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8:20 AM ET, December 12, 2007

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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 …
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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W. Gardner Selby / Postcards:   Perry says Huckabee, then says he meant Giuliani
Roger Simon / The Politico:   Chaotic race leaves GOP hanging
Newsweek:
Paper Trail  —  Who authorized the CIA to destroy interrogation videos?  —  NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE  —  The CIA repeatedly asked White House lawyer Harriet Miers over a two-year period for instructions regarding what to do with "very clinical" videotapes depicting the use of "enhanced" …
Discussion: Firedoglake, Emptywheel and NO QUARTER
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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 …
Discussion: The Page
John M. Broder / New York Times:
White House Seeks Change in Mileage Measure
Discussion: 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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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 …
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
Republicans win in Va., Ohio elections  —  Republicans retained two House seats in special elections Tuesday, including a hotly contested Ohio race that the two parties spent nearly $700,000 trying to win.  —  Republican officials immediately pointed to the issue of immigration …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Michelle Malkin:
Republicans win special elections in VA, OH
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 …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Clinton Pushes Electability Argument  —  With the Iowa caucuses now just 23 days away, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is using the electability argument as a cudgel against Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.).  —  In a hastily-organized conference call this afternoon, which just happened …
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Alan Greenspan / Opinion Journal:
The Roots of the Mortgage Crisis  —  Bubbles cannot be safely defused by monetary policy before the speculative fever breaks on its own.  —  On Aug. 9, 2007, and the days immediately following, financial markets in much of the world seized up.  Virtually overnight the seemingly insatiable desire …
Discussion: Economist's View and EconLog
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.
Associated Press:
Bush Pardons, Commuted Sentence  —  By The Associated Press - 5 hours ago  —  Those President Bush granted pardons or a commuted sentence:  —  PARDONED  —  _ James Albert Bodendieck Sr., of New Athens, Ill., convicted in 1959 of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Morgan Stanley issues full US recession alert  —  Morgan Stanley has issued a full recession alert for the US economy, warning of a sharp slowdown in business investment and a "perfect storm" for consumers as the housing slump spreads.  —  In a report "Recession Coming" released today …
Rsinderbrand / CNN Political Ticker:
Huckabee says Romney 'desperate,' acting like a 'tattle-tale'  —  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (CNN) - Mike Huckabee called fellow Republican Mitt Romney's new ad "desperate" Tuesday, comparing his actions to those of "a tattle-tale in third grade."  —  "We didn't like it when we were in the third grade …
Discussion: The Swamp and New York Times
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Let it snow, let it snow: Campaigning in the tubes
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
 
 
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Remaking The Journal  —  In the last few months, Rupert Murdoch …
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Radley Balko / The Agitator:
From Mississippi  —  I spent most of last week in Mississippi …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Nathan Cemenska / moritzlaw.osu.edu:
Ohio provisional ballots: Could they determine our next President?
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Losing Weight in the Gulf
Discussion: Firedoglake
NBC4:
Robot Heckles Campaigning Bill Clinton In Iowa
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Deacon / Power Line:
THE DUMOND FILE — WHAT MORE DID HUCKABEE NEED TO KNOW?
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Huckabee endorsed statement urging wives to 'graciously submit'
David Stout / New York Times:
Retroactively, Panel Reduces Drug Sentences
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Steven Aftergood / Secrecy News:
Vice President's Office is Not an Agency, ISOO Told
Discussion: Emptywheel
Middle East Quarterly:
Did Edward Said Really Speak Truth to Power?
Discussion: The Corner and Dhimmi Watch
Editor and Publisher:
GALLUP: Romney Speech Flopped? Many Still Say Won't Vote for Mormon
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Hotline On Call:
More Embarrassments from Arkansas  —  Scrutiny of Mike Huckabee's …
Reuters:
Bush issues 29 pardons but Libby not among them
Discussion: TalkLeft and Firedoglake
Amanda / Think Progress:
Huckabee And Thompson: Global Warming Is 'Overblown'
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Bush to tap Glassman to shape US image
 

 
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