memeorandum: Religious Minority Candidate Mitt Romney Comes Out In Favor Of Religious Bigotry (Faiz/Think Progress)

2:10 PM ET, November 27, 2007

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On the Jewish Question — Herewith some thoughts about tomorrow's Annapolis peace conference, and the larger problem of how to approach the Israel-Palestine conflict. The first question (one might think it is obvious but apparently not) is, "What is the conflict about?"

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Frank J. Gaffney Jr / Washington Times:

Gang rape in Annapolis — It is fitting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chose the U.S. Naval Academy for the venue of today's so-called Mideast peace conference. The reputation of that extraordinary institution in Annapolis has been sullied in recent years by a succession of rapes of young women.

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Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
Condi's Road to Damascus

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Carl / Israel Matzav:
Olmert will announce the division of Jerusalem today

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New York Times:
Framework for Mideast Peace Talks Set at Conference

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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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National Review:

Team Romney, Thinking Something's Amiss in Ijaz's Account — Mansour Ijaz, writing in the Christian Science Monitor: … Team Romney indicates that they are skeptical of Mr. Ijaz's account. They're not saying that the quote is false, because they don't have a record of the exact words …

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Faiz / Think Progress:

Religious Minority Candidate Mitt Romney Comes Out In Favor Of Religious Bigotry — In a recent interview with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former conservative Fox News pundit Mansoor Ijaz asked the former governor whether he would consider nominating a Muslim to be a member of his national security cabinet.

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Gateway Pundit:

77 Police Officers Injured in Paris- Rioters Using Shotguns! — The rampaging youth are shooting at police with shotguns. — BBC has video of the street warfare HERE. — Young residents of Villiers-le-Bel, a northern Paris suburb, vandalize an abandoned police car during clashes late Monday, Nov. 26, 2007.

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Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
86 Police Officers Hurt in Paris Riots

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Stephanie Lerouge / Agence France Presse:
New riots rock Paris suburbs

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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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CBS News:

Confident Clinton Takes Aim At Attackers — Hillary Clinton Tells Katie Couric Time To "Draw Contrasts" With Her Rivals — (CBS) With the Iowa caucus just over a month away, CBS News anchor Katie Couric sat down for an exclusive interview with Democratic frontrunner Sen. Hillary Clinton.

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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.

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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:

Novak on Clinton-Obama, 'Prince of Darkness' — The transcript follows. — Robert D. Novak: Robert Novak standing by... Floris, Va.: Here's what I've never understood about the Valerie Plame Wilson issue. Most reporters don't print information without having at least two sources.

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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 …

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Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
Granite State Shootout

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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 …

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Dennis Prager / Townhall.com:

The World Doesn't Hate America, the Left Does — One of the most widely held beliefs in the contemporary world — so widely held it is not disputed — is that, with few exceptions, the world hates America. One of the Democrats' major accusations against the Bush administration …

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

GOP Comeback Climb Is Increasingly Steep — Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott's resignation announcement on Monday was the latest in a wave of retirements to hit congressional Republicans, making an already difficult 2008 electoral landscape even more complicated for the minority party.