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9:20 PM ET, November 14, 2007

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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Clinton: No illegal immigrant licenses  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday came out against granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, after weeks of pressure in the presidential race to take a position on a now-failed ID plan from her home state governor.
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Peter A. Brown / The Politico:
Immigration is new affirmative action  —  Immigration is becoming for the 2008 election what affirmative action/racial preferences was 15 years ago — the kind of emotional wedge issue that offers Republicans a way to split rank-and-file Democrats from their leaders.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Chertoff: N.Y. to follow Real ID measures
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.
John Derbyshire / The Corner:
Riders on the Stormfront  —  Has anyone else noticed that "Ron Paul" almost rhymes with "Goebbels," if you drop the "s"?  And look—it has the same number of syllables!  —  All I took away from that American Thinker piece was that Paul has some really amateurish people running his campaign.
David Freddoso / The Corner:
Ron Paul's Trouble At Home?
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 …
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Kathleen Willey Interview
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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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 …
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Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Buzzy Krongard: I Told My Brother I Was Joining Blackwater's Advisory Board
Discussion: Think Progress
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 …
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.)
Discussion: Romenesko
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
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Michelle Malkin:   Car wars  —  A sanctimonious liberal (redundancy alert!) …
CNN:
Poll: Clinton has large lead in Nevada prior to debate  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton has a large lead over her rivals among Nevada Democratic caucus-goers, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Wednesday.  —  The New York Democrat is the top pick of over half …
Discussion: The Swamp and Pollster.com
Washington Wire:
Buffett Tells Congress to Keep Estate Tax  —  "You'd have to attend 200 funerals to be at one" where an estate tax was owed, Buffett told the Senate panel today.  (AP)  —  John Godfrey reports on taxes.  —  For years, Warren Buffett has been urging Congress to keep the federal estate tax.
Discussion: Say Anything and Club for Growth
The Times-Picayune / Breaking News Updates New Orleans:
Engineer group not amused by online spoof of levee review  —  By Mark Schleifstein and Sheila Grissett  —  A long-simmering dispute about whether a leading engineering organization whitewashed the role of the Army Corps of Engineers in the failure of the levee system during Hurricane Katrina …
 
 
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Catrin Einhorn / New York Times:
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Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
ABOUT THOSE UGLY IOWA CALLS
Debra Condren / The Huffington Post:
Beat the Bitch? Straight Talk on the B-Bomb
Discussion: Queerty and DownWithTyranny!
Associated Press:
Obama says he has no Illinois records
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
Strike in France a Test of Wills
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
House Democrats round up votes on Iraq
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Gateway Pundit
Lindsay Beyerstein / In These Times:
Rudy Guiliani: Criminal or Liar?
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
INNOVATION AND UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE....Jonathan Cohn's cover story …
Agence France Presse:
Pakistan's Khan charged under anti-terror laws
Discussion: The Corner
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Bolton: No Iran Strike Likely
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Democrats Call For... Increased Troop Levels in Iraq?
The Corner:
Why We Eat  —  Move over affirmative action bake sales.
Discussion: Gothamist and Forum
Kevin / Stop Her Now:
Trouble for Hillary in Ohio
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR HOWARD DEAN ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL …
Discussion: HazZzMat and IMAO
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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