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5:45 PM ET, December 15, 2007

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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Bill Clinton, on 'Charlie Rose' Show, Suggests Obama Not Ready — And Would Be a 'Miracle' If Hillary Won Iowa  —  NEW YORK In a surprisingly frank interview with Charlie Rose on his PBS show late Friday night, former President Bill Clinton declared that his wife was not only far better prepared …
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Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Obama fires back at Bill Clinton  —  Democratic contender counter-punches ex-president on experience issue  —  Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama calls on a reporter at his news conference before a rally in Waterloo, Iowa on Saturday.  —  WATERLOO, Iowa - Former president …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Liberty Pundit
Marc Ambinder:
Bill Clinton ... Well, He Just Puts Everything On The Table.  Read It.  —  In a hard-changing interview with Charlie Rose tonight, Bill Clinton said Americans who are prepared to choose someone with less experience, are prepared to "roll the dice" about the future of America.  "It's less predictable, isn't it?
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Showing New Confidence With Iowa Sprint  —  WATERLOO, Iowa — Senator Barack Obama is striving to seize on a moment of opportunity in the final weeks before the Iowa caucuses to challenge Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's long dominance of the Democratic field, even as he faces intensified questions …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Time to Move On...From Hillary  —  And from the Clintons' brand of politics.  —  The defining moment of the Democratic presidential campaign so far came during the Des Moines Register debate, December 13, at 2:10 P.M. Central time. … As are we all.  What we are not looking forward …
Discussion: Power Line and Riehl World View
Charlie Rose / Real Clear Politics:
Interview With Bill Clinton
Discussion: TIME, Taylor Marsh and Don Surber
Los Angeles Times:
Air of inevitability escaping Clinton
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
Huckabee Sees WH 'Bunker Mentality'  —  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Mike Huckabee, who has joked about his lack of foreign policy experience, is criticizing the Bush administration's efforts, denouncing a go-it-alone "arrogant bunker mentality" and questioning decisions on Iraq.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
McCain's Last Stand  —  He still has a chance. Inman, South Carolina  —  John McCain finished a Q-and-A session with reporters here with a shot of his offbeat humor.  "Thank you, jerks," he said.  A few hours later, he suggested in a speech to the Greenville Rotary Club …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Fading Romney targets Huckabee  —  CARROLL, Iowa — Seemingly resigned to his new role as an Iowa underdog, Mitt Romney said Friday that he would use the remaining three weeks before the caucuses to draw bright-line differences with Mike Huckabee.  —  But he also acknowledged …
Kenneth Anderson / Weekly Standard:
Mormons, Muslims, and Multiculturalism
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Perils of Huckaplomacy  —  Don't know much about foreign policy.  —  Just moments into the third Republican presidential debate, last June 5, CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee about Iraq.  "Governor Huckabee, do you have confidence in the government of Iraq …
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John Shiffman / philly.com:
Videotape shows Sharpton cutting a deal  —  With a hidden FBI camera rolling inside a New York hotel suite in 2003, an unsuspecting Rev. Al Sharpton, Democratic candidate for president, spoke candidly.  —  Sharpton offered to help Philadelphia fund-raiser Ronald A. White win …
Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
Congresswoman Julia Carson dies  —  U.S. Rep. Julia Carson died at home this morning following a battle with lung cancer.  She was 69.  —  Carson's death comes just weeks after she announced the cancer, which she had beaten before, was back with "terminal vengeance."
Discussion: MyDD and Blue Indiana
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CNN Political Ticker:   Congresswoman dies following lung cancer battle
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
Catching Up With the Complaints  —  Does the ombudsman sometimes procrastinate on complaints?  Sure.  Here are a couple of examples:  —  Several Rush Limbaugh fans complained about an Oct. 20 Style story by Neely Tucker about a dust-up between conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh …
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:   Be Nice to Your Ombudsman, Or She Will Not Correct the Record …
New York Times:
Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry  —  WASHINGTON — For months, the Bush administration has waged a high-profile campaign, including personal lobbying by President Bush and closed-door briefings by top officials, to persuade Congress to pass legislation protecting companies …
Discussion: Emptywheel
Deacon / Power Line:
IS ROMNEY BECOMING THE CHOICE OF MAINSTREAM CONSERVATIVES?  —  Judge Robert Bork has endorsed Mitt Romney for president.  He explains: … As much as conservatives respect Judge Bork, his endorsement is less significant as guidance for undecided conservatives than as evidence of how undecided …
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Learfield / Radio Iowa:
Obama in the 'Loo responds to Clinton camp  —  During a news conference this morning in Waterloo, Iowa (hence the 'Loo reference in the headline), Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama responded to the recent comments a key Clinton supporter in New Hampshire made about Obama's admitted drug use as a youth.
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Bob Drogin, Author of Curveball  —  Join me in welcoming Bob Drogin to FDL's Book Salon.  As a reminder, please take other off-topic conversations to another thread.  —  My favorite passage from Bob Drogin's Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused …
 
 
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Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Straw-in-the-Mouth Foreign Policy?
Discussion: Flopping Aces
New York Times:
A Long Time Coming  —  It took 31 years, but the moral bankruptcy …
Discussion: The Impolitic
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Children? Not if you love the planet
Discussion: GINA COBB
Joseph Weisberg / Washington Post:
With Spies Like These . . .  Anyone Giving Intelligence to the U.S …
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Crackdown on Child Pornography
Discussion: TalkLeft
Todd Beeton / MyDD:
Huckabee Rips Bush Foreign Policy, Calls It "Arrogant"
Nina Easton / Fortune:
Democrats' war on corporate greed: Mostly bluster
Dan / Riehl World View:
Unbelieveable: Debate Moderator Smears Republicans
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Inside the CIA's notorious "black sites"
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
Report Says That the Rich Are Getting Richer Faster, Much Faster
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Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Justice Dept.: Back off on CIA tapes
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Barack's Blast From the Past
Greg Krikorian / Los Angeles Times:
Plot posed a real, immediate threat, experts say
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Control sought on military lawyers
Benjamin Schwarz / The Atlantic Online:
His Second Act  —  Frank Sinatra, the greatest vocalist …
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