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David Hill / The Hill:
Ron Paul: Trouble back home — While Texan Ron Paul's stock is soaring nationally, there is trouble on the home front. In September, Paul finished third in a straw poll of 1,300 Texas Republican activists who had been delegates to recent Republican conventions.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Clinton 42% Giuliani 39% Ron Paul 8% — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found Hillary Clinton leading Rudy Giuliani by three percentage points in a four-way race that includes Ron Paul running as a Libertarian candidate and Ralph Nader representing the Green Party.
Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
Anti-Bush Sign Has Bridge World in an Uproar — In the genteel world of bridge, disputes are usually handled quietly and rarely involve issues of national policy. But in a fight reminiscent of the brouhaha over an anti-Bush statement by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks in 2003 …
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Michelle Malkin:
BDS at the world bridge championships — Call them the Dixie Chicks of the bridge world. Make sure you check out the photo and whole story at the NYT (yes, it's worth it): … What next? The world shuffleboard champions showing up in these? — Guess we should be glad the bridge gals …
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Lessig Blog:
4Barack — "DON'T DO THIS!" a friend wrote, a friend who never uses allcaps, a friend who cares genuinely about what's good for me, and who believes that what's good for me depends in part upon how easily I can talk to the next administration. "He is NOT going to win. She has it sewed up.
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Peter Berkowitz / Opinion Journal:
The Insanity of Bush Hatred — Our politics suffer when passions overcome reason and vitriol becomes virtue. — Hating the president is almost as old as the republic itself. The people, or various factions among them, have indulged in Clinton hatred, Reagan hatred, Nixon hatred …
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Agence France Presse:
Pakistan's Khan charged under anti-terror laws — LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) — Police in Pakistan arrested cricket legend Imran Khan and later charged him under anti-terrorism laws after he emerged from hiding to join a student protest Wednesday. — He was picked up as former premier Benazir Bhutto hammered …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
VOTER ID....The State of Indiana has the most stringent voter ID laws in the country. Democrats are always griping about this, and have even gone so far as to challenge Indiana's law in the Supreme Court. But this is just silly. In this day and age everyone has a photo ID anyway, so what's the problem?
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Ryan Singel / Wired News:
Sensitive Guantánamo Bay Manual Leaked Through Wiki Site — A never-before-seen military manual detailing the day-to-day operations of the U.S. military's Guantánamo Bay detention facility has been leaked to the web, affording a rare inside glimpse into the institution …
Matthew Felling / CBS News:
Friendly Fire in the White House — This post has been updated. —MTF — Criticisms of the White House press corps come fast and furious in MediaLand and Blogistan. (From accusations like they're 'an extension of the Clinton spin machine' to its 'meekness' in covering the Bush presidency.)
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The Hill:
Senate Dem leaders float plan for forced filibuster — Senate Democrats might force Republicans to wage a filibuster if the GOP wants to block the latest Iraq withdrawal bill, aides and senators said Tuesday. — That could set the stage for a dramatic end-of-the-year partisan showdown …
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Queen Hillary's disruptive court — The press corps finally wakes up to her waffling and evasions. Plus: Norman Mailer's largely forgotten legacy and our disappointing lesbian icons! — The mainstream media have been in a breathless tizzy about how Hillary Clinton waffled, tripped …
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Krongard Recuses Himself from Blackwater Investigations — Howard "Cookie" Krongard said he's just learned that his brother is on Blackwater's advisory board and has formally recused himself from investigating the company. — Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) asked when Krongard learned his brother …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Should Hillary Pretend to Be a Flight Attendant? — In 2005, a year after Ellie Grossman, a doctor, met Ray Fisman, a professor, on a blind date, she was talking to her grandmother about her guy. — "Never let a man think you're smarter," her grandmother advised. "Men don't like that."
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Kathleen Willey Interview — Yesterday, I did a phone interview with Kathleen Willey, who has a new book out: Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton. — What follows is a transcript of our conversation, edited slightly for readability's sake.
Bob Cesca / The Huffington Post:
American Patriotism Crushed By Republican SUVs — The actual retail price of the Bush Wars: $1.6 trillion, according to a congressional report released yesterday. And this generation of (civilian) Americans has never been asked to sacrifice a single damn thing in order to help ameliorate …