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6:05 PM ET, December 20, 2007

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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Clinton Launches Obama Attack Web Sites  —  Clinton Campaign Registered Names of Two Web Sites to Attack Ill. Senator  —  ABC News has learned that the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has registered the names of two Web sites with the express goal of attacking her chief rival, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
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New York Times:
Obama's Vote in Illinois Was Often Just ‘Present’  —  In 1999, Barack Obama was faced with a difficult vote in the Illinois legislature — to support a bill that would let some juveniles be tried as adults, a position that risked drawing fire from African-Americans, or to oppose it …
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Democrats in a dead heat in Iowa
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The Politico:
McCain responds to Drudge  —  On Thursday, John McCain responded to an unsubstantiated story on the Drudge Report about whether he did legislative favors for a lobbyist, and alleging his campaign was trying to convince The New York Times to spike a story on the topic.
Jason Pulliam / Des Moines Register:
Tancredo drops out, endorses Romney  —  U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo announced today he's ending his long-shot bid for the White House.  —  The Colorado Republican made his exit from the race official at a press conference this afternoon in downtown Des Moines.  He'll throw his support behind GOP candidate Mitt Romney, he said.
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Learfield / Radio Iowa:
Tancredo drops out, endorses Romney
Tom Tancredo / You Decide 08!:
TOM TANCREDO DROPS OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL RACE, ENDORSES MITT ROMNEY
Discussion: Tammy Bruce
Tapscott's Copy Desk:
Now the Okie Napoleon is banning ‘Christmas’ (UPDATED!)  (AND CONFIRMED)  —  Oklahoma attorney general Drew Edmondson drew national scorn earlier this year when he arrested Paul Jacob of the Sam Adams Alliance and Citizens in Charge, and two colleagues on trumped-up charges that they violated …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Oklahoma Cancels Christmas (Update: No They Didn't)
Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
WHAT IF THIS ELECTION ISN'T ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY?  —  I want to put into conversation two fascinating new pieces of journalism: First, Matt Bai's New York Times Magazine piece on how the legacy of Clintonism is playing out in the Democratic primary, and second, a TPM Election Central interview …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The '70s Hit Parade
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Romney fields questions on King  —  Campaign says claim not literal  —  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said he watched his father, the late Michigan Gov. George Romney, in a 1960s civil rights march in Michigan with Martin Luther King Jr.
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Chris Kelly / The Huffington Post:
Mitticisms: “Martin Luther King”
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Senior Qaeda Theologian Urges His Followers To End Their Jihad  —  WASHINGTON — One of Al Qaeda's senior theologians is calling on his followers to end their military jihad and saying the attacks of September 11, 2001, were a “catastrophe for all Muslims."  —  In a serialized manifesto written …
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Marc Morano / epw.senate.gov:
U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007  —  Senate Report Debunks “Consensus"  —  Complete U.S. Senate Report Now Available: (LINK)  —  Complete Report without Introduction: (LINK)  —  INTRODUCTION:
White House:
Press Conference by the President  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  I hope you all enjoyed the holiday reception at the White House as much as Laura and I enjoyed it.  We took an inventory of the silverware, and this year only a few pieces were missing — so, like, if you see Gregory, tell him to bring them back.
Mark Mooney / Political Radar:
Obama Says He'd Consider Arnold For His Cabinet  —  ABC's Sunlen Miller Reports: Barack Obama has often said he'd consider putting Repbulicans in his cabinet and even bandied about names like Sens. Dick Lugar and Chuck Hagel.  He's a added a new name to the list of possible Republicans cabinet members - Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Discussion: Firedoglake, Open Left and Calitics
Michael Yon:
General Barry R McCaffrey Report  —  Adjunct Professor of International Affairs … SUBJECT: After Action Report—General Barry R McCaffrey USA (Ret)  —  VISIT IRAQ AND KUWAIT 5-11 DECEMBER 2007  —  1. PURPOSE: … 2. SOURCES:  —  1.)  ADM William (Fox) Fallon USN …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Michael C. Desch / The American Conservative:
Declaring Forever War  —  Giuliani has surrounded himself with advisors who think the Bush Doctrine didn't go nearly far enough.  —  Like most Americans, I knew little about Rudolph Giuliani, save that he had been the very successful mayor of New York City catapulted to iconic status …
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
The Blogosphere vs. the VSPs....Part 2 … Hmmm.  Yes.  Seems like I was pretty skeptical of the O'Hanlon/Pollack report myself.  But basically they reported two things: (a) violence is down and security has improved, and (b) the economy, police force, political leadership, and infrastructure are still disaster areas.
 
 
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
GOP Blocks Vote on FEC Nominees
Oregonian:
Smith stirs up a Lott of confusion
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Thompson is running low on options
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Hoyer, just say the words!  —  Here's Steny Hoyer's response …
Discussion: CNN and The Ruckus
Megan McArdle:
But gas costs so much at the pump! …
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Brian Beutler
amnation.com:
MCCARTHY VS. AUSTER ON WHETHER GIULIANI'S BEHAVIOR DISQUALIFIES …
Discussion: The Corner and Ross Douthat
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
TALK, BUT DON'T TRUST.  —  I'd like to believe, as Joe Klein does …
Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
The Law of Unintended Consequences & The Great Huckaboom Freak-Out
Discussion: Power Line and Vox Popoli
 Earlier Items: 
Matthew Yglesias:
Welcome to America  —  Via Andrew Sullivan, a young Icelandic …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Rsinderbrand / CNN Political Ticker:
Huckabee: Romney's campaign in ‘desperate position’
Jeffry Scott / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cynthia McKinney announces presidential bid
The Corner:
Steyn's Accusers Speak
Discussion: National Post and PoliGazette
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Baptists Not on Board  —  When Mike Huckabee went to Houston …
Frank James / Baltimore Sun:
Ron Paul's thought-provoking choice on racist's $$$
Tucson Citizen:
Crackdown has illegal immigrants leaving Arizona
Gabriel Sherman / The New Republic:
Bad Huck  —  The unhinged correspondence of Mike Huckabee.