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4:00 AM ET, October 21, 2007

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
A tale of two polls  —  It could be an episode of Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story."  Mitt Romney was announced from the podium Saturday afternoon as the winner of the Family Research Council's "Values Voter Straw Poll," narrowly edging Mike Huckabee.  —  But it turns out that the 5 …
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Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
Huckabee likens abortion to a holocaust  —  (CNN)-Speaking before a gathering of Christian conservative voters, GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said legalized abortion in the United States was a holocaust.  —  "Sometimes we talk about why we're importing so many people in our workforce," the former Arkansas governor said.
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Perkins: Giuliani supports marriage amendment  —  Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, told The Hill Saturday that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) would support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.  —  Perkins said Giuliani told him in a private meeting …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Religious right straw-victors: Romney, Huckabee  —  by Mark Silva, updated with full results  —  Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts and a late-comer to the anti-abortion cause, claimed a narrow victory today in a straw poll of Christian conservative voters assembled in Washington and collecting votes from members online.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Romney wins Values Voters Straw Poll
The Corner:
And the Winner Is Huckabee — By a Lot [Byron York]
Discussion: Daily Kos, MSNBC and Hot Air
Michael Luo / New York Times:   Religious Right Divides Its Vote
Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
Romney wins in conservative voters poll
Discussion: Riehl World View
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Poll finds Thompson appeals to churchgoers
Discussion: Right Wing News and Say Anything
David M. Kennedy / New York Times:
Malefactors of Megawealth  —  Paul Krugman is a justly renowned professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University.  His abundant accolades include the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded biannually to an outstanding economist under the age of 40 — a distinction said to be predictive of …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and PrestoPundit
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson / The Huffington Post:
Obama Should Repudiate and Cancel His Gay Bash Tour, and Do it Now  —  Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama ripped a page straight from the Bush campaign playbook with his announced upcoming three date barnstorm tour through South Carolina with notorious gay basher, gospel singer Donnie McClurkin.
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Obama to do gospel tour with radical right singer who crusades …
Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
Indian immigrants' son new La. governor  —  BATON ROUGE, La. - U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation's youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents.  —  Jindal, the Republican 36-year-old son …
Discussion: Townhall.com and Gay Patriot
Del Simmons / FreeSpeech.com:
Obscure, violent left-wing blogger threatens murder for hire!  —  Sadly, Mr. Chuck Adkins of Lincoln Park, Michigan has now taken his rude behavior a step too far.  Tonight I posted a respectful comment (no profanity or anything) to his blog asking him to explain to me how Limbaugh had "mocked" the Frost kid.
Discussion: BitsBlog, Chuck Adkins and Cold Fury
Josh Meyer / Los Angeles Times:
FBI working to bolster Al Qaeda cases  —  The U.S. is concerned that evidence obtained from CIA interrogations will be inadmissible at war-crimes tribunals.  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI is quietly reconstructing the cases against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and 14 other accused Al Qaeda leaders …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
State Department Struggles To Oversee Private Army  —  The State Department Turned to Contractors Such as Blackwater Amid a Fight With the Pentagon Over Personal Security in Iraq  —  Last Christmas Day in Baghdad, U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad received a furious phone call from Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi.
Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
Old Enough Now to Ask How Dad Died at War  —  LANCASTER, N.Y. — CamerynLee was only 3 years old when her father, Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, a Marine Corps reservist, was killed in an accidental shooting during the first days of the Iraq war.  Now 8, she is suddenly hungry for information …
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Newsweek.com:
Yankees  —  The record-breaking autumn heat wave finally broke—just in time for Mr. Global Warming to snare the Nobel Peace Prize.  Hot!  —  Hillary  —  The good times keep rolling.  But even her aides say it won't be as easy as the CW now suggests.  —  Thompson
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts Character  —  NEW YORK (AP) - Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.  J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night …
Katie Zezima / New York Times:
Not All Are Pleased at Plan to Offer Birth Control at Maine Middle School  —  Carissa Porcaro, a student at King Middle School here, did not hide her feelings about the Portland school board's decision to let the independently operated clinic at her school provide girls access to prescription contraceptives.
Discussion: News Hounds and TalkLeft
 
 
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The Corner:
Huckabee Today  —  Wow.  Let me repeat: Wow.  What an incredible communicator.
Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Thompson Cites Openly Pro-Imperialism Author Andrew Roberts
The Corner:
Re: I have returned  —  Jonah, re your comments on Montreal …
Discussion: alicublog
New York Times:
In Pakistan Quandary, U.S. Reviews Stance
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Dumbledore!  —  Let's run the gay-check, shall we?  No known female companion ever.
Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner
David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
FRC III: Abortions for Some, Miniature American Flags for Others
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Limbaugh At It Again - Mocks Voice Of 12 Year Old Graeme Frost
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Larijani Resigns  —  Top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani …
Townhall.com:
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
Discussion: Althouse and How Appealing
Erick Erickson / The Truth Laid Bear:
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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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