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National Review Online:
Romney for President — Many conservatives are finding it difficult to pick a presidential candidate. Each of the men running for the Republican nomination has strengths, and none has everything — all the traits, all the positions — we are looking for. Equally conservative analysts can reach …
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Washington Post:
In Poll, Huckabee Closes on Giuliani — Three weeks before the first contest of the 2008 campaign, Republicans remain sharply divided over whom to choose as their presidential nominee and which of the five leading candidates best embodies the core values of a fractured GOP, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
POLL: Shifting Preferences Shake GOP Race; Dem. Contest is Stable, Bush Stays Low — Interaction of Religion and Politics Helps to Roil Republican Presidential Race — The interaction of religion and politics is helping to roil the Republican presidential race, with Mike Huckabee …
Amanda / Think Progress:
Huckabee And Thompson: Global Warming Is 'Overblown' — Tonight on CBS Evening News, each of the 10 leading presidential candidates will be asked, "Do you think the risks of climate change are at all overblown?" According to an advance transcript, every single candidate acknowledges the threat …
New York Times:
Feeling Heat, Clinton Tries Iowa Up Close — DES MOINES — Ten months ago, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton went to East High School here on her first trip to Iowa as a presidential candidate and laid out a case for her candidacy to a cheering crowd in a packed gymnasium.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Clinton Pushes Electability Argument
Clinton Pushes Electability Argument
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Toronto Star:
Dad charged in teen's death — A 16-year-old girl is dead and her father has been charged with murder after an attack in a Mississauga home. — Aqsa Parvez, a student at Applewood Heights Secondary School, had been on life support in hospital since yesterday morning.
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Hijab Politics — The Toronto Star reports today on the tragic story …
Hijab Politics — The Toronto Star reports today on the tragic story …
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Martha Raddatz / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Inside The White House — ABC News' Martha Raddatz Spends a Day-in-the-Life with President Bush — Long before much of Washington, D.C., came to life this morning, ABC News got a glimpse of the president few ever see. — In the darkness, President Bush stopped to toss a few balls to his dog …
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
White House Seeks Change in Mileage Measure
White House Seeks Change in Mileage Measure
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The Politico
CNN:
Ex-CIA agent: Waterboarding 'saved lives' — NEW YORK (CNN) — A former CIA agent who participated in interrogations of terror suspects said Tuesday that the controversial interrogation technique of "waterboarding" has saved lives, but he considers the method torture and now opposes its use.
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The Blotter:
CIA Efforts to Prosecute Whistle-Blower Spy Stopped — Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: — The former CIA intelligence official who went public on ABC News about the agency's use of waterboarding in interrogations, John Kiriakou, apparently will not be the subject …
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
OH-05 Post-Mortem: You Can't Take Iraq Off the Table — The race is done by a with a roughly 57-43 margin. After going over the paid media messaging by the two candidates, I have a few thoughts on what happened here. The first question Democrats should be asking themselves is why Robin Weirauch …
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Simon Caldwell / Daily Mail:
The Pope condemns the climate change prophets — Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology. — The leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics suggested …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Chaotic race leaves GOP hanging — In late September, I wrote that the race for the Republican presidential nomination was a muddle. — I wrote that "Rudy Giuliani leads in virtually every national poll but trails in the key states that may decide the nominee" and that …
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Associated Press:
Police: N.Y. subway riders beaten after 'Happy Hanukkah' greeting — Four Jewish subway riders who wished other people Happy Hanukkah were — pelted with anti-Semitic remarks before being beaten, New York police and prosecutors said. The incident was being investigated as a possible hate crime.
Drudge Report:
DEMS HOLD FIRE ON HUCKABEE; SEE 'EASY KILL' IN GENERAL ELECTION — Democrat party officials are avoiding any and all criticism of Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee, insiders reveal. — The Democratic National Committee has told staffers to hold all fire, until he secures the party's nomination.
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Bush to tap Glassman to shape US image — WASHINGTON - President Bush intends to name a well-known conservative commentator and journalist to lead the State Department's struggling efforts to improve the U.S.'s image abroad, replacing long-time confidante Karen Hughes, who is leaving government …
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
Huckabee Asks if Mormons Believe Jesus, Devil Are Brothers — WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, asks in an upcoming article, ''Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?''
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Editor and Publisher:
GALLUP: Romney Speech Flopped? Many Still Say Won't Vote for Mormon — NEW YORK A new Gallup Poll finds that better than one in six Americans, including similar numbers of Republicans and Democrats, indicate they would not support their party's nominee for president if that person were a Mormon.
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