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Krugman vs. Krugman — In liberal Democratic circles, the debate over Social Security has taken a dangerous "don't worry, be happy" turn. — The argument has two equally dishonest components. The first is to deny that Social Security faces a daunting financing problem …
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Captain's Quarters, Heading Right, Crooked Timber, Blue Crab Boulevard and The Bullwinkle Blog
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They hate me! They really hate me! — Wow. Early in my tenure at the NYT, I was advised that it's a bad idea to devote a column to attacking another columnist — not just at the Times, but anywhere. Why? Because it makes you look small — as if you have nothing better to do than snipe …
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Ruth Marcus Tries to Show Her Beltway Badge of Seriousness — Ruth Marcus shows two things in her commentary today, "Krugman vs. Krugman". First, she hasn't a clue about Social Security financing. Second, she has no problem at all presenting a distorted picture to rationalize her clueless position.
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Democratic 2008 presidential race tightens: Reuters poll — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 2008 Democratic presidential race has tightened, with Barack Obama gaining on front-runner Hillary Clinton six weeks before the first contest, according to a national Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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She's No Morgenthau — Most of the time, Barack Obama seems like he's boxing in the wrong weight class. But Monday in Fort Dodge, Iowa, he delivered an unscripted jab that was a beaut. — At a news conference, the Illinois senator was asked about Hillary Clinton's attack on his qualifications.
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The Glittering Eye, Real Clear Politics, The Atlantic Online, Let Freedom Ring and TIME: Swampland
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Clinton Challenges Obama on Foreign Experience — Fog may have diverted Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's plane from her campaign stop here on Tuesday, but that did not prevent her from continuing her attacks on Senator Barack Obama's experience. — It was an odd moment.
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Wife Or Child — Which One Has The Best Foreign-Policy Experience?
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The Carpetbagger Report
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Americans enter holidays in dark mood: Reuters poll
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Sweetness & Light
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Edwards: I pay no attention to Clinton/Obama 'sniping'
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Salon
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POLL: Does Iowa Love Huckabee? — Huckabee surges in Iowa fueled by core Republican groups — Key elements of the Republican base are coalescing around Mike Huckabee in Iowa, lifting this comparatively little-known candidate to the first rank in the first state to cast votes in the 2008 presidential contest.
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Huckabee Makes Crucial Gains Among GOP Base — GOP Underdog Says Caucus Momentum Will Propel Campaign to Party Nomination — Propelled by little more than his message and political skills, Republican presidential contender former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has vaulted into a statistical dead heat …
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Musharraf may quit army by Saturday — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf could quit as chief of the army and take oath as a civilian president by Saturday, a senior official said. — Meeting another key demand of his U.S. sponsors and domestic opponents …
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The Tragedy of the Commons — Every year around this time, schoolchildren are taught about that wonderful day when Pilgrims and Native Americans shared the fruits of the harvest. "Isn't sharing wonderful?" say the teachers. — They miss the point. — Because of sharing, the first Thanksgiving in 1623 almost didn't happen.
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Joe Klein: Both factually false and stuck in the 1980s — For the sake of its own credibility, Time Magazine needs immediately to prohibit Joe Klein from uttering another word about the eavesdropping and FISA controversy. He simply doesn't know what he's talking about and he publishes demonstrably false statements.
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LAWYERS, GUNS & WASHINGTON — DC GUN BAN A TOUGH TEST FOR COURT — BY deciding yesterday to hear the District of Columbia's appeal of the federal court ruling that overturned DC's gun ban, the Supreme Court has ensured that gun control and gun rights will play a major role in the coming election …
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Instapundit.com, The Volokh Conspiracy, New York Times, Winds of Change.NET, Power Line, Classical Values, Don Surber, SCOTUSblog and Althouse
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Ruling Will Cripple Probes Of Lawmakers, U.S. Says — A little-noticed aspect of an appellate court decision could sharply limit investigations of members of Congress and hamper ongoing corruption probes, the Justice Department said this week in a motion seeking an emergency stay of the ruling.
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Democrats Move to Block Bush Appointments — Who says the Senate cannot act quickly? It conducted a full day's business in less than 30 seconds on Tuesday. — Of course, there was no real business to conduct. But fearing that President Bush would again use a Congressional recess …
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A Scientific Advance, a Political Question Mark — The discovery that it is possible to create equivalents to embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos has the potential to reshape — and perhaps defuse — the acrimonious political debate that has raged ever since human embryonic stem cells were discovered in 1998.
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Military Says Bonus Letter Was A 'Mistake' — A KDKA investigation is getting national attention and results for a wounded soldier from Mt. Lebanon and perhaps thousands of others. — The Army ordered Jordan Fox to return thousands of dollars in bonus money because his injuries prevented him from completing his tour.