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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 — PHILADELPHIA - - We now know something that we did not know before: When Hillary Clinton has a bad night, she really has a bad night. — In a debate against six Democratic opponents at Drexel University here Tuesday, Clinton gave the worst performance of her entire campaign.
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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.
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.
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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 …
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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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Aussie Dave / Israellycool:Gaza Strippers — Introducing our most diabolical weapon yet: Zionist Death Booty.TM
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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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