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10:55 PM ET, October 31, 2007

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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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Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Lieberman at issue in Democrats' Iran clash  —  Connecticut maverick backs Clinton, criticizes Edwards on Iran policy  —  WASHINGTON - His name only came up once in passing during Tuesday night's presidential debate, but in a way, Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democratic presidential contender himself in 2004, was very much present.
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Obama, Edwards attack; Clinton bombs debate
MSNBC:
Oct. 30 Democratic debate transcript
Steven Greenhouse / The Caucus:
Big Union Endorses Clinton
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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.
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 …
Daniel W. Reilly / The Politico:
Durbin to oppose Mukasey  —  Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) announced Wednesday he would not support the nomination of Michael Mukasey for Attorney General because of Mukasey's refusal to declare the "waterboarding" interrogation technique as torture.
Discussion: Think Progress
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Malcolm Nance / NY Daily News:
I know waterboarding is torture - because I did it myself
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Mukasey, GOP waffle on waterboarding
Discussion: New York Times
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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Michelle Malkin:
Nickelodeon goes moonbatty
Discussion: Liberty Street
Ynetnews:
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 …
Discussion: A Blog For All
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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 …
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Longtime Bush adviser leaving State  —  WASHINGTON - Karen Hughes, who led efforts to improve the U.S. image abroad and was one of President Bush's last remaining advisers from the close circle of Texas aides, will leave the government at the end of the year.
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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.
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 …
ColorOfChange.org:
ColorOfChange.org PAC Supports Donna Edwards for Congress  —  Statement from James Rucker, Executive Director, ColorOfChange.org PAC:  —  "Black Americans have long relied on Black elected officials like Al Wynn to represent their interests in Washington, and far too often, they find those leaders unaccountable and compromised.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
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.
Discussion: Riehl World View and The Agonist
Weekly Standard:
(Updated) Still No Correction from the LATimes  —  Update: And there's none forthcoming...see the email from the L.A. Times below.  —  I wrote earlier in the week about Los Angeles Times media critic Tim Rutten's attempt to weigh in on the Beauchamp story with this piece that was riddled with factual errors.
 
 
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Michelle Malkin:
Halloweenblogging  —  I told Hot Air readers a while ago …
Discussion: Riehl World View
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Economy Grew 3.9% in 3rd Quarter
NPR:
Turning Points  —  So how did Vokey, who's stationed …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Chicago Boyz
CNN:
Some Christian pastors embrace Scientology
Discussion: Hot Air
Satyam / Think Progress:
Petraeus Personally Introduces Disgraced Ahmed Chalabi To U.S. Troops In Iraq
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Centrist Dems Rank With Fear
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Jeremy P. Meyer / Denver Post:
Senator's hold on Interior vote goes unheeded
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