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Wall Street Journal:
Frustration Builds for Democrats — Reversal of Fortune for Mukasey — Highlights Struggles on Security Issues — Washington — The way in which Senate Democrats wavered and then consented to the confirmation of Michael B. Mukasey as attorney general reflects the party's broader struggle …
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Nora Ephron / The Huffington Post:
It's hard to be a Democrat, don't you think? There's no alternative, of course, but it's hard. Someone asked me the other day to write something about why I was a Democrat, and I had no trouble making a list of 10 reasons. Of course, five of those reasons were the Supreme Court …
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The Atlantic Online:
Should Illegal Immigrants Get Driver's Licenses? — Since this question seems very hard for Democratic politicians to give a straightforward answer to, I thought I'd try to think about it myself. The problem with saying "yes" isn't just that it's unpopular, it's that it's unpopular because it sounds ridiculous.
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New York Times:
Different Rules When a Rival Is a Woman?
Different Rules When a Rival Is a Woman?
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New York Times:
Police Battle Lawyers in Pakistan — Police armed with tear gas and clubs attacked thousands of protesting lawyers in the city of Lahore today, and rounded up lawyers in other cities as the government of the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, faced the first signs of concerted resistance to the imposition of emergency rule.
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John Ashcroft / New York Times:
Uncle Sam on the Line — FOR almost two years, the country has debated whether the Bush administration acted properly and lawfully in undertaking emergency surveillance operations of suspected foreign terrorists on presidential authorization in the wake of 9/11.
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CBN.com:
Romney Scores Major Endorsement — This is a big one folks. In a Brody File exclusive, we've found out that Paul Weyrich, the former co-founder of The Moral Majority has endorsed Mitt Romney for President. The Brody File has the press release. Read below: … Where do I begin?
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Boston Globe
Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher:
First FAS-FAX Numbers: Many Top Papers Take Big Hits — NEW YORK The Audit Bureau of Circulations released circulation numbers for more than 700 daily newspapers this morning for the six-month period ending September 2007. Of the top 25 papers in daily circulation (see chart, separate story), only four showed gains.
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Scott Horton / Harper's:
Happy Counterterrorism Day — Remember, remember the fifth of November, — Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent — To blow up the King and Parliament. — Three score barrels of powder below, — Poor old England to overthrow; — By God's providence he was catch'd
Atrios / Eschaton:
A Landslide Democratic Victory Would be Good News For Republicans — The optimistic Bowers: … I think we've had a generation of a political-media-industrial class which has been completely infused with a narrative of Republicans are ascendant/Democrats are in decline.
Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Kentucky GOP Pushing Anti-Gay Message In Final Days Of Gov Race — Going into the home stretch in in the Kentucky gubernatorial election, the Republicans appear to have brought out one last card: Paranoia against gays. — The state GOP is now sending a robo-call throughout the state featuring none …
Andrew Roth / Club for Growth:
The Club's 2007 Senate RePORK Card … Full Score Ratio — Coburn (R-OK) — 100% — 15 / 15 — DeMint (R-SC) — 100% — 13 / 13 — Burr (R-NC) — 100% — 15 / 15 — McCain (R-AZ) — 100% — 2 / 2 — Kyl (R-AZ) — 93% — 14 / 15 — Chambliss (R-GA)
Martin Kramer / Sandbox:
Hillary: Triangulation on Israel? … Hillary Clinton has published her foreign policy agenda in Foreign Affairs magazine, under the title "Security and Opportunity for the Twenty-First Century." The one paragraph on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict draws deeply on the notions that …
HillaryClinton.com:
Clinton Grows Stronger As Obama & Edwards Attack - Obama Negatives Rising, Edwards' Vote Flat — The post-debate polls coming out this weekend show Hillary Clinton remaining strong in the general election, maintaining her leads in the primaries and in the key issues confronting the country.
Angela Shaw / Boston Globe:
Torture debate between McCain, Giuliani, gets personal — MASON CITY, Iowa - The Republican debate over torture has become a debate over resumes, as John McCain warns from personal experience about the dangers of harsh questioning and Rudy Giuliani takes credit for his skill with it as a prosecutor.