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9:55 AM ET, November 29, 2007

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Michelle Malkin:
Digging out more CNN/YouTube plants: Abortion questioner is declared Edwards supporter (and a slobbering Anderson Cooper fan); Log Cabin Republican questioner is declared Obama supporter; lead toy questioner is a prominent union activist for the Edwards-endorsing United Steelworkers
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
A powerful moment  —  A retired Army general, Keith Kerr, just listed all his military credentials and then left the crowd silent by saying at the end of his video that he is "an openly gay man" and wants to know why gays can't serve in the military.  —  Romney was hit by Anderson Cooper …
Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
A Depressing Debate  —  What a depressing debate.  CNN's long slide into mediocrity accelerates.  Is this what running for president of the greatest democracy in the world has become?  Standing in front of CNN's corporate logo in a hall full of yowling Ron Paul loons and enduring clumsy webcam questions …
Adam Yoshida:
Why is a Hillary Clinton Campaign Member Asking Questions at a Republican Debate?  —  So, the fellow who just asked the Republican candidates about Don't Ask, Don't Tell, retired Brigader General Keith Kerr, is a member of Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Presidency.
New York Times:
The Republican Debate  —  Following is a transcript of the Republican Presidential debate in St. Petersburg, Fla., as provided by the Federal News Service.  —  PARTICIPANTS:  —  FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI  —  FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE
Matthew Balan / NewsBusters.org:
CNN Fails to Mention Retired Gay General's Endorsement of Hillary  —  [Update: Keith Kerr was known to CNN as a gay activist as far back as December 2003, when he was featured in this CNN article.]  —  CNN, as part of its Republican debate with YouTube, failed to mention that retired general Keith Kerr …
Discussion: MoJoBlog and The Atlantic Online
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Scarborough: 'Total Crap' CNN Didn't Know Gay Questioner Is Clinton Campaigner
Discussion: Macsmind and Hot Air
Patrick Ruffini / Townhall.com:
YouTube A, CNN F  —  A little after 1 a.m. eastern …
John O'Connor / The State:
Giuliani, Clinton slip in SC polls  —  Romney leads in S.C. poll; Obama, Clinton virtually tied  —  New Yorkers Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton are beginning to lose ground in South Carolina, according to a Clemson University Palmetto Poll released Wednesday.
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
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CNN Political Ticker:
Romney, Thompson criticize Confederate flag
Discussion: Stop The ACLU and NewsBusters.org
Mark Preston / CNN:
Thompson airs campaign's first negative ad
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Foes Use Obama's Muslim Ties to Fuel Rumors About Him  —  In his speeches and often on the Internet, the part of Sen. Barack Obama's biography that gets the most attention is not his race but his connections to the Muslim world.  —  Since declaring his candidacy for president in February …
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Joseph B. Treaster / New York Times:
Lawyer Battling for Katrina Payments Is Indicted  —  Richard F. Scruggs, a prominent trial lawyer who has been fighting insurance companies over payments for damage from Hurricane Katrina, was indicted yesterday by federal authorities on charges of offering a bribe of $50,000 to a Mississippi state judge …
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Matt Towery / Southern Political Report:
SPECIAL ALERT  —  InsiderAdvantage Poll Of CNN/YouTube Debate And Controversy After Debate  —  Due to transmission issues our live coverage of the debate aftermath was interrupted.  However, our cameras captured the moment when Matt Towery and Tom Baxter informed Governor Huckabee …
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Juan Forero / Washington Post:
Old Allies Abandon Chávez as Constitution Vote Nears  —  CUMANA, Venezuela — Few associates had been as loyal to President Hugo Chávez as the governor of the coastal state of Sucre, Ramón Martínez.  And few are now more determined to defeat Chávez …
Discussion: Right Voices
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Immigration at Record Level, Analysis Finds  —  Immigration over the past seven years was the highest for any seven-year period in American history, bringing 10.3 million new immigrants, more than half of them without legal status, according to an analysis of census data released today …
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Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:   Fate of the Know-Nothings  —  WHO WOULD HAVE guessed two years ago …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
ACU President David Keene Endorses Romney  —  Less than 24 hours after former Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.) jousted with his rivals over his conservative credentials at the CNN/YouTube debate in Florida, he is set to receive the endorsement from American Conservative Union President David Keene.
Townhall.com:
Hugh tries to get to the bottom of the Mansoor Ijaz-Mitt Romney controversy.  —  HH: We begin as promised with Mansoor Ijaz.  Mansoor Ijaz is the founder and chairman of the Crescent Investment Management Group.  It's an investment partnership in New York.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
As Lenders Tighten Flow of Credit, Growth at Risk  —  Credit flowing to American companies is drying up at a pace not seen in decades, threatening the creation of jobs and the expansion of businesses, while intensifying worries that the economy may be headed for recession.
Jerusalem Post:
'Stop treating me like a pariah'  —  "Stop treating me as a pariah," Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Arab delegates at the Annapolis conference on Tuesday, according to The Washington Post.  —  Livni and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to the summit's attendees …
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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Dallas Morning News:
Mexicans thinking twice about U.S. jobs, survey finds
Discussion: Crunchy Con and The Corner
Abby Simons / Des Moines Register:
Biden: One of top 3 Dems will fall
Discussion: The Caucus and Boston Globe
Leila Fadel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
U.S. sponsorship of Sunni groups worries Iraq's government
Discussion: The Swamp and Prairie Weather
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
Musharraf Defends Actions After Taking Oath
Discussion: The Van Der Galiën Gazette
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New York Times:
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White House:
Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House …
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Discussion: The Newshoggers, Pharyngula, Crooked Timber and Boing Boing
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
And now a rebel flag?  —  So immigration, guns, God, gays and now the stars and bars?
Discussion: TownHall Blog
 

 
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