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Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
A Day Later, Clinton Embraces Spitzer's License Effort — John Edwards, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama during last night's debate. (Photo: Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times) — A day after she appeared to struggle to give her views on the subject, Hillary Rodham Clinton …
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Tim Russert: Stop the Inanity — Russert passes for a "tough" interviewer by adopting a confrontational pose rather than asking genuinely challenging questions. Which is why he's a terrible moderator for our presidential debates. — Last month, near the end of the Democratic presidential debate …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Thanks But I Think I'll Skip the Pile-On — Yes, it is a lovely thought (via Atrios): … But that's not an option open to Hillary Clinton. And while I'm sure this will open up the full-throated ire of the "must hate Hillary all the time" contingent, I believe this is where the candidates must operate within a double standard.
Roger Simon / The Politico:Obama, Edwards attack; Clinton bombs debate
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Matthew Dolan / Baltimore Sun:
Father of slain Marine wins case against funeral protesters — Pa. man awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages — Albert Snyder of York, Pa., the father of a Westminster Marine who was killed in Iraq, today won his case in a Baltimore federal court against members of Topeka …
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Alex Dominguez / Associated Press:
Jury awards father $11M in funeral case — BALTIMORE - A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Say Hello to the Newest Member of the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy — I had meant to re-register independent (or as it is known here in West Virginia, "No Party Affiliation") for the past two weeks after I had finally had enough of the bulls**t during the Graeme Frost escapade, but never got around to it …
Army Wife / ArmyWifeToddlerMom:
Nickelodeon is trying to brainwash your children in the morning, or a leftist primer — My Husband sent me this link this morning. Please watch this, in its entirety. It is imperative that you SEE what Nickelodeon is showing at 5:00am. — NICKELODEON IS BRAINWASHING YOUR CHILD
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Soldier flees interrogation by exposing breasts — Officer loses concentration after soldier takes her shirt off in front of him — An IDF soldier fled an interrogation room by exposing her breasts to a stunned officer. — The soldier was interrogated at the Biranit army base …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Nominee's Stand Avoiding Tangle of Torture Cases — In adamantly refusing to declare waterboarding illegal, Michael B. Mukasey, the nominee for attorney general, is steering clear of a potential legal quagmire for the Bush administration: criminal prosecution or lawsuits …
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L.A. Times Refuses to Correct Clear Errors; Justifies Decision with Sophistry — Like Michael Goldfarb, I received an e-mail from the L.A. Times "Readers' Representative" today refusing to correct numerous clear errors in a recent column by Tim Rutten. (My previous correspondence …
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Private Note to Bush from Hagel Calls For Direct, Unconditional, Comprehensive Talks with Iran — I have just secured a private letter — not yet publicly released — from Senator Chuck Hagel to President Bush and copied to Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates, and Stephen Hadley.
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
More and Better Democrats — Like Donna Edwards — Last year we had Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and others showing up for Joe Lieberman and the incumbency protection racket in Connecticut. — Now we have: — Harry Reid smacking down Chris Dodd …
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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Clinton would cream Giuliani, poll finds — One year before voters go to the polls to select the next president, the Republican Party is as weak as it has been in a generation, a detailed new poll suggests. — In a hypothetical matchup between Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani …
James Chapman / Daily Mail:
Christmas should be 'downgraded' to help race relations says Labour think tank — Christmas should be downgraded in favour of festivals from other religions to improve race relations, says an explosive report. — Labour's favourite think-tank says that because it would be hard …
Pajamas Media:
Shocking Inside DC Scandal Rumor: A Media Ethics Dilemma — So I was down in DC this past weekend and happened to run into a well-connected media person, who told me flatly, unequivocally that "everyone knows" The LA Times was sitting on a story, all wrapped up and ready …
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Kaj Larsen / The Huffington Post:
A Lesson For Mukasey: Why I Had Myself Water-Boarded — As a journalist for Current TV, a former military officer, and a student of public policy I have been involved in the debate about the War on Terror from the frontlines in Afghanistan to the policy discussions of academia.
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