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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Venezuela Hands Narrow Defeat to Chávez Plan — Voters in this country narrowly defeated a proposed overhaul to the constitution in a contentious referendum over granting President Hugo Chávez sweeping new powers, the Election Commission announced early Monday.
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Gateway Pundit:
Doing the Marxist Slide— Venezuela Votes on Chavista Rule... Update: CHAVEZ WINS!... Update 2: Maybe Not?... Update 3: CHAVEZ GOES DOWN!! — Final Results— Hugo Chavez loses election: — NO- 51% — SI- 49% — The Marxists at HovReferendum must be very sad. boo-hoo — CHAVEZ WINS!!!
Associated Press:
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP)—A vote on sweeping constitutional reforms that could let Hugo Chavez hold the presidency for life remained unresolved early Monday, with the government saying …
Ian James / Associated Press:
Chavez loses constitutional vote — CARACAS, Venezuela - Humbled by his first electoral defeat ever, President Hugo Chavez said Monday he may have been too ambitious in asking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election and endorse a huge leap to a socialist state.
CNN:
Voters reject Chavez's referendum — CARACAS, Venezuela (CNN) — Venezuelan voters narrowly rejected a constitutional referendum that would have bolstered President Hugo Chavez's embrace of socialism and granted an indefinite extension of his eligibility to serve as president, the National Electoral Council reported early Monday.
Francisco / Caracas Chronicles:
Hell No!...it's OFFICIAL! — Quico says: Venezuela rejects authoriarianism. It's a historic day. The myth of Chávez-the-invincible is no more. — NO 51% — SÍ 49% — Thanks to everyone for your support. The road back to something like a real democracy will be long, but at least we're on it now!
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Karl Rove / Financial Times:
Memo to Obama: win Iowa or lose the race — Not that you have asked for advice, but here it is anyway: Iowa is your chance to best her. If you do not do it there, odds are you never will anywhere. You are way behind her in most national polls. The only way to change that is to beat …
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Steve Pope / Newsweek:
Dubuque's Got the 'Joe Mo'! — Should Clinton lose Iowa, the door might open for second-tier candidates to start getting competitive. — "America is still ready for a white male!" an overcaffeinated, white female Iowan shouted at me after a Joe Biden event in Mason City, Iowa, last week.
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
An Attack, From the Candidate's Mouth — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - At a news conference here just now, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton expanded her attacks on Senator Barack Obama by suggesting that he has a character issue because of his assertions that his health insurance plan covers all Americans …
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Mark Halperin / The Page:
More on Romney Religion Speech — The venue is not a surprise, since Romney has given a previous major address (on defense policy) at the Bush library, and the two families are very close. And Texas, of course, was also the venue for John F. Kennedy's famous speech on religion in 1960 …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:Romney to give speech on Mormonism
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Lynn Berry / Associated Press:
Putin's party overwhelms Russia election — MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's party won a crushing victory in parliamentary elections Sunday, paving the way for the authoritarian leader to remain in control even after he steps down as president. — The vote followed a tense Kremlin campaign …
The Corner:
What This is Not — A few additional words on what the situation with the Smith Lebanon reporting is and what it isn't: It isn't a case of fabrication, as some of Smith's accusers have alleged. With regard to the two posts in question, it is my belief, based on an investigation …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Innovating Our Way to Financial Crisis — The financial crisis that began late last summer, then took a brief vacation in September and October, is back with a vengeance. — How bad is it? Well, I've never seen financial insiders this spooked — not even during the Asian crisis of 1997-98 …
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
An Old Face Resurfaces — The Bush administration has offered the former World Bank president a new public service position. — Don't ever say the Bush administration doesn't take care of its own. Nearly three years after Paul Wolfowitz resigned as deputy Defense secretary and six months …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Pro-Huckabee negative calls flood Iowa — A newly-formed group claiming to support Mike Huckabee hit the phones of Iowa Republicans tonight with an automated push-poll attacking Huckabee's GOP opponents and praising the former Arkansas governor. — Officials representing the Iowa campaigns …
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