memeorandum: The world turned upside down, down under (John Quiggin/Crooked Timber)

7:10 AM ET, December 1, 2007

Top Items:

Suspect Is Arrested in Clinton Office Standoff — A tense standoff at a presidential campaign office of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in Rochester, N.H., ended shortly after 6 p.m. this evening when a man later identified as Leeland Eisenberg was taken into police custody after holding at least four people hostage.

Discussion: BitsBlog, New Hampshire Union Leader and No More Mister Nice Blog

Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:

The Clinton Hostage Drama — As I type I do not know how hostage situation will turn out; obviously I hope that it ends peaceably with no one hurt [Wish granted, see UPDATE] [E&P identifies the perpetrator as Leeland Eisenberg; a Leeland Eisenberg of Rochester, NH was cited for stalking and DUI in 2007.

Discussion: Classical Values, Washington Wire, alicublog and Suitably Flip

Associated Press:
Details of Clinton office standoff

Foster's Daily Democrat:
Hostage suspect identified as Somersworth's Leeland Eisenberg

Discussion: BitsBlog, Gateway Pundit, The Caucus, WBZ-TV, michellemalkin.com, Confederate Yankee, Trailhead, TIME and Riehl World View

CNN:
Hostages situation at Clinton campaign office ends

Max Blumenthal / The Nation:
RIGHT-WING TROLLS MOCK CLINTON HOSTAGE SITUATION...

Discussion: All Spin Zone, Chuck Adkins, The Democratic Daily, Pottersville, Trailhead, CANNONFIRE, Free Republic, Threat Level, Macsmind, The Mahatma X Files, First Draft and Brilliant at Breakfast

The Blotter:

NYPD Chief Casts Doubt on Giuliani Expense Story — Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: — New questions were raised today about Rudy Giuliani's explanation for submitting police security expenses to obscure city agencies while he was mayor of New York and carried on a secret affair with his mistress …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, Daily Kos, MoJoBlog, Spin Cycle, AMERICAblog, Washington Monthly and bustardblog

Andrew Kirtzman / WCBS-TV:

Source: Nathan's Friends, Family Used NYPD Service — Cops Chauffeured Relatives Around Without Her In Car — The revelations continue in the case of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the security detail for Judith Nathan, his one-time mistress who is now his wife.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and Brilliant at Breakfast

Michael Luo / The Caucus:
Romney Demurs on Giuliani Expense Issue

Discussion: Firedoglake and TPM Election Central

Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:

Give Dana Perino a Raise — Q Why should we depend on him? — MS. PERINO: Because he is the commander on the ground, Helen. He's the one who is making sure that the situation is moving — Q You mean how many more people we kill? — MS. PERINO: Helen …

Discussion: Hot Air, AMERICAN DIGEST, Washington Times, The Jawa Report, The MacRanger Show! and TBogg

Dana Blanton / Fox News:

FOX News Poll: Clinton Narrowly Leads Democratic Hopefuls in New Hampshire — NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton narrowly leads the pack of Democratic hopefuls in New Hampshire, with Barack Obama coming in a close second. In addition, while Bill Richardson is barely on the radar screen nationally …

Discussion: The Van Der Galiën Gazette and Pollster.com

Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Death, Taxes and Mrs. Clinton

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard

TPMmuckraker:

Rudy Put $400,000 In Advance Funds On Credit Card For Travel Expenses — We've been swimming in credit card receipts from Rudy Giuliani's administration today, and one thing in particular has struck us: in 2001, apparently with an eye to future globetrotting, Giuliani's administration sent a check for $400,000 to American Express.

Discussion: Riehl World View

Mark Murray / MSNBC:
RUDY REFUSES TO ANSWER NYC QUESTIONS

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, WTF Is It Now?!? and bustardblog

Frank James / The Swamp:

Romney badmouths Huckabee, Rudy in Iowa — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Acknowledging a tightening race in Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney challenged rival Mike Huckabee's fiscal record of raising taxes in Arkansas and supporting in-state tuition breaks for children of undocumented immigrants.

Jonathan Martin / The Politico: Romney reserves judgement on Rudy records

American Research Group:
Presidential Caucus Preference:

Discussion: The Politico, eyeon08.com, Wake up America, The Atlantic Online and Riehl World View

CNN:

War funding compromise shot down — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A top Democrat who had hinted that a compromise on war funding was possible appeared to back away from the idea Friday as the Democratic congressional leadership refused to consider it. — On Thursday, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania …

Discussion: Chuck Adkins, Political Machine, RADAMISTO and Weasel Zippers

Alicia Mundy / Seattle Times:
On 5th Iraq visit, Rep. Norm Dicks sees mixed results

Discussion: Weekly Standard, CNN and Don Surber

Mike Allen / The Politico:

WH says 1,000,000 docs handed over — The Bush administration recently passed an unusual landmark: 1 million documents to Congress since Democrats gained control of both chambers in January, the White House says. — The White House has resisted demands for many more.

Discussion: The Swamp and Buck Naked Politics

Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:

Confirmed: Sen. Boxer's Impeachment Grudge — Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), through a spokeswoman, now acknowledges she is blocking former Rep. James Rogan's (R-Calif.) nomination to the federal bench because of his role in impeaching former president Bill Clinton.

Discussion: michellemalkin.com

Julia / Firedoglake:

late night old friends — Is this thing on? — Hi. I'm Julia, and I'm new (when I get to it, I blog here). Anyway, as long as I have you all here, I thought I'd take advantage of the opportunity to put in a bid for my favorite Giuliani scandal, which I think is being unjustly neglected.

StrategyPage:

Potential Hot Spots Article Index : — Current 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 — Items About Areas That Could Break Out Into War — The government's own inflation data put the inflation rate at 7,600 percent a year. Economic analysts outside of Zimbabwe think it may be even higher …

Discussion: Austin Bay Blog

New York Times:

Lawmakers Set Deal on Raising Fuel Efficiency — Congressional negotiators reached a deal late Friday on energy legislation that would force American automakers to improve the fuel efficiency of their cars and light trucks by 40 percent by 2020. — The proposal, which would require automakers …

Discussion: MyDD

Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:

Calls in Sudan for Execution of British Teacher — Hundreds of demonstrators in Khartoum, Sudan's capital, poured into the streets on Friday demanding the execution of a British teacher who was convicted of insulting Islam because her class of 7-year-olds named a teddy bear Muhammad.

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, Power Line, Guardian, Daniel W. Drezner and Media Blog

Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:

Nigeria Turns From Harsher Side of Islamic Law — KANO, Nigeria — Just last year, the morality police roamed these streets in dusky blue uniforms and black berets, brandishing cudgels at prayer shirkers and dragging fornicators into Islamic courts to face sentences like death by public stoning.

Discussion: Concurring Opinions