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12:30 PM ET, December 19, 2007

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National Enquirer:
UPDATE: NATIONAL ENQUIRER WORLD EXCLUSIVE: JOHN EDWARDS LOVE CHILD SCANDAL!  —  Presidential candidate John Edwards is caught up in a love child scandal, a blockbuster ENQUIRER investigation has discovered.  —  The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively that Rielle Hunter, a woman linked to Edwards …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
How Many Degrees Of Separation?  —  Blogosphere buzz today centers …
Discussion: New York Times and QandO
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
A Clinton link to a John Edwards' Love Child Scandal?
Discussion: DBKP and No More Mister Nice Blog
New York Times:
Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A.Tapes  —  WASHINGTON — At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy videotapes showing the secret interrogations of two operatives from Al Qaeda …
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CNN:
Fire hits building next door to White House  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Firefighters battled thick smoke and flames Wednesday inside the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next door to the White House, which houses the vice president's ceremonial offices.
White House:
Statement by the Press Secretary  —  The New York Times today implies that the White House has been misleading in publicly acknowledging or discussing details related to the CIA's decision to destroy interrogation tapes.  —  The sub-headline of the story inaccurately says that the …
Discussion: Balkinization and Emptywheel
Associated Press:
Fire controlled at White House compound
Discussion: Hot Air
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Hard-liners for Jesus  —  As Christians across the world prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, it's a fitting moment to contemplate the mountain of moral, and mortal, hypocrisy that is our Christianized Republican Party.  —  There's nothing new, of course, about the Christianization of the GOP.
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Huckabee, Giuliani tied in 2008 Republican race  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Mike Huckabee has surged into a virtual tie with front-runner Rudy Giuliani in the national 2008 Republican presidential race two weeks before the first contest, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Giuliani ads fail to produce N.H. results
CNN:
Poll: Clinton gains on Obama in New Hampshire
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:   Romney shrugs off '94 fundraiser photo
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CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton recaptures lead in New Hampshire  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - It appears Hillary Clinton has recaptured the lead in New Hampshire, according to a new CNN/WMUR New Hampshire presidential primary poll out Wednesday morning.  —  After slipping into a virtual tie with Sen. Barack Obama …
Dan Smith / Sacramento Bee:
Clinton loses big chunk of her lead in California  —  Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A1  —  In a sign that Californians are tapping into a presidential primary season largely playing out elsewhere, the race here between Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Adi Ignatius / Time:
Person of the Year: Vladimir Putin  —  A Tsar Is Born  —  No one is born with a stare like Vladimir Putin's.  The Russian President's pale blue eyes are so cool, so devoid of emotion that the stare must have begun as an affect, the gesture of someone who understood that power might be achieved …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
It's Edwards the Fighter in the Iowa Homestretch  —  OTTUMWA, Iowa — More than 150 Iowans were rustling in their chairs at a community college here the other night, waiting for John Edwards.  Mr. Edwards's bus was parked and running outside the door, but it was nearly 45 minutes before he finally …
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National Review:
Free Steyn  —  Our readers know Mark Steyn well.  His witty and learned commentary appears in every issue of National Review, and in many other English publications across the world.  What Steyn's American readers may not know is that a Muslim advocacy group in his native Canada is doing its best to muzzle him.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Rush to Judgment  —  One of my male colleagues was explaining why men age better than women.  —  “It's evolutionary,” he said.  “As we wear out our wives, who are running around taking care of the kids, we know we're going to have to get another younger wife, so we stay good-looking.”
USA Today:
Strategy that is making Iraq safer was snubbed for years  —  When Army Capt. Jeremy Gwinn's company patrolled Baghdad in 2005, the approach toward roadside bombs was simple: avoid them or die.  —  By early 2006, that strategy had begun to shift: Instead of hunting for the bombs, the soldiers hunted for bombmakers.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
No. 1 Book, and It Offers Solutions  —  In 1967, Jack Wennberg, a young medical researcher at Johns Hopkins, moved his family to a farmhouse in northern Vermont.  —  Dr. Wennberg had been chosen to run a new center based at the University of Vermont that would examine medical care in the state.
Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Inside a GOP effort to rig the 2002 New Hampshire elections  —  WASHINGTON — A former GOP political operative who ran an illegal election-day scheme to jam the phone lines of New Hampshire Democrats during the state's tight 2002 U.S. Senate election said in a new book and an interview …
 
 
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Megan McArdle:
Crime doesn't pay  —  Last night I met Daniel Drezner for dinner …
Matt Glazer / Burnt Orange Report:
What Dan Barrett's Victory Means for Texas
Discussion: MyDD
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Huckabee fights trail fat
Anne Thompson / Variety:
MPAA rejects Gibney's ‘Dark’ poster
Associated Press:
Trent Lott Resigns From U.S. Senate After Nearly Two Decades of Service
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
All Iraqi Groups Blame U.S. Invasion for Discord, Study Shows
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Painfully YouTubing the Pelosi-Reid Congress
Tony Blankley / Real Clear Politics:
None Of The Above: GOP Heading To A Brokered Convention
 Earlier Items: 
Marc Ambinder:
First Look: Romney's “Searched”
David Horovitz / Jerusalem Post:
Prosecutor: Argentina bombings ordered by Iran
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
2,600 Pages of Clinton Records Withheld
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Ben Hoyle / Times of London:
Rupert Everett: acting in Hollywood is like living in Afghanistan
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Giuliani's Kerik Woes Resurface Through Informant
Andrew Tilghman / Washington Monthly:
The Army's Other Crisis  —  Why the best and brightest young officers are leaving
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Richard Gray / Telegraph:
Chief scientist in sports cars warning to women
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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