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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Romney: Muslims not needed in Cabinet — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, asked about putting a Muslim in his presidential Cabinet, said that he "cannot see that a Cabinet position would be justified" based on the percentage of Muslims in the U.S., according to an Islamic businessman …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Exclusive: Romney Opposed Naming Muslim To Cabinet On Second Occasion, Witnesses Say — Presidential canidate Mitt Romney has discounted appointing Muslims to his cabinet on more than just the one occasion reported in a CSM op-ed yesterday. — TPM Election Central has learned …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
First Read: Romney clarifies Muslim statement
First Read: Romney clarifies Muslim statement
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Journalistic Malpractice At The Christian Science Monitor
Journalistic Malpractice At The Christian Science Monitor
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Time Magazine Circles The Wagons Around Joe Klein — I've spent all morning on the phone trying to figure out who the editor at Time Magazine was on Joe Klein's FISA column (the one Klein has now written about five times, fully admitting he never read the original bill).
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Rep. Rush Holt / The Huffington Post:
What's Really in the RESTORE Act — I was pleased to see Time Magazine columnist Joe Klein acknowledge that he "may have made a mistake" in his column attacking the House Majority ("The Tone Deaf Democrats") and misrepresenting the RESTORE Act. Unfortunately, Mr. Klein still professes confusion toward …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Extreme right wing Phil Kline investigated by KCTV5 — You may know of Phil Kline by his numerous appearances with Bill O'Reilly and his constant attacks on Planned Parenthood. You'd think he would have won his election against Paul Morrison because of all the free publicity, but he got defeated.
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
NO LASTING PEACE — SHORT of intolerable carnage, there's no durable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. None. The best all parties can hope for is an occasional time-out. — A respite between rounds isn't worthless, of course - lives are saved, Israel's economy improves …
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Gingrich Predicts Obama in Iowa — ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: Newt Gingrich predicts Barack Obama will win the hotly contested vote in Iowa, saying the junior Senator from Illinois will motivate more energized supported than the former First Lady. — "My guess is Senator Obama's …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
EPIPHANY — Over the Thanksgiving holiday I was looking at some polling charts at pollster.com. And I had what I can only call a computational epiphany. Those of us who are watching the races at least somewhat closely know that the basic tension in the Republican race is that Rudy Giuliani …
Michael J. Totten:
An Edgy Calm in Fallujah — FALLUJAH, IRAQ - "You're probably safer here than you are in New York City," said Marine First Lieutenant Barry Edwards when I arrived in Fallujah. I raised my eyebrows at him skeptically. "How many people got shot at last night in New York City?" he said.
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Hillary's Secret Weapon: Colin Powell? — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has been talking for some time now about how, if she is elected president, she will ask both Democratic and Republican statesmen to hit the road on her behalf to declare that "bipartisan foreign policy is back" in post-George W. Bush America.
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Cynthia Johnston / Reuters:
YouTube stops account of Egypt anti-torture activist — The video-sharing Web site YouTube has suspended the account of a prominent Egyptian anti-torture activist who posted videos of what he said was brutal behaviour by some Egyptian policemen, the activist said.
The Blotter:
Out of Spotlight, Giuliani Embraces Convicted Moneyman — Avni Patel and Richard Esposito Report: — A Pennsylvania man convicted in a notorious corruption case played host to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at a fundraiser last night, despite the Giuliani campaign's public efforts to distance itself from the man.
Media Matters for America:
CNN pledges no Dem "gotchas" in Republican YouTube debate — so why did CNN allow partisan "gotchas" in Dem debate? — In a November 21 post to The New York Times' political blog, The Caucus, staff writer Ariel Alexovich purported to give a "sneak peek" at how questions for the November 28 …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Follow the Fundamentals — Lou Dobbs is winning. He's not winning personally. He's not going to start winning presidential awards or elite respect. But his message is winning. Month by month the ideas that once prevailed on the angry fringe enter the mainstream and turn into conventional wisdom.
Verizon:
Verizon Wireless To Introduce 'Any Apps, Any Device' Option For Customers In 2008 — New Open Development Initiative Will Accelerate Innovation and Growth — BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless today announced that it will provide customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless network …