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10:05 PM ET, November 15, 2007

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The Washington Post / The Trail:
Karl Rove's New Gig  —  Less than three months after leaving the Bush White House, Karl Rove is becoming a member of a community not all that popular with administration officials: the media.  —  Newsweek has signed the president's former deputy chief of staff as a commentator who will turn …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Karl Rove Hired As Newsweek Contributor To 'Balance' Markos  —  Earlier this week, Newsweek announced that it is hiring DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas as a contributor for the 2008 presidential campaign, offering occasional opinion pieces.  Markos said, "Newsweek is 'balancing …
Michelle Malkin:
Kos + Rove + Newsweek = Zzzzzzzz
Discussion: Hot Air and Right Voices
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Clinton campaign: Hillary would win in a landslide if the election were tomorrow  —  Mark Penn, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) chief strategist, said Thursday that the Democratic front-runner would get 360 electoral votes if the election were held tomorrow and she faced former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R).
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Pardon Me?  —  Hillary Clinton Takes Cash From Recipients of Husband's Controversial Pardons  —  Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks about her health care policy on Sept. 18, 2007.  An examination of Clinton's fundraising donors reveals three donors …
Michelle Malkin:
What happens in Vegas...8:30pm Eastern: Obama BLOWS IT; Obama flubs again on human rights/national security; China comes up, but not China funny money; Edwards' plant joke and faux populism fall flat  —  9:17pm Eastern.  Commercial break for some stage furniture rearranging.  Here's my halftime summary.
Bill Sammon / Examiner:
Clinton Looks to Rebound
Discussion: Doug Ross, Sister Toldjah and BitsBlog
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
THE RELAUNCH  —  Can Barack Obama catch Hillary Clinton?
Discussion: theGarance.com
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Sources: Latest Senate FISA Bill Does Not Contain Telecom Immunity  —  This is pretty big.  As some people have been speculating today, aides to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have confirmed to me that the version of the FISA bill that was just reported out of the Judiciary Committee does not …
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Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
In Twist, Senate Judiciary Spying Bill Lacks Immunity for Telecoms
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Agonist
CNN Political Ticker:
Judiciary Committee approves bill to update surveillance
Discussion: Think Progress and D-Day
Agence France Presse:
Saudi punishes gang rape victim with 200 lashes  —  A court in the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail, a newspaper reported on Thursday.  —  The 19-year-old woman — whose six armed attackers …
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Frances Harrison / BBC:
Saudi gang-rape victim is jailed
Hillary Clinton / KCCI-TV:
KCCI-TV Releases Exclusive Iowa Caucus Poll  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — An exclusive copyrighted KCCI-TV poll released Thursday shows the Democratic race for president in Iowa tightening among the top three contenders, while there are significant changes in the Republican field.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Democrats raise the ante in Vegas
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
Martina Stewart / CNN Political Ticker:
Race to '08 podcast: Walking a fine line Thursday
Discussion: Boston Globe
Dan Balz / The Trail:
Spoiling for a Fight  —  Will Clinton turn up the heat …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Michelle Malkin:
Sedition in Olympia: Anti-war mom drops baby human shield as anarchist kiddie shields watch  —  On Monday, I blogged about the human kiddie shields being used by anti-war thugs in Olympia to block military shipments.  This afternoon, an Olympia reader e-mailed some new …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Fox/Iowa GOP debate off, Romney blamed  —  The Iowa Republican Party announced today that the debate they had planned in concert with Fox is now off.  It was to be December 4th.  —  The press release issued by the party said it had been cancelled due to unspecified "candidate scheduling conflicts."
Discussion: Riehl World View
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:   NH, Iowa voters get anti-Romney calls
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:   Anti-Romney calls being made in Iowa
Agence France Presse:
Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women  —  SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.  —  Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say …
Obama'08:
"Chances I Had"  —  Script  —  My parents weren't rich.  My father left me when I was very young.  —  The one thing I was able to get was a great education.  —  We should give every child the same chances that I had.  —  By investing in early childhood education and recruiting a whole new generation of teachers.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: McCain Performs Best Against Clinton; Giuliani, Clinton Hold Double-Digit Leads in Nomination Races  —  NEW YORK — While John McCain trails front-runner Rudy Giuliani in the race for the Republican nomination, slightly more Americans see McCain as a straight-talker and as honest …
Discussion: race42008.com and Pollster.com
Faiz / Think Progress:
Coal Industry Sponsoring Tonight's CNN Democratic Presidential Debate  —  Tonight at 8 pm EST, CNN will air a Democratic presidential debate, live from Las Vegas, Nevada.  A full-page advertisement in today's New York Times states that the debate is being sponsored by the "clean coal" industry:
Discussion: MoJoBlog, Taylor Marsh and Obama HQ
 
 
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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Obama Rising  —  Where Hillary went wrong—and how Barack took advantage.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards to walk picket line
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Blue America: Holding Rahm Emanuel Accountable: UPDATED
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Bomb Parts Clear Air Security in Tests
The Olympian:
At the port: What happened and what did not happen
Associated Press:
Gates Jawbones Hill on War Spending
Discussion: The Corner and Hot Air
 Earlier Items: 
Martina Stewart / CNN Political Ticker:
Hastert announces resignation
Discussion: The Swamp
Shannon D. Harrington / Bloomberg:
ResCap Credit Swaps Soar on Concern It May Default
Discussion: The Cabal
Matt Dunning / Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge …:
Cambridge boots Boy Scouts, calls support for soldiers 'pro-war'
Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
Goodbye, Mr. Bush  —  The Republican will to power remains ferocious.
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush's Irrational Exuberance
Salon:
Rudy Giuliani's ties to Fox News
 

 
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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

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

 
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