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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.
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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 …
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Libby to drop 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 …
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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.
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 …
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.
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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Tim Shipman / Telegraph:
Iran 'hoodwinked' CIA over nuclear plans — British spy chiefs have grave doubts that Iran has mothballed its nuclear weapons programme, as a US intelligence report claimed last week, and believe the CIA has been hoodwinked by Teheran. — The timing of the CIA report has also provoked fury …
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Chris Dodd / The Huffington Post:
Mike McConnell Is Flat Wrong — Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, has written a misleading op-ed in today's New York Times. Mr. McConnell's piece is a plea for Congress to renew the Protect America Act. I and other Democrats in Congress have been working to correct problems …
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
MoveOn calls for spending filibuster — Democratic congressional leaders could have a tough time convincing some anti-war Democrats to back a $522 billion year-end spending bill that includes money for the military, should that money be used for the war in Iraq.
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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.
Daily Mail:
Students stone police in Iran riot — Students defied a clampdown on protests in Iran yesterday by tearing down the gates of Tehran university. — They chanted slogans against President Ahmadinejad and carried placards saying "Live free or die", "No war, no fascism" and "Women must decide their fate, not the state."
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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."
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Eric Dondero / Front Page Magazine:
Cynthia McKinney '08 — "The time for confrontation has come for me," Cynthia McKinney told about 60 supporters on December 4. Launching her quest for the Green Party Presidential nomination, McKinney compared her "revolution" to Haiti, Venezuela, and war-torn Cote d'Ivoire.
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Huckabee wants to 'take this nation back for Christ.' — In 1998, then-Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee spoke at the National Pastors' Conference, explaining why he entered into politics: … In the past, Huckabee has also claimed that God supports Republicans.
Michael J. Totten:
After the Battle of Al-Fajr — FALLUJAH, IRAQ - Fallujah is known as the City of Mosques. It is also a city of walls, and of war. — It was a quieter city than most after the initial invasion in 2003. There was less looting than in Baghdad, and the mayor was pro-American.
Michelle Malkin:
The Spanish-language panderfest, sprinkled with Ron Paul's Blame America act ("We create the Chavezes of the world, we create the Castros of the world") — The Wall Street Journal has posted an English-language transcript of last night's Spanish-language panderfest. Let me sum up the questions:
Martha Thomases / ComicMix:
Presidential candidate Ron Paul picks his super-hero favorite — As part of the run-up to the presidential primaries next year, ComicMix asked Texas Congressman Ron Paul who his favorite comic book super-hero might be. We think this is at least as revealing as their favorite movies …