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Peter Baker / The Trail:
Bartlett Unleashed: On Flip-Flops, a "Dud" and the Guy With the Funny Name — Dan Bartlett, formerly one of the closest advisers to President Bush, has been offering a tough analysis of the GOP field. (White House Photo Office). — One of President Bush's closest advisers …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Fred Wins, Chris Loses (Update: My Prediction Comes True) — The first debate with Fred Thompson was expected to reveal whether the lanky actor had what it takes to make a national run for the office. Instead, it revealed Chris Matthews as a hack of the first order, one who tried his best to torpedo Thompson — and failed utterly.
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Live-Blogging the Republican Debate — It is fascinating (at least to those of us who had not watched one of these all the way through) how all the Republicans candidates feel the need to claim that we can get more revenue through tax cuts. Obviously tax increases are the kiss of death for a Republican candidate.
Stephen Green / VodkaPundit:
Debate Drunkblogging — LIVE!
Debate Drunkblogging — LIVE!
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Townhall.com, National Review, Classical Values, Patterico's Pontifications, Pajamas Media and Heading Right
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Spin room open: Thompson's debut, GOP's debate
Spin room open: Thompson's debut, GOP's debate
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CNN Political Ticker
Washington Wire:
Verdict on Thompson? — Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.
Verdict on Thompson? — Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.
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The Atlantic Online
Kelly P. Kissel / Associated Press:
Huckabee: Rivals Might Consider Suicide
Huckabee: Rivals Might Consider Suicide
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Jon Henke / Fred File:
Liveblogging the Michigan Republican Debate
Liveblogging the Michigan Republican Debate
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Townhall.com, Political Radar, Detroit News, Redstate, race42008.com, Bluey Blog, Wake up America and Daily Pundit
Ezra Klein:
What Has Happened To The Right? — Something has gone wrong on the Right. Become sick and twisted and tumorous and ugly. To visit Michelle Malkin's cave is to see politics at its most savage, its most ferocious, its most rageful. They say they've spent the past week smearing a child …
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Michelle Malkin:
Democrat poster-child abuse, the nutroots' pushback, and the continued campaign to silence the Right — I received an e-mail from a NYTimes reporter this afternoon: … I gave him these comments: … I also told him this: … Here's the NYTimes story, which actually turned out much fairer and more balanced than I expected.
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Firedoglake, Riehl World View, Ezra Klein, The Dread Pundit Bluto, Free Republic, Dean's World and The Huffington Post
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Capitol Feud: A 12-Year-Old Is the Fodder — There have been moments when the fight between Congressional Democrats and President Bush over the State Children's Health Insurance Program seemed to devolve into a shouting match about who loves children more. — So when Democrats enlisted …
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
When Rhetoric Meets Reality — I was talking to Tim via AOL IM, and I decided it was probably worthwhile to bring this up for everyone. One of the things that is so surprising (for me, at least) about the whole Graeme Frost episode is that rather than make their case against this program …
Dan / Riehl World View:
Alright, That's Enough On Graeme Frost — I did some research into the Frost family last night but was just going to let it go, no need to pile on, etc. But Think Progress doesn't seem to want to let it go. So, I'm posting what I turned up after I say my piece. — See those faces at Right?
Eric Roper / media.www.gwhatchet.com:
Seven GW students admit to hanging controversial posters — A group of seven GW students sent an e-mail to The Hatchet late Tuesday night admitting to hanging hundreds of controversial posters around campus early Monday morning. — The students - Adam Kokesh, freshman Yong Kwon …
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Young America's Foundation:
Radicals at The George Washington University Fake Young America's Foundation Event to Suggest Incident of Hate — STATEMENT FROM YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION — Leftist administrators at The George Washington University are on a rampage against a conservative group on campus …
The Smoking Gun:
Dead Reverend's Rubber Fetish — Autopsy: Pastor found in wet suits after autoerotic mishap — An Alabama minister who died in June of "accidental mechanical asphyxia" was found hogtied and wearing two complete wet suits, including a face mask, diving gloves and slippers, rubberized underwear …
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Little Green Footballs:
LGF Poll: Who Won the GOP Debate? — Which Republican candidate turned in the best performance in the October 9 debate? — Sam Brownback — Rudy Giuliani — Mike Huckabee — Duncan Hunter — John McCain — Mitt Romney — Tom Tancredo — Fred Thompson
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Torture Appeal — The Supreme Court today turned down the chance to elaborate for the first time in more than 50 years on the "state secrets privilege" by refusing to hear an appeal filed on behalf of Khaled el-Masri, who claims he was abducted and tortured …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court won't hear the appeal of apparent CIA victim
Supreme Court won't hear the appeal of apparent CIA victim
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The Washington Post / The Trail:
Michele Obama in Iowa Accident — Hampton, Iowa — A campaign van carrying the wife of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) collided with a motorcycle on a two-lane country road in central Iowa on Tuesday, sending the motorcyclist to the hospital. — No one in Michelle Obama's Chevrolet Uplander was hurt …
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Michelle Obama's van involved in Iowa crash
Michelle Obama's van involved in Iowa crash
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New York Times:
An Israeli Strike on Syria Kindles Debate in the U.S. — A sharp debate is under way in the Bush administration about the significance of the Israeli intelligence that led to last month's Israeli strike inside Syria, according to current and former American government officials.
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Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
"Ward Churchill to teach unsanctioned course on CU campus" — Dangerous. Anti-establishment. Edgy: … If Churchill's special brand of anti-American, white guilt-fueled BDS is strong enough to get college students to attend extra classes — for which they'll receive no credit …
John Tierney / New York Times:
Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus — In 1988, the surgeon general, C. Everett Koop, proclaimed ice cream to a be public-health menace right up there with cigarettes. Alluding to his office's famous 1964 report on the perils of smoking, Dr. Koop announced that the American diet …