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Governor Mitt Romney's "Faith In America" Address — "Faith In America" — Remarks As Prepared For Delivery — The George Bush Presidential Library — College Station, Texas — "Thank you, Mr. President, for your kind introduction. — "It is an honor to be here today.
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
"A Common Creed Of Moral Convictions" — Mitt Romney's "Faith in America" speech was simply magnificent, and anyone who denies it is not to be trusted as an analyst. On every level it was a masterpiece. The staging and Romney's delivery, the eclipse of all other candidates it caused …
Michael Luo / New York Times:
Romney Seeks to Defuse Concerns Over Mormon Faith
Romney Seeks to Defuse Concerns Over Mormon Faith
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Excerpts Of Governor Romney's "Faith In America" Address
Excerpts Of Governor Romney's "Faith In America" Address
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
God Wants Me As President — His surge in the polls is caused by the same forces that allowed Jesus to feed the five thousand. Well: what else is he going to believe?
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Huckabee: Force Behind My Rise in Polls Is 'Not Human' — First Mrs. Huckabee: … Comparing effective use of campaign funds to a miracle? Cringe. Well, it's just the candidate's wife, it's not like Huckabee would say something like... Wow. Huckabee's been endorsed by both Chuck Norris AND Jesus Christ.
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Destroyed Tapes of Interrogations — The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agency's custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about the C.I.A's secret detention program …
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Bush gives out wrong hotline number — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Harried homeowners seeking mortgage relief from a new Bush administration hotline Thursday had to contend with a bit of temporary misdirection from the president himself. — As he announced his plan to ease the mortgage crisis for consumers …
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Matt / Think Progress:
Bush gives out wrong mortgage hotline phone number. — During his speech today announcing his plan "to ease the mortgage crisis for consumers, President Bush accidentally gave out the wrong number for his new "Hope Now Hotline" that worried homeowners are encouraged to call for assistance.
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Matthew Felling / CBS News:
Battling Bloggers — Hell hath no fury like a blogger scorned. — Former White House aide Dan Bartlett has drawn a MediaLand of attention for an interview he did with Texas Monthly, disputing the notion that the media wasn't aggressive enough with pre-war reporting.
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Cheney bashes top Democrats — Vice President Cheney warned in an interview Wednesday that a premature withdrawal from Iraq would invite "further attacks" against the United States and said he has been surprised by the weakness of the Democratic Congress. — Most striking were his virtually …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
BUSH'S BAILOUT PLAN....From today's LA Times story about George Bush's new plan to deal with the subprime mortgage mess: … Bush's plan won't help low-income borrowers? That's a shocker, isn't it? — Atrios provides some more detail on what the requirements are to qualify for Bush's plan …
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Did Morgan Spurlock find Osama bin Laden? — 15 minutes of footage shown at film fest sparks bidding war, speculation — Rumors are flying that filmmaker Morgan Spurlock of "Super Size Me" fame may have done what the United States government has failed to do for the last six years — find Osama bin Laden.
Carter Dougherty / International Herald Tribune:
High income taxes in Denmark worsen a labor shortage — COPENHAGEN: As a self-employed software engineer, Thomas Sorensen broadcasts his qualifications to potential employers across Europe and the Middle East. But to the ones in his native Denmark, he is simply unavailable.
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Brian Lowry / Variety:
Intel report sinks CNN Iran special — Two-hour 'Nuclear' was slated for Dec. 12 — HOLLYWOOD — The latest National Intelligence Estimate concluding that Iran discontinued its nuclear weapons program four years ago has claimed one casualty: CNN has postponed speculative documentary "We Were Warned — Iran Goes Nuclear."
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Two GOP congresswomen quit Page Board — Two Republicans on the House Page Board resigned Thursday because the House clerk failed to notify them of two incidents involving high school-age students, including shoplifting charges and improper sexual conduct. — Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite …
Sara A. Carter / Washington Times:
Iraqi officers go missing in U.S. — Numerous Iraqi military and law-enforcement officials brought to the U.S. as part of special intelligence and training programs have run away and are seeking asylum in this country or disappeared altogether, The Washington Times has learned.
The Hill:
2008 and Counting: Gen. Clark says Obama started it all — Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a 2004 presidential candidate who is now a supporter of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), said Clinton's rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), is to blame for the recent volley of barbs between the candidates.
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