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6:50 PM ET, November 13, 2007

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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush vetoes health and education bill  —  NEW ALBANY, Ind. - President Bush, escalating his budget battle with Congress, on Tuesday vetoed a spending measure for health and education programs prized by congressional Democrats.  —  He also signed a big increase in the Pentagon's non-war budget although …
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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Reid calls on Bush to withdraw troops  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that Democrats won't approve more money for the Iraq war this year unless President Bush agrees to begin bringing troops home.  —  By the end of the week, the House and Senate planned to vote …
New York Times:
Bush Vetoes Major Domestic Spending Measure  —  President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a major spending measure that would have funded education, health care and job training programs, saying it contained money for too many of the special projects known as earmarks.
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Reid Playing Hardball?
Discussion: Balloon Juice
FreedomWorks.org:
Why I Think Hillary Will Win  —  The former House Majority Leader looks at the issues debate in the presidential campaign.  —  If the 2008 presidential election were held today, Hillary Rodham Clinton would win.  —  Hillary's minor stumbles in last week's debate notwithstanding …
Discussion: VodkaPundit and Maggie's Farm
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Vultures circling in Iowa  —  A key Obama supporter in Iowa, former Democratic Party Chair Gordon Fischer, offered a glimpse into where his campaign sees growth: In scooping up Edwards supporters.  —  "It's going to move much more to a two-person race - Barack Obama and Hillary," …
Washington Wire:
Obama Camp Says Critical Gains Are at Hand
Discussion: Open Left
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
A Not-So-Perfect Picture of Party Unity
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Full Video: McCain Says Supporter's "Bitch" Query About Hillary Is "An Excellent Question"  —  Below we noted that a local Fox affiliate had reported on a John McCain event in South Carolina where he'd stood by while one of his supporters called Hillary a "bitch."
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Ezra Klein:
His Ideas Are Good, But I Want More Bullet Points  —  So we're back to arguing about John Edwards' plan to strip members of Congress of their health care if they don't pass comprehensive reform.  I'm always astonished at how bizarrely literally pundits act when they approach this idea.
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The Fact Hub:
Sen. Edwards Proposes Unconstitutional Law In New Ad  —  Sen. Edwards has a new TV advertisement about health care where he proposes the following law: … The problem is, Sen. Edwards doesn't have the power to take health care away from Congress unilaterally—he'd have to propose a law.
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Say It Enough Times It Must Be True  —  First the Clinton campaign whines that the other candidates were picking on the girl.  Then, standing up to Russert is like standing up to Hitler.  Then Bill Clinton compared Russert to the Swift Boat Vets.  Now the Clinton campaign is warning Wolf Blizter that he better not "pull a Russert."
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The Politico:
Democrats remain stalled on Iraq debate  —  As the congressional session lurches toward a close, Democrats are confronting some demoralizing arithmetic on Iraq.  —  The numbers tell a story of political and substantive paralysis more starkly than most members are willing to acknowledge publicly, or perhaps even to themselves.
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Dems Fool Netroots: Quietly Fund Iraq While Talking Tough
Discussion: Wake up America
WJXT-TV:
Man Found Dead, Stuck In Cat Door  —  \32-Year-Old Trying To Get In Girlfriend's Home  —  ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — St. Johns County deputies recently launched an investigation into what they called one of the strangest accidents they've ever seen when a man was found dead after getting stuck in a cat door.
The Huffington Post:
Laurie David and Gene Karpinski: Did Tim Russert Get the Memo?  —  This past week, NBC completed its Green Is Universal campaign — a week-long effort to educate and engage the public by infusing its programming with environmental themes.  The effort resulted in everything from Matt Lauer reporting …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Say Anything
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Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
Challenges to Both Left and Right on Global Warming
Discussion: The RBC and Energy Smart
The Sandmonkey / Rantings of a Sandmonkey:
Karim Amer is getting tortured in Prison  —  Abdel Karim Soliman, famously now known as Karim Amer, who got jailed for "disdain for religion" and "insulting the president" on his blog, is reportedly getting tortured by the Prison authorities. … I wish I could say I am surprised by this …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court takes no action on gun case  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced no action on a new case testing the meaning of the Second Amendment — an issue the Court has not considered in 68 years.  The Orders List contained no mention of either the District of Columbia's appeal (07-290) …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Post Critic Page Apologizes for E-Mail Remarks To Barry Aide  —  A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The Washington Post has apologized to D.C. Council member Marion Barry for sending an intemperate e-mail to his spokesman.  —  "It's the stupidest thing I've done in 30 years in journalism," music critic Tim Page said yesterday.
 
 
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Robert / Jihad Watch:
Illegal immigrant, Muslim from Lebanon, worked for FBI, CIA …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Iowa Waitress Speaks Out: I Didn't Get Tip From Clinton …
Faiz / Think Progress:
Justice Department Reopens Warrantless Wiretapping Inquiry That Was Halted By Bush
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
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The Corner:
RE: Krugman and Race
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
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WXIA-TV:
Poll: Obama, Clinton Virtually Tied
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The Corner:
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Turn-Around In Iraq  —  My optimistic military emailer from yesterday …
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Michael Yon / Online Magazine:
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Rasmussen Reports:
Just 25% Believe Democratic Candidates Are Piling On Hillary
USA Today:
A new page in O'Connors' love story
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Tancredo campaign ad sets off bomb
Kevin J. Martin / New York Times:
The Daily Show  —  IN many towns and cities, the newspaper is an endangered species.
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to The NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

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A profile of Town & Country EIC Stellene Volandes, who is trying to keep the Hearst-owned 178-year-old magazine relevant via social media and its website

 
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