that made the cut include Chad Dotson, Jim Hoeft, Ben Tribbett, Waldo Jaquith, Josh Chernila, Lowell Feld, Jim Riley, J.C. Wilmore, Jon Henke, and a host of others.
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
'The Man From Nowhere' — What does Barack Obama believe in? — We are getting very excited. Barack Obama is brilliant, eloquent and fresh. He is "exciting" (David Brooks), "charming" (Bob Schieffer), "my favorite guy" (Oprah Winfrey), has "charisma" (Donna Brazile), and should run now for president (George Will).
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Moral Clarity — Via Drum, I see that Jonah Goldberg is arguing that you can't make an omelet without throwing a few people out of planes, and that the baseline for measuring the quality of a country's leadership should be Fidel Castro. (This must have been the grading curve …
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Dr. Steven Taylor / PoliBlog (TM):
Just When You Thought it was Safe to not Post on Pinochet...
Just When You Thought it was Safe to not Post on Pinochet...
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Right Wing Nut House, Political Animal, Larisa Alexandrovna's …, The Mahablog, The Reaction and Liberty Street
Guardian:
'National interest' halts arms corruption inquiry — A major criminal investigation into alleged corruption by the arms company BAE Systems and its executives was stopped in its tracks yesterday when the prime minister claimed it would endanger Britain's security if the inquiry was allowed to continue.
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AMERICAblog
Atrios / Eschaton:
Stories — At some point over the last couple of years I actually gained a bit of grudging respect for the conservative Christian critique that the media didn't reflect their views. It's certainly the case that the media is overly deferential to religious views generally and conservative religious views specifically.
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Death Sentences Decline, and Experts Offer Reasons — The number of death sentences in the United States has dropped to its lowest level in decades, according to recent studies, including one released Thursday that predicts the trend will continue because of publicity about cases in which people are wrongly accused of crimes.
Political Radar:
Bush's First Comments on Cheney Grandchild — ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: The President and First Lady sat down last week for their annual interview with People featured in their end-of-year issue now on newsstands. (Note: The Bush's did not get the cover; that honor went …
Ibrahim Barzak / Associated Press:
Hamas in control of Gaza border crossing — RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Hamas gunmen seized control of the Gaza Strip's border crossing with Egypt on Thursday in a ferocious gunbattle with Fatah-allied border guards after Israel blocked the Hamas prime minister from crossing with tens of millions of dollars in aid.
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Captain's Quarters
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Run Now, Obama — New Hampshire was recently brightened by the presence of Barack Obama, 45, who, calling the fuss about him "baffling," made his first trip in 45 years to that state, and not under duress. Because he is young, is just two years distant from a brief career as a state legislator …
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The Carpetbagger Report