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2:00 PM ET, December 16, 2007

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Playbook: President Clinton on speakerphone  —  Good Sunday morning, and welcome to a quick Sunday show/church pregame.  —  John Edwards is on Newsweek's cover as "The Sleeper."  Hours before Gov. Romney goes on "Meet" for the full hour, the L.A. Times portrays his Bain style as grasping and greedy.
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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 …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Reefer Madness in Iowa  —  With the Iowa campaign in wild flux — and in the case of Hillary, acid reflux — The Des Moines Register decides to hold a tie-breaking debate with the two Democratic front-runners.  —  Carolyn Washburn, the phlegmatic editor of the paper, once more moderates.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
New Hampshire Union Leader:
Commander in chief: McCain is the best choice  —  Next year America will elect a war President who will have to be ready to take command of the United States armed forces and make life-or-death decisions starting on day one.  With the war in Iraq having improved dramatically in the past six months …
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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.
Associated Press:
For Republicans: John McCain  —  CONVENTIONAL wisdom among political handlers used to hold that a candidate needed to capture the political center.  The last two presidential campaigns proved that wrong.  The Republicans scraped out victories by pressing just enough buttons and mobilizing just enough voters.
Discussion: eyeon08.com
Des Moines Register:
The Register's caucus endorsements: McCain, Clinton
Newsweek:
A Son's Past Deeds Come Back To Bite Huckabee  —  As Mike Huckabee gains in the polls, the former Arkansas governor is finding that his record in office is getting more scrutiny.  One issue likely to get attention is his handling of a sensitive family matter: allegations that one of his sons …
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.
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Destruction of CIA Tapes Defended
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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 …
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.
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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 …
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 …
Libby Spencer / The Newshoggers:
Don't let Dodd stand alone  —  Thanks at least partly to the blogburst of indignation, Reid's rollout of the FISA 'fix' has been delayed until Monday.  Jeralyn runs down Reid's lame excuses for virtually guaranteeing telecom immunity via procedural hanky panky.
Discussion: The Aristocrats and The Sideshow
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 and TalkLeft
 
 
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Apparent Huckabee Backers Smear McCain
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Tom Redburn / New York Times:
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Charles Moore / Telegraph:
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PBS:
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