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10:15 AM ET, December 16, 2007

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Des Moines Register:
The Register's caucus endorsements: McCain, Clinton  —  The Des Moines Register's editorial board has endorsed Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Iowa caucuses.  —  The Register, Iowa's statewide newspaper, calls McCain and Clinton the candidates …
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Des Moines Register:
Democratic endorsement editorial: Why Clinton  —  THE REGISTER'S EDITORIAL BOARD  —  A deep, talented field in the Democratic caucus race offers both good and difficult choices.  —  No fewer than three candidates would, by their very identity, usher the nation to the doorstep of history.
Boston Globe:
Globe endorses McCain, Obama  —  Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have been endorsed by The Boston Globe editorial board ahead of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary on Jan. 8 in New Hampshire.  —  The board wrote that Obama, the Illinois Democrat, fulfills America's need for …
Des Moines Register:
Republican endorsement editorial: Why McCain  —  THE REGISTER'S EDITORIAL BOARD  —  The leading candidates seeking the Republican nomination for president present an intriguing mix of priorities, personalities and life stories.  —  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani inspired the city …
Boston Globe:   For the Democrats: Barack Obama
John McCormick / The Swamp:
Boston Globe endorses Obama, McCain
Discussion: New York Times
John McCormick / The Swamp:
Obama: 'I hardly think that I've been under exposed'
Discussion: Wizbang and New York Times
John Cochran / ABCNEWS:
Congress Defies Bush on CIA Tape Probe  —  House Will Continue Investigation Despite White House Request to Drop It  —  House Intelligence Committee chairman Silvestre Reyes told ABC News today that he will ignore the Bush administration's request to drop its investigation of why CIA interrogation tapes were destroyed.
Discussion: Big Brass Blog
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Destruction of CIA Tapes Defended  —  The Bush administration has told a federal judge that its 2005 destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes did not violate a court order because the captives in question were being kept in secret prisons at the time, not at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Spotlight on John Edwards  —  John Edwards makes the cover of Newsweek and is the subject of a five page article.  He's also on several of the Sunday morning shows today.  —  He's still fighting hard in Iowa, touting his willingness to fight for Democrats.
Discussion: Boston Globe
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
Latter-Day Republicans vs. the Church of Oprah  —  THIS campaign season has been in desperate need of its own reincarnation of Howard Beale from "Network": a TV talking head who would get mad as hell and not take it anymore.  Last weekend that prayer was answered when Lawrence O'Donnell …
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Learfield / Radio Iowa:
Obama in the 'Loo responds to Clinton camp
Helena DeMoura / CNN:
Four Bolivian regions declare autonomy from government  —  (CNN) — Tensions were rising in Bolivia on Saturday as members of the country's four highest natural gas-producing regions declared autonomy from the central government.  —  Thousands waved the Santa Cruz region's green-and-white flags …
Michael Leahy / Washington Post:
Pledging Allegiance  —  New York was warm on that spring day in 1961, remembers Jack O'Leary, a teacher and role model for 17-year-old Rudy Giuliani, and a confidant for the boy's father, Harold Giuliani.  Harold had asked O'Leary, then a member of the De La Salle Christian Brothers …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Lawless Surveillance State  —  There are several vital points raised by the new revelations in The New York Times that "the N.S.A.'s reliance on telecommunications companies is broader and deeper than ever before" and includes both pre-9/11 efforts to tap without warrants …
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Hamas: We'll never recognize Israel  —  Hamas on Saturday marked its 20th anniversary by vowing to continue the "jihad" against Israel and never recognize its right to exist.  —  Tens of thousands of Palestinians participated in a main rally organized by Hamas in the center of Gaza City …
Sara Burnett / Rocky Mountain News:
Nacchio verdict: uphold or overturn?  —  10th Circuit panel will decide which argument merits favor in appeal  —  Will Joe Nacchio go free?  —  On Tuesday, attorneys for the former Qwest CEO will stand before three judges at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver and argue that he should.
Discussion: Emptywheel
Dave Kopel / Rocky Mountain News:
Reducing the risk of copycat killers  —  How papers can avoid glorifying perpetrators  —  The way the media cover an event influences whether there will be repetitions.  For example, if a fan runs onto the field during a baseball game, the broadcast cameras usually avoid showing pictures of the fan.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
 
 
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Daily Mail:
Putin rival held in psychiatric ward 'to prevent him protesting against government'
Charles Moore / Telegraph:
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PBS:
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Bryan Walsh / Time:
Who Won and Lost at Bali
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Tim Lynch / Cato-at-liberty:
Bill of Rights Day  —  Since today is Bill of Rights Day …
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Michael Coren / Toronto Sun:
Denial is sickening  —  It's the episode of Little Mosque on the Prairie that I missed.
Discussion: Right Wing News
Gateway Pundit:
Its a Quagmire!... Media Reports 6 Bogus Stories in 6 Weeks!
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Is Clinton a Weak General Election Candidate?
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Huckabee DWI clemency, donations raise questions
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
'Trust Huckabee' moves into New Hampshire
Discussion: Riehl World View
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Straw-in-the-Mouth Foreign Policy?
New York Times:
A Long Time Coming  —  It took 31 years, but the moral bankruptcy …
Discussion: The Impolitic
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
 

 
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