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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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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Poll: Huckabee would lose to top Democrats — WASHINGTON (CNN) — While presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is surging in new polls of GOP candidates, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Tuesday shows he would lose to all three leading Democratic candidates by double digits in hypothetical contests.
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Wallace: Dems are 'fools' to boycott Fox — When Chris Wallace replaced Tony Snow as the host of "Fox News Sunday" in December 2003, the network appeared to take a more moderate approach to Sunday talk. — Unlike Snow, a former Republican speechwriter, Wallace's broadcasting résumé …
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Invalid Article on 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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Southern Political Report:
InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Weekend Survey: Obama Extends Lead in South Carolina — Compiled from InsiderAdvantage and Southern Political Report staff reports — An InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion survey conducted December 8-9 of likely voters in South Carolina's presidential …
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TPMmuckraker:
TPM's Timeline of the CIA's Torture Tapes — For years, the CIA denied recording any interrogations of al-Qaeda detainees. For years, the Bush administration denied issuing any legal authorization for torture. And for years, members of Congress claimed ignorance of what the CIA …
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Patrick O'Connor / The Crypt's Blogs:
Biden wants Fielding to clarify directive on destroyed CIA tapes
Biden wants Fielding to clarify directive on destroyed CIA tapes
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Democrats Pull Budget Offer — The GOP Is Negotiating In Bad Faith, Obey Says — A Democratic deal to give President Bush some war funding in exchange for additional domestic spending appeared to collapse last night after House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey (D-Wis.) …
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
McConnell moves to crack budget stalemate — Sensing that Democrats are in a compromising mode, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is pitching a budget amendment that Democrats would have laughed off just a few weeks ago. — McConnell on Tuesday called for $70 billion for Iraq …
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Huckabee does a flip-flop on Cuba — The GOP candidate now supports a trade embargo against the island nation, a stance sure to satisfy hard-line Cuban exiles. — MIAMI — As governor of Arkansas five years ago, Mike Huckabee joined a bipartisan chorus of politicians who concluded …
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Huckabee to Romney: Grow Up, This Isn't Third Grade — (And even if it was, no one would like you...) — Just to pick up on what I wrote about last night and earlier today, Huckabee held a longish press conference here this morning after canceling some local events due to weather.
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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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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 Crowley / The New Republic:
How Ron Paul Can Ruin Fred Thompson — There's been a lot of buzz over Des Moines Register columnist David Yepsen's crusade against the possibility of campaigns organizing non-Iowa resident college students to caucus. Most of the talk has been about whether Obama will pull in loads of Illinois college kids.
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The Politico:
Liberal views could haunt Obama — When Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was seeking state office a dozen years ago, he took unabashedly liberal positions: flatly opposed to capital punishment, in support of a federal single-payer health plan, against any restrictions on abortion …
Bryan / Hot Air:
Larry O'Donnell admits he's afraid to criticize Islam publicly — Consider this post a companion post to Allah's, about the Muslim man who murdered his daughter because she wouldn't wear the hijab. If you criticize the man and/or his religious motivation, consider yourself more courageous than one of the MSM's prominent pundits.
Reuters:
NBC refunds advertisers as ratings plunge — NEW YORK (Media Week) - Fourth-ranked broadcaster NBC has quietly begun reimbursing advertisers an average of $500,000 each for failing to reach guaranteed ratings levels, the first time a network has taken such a step in years, media buyers said.
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