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Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
Fred Wins, Iowa Loses — Why Carolyn Washburn should keep her day job. — HERE WE WERE on Wednesday, a nation of political junkies gathered around our televisions to watch the candidates debate each other one last time, and we had as a moderator one Carolyn Washburn, the editor of the Des Moines Register.
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
ANALYSIS: Huckabee Shines in Lackluster Debate — Last Chance GOP Debate a Missed Opportunity for Would-Be Iowa Contenders — The GOP Des Moines Register debate was lackluster but good news for front-runners Mike Huckabee, of Arkansas and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.
New York Times:
Republican Presidential Debate — REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEBATE PARTICIPANTS: — FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY FORMER TENNESSEE SENATOR FRED THOMPSON FORMER AMBASSADOR ALAN KEYES MODERATOR: CAROLYN WASHBURN
Michelle Malkin:
Digging deeper: The enviro-nitwit-ization of the GOP — Well, fun was had by all yesterday covering the stultifying Schoolmarm and the GOP candidates in Iowa. Fred Thompson earned his gold medal for refusing to follow Schoolmarm's order for a show of hands on an inane global warming question.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:A Debate in Name Only — JOHNSTON, Iowa - In a debate …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems cave on spending — Senate and House Democrats backed down Wednesday from a spending showdown with President Bush. — The Democrats' capitulation Wednesday on the total domestic spending level is the latest instance of Bush prevailing on a major policy showdown.
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Ed Henry / CNN:
Deal would give Bush victory on war funding — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic lawmakers and staffers privately say they're closing in on a broad budget deal that would give President Bush as much as $70 billion in new war funding. — The deal would lack a key provision Democrats had attached …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Bow to Bush's Demands in House Spending Bill — House Democratic leaders yesterday agreed to meet President Bush's bottom-line spending limit on a sprawling, half-trillion-dollar domestic spending bill, dropping their demands for as much as $22 billion in additional spending …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:Pelosi backs down in spending battle
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Clinton Aide Sees Problem for Obama — DES MOINES — A top adviser to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that Senator Barack Obama's admission of illegal drug use as a young man could threaten his electability and be seized on by Republicans if he won the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
Clinton Camp Targets Obama's Drug Use — CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A top adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said Wednesday that Democrats should give more thought to Sen. Barack Obama's admissions of illegal drug use before they pick a presidential candidate.
Wyocwby / stephenbainbridge.com:Personal Presidential Elimination Process: The Case Against Mike Huckabee
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The Washington Post / The Trail:Clinton N.H. Official Warns Obama Will Be Attacked on Drug Use
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AlterNet.org:
The Cartoon Mitt Romney Doesn't Want You To See [VIDEO] — Posted by Oliver Willis, Oliver Willis.com at 4:32 AM on December 12, 2007. — That it's got over 500,000 views on YouTube can't help someone like Mitt Romney — I don't know enough about Mormon theology to know if this bit …
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Henry Kissinger / Washington Post:
Misreading the Iran Report — The extraordinary spectacle of the president's national security adviser obliged to defend the president's Iran policy against a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) raises two core issues: How are we now to judge the nuclear threat posed by Iran?
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CNN:
Muslim helps Jews attacked on New York subway — NEW YORK (CNN) — A Muslim man jumped to the aid of three Jewish subway riders after they were attacked by a group of young people who objected to one of the Jews saying "Happy Hanukkah," a spokeswoman for the three said Wednesday.
James Rowley / MiamiHerald.com:
General won't say waterboarding violates Geneva Conventions — WASHINGTON — A U.S. military legal advisor wouldn't rule out the possibility that statements by suspected terrorists subjected to waterboarding, or simulated drowning, could be used at hearings being conducted at Guantánamo Bay.
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Idaho Senators Block Bush's ATF Pick — Idaho's senators are blocking President Bush's nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, saying the agency has become overly aggressive in enforcing gun laws. — Republican Sens. Larry Craig and Mike Crapo placed separate holds …
David Schraub / The Moderate Voice:
Attackers Shouted "This is a Christian Country" — ...before the ten of them started beating up a group of Jews on the Q train in New York City. — 2 Comments for the post: Attackers Shouted "This is a Christian Country" — Entropy said, — And the point of this post is? — Idiosyncrat said,
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