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The Atlantic Online:
"Diamond v. Pearl" Student Blasts CNN (Updated With CNN Response) — Maria Luisa, the UNLV student who asked Hillary Clinton whether she preferred "diamonds or pearls" at last night's debate wrote on her MySpace page this morning that CNN forced her to ask the frilly question instead …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
'Diamonds or pearls'? CNN made her do it. — During last night's Democratic presidential candidates debate, UNLV student Maria Luisa asked the final question of the evening. Luisa laughingly asked Clinton: "Do you prefer diamonds or pearls?" Marc Ambinder reports that Luisa actually wanted …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Diamonds and Pearls for Hillary
Diamonds and Pearls for Hillary
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Can We Just Close Down CNN? — Probably like a lot of people …
Can We Just Close Down CNN? — Probably like a lot of people …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Democratic Debate: Winners and Losers — Last night was a tale of two debates. — The first 15 minutes of the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas featured clashes between the top three candidates — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards — over Social Security, Iran and telling the truth.
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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Democrats unable to bring troops home — WASHINGTON - Nearly a year after anti-war voters put them in power, congressional Democrats remain unable to pass legislation ordering troops home from Iraq. Frustrated by Republican roadblocks, Democrats now plan to sit on President Bush's $196 billion request …
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Murtha Shows Dem Duplicity on Iraq; Dems Play with Fire — The debate over the administration request for funding for the Iraq war in 2008 is growing increasingly complex. As we've covered here, Democrats wrote a Department of Defense funding bill which specifically authorized …
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Eliot Spitzer's Death Wish — New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has taken a lot of abuse in recent weeks—for his hastily-dropped plan to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens, his quickly-withdrawn plan to tax internet purchases, and his move to speed-up release for violent criminals.
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
BREAKING: Reid shuts down Bush recess appointments during Thanksgiving — Now who's relevant? A statement from Senator Harry Reid (and more background on this issue here):
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Michelle Malkin:
My best friend, Joy Behar — The nattering nabobs of ninnyism on "The View" never cease to amaze. You may recall last month when "View" co-host Joy Behar appeared on the Bill Maher show and called me a "selfish bitch" because I questioned Harry Reid's poster family for the massive S-CHIP entitlement expansion.
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
How Do Republicans Get Away With It? — The NYT has picked …
How Do Republicans Get Away With It? — The NYT has picked …
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Irenep / Michael Yon:
Come Home … The Dome Under the Cross: Local Muslim and Christian leaders had prepared the church for his arrival. — A Bishop came to St John's Church in Baghdad today, 15 November, where a crowd of locals welcomed him home. They were joined at the service by soldiers from the 2-12 infantry battalion …
Associated Press:
Flying Spaghetti Monster's existence mulled — (AP) — When some of the world's leading religious scholars gather in San Diego this weekend, pasta will be on the intellectual menu. They'll be talking about a satirical pseudo-deity called the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whose growing pop …
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Kos / Daily Kos:
CNN's and Carville's lack of ethics — Would it kill CNN to not include partisan supporters of the various candidates in their post-debate spin? — Would it kill CNN to disclose that James Carville is a partisan Clinton supporter when talking about the presidential race?
WLS / Patterico's Pontifications:
Huge Admin. Win in 9th Cir. on Terrorist Surveillance Litigation — 3-0 Vote, and all the Judges are Carter and Clinton Appointees. Who can MoveOn blame now? — Filed under: General — WLS @ 12:48 pm — In this opinion just released this morning, three Judges of the Ninth Circuit …
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The Jawa Report
Joseph A. Palermo / The Huffington Post:
Karl Rove at Newsweek? — Newsweek magazine hiring Karl Rove to be a political commentator illustrates everything that is wrong with the corporate media system. Here is a guy whose scorched earth politics have left the nation reeling with ill effects and crippling divisions and he is rewarded …
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