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5:10 PM ET, December 12, 2007

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The Washington Post / The Trail:
Clinton N.H. Official Warns Obama Will Be Attacked on Drug Use  —  Bill Shaheen, Clinton's New Hampshire co-chair.  (AP).  —  DOVER, N.H. — Billy Shaheen, the co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's campaign in New Hampshire, raised the issue of Sen. Barack Obama's past admissions of drug use …
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Martina Stewart / CNN Political Ticker:
CNN N.H. Poll: Obama, Clinton tied; Romney remains strong  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Barack Obama has chipped away at Hillary Clinton's lead in New Hampshire, and the two Democratic presidential hopefuls are now locked in a statistical tie less than one month before the first-in-the-nation primary, a CNN/WMUR Poll released Wednesday shows.
NY Daily News:
Bill Clinton to aid Hillary's campaign  —  WASHINGTON - Bubba to the rescue!  —  Alarmed by his wife's slide in the polls and disarray within her backbiting campaign, a beside-himself Bill Clinton has leaped atop the barricades and is furiously plotting a cure - or coup.
ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Oprah Says Vote for Obama Isn't Vote Against Clinton  —  Oprah Winfrey and Denzel Washington Talk Exclusively to ABC News About New Film, Politics  —  As soon as Oprah Winfrey endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president, the buzz began about her potential to sway an election.
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
The ripple of Iowa reaches New Hampshire
Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
What Does Hillary Mean By "Experience"?
Discussion: UrbanGrounds and Riehl World View
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
ENTER ALAN KEYES  —  From NBC's Mark Murray  —  JOHNSTON, IA — There is one additional Republican presidential candidate who will be on the stage here at the GOP Des Moines Register/Iowa Public Television debate this afternoon: Alan Keyes.  —  This will be the first major debate …
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Michelle Malkin:
The Iowa GOP Debate: "A little snappier, gentlemen!  ;" Update Fred Thompson's not playing the "hand show;" Update: Aggghhh!  The GOP candidates are all turning green; Update: Where's the Hucka-pile-on?  ; Update: Keyes the hijacker; Update: New Year's resolutions; bottom line: DUD.
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Kucinich booted from Iowa debate  —  Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) is being excluded from this week's Iowa presidential debate because he has not rented office space in the Hawkeye State, his campaign said Wednesday.  —  The Des Moines Register informed the campaign that Kucinich is not invited …
Zev Chafets / New York Times:
The Huckabee Factor  —  Mike Huckabee walked into the lobby of the Des Moines Marriott at 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 3, deposited an armful of dirty laundry at the desk and checked to make sure he was being credited with Marriott Rewards points toward his next stay.  Then, accompanied by his wife …
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
Huckabee Questions Mormons' Belief
Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:   His Views on Mormons are the least of it.
Amanda / Think Progress:
Sen. Kit Bond: Waterboarding Is Like 'Swimming'  —  Yesterday on PBS's Newshour, host Gwen Ifill asked Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) whether waterboarding constitutes torture.  Bond replied that the technique is actually more like "swimming": … Watch it:  —  Conservatives have repeatedly tried …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   BOND MUST BE A REALLY BAD SWIMMER
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Pelosi backs down in spending battle  —  In the face of stiff opposition from powerful fellow Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) has abandoned a proposal she supported less than 24 hours ago to eliminate lawmakers' earmarks from the omnibus spending package.
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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Pelosi buys $16K worth of flowers
Discussion: Say Anything and Redstate
The Politico:
Boehner admits GOP money situation 'sucks'  —  One of the best things that can be said of Rep. John A. Boehner's leadership is that the head of House Republicans is no Newt Gingrich, no Tom DeLay.  —  The Ohio lawmaker has an affable, understated style and runs a team that has the long knives …
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Blue Texan / Firedoglake:   For John Boehner, It "Sucks" To Be A Republican
Calculated Risk:
Fed and Other Central Banks Inject More Funds into Market  —  From Greg Ip at the WSJ: Fed Joins Other Banks in Measures To Inject More Funds Into Markets … So much for discouraging future risk taking.  Here is what the BofE's Mervyn King said in September:
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Marc Ambinder:
First Take: The Final Republican Debate  —  The headline is that no one laid a glove on Mike Huckabee.  And that Mitt Romney had a hell of a good afternoon.  He seemed more sinewy than usual, less programmed, quite (dare we say) presidential, and even-tempered.
New York Post:
JEWS' SUBWAY HERO A MUSLIM  —  SAVES 'HANUKKAH' RIDERS FROM THUGS  —  A Brooklyn man whose "Happy Hanukkah" greeting landed him in the hospital said he was saved from a gang of Jew-bashing goons aboard a packed Q train by a total stranger - a modest Muslim from Bangladesh.
Satyam / Think Progress:
Rep. King Decries 'Assault On Christmas,' Calls On Americans To 'Stand Up' And 'Worship Christ'  —  Rep. Steve King recently (R-IA) introduced legislation recognizing the "importance of Christmas and the Christian faith," despite previously opposing resolutions recognizing the Muslim celebration of Ramadan and the Hindu Diwali.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Dream Is Dead  —  The man crowned by Tommy Franks as "the dumbest [expletive] guy on the planet" just made the dumbest [expletive] speech on the planet.  —  Doug Feith, the former Rummy gofer who drove the neocon plan to get us into Iraq, and then dawdled without a plan as Iraq crashed into chaos …
The Board:
Good News-Or at Least, Not Bad News-For Republicans  —  In their giddier moments, some Democrats have begun saying that 2008 could be a "realigning" election like 1932, one in which their party wins the White House and sharply increases its control of Congress.  —  That could be.
 
 
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Laura Vozzella / Baltimore Sun:
I see Utah, I see France ...  The American electorate has matured …
Discussion: The New Republic and Wonkette
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Gonzales named lawyer of the year
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Peter Clothier / The Huffington Post:
Do You Need a Gun?  —  I don't.  I hope never to find myself …
The Raw Story:
GOP leader: Democrats bad at running Congress as we were
ACLU:
Citing Destruction of Torture Tapes, ACLU Asks Court to Hold CIA in Contempt
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
John McCormick / The Swamp:
Obama picks up South Carolina endorsement
Associated Press:
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Dennis Ross / The New Republic:
The Can't-Win Kids  —  The dunderheaded public roll-out of the NIE.
Discussion: The Corner and Booman Tribune
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Partisan Fallout Over House Page Misconduct
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Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
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Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
Warren Buffett , Taxes and the Presidency
Matt / Think Progress:
Guantanamo Legal Adviser Refuses To Say Iranians Waterboarding …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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