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7:50 AM ET, November 15, 2007

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The Washington Post / The Trail:
Spitzer Drops License Plan, But Damage to Democrats is Done  —  The Democratic front-runners at last months debate were pressed on the issue of driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.  (AP).  —  After all the hoopla, N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer is dropping his plan to provide drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
In Las Vegas, Chance for Clinton to Undo Damage  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton heads into tonight's Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas with an opportunity: to try to erase the unflattering image that her chief rivals, and her own mistakes, have helped create.
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, USA Today and TalkLeft
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.
Peter A. Brown / The Politico:
Immigration is new affirmative action
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
The Atlantic Online:
HRC Now Has An Answer On Immigration
Discussion: MyDD and Eunomia
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
House passes Iraq withdrawal bill  —  The House tonight passed a $50 billion Iraq funding bill that sets a "goal" of having all U.S. forces out of the country by Dec. 2008, the latest move in the ongoing political struggle over the war.  —  The "Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act" …
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
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Michelle Malkin:
White Flag Dems pass Iraq withdrawal bill
Discussion: Scotsman and Gateway Pundit
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:   House Approves Funds for Military, With Strings
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
House Passes Anti-War Bill
Discussion: Macsmind and Think Progress
Spectator:
The al Durah blood libel  —  I am in Paris where I have attended the Court of Appeal special session called to witness the 27 minutes of hitherto unseen footage of the 'killing' of Mohammed al Durah which the court had required France 2 to produce.  For readers who are unfamiliar with this scandal, I wrote about it here, here and here.
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Backspin:
Dura Discredited  —  HonestReporting together with Take-A-Pen covered this afternoon's hearing in France where raw footage of the Mohammed Dura was publicly screened for the first time.  HonestReporting/Take-A-Pen's Alain Benjamin, who saw the video in court, discussed by phone the proceedings with MediaBackspin editor Pesach Benson.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Richard Landes / Augean Stables:
Gambling with a Lie: Enderlin pulls a Rosemary Woods
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Israel Matzav
Martina Stewart / CNN Political Ticker:
Rep. Dennis Hastert to announce resignation Thursday  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected to announce Thursday on the House floor that he is retiring from Congress, a senior aide to the congressman told CNN Wednesday.  —  The aide said that Hastert …
MSNBC:
How big a role did disgraced CIA officer have?  —  Prouty was assigned a sensitive post in Baghdad, NBC News has learned  —  There's new information about the young Lebanese woman who pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges she lied about her background to get jobs at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency.
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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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Thers / Whiskey Fire:
Golden Needles in Our Eyes
Discussion: Firedoglake and Althouse
Patrick Ruffini:
I Need 1,165 People Before Midnight  —  UPDATE: Just realized there are 12 questions on the front page of 10 Questions, so the cutoff for getting asked is 1,165 net positive votes before midnight.  I'm at +826 right now.  The heat is on.  Vote below.  —  The 10Questions question period is rapidly drawing to a close.
Lily Quateman / The Politico:
Most at NYU say their vote has a price  —  Two-thirds say they'll do it for a year's tuition.  And for a few, even an iPod touch will do.  —  That's what NYU students said they'd take in exchange for their right to vote in the next presidential election, a recent survey by an NYU journalism class found.
New York Times:
U.S. Is Looking Past Musharraf in Case He Falls  —  Almost two weeks into Pakistan's political crisis, Bush administration officials are losing faith that the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, can survive in office and have begun discussing what might come next, according to senior administration officials.
Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
Goodbye, Mr. Bush  —  The Republican will to power remains ferocious.  It will take a dauntless Democratic leader to win back the White House and restore dignity to the Constitution.  —  Editor's note: Sidney Blumenthal is joining the Hillary Clinton campaign as a senior advisor, and this is his last column for Salon.
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof
Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
McCain and Romney Aides Hit Rudy on Kerik  —  Rudy Giuliani's rivals are not at all satisfied with the former mayor's dismissal of the newest twist in the Bernard Kerik scandal.Commenting on book publisher Judith Regan's allegation that a senior executive at News Corp told her to lie …
Felix Gillette / New York Observer:
Imus Is Back!  —  But Not Quite Live!  Bloodied Radio Cowboy Returns Dec. 3 With 21-Second Delay; WABC Says Ad Sales Going at Fast Clip; First Day's Guest, Carville; Ambivalent Russert Battered on Blogs  —  EDITION OF THE NEW YORK OBSERVER.  —  Philip Burke
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Buzzy Krongard: I Told My Brother I Was Joining Blackwater's Advisory Board  —  Howard "Cookie" Krongard might have just perjured himself before the House Oversight Committee.  —  Earlier today, the State Department inspector general repeatedly told the panel that he was unaware his brother …
 
 
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Michael Getler / PBS Ombudsman:
Ombudsman's Mailbag  —  I was out of town for a couple of days …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
US News:
Capital Commerce  —  Home > Money & Business > Capital Commerce …
Discussion: Say Anything
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Is Israel a Jewish state?
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Atlas Shrugs
The Atlantic Online:
The GOP and the Race Issue
CBS News:
GAO: Bomb Parts Snuck Past Airport Checks
Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
Hamas to curb press, gatherings in Gaza
Gail Collins / New York Times:
What Happens in Vegas ...  I'm sure you are excited …
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
To Know Us Is To Love Us  —  SLATE READERS ON HOW TO IMPROVE AMERICA'S IMAGE IN THE WORLD.
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
O.J. Simpson must stand trial
Jim Garamone / DefenseLINK:
U.S. Examines 'Plan B' for Supplying Troops in Afghanistan
Peter Berkowitz / Opinion Journal:
The Insanity of Bush Hatred
Discussion: TBogg, alicublog and Brendan Nyhan
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
passing thoughts on being a "neocon" (before I head off to MMA class)
The Times-Picayune / Breaking News Updates New Orleans:
Engineer group not amused by online spoof of levee review
Michelle Malkin:
Car wars  —  A sanctimonious liberal (redundancy alert!) …
Debra Condren / The Huffington Post:
Beat the Bitch? Straight Talk on the B-Bomb
Associated Press:
Obama says he has no Illinois records
Discussion: Blogs For Victory and Macsmind
 

 
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