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6:00 AM ET, November 3, 2007

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Washington Post:
Democratic Defections Clear Path For Mukasey  —  2 Senators Say Nominee Is Best Bush Would Offer  —  The nomination fight over attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey effectively came to an end yesterday, as two key Senate Democrats parted from their colleagues and announced their support …
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New York Times:
Senator Schumer's Statement  —  Following is the statement issued today by Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, announcing that he will vote in favor of President Bush's nominee for attorney general, Michael B. Mukasey.  —  I will support Judge Michael Mukasey for attorney general.
New York Times:
Schumer and Feinstein Back Mukasey
Ben Smith / The Politico:
HRC White House papers will go public in 08  —  The Clinton library is readying a trove of detail about Hillary Rodham Clinton's eight years as first lady in the White House for release in late January, government lawyers said in a court filing.  —  But Bill Clinton's lawyer will have the final …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Jessica Mintz / Associated Press:
Clinton presses for White House papers  —  REDMOND, Wash. - Former President Clinton said Friday that a letter he wrote to the National Archives was to expedite release of his papers, not slow the process or hide anything as rivals are suggesting in criticism of his wife.
Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:
Misleading?  —  Bill Clinton says that one of the questions …
Discussion: Riehl World View
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
ON DEADLINE: Hillary hides behind skirt?
Discussion: Washington Post and Reuters
Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Clinton's 'Pile-On Politics'  —  Nearly three days after the Democratic debate Tuesday night, Senator Hillary Clinton's post-forum tactics — complete with her video titled "The Politics of Pile On" and her remarks about the all-men's club of politics — have reverberated with more buzz …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Clinton and Obama Clash Over 'Piling On' Remarks
Rasmussen Reports:
Debate Fallout Has No Immediate Impact on Clinton Poll Position
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Goodbye to All That  —  T he logic behind the candidacy of Barack Obama is not, in the end, about Barack Obama.  It has little to do with his policy proposals, which are very close to his Democratic rivals' and which, with a few exceptions, exist firmly within the conventions of our politics.
Alice Miles / Times of London:
The Petraeus Curve  —  Serious success in Iraq is not being recognised as it should be  —  Is no news good news or bad news?  In Iraq, it seems good news is deemed no news.  There has been striking success in the past few months in the attempt to improve security, defeat al-Qaeda sympathisers …
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Loyal to Kerik, Giuliani Missed Warning Signs  —  If the rise of Bernard B. Kerik under the mentorship of Rudolph W. Giuliani was meteoric, the speed of his fall was breathtaking.  —  In December 2004, President Bush nominated Mr. Kerik, a former New York police commissioner, to head the federal Department of Homeland Security.
Discussion: TalkLeft and DownWithTyranny!
Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
One Hundred Routes to War, One Hundred Ways to Hell  —  Almost two years ago, in writing about the effects of any foreign intervention that is not a demonstrably necessary act of self-defense, I identified what I considered to be the most important principle regarding interventions of this kind.
Dan Morgan / Washington Post:
Sugar Industry Expands Influence  —  When U.S. sugar farmers needed help this summer defending a $1 billion, 10-year subsidy plan in a new House farm bill, they found it in some surprising places.  —  Among the 282 lawmakers siding with Midwest and Gulf Coast growers on a key vote …
Glenn Somerville / Reuters:
Hiring strong despite housing woes  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Job growth surged in October at twice the rate expected and factory orders edged up, suggesting the world's largest economy was strong enough to handle a deep housing slump without falling into recession.
Discussion: Redstate and Blogs for Bush
Gary Gentile / The Huffington Post:
Hollywood Writers Set Strike for Monday  —  LOS ANGELES — Film and TV writers prepared to go on strike Monday for the first time in two decades to break what has become a high-stakes stalemate with the world's largest media companies over profits from DVDs and programming on the Internet.
Joshua Keating / FP Passport:
It's official: Putin has just stopped pretending  —  It's safe to say that no one really expects this December's Russian elections to be a fair contest.  All the same, the Kremlin's decision to cut the number of international observers invited by two thirds is a particularly brazen demonstration …
Discussion: Redstate
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Let's See What You've Got, Babe  —  You know, I'm perfectly willing to say that Hillary shouldn't "play the gender card."  It's just not right.  —  Chris Matthews puts it best, I think: … So true.  And now I will be eagerly looking forward to him and the rest of the commentators calling …
 
 
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Fulfillment Elusive for Young Altruists In the Crowded Field of Public Interest
National Review:
The Toughest, Most Effective Web Ad I've Seen This Campaign So Far
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
America The Unfriendly  —  Another sign of what's going on …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Extreme Mortman:
The Obama Domino Theory
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
What A Shock — Liberal Bias In The Media (Update - Read The Report)
The Atlantic Online:
Parsing  —  From a technical point of view, this John Edwards ad is pretty awesome:
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Fox News' Hannity rails against Halloween, which 'teaches kids to be liberals'
James F. Smith / Boston Globe:
Biden for Dodd (if it isn't Biden)
Discussion: The Caucus
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Kevin Aylward / The 2007 Weblog Awards:
Best Law Blog
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Rice to face subpoena in espionage case
CNN Political Ticker:
Former president discusses UFO experience
Arizona Republic:
Detained worker: Had no idea pipe bomb was in truck
Sewell Chan / City Room:
Bloomberg Calls for Tax on Carbon Emissions
Little Green Footballs:
Daily Kos Quoted in 'Lions for Lambs' Ad
Discussion: Hot Air
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports Q3 digital subscribers hit 260K, for 11.9M in total, digital ad revenue rose 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic turned its first profit

Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans

Ross Raihala / Twin Cities:
Q&A with Aaron Rupar on leaving Vox to start Public Notice on Substack, watching ~400 Trump rallies to share clips with his 989K followers on X, and more

 
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