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7:20 PM ET, December 10, 2007

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CNN Political Ticker:
Gore: I'd only consider White House bid  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Vice President Al Gore denied again that there were any campaign plans in his immediate future, but told CNN Monday that he hadn't "ruled out getting back into the political process at some point" — and that if he did return …
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Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Libby drops appeal in CIA leak case  —  WASHINGTON - Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is no longer appealing his conviction in the CIA leak case, a tacit recognition that continuing his legal fight might only make things worse.  —  Libby, the former chief of staff …
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
Report Describes Systematic White House Effort to Manipulate Climate Change Science  —  For the past 16 months, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been investigating allegations of political interference with government climate change science under the Bush Administration.
Fabiola Antezana / ABCNEWS:
Did Iceland Teen Call Secret White House Phone?  —  Icelandic Boy, 16, 'Wanted to ... Have a Chat, Invite Him to Iceland and See What He'd Say'  —  When Vífill Atlason, a 16-year-old high school student from Iceland, decided to call the White House, he could not imagine the kind of publicity it would bring.
ABCNEWS:
Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR  —  KBR Told Victim She Could Lose Her Job If She Sought Help After Being Raped, She Says  —  A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident.
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
The Perfect Victim Meets the Perfect Villains  —  I know I'm going to take a lot of heat for this, but this story just sound so.... well.... er ... far-fetched.  —  Not the rape part—rape happens all the time (gang rapes, not so much, but occasionally).  Not the cover up part—cover ups happen all the time.
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Tension in Hillaryland Grows as Plan Goes Awry: Albert R. Hunt  —  Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) — To appreciate Hillary Clinton's fundamental political problem, consider the 11 Democrats from Philadelphia who gathered last week to discuss the U.S. presidential race, almost all of whom would vote for her in a general election.
Dalia Sussman / The Caucus:
New NYTimes/CBS Poll: Explain, Don't Attack  —  The latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds voters give the presidential candidates positive marks on at least one score at this stage in their campaigns: They credit them with spending more time explaining what they would do as president rather than attacking their opponents.
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CNN Political Ticker:
Poll: Huckabee challenges Giuliani's front-runner status  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) — Mike Huckabee's dramatic jump in the polls is going nationwide.  The former Arkansas governor is in a virtual tie with Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll out Monday.
ABCNEWS:
Coming in From the Cold: CIA Spy Calls Waterboarding Necessary But Torture  —  Former Agent Says the Enhanced Technique Was Used on Al Qaeda Chief Abu Zubaydah  —  A leader of the CIA team that captured and interrogated the first major al Qaeda figure, Abu Zubaydah, says subjecting him to waterboarding was torture but necessary.
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Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:   CIA Interrogator Tells ABC He Supervised 'Necessary' Torture of Abu Zubaydah
MotherJones.com:
Huckabee Hides His Full Gospel?  —  WASHINGTON DISPATCH: Is Mike Huckabee the presidential candidate shunning Mike Huckabee the preacher?  Before entering politics, he was a pastor at two Baptist churches.  Now his campaign tells Mother Jones it won't make his sermons available to the media and the public.
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John Bentley / CBS News:
Thompson vs. Huckabee
Ben Craw / Talking Points Memo:
RUDY GIGGLIANI!  —  Ask and ye shall receive...  Late Update: The Rudy Giggle: the next Hillary Cackle?
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
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M.J. Rosenberg / The Coffee House:
Rudy Self-Destructs on Russert  —  I have been watching Meet The Press since, I don't know, Estes Kefauver days and, I'm sad to say, Rudy Giuliani provided the worst performance I've ever seen by a major Presidential candidate.  —  Okay, I am not sad to say.  I am delighted.
CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton camp answers Oprah with Angelou  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — On the heels of media mogul Oprah Winfrey's high profile Sunday visit to the crucial primary state of South Carolina for Democrat Barack Obama, rival Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is launching a new radio ad …
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Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Clinton says Hillary was always the one
Discussion: Say Anything
Michael Fechter / Articles by the Investigative …:
EXCLUSIVE IPT INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS HLF JURY ROOM BULLYING  —  DALLAS - She felt the men were guilty and tried to explain why to the 11 other jurors.  When she finished, one juror spoke up in an angry tone.  —  "If you're going by the evidence in this room," she recalls him snapping, "then you need to go home."
Discussion: Counterterrorism Blog
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
ACTION ALERT: FEC about to take a swipe at liberal online fundraising  —  Most of us let you know donate to your favorite candidates through a service called ActBlue.  ActBlue itself doesn't take sides with regards to which candidate money will be raised for.
 
 
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