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10:20 AM ET, December 7, 2007

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Faith vs. the Faithless  —  Jon Meacham is the editor of Newsweek and the author of "American Gospel," which describes the history of religious liberty in the United States.  Richard John Neuhaus is the editor in chief of First Things and the author of "The Naked Public Square," …
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Mormon in America  —  How Mitt Romney came to give The Speech—and how he did.  —  Did Mitt Romney have to give a speech on religion?  Yes.  When you're in a race so close you could lose due to one issue, your Mormonism, you must address the issue of your Mormonism.
Discussion: Sadly, No!
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Boldness, Watered Down  —  It's not easy being a politician from a minority faith, especially when it comes to explaining your own traditions — sometimes even to yourself.  —  Al Smith, the first Catholic to be nominated for president by a major party, found his faith under vicious attack in the 1928 campaign.
Washington Post:
No Freedom Without Religion?
Discussion: The Corner
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Destroyed 2 Tapes Showing Interrogations  —  The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Qaeda operatives in the agency's custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about its secret detention program …
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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 …
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
This Is A Banana Republic  —  What defines such a republic?  How about an executive that ignores the rule of law, commits war-crimes and then destroys the actual evidence?  Today's bombshell is that the CIA has done just that with respect to tapes made recording the torture of enemy combatants.
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Angry Bear
Washington Post:
CIA Destroyed Videos Showing Interrogations
Discussion: TIME: Swampland
NY Daily News:
Judith Nathan got security earlier  —  Judith Nathan got taxpayer-funded chauffeur services from the NYPD earlier than previously disclosed - even before her affair with then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani was revealed, witnesses and sources tell the Daily News.  —  "It went on for months before the affair …
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Nicholas Wapshott / New York Sun:   Sliding Poll Numbers Force Giuliani To Retool His Campaign
Washington Post:
Review of Iran Intelligence to Be Sought  —  As Conservatives Reject New NIE, Republican Senators to Urge Congressional Panel  —  Senate Republicans are planning to call for a congressional commission to investigate the conclusions of the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran …
The Washington Post / The Trail:
For Some, Negative Turn is a Turn-Off  —  DES MOINES — Once, Garry Thomas counted himself a Hillary Clinton supporter — even signing up to be one of her 25 co-chairs in Iowa alongside with former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack.  —  But Thomas now says he felt obliged to switch sides in recent weeks.
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
On Mortgage Relief, Who Gains the Most?  —  At least one thing is clear about President Bush's plan to help people trapped by the mortgage meltdown: it is an industry-led plan, not a government bailout.  —  Although Mr. Bush unveiled the plan at the White House on Thursday …
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Senate passes AMT patch  —  The Senate late Thursday passed a one-year fix to the alternative minimum tax (AMT), setting up a potential confrontation with the House, which passed a much different version of the bill earlier.  —  Democrats want to offset the cost of the patch …
Discussion: Think Progress
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David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Candidate Ron Paul's devotees a mixed bag  —  WASHINGTON — If Ron Paul's supporters got together for a family portrait, it would be one of those pictures in which no one seems to resemble anyone else.  —  "You have old-school Republicans, the conservatives who backed Barry Goldwater (in 1964).
Discussion: The Swamp and Prairie Weather
Ayaan Hirsi Ali / New York Times:
Islam's Silent Moderates  —  The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication, flog each of them with 100 stripes: Let no compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day.  (Koran 24:2)  —  IN the last few weeks …
Discussion: PoliGazette and A Blog For All
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
I HEARD NEAL BOORTZ holding forth on the Omaha mall shooting this morning on the way to work, and I realized I haven't posted on it.  I don't really have anything to say that I haven't said before.  But it's worth noting — since apparently most of the media reports haven't — that this was another mass shooting in a "gun-free" zone.
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Huckabee Second in National GOP Race  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Huckabee has vaulted from nowhere into second place in the Republican presidential race, riding a burst of support from evangelicals, Southerners and conservatives, a poll showed Friday.  —  The upsurge by the former Arkansas governor …
Discussion: MSNBC
San Francisco Chronicle:
SF radio personality Bernie Ward indicted on child porn charges  —  (12-06) 15:29 PST San Francisco - —  Bernie Ward, a popular liberal San Francisco radio talk show host and former Catholic priest, has been indicted on federal child pornography charges, authorities said today.
 
 
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Tom Tancredo / MiamiHerald.com:
Why I won't do Spanish debate
Discussion: The Corner
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Oprah stumps for Obama in early states
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Petraeus Says Cleric Helped Curb Violence
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Poll Finds Hispanics Returning to Earlier Preference for Democrats
Faye Fiore / Los Angeles Times:
Bush loses ground with military families
Marc Santora / The Caucus:
Romney Goes Negative
June Kronholz / Wall Street Journal:
McCain's New Hampshire Glimmer
Discussion: USA Today and TIME
Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
State Dept. retains manager of troubled embassy project
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Paul Krugman
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Alec Klein / Washington Post:
The Army's $200 Billion Makeover
Sarah Ellison / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp. Duo Set To Lead Dow Jones As Zannino Resigns
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Huckabee Tries to Shoot the Messenger, But Wounds His Campaign Instead
Tanta / Calculated Risk:
The Plan: My Initial Reaction
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown Special Comment: The NIE Reflects An "Unhinged …
Discussion: RADAMISTO
Dan / Riehl World View:
Helen Thomas On Blogs: Dangerous