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Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
DeLay bound for D.C. to lobby for conservatives, but some say no thanks — Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is about to return to the Washington political scene as a high-profile operative for the American Conservative Union if his negotiations with group Chairman David Keene are successfully completed.
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Sarah Liebowitz / Concord Monitor:
Obama strong in new poll — Illinois senator would beat both McCain and Giuliani — wo weeks after speaking to a sell-out Manchester crowd of more than 1,600, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is reaping the benefits of his visit. If the Democratic primary were held today …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Clinton, Obama Clearing The Field — Without Declaring, They Beat Back Would-Be Rivals — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), trading on star power, the capacity to raise tens of millions of dollars with relative ease and an ability to dominate media attention …
Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
Have Clinton and Obama Really Cleared The 2008 Field? — Though I disagree with his central thesis, Dan Balz has an excellent piece that's well worth reading in today's Washington Post in which he implies that, between Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) money and name recognition and Barack Obama's …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Testing the Water, Obama Tests His Own Limits — On a winter afternoon two years ago, Senator Barack Obama took his oath of office and strolled across the Capitol grounds hand-in-hand with his wife and two daughters. At the time, a question from his 6-year-old sounded precocious. Now, it seems prescient.
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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Ethiopian Warplanes Attack Somalia — Ethiopia sent its warplanes to bomb Somalia today, openly escalating its conflict with Islamist fighters into a dreaded regional war. — According to witnesses, the warplanes bombarded several towns while Ethiopian tanks pushed aggressively into territory …
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Mohamed Olad Hassan / Associated Press:
Ethiopia attacks Somalia Islamic council — MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopia launched an attack Sunday on Somalia's powerful Islamic movement, sending fighter jets across the border and bombarding several towns in a major escalation of the violence that threatens to engulf the Horn of Africa.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Joyeux (Belated) Festivus! — Sorry I wasn't home to celebrate Festivus with everyone yesterday evening, but I was at a family food and Christmas fest that went a bit longer than expected. But frankly, who can get enough? The fact that a comedy bit from a Seinfeld show (episode #166) …
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
Looking Back, One Year Later — After my first year as The Post's ombudsman, readers deserve a report on my job as their representative. — The Post stylebook says that "Ombudsmen provide . . . newsroom managers with another set of skeptical eyes to search out human error and incompetence …
Agence France Presse:
Most Britons believe religion does more harm than good: poll — An overwhelming number of Britons believe religion does more harm than good while non-believers outnumber believers by nearly two to one, an ICM poll suggested. — Eighty-two percent of the 1,006 adults questioned …
Sonni Efron / Los Angeles Times:
Wolfowitz owes us an explanation — ACCOUNTABILITY is one of those ideals, like justice or the triumph of right over might, that are wonderful in principle but usually disappointing in practice. — This is nowhere more true than in Washington, where one of the most powerful men …
John / AMERICAblog:
Top US military commander in Iraq succumbs to Bush's pressure, at the expense of our troops — I remember a day when our generals actually had balls. Now they're simply pathetic. They objected to sending more troops to Iraq, but because Bush wants it, now they're in favor.
David M. Walker / Washington Post:
America's Red Ink — The largest employer in the world announced on Dec. 15 that it lost about $450 billion in fiscal 2006. Its auditor found that its financial statements were unreliable and that its controls were inadequate for the 10th straight year. On top of that, the entity's total liabilities …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sunday Talking Head Thread — Here is the Sunday Talking Head line-up. Read it and weep. — C-Span's Washington Journal: 7:45am - Donald Lambro, Washington Times, Chief Political Correspondent; 8:30am - Phoner From Baghdad: Larry Kaplow, Cox Newspapers, Middle East Correspondent; 9am …
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