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Mark Preston / CNN:
Tommy Thompson abandons presidential bid — DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson is abandoning his presidential bid, his campaign announced Sunday night. — Thompson, who also served in the Bush Cabinet, did not meet the expectations he set for himself in the Ames Republican straw poll held Saturday.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Tommy Thompson Is First Victim of Iowa Straw Poll — Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson dropped out of the race for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination tonight, a day after he finished a disappointing sixth in the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa. — "I have no regrets about running," Thompson said in a statement released by his campaign.
John Podhoretz / The Corner:
Truth-Telling: Anybody Who Says Ames Matters Is Smoking Something Illegal — I hate to be nasty, but anybody who takes the Ames Straw Poll results seriously is an idiot. A bunch of people spent ludicrous amounts of money to bus-and-truck 14,000 people to a big picnic …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
For a Joke-Telling Candidate, a Second Place Finish — "I can't buy you — I don't have the money," Mike Huckabee, the Arkansas Republican seeking the presidency, told Republicans at the Iowa Straw Poll this weekend. He offered a mock frown. — "I can't even rent you," he said.
USA Today:
Straw poll: Huckabee spent just $58 per vote for 2nd place and revived prospects — The top three finishers in the Iowa Republican Party straw poll are on talk shows today. We'll be back later with a report on what they said. Meanwhile, here's our own cost-benefit analysis of how they did yesterday at the Ames event:
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Some Democrats Fear Voter Hillary Clinton Backlash — The news stories, pundits and even some of her longtime political critics are noting the seemingly inexorable political advance of Senator Hillary Clinton towards the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination — but behind the scenes …
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Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:Dem insiders say national polls putting Hillary ahead meaningless
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Agence France Presse:
Hardline group rallies for world Islamic rule — More than 70,000 members of a hardline Muslim group held a rally in Indonesia that heard calls for a caliphate — or Islamic rule — to govern the world. — The supporters of the Hizbut Tahrir group filled up most of an 80,000-seat sports stadium …
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Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
The GOP YouTube Debate Is Back On — This just in: The Republican CNN/YouTube debate, in limbo for the past few weeks, is on again. — But Mitt Romney, who won Saturday's Iowa straw poll and has criticized the debate format, has yet to commit to the Nov. 28 event.
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New York Times:
Republicans' Debated YouTube Forum Is Back On — It looks as if the Republican presidential candidates, at least most of them, will be participating in a YouTube debate after all. The forum is now set for Nov. 28, the Wednesday after Thanksgiving. — The campaigns of Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
If Thompson Runs for President, Don't Look for Him in Reruns — Former Senator Fred D. Thompson of Tennessee segued neatly from Congress back to an acting career in 2002, when he joined the cast of NBC's long-running crime series "Law & Order." — Now that Mr. Thompson seems poised …
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Steve Benen / Talking Points Memo: The LAT had an interesting item today, speculating about whether …
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:Thompson's red truck parked, for now
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Associated Press:
Italy probe unearths huge Iraq arms deal — PERUGIA, Italy - In a hidden corner of Rome's busy Fiumicino Airport, police dug quietly through a traveler's checked baggage, looking for smuggled drugs. What they found instead was a catalog of weapons, a clue to something bigger.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
OBJECTIVITY....Mark Kleiman comments on the convention of objectivity in the reporting of straight news: … In theory, everyone agrees with this. The problem is, I haven't yet come across a single person who's proposed a workable solution. Who gets to decide whether an issue is still debatable?
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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Fred, Fred, Fred: Thompson's Challenge Has a Name — In the swampy soup of hopefuls for the 2008 presidential election, there is a man with a funny name. (No, not that one.) — We're thinking of the one named Fred (Thompson). — Say it out loud. Do it. Fred. Fred. In the South, Fray-ud.
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
In Fundraising's Murky Corners — Candidates See Little of Millions Collected by Linda Chavez's Family — Linda Chavez rose to prominence in the 1980s as a tart-tongued Reagan administration official and candidate for the Senate, eventually becoming a well-known Latina voice on social issues …
Steve Bainbridge / The Atlantic Online:
Annoyed by Ames ... and a Lot of Other Stuff [Stephen] — As I watch the coverage of the Iowa straw poll, I can't help once again feeling incredibly annoyed with the political process. — I live in California. Our population is over 37 million, representing 12% of the total US population.
Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
Merv Griffin Dies at Age 82 — LOS ANGELES (AP) - Merv Griffin, the entertainer turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion- dollar empire, has died. He was 82. — Griffin died of prostate cancer, according to a statement …
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