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11:30 PM ET, December 24, 2007

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Matthew Yglesias:
The Proverbial Rug  —  Bruce Bartlett responds to my post on his book: … No, no, no!  I don't think the history should be swept under the rug at all.  What I think is that the history reflects well on present members of the Democratic Party.  The political views of the Southern Democrats …
Discussion: Eschaton and Obsidian Wings
Matthew Yglesias:
Wrong on Race?  —  Tyler Cowen describes Bruce Bartlett's new book Wrong on Race: The Democratic Party's Buried Past as “incendiary."  —  If this overview in The Wall Street Journal reflects the content, though, it seems fairly banal.  As everyone with any awareness of American political history knows …
Frank James / The Swamp:
Kerry threatens NFL if Patriots-Giants not on NBC  —  With the New England Patriots now one win away from finishing the regular season undefeated, Sen. John Kerry is stepping up his campaign to get the final game broadcast on national television.  —  The contest Saturday with the New York Giants …
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Mike Reiss / Boston Globe:
Kerry presses NFL
Discussion: Blue Mass. Group and Redstate
Jay Newton-Small / Time:
How Clinton Lost Her Invincibility  —  When Hillary Clinton launched her campaign nearly a year ago, the media buzz deemed it near impossible for the likes of Barack Obama and John Edwards to overcome her daunting campaign machine.  The endorsements, the money, and the cream …
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Rsinderbrand / CNN Political Ticker:
Iowa poll says Clinton breaking away from the pack
Discussion: Say Anything
Jack Kelly / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Thompson the tortoise
Discussion: BobKrumm.com and Political Machine
Virginia Heffernan / The Medium:
The Ron Paul Vid-Lash  —  Ron Paul, our Internet president, seems to have Nazi troubles, as in they're saying he's one of them.  —  Stormfront, a “white nationalist” Internet community, has given him money.  And he can't seem to stop meeting with self-described neo-Nazis, according to Bill White …
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Matthew Yglesias:
Ron Paul: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Yitzhak Benhorin / Ynetnews:
US report: Israel would weather nuclear war with Iran  —  Study compiled by US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), headed by a former Pentagon analyst, explores several hypothetical scenarios for unconventional warfare in our region.  Authors find 'Israel's residents and economy could weather nuclear war with Iran'
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Fear of subpoenas ‘crippling’ the White House?  —  As she departs the White House, and steps down as Bush's chief terrorism adviser, Frances Fragos Townsend stopped to tell the NYT how disappointed she is with the political climate in DC. … Oh, those poor, poor White House officials.
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Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
In shifting race, Edwards aims for the gut
Discussion: Washington Post
T.W. Farnam / Wall Street Journal:
A Web Troll's Toll on the Clinton Campaign  —  FORT MITCHELL, Ky. — In Norse mythology, trolls steal babies and leave their own shape-shifting offspring behind.  On the Internet, they just steal attention.  —  As candidates increasingly use the Internet to build political bridges …
Discussion: Liberal Values
Aaron Klein / Ynetnews:
Media's two-faced Christmas coverage  —  Muslims driving Christians out of Bethlehem, but media outlets choose to blame Israel  —  Ah, Christmas in Bethlehem.  Manger Square is ablaze with colorful lights.  The weather is usually a bit chilly.  Aggressive merchants bombard passersby with …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Power Line
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Tom Kelly / Daily Mail:
Margaret Thatcher's grandson is rising star of American football  —  She was known as the Iron Lady and now her teenage grandson is a rising star of gridiron.  —  Michael Thatcher is continuing to foster Baroness Thatcher's special relationship with the U.S. - by helping …
Discussion: Power Line
Daily Mail:
Anger over plan to broadcast Muslim call to prayer on loudspeaker in Oxford  —  Muslim plans to broadcast a loudspeaker call to prayer from a city centre mosque have been attacked by local residents who say it would turn the area into a “Muslim ghetto".  —  Dozens of people packed …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Daily Mail:
Hate cleric Omar Bakri calls for ‘ban’ on Christmas  —  ‘Christmas Day would be ideal for terror attack’, he says  —  Hate preacher Omar Bakri, who is barred from Britain, is calling on Brits to boycott Christmas.  —  Using the internet to post a rant against the festive season …
Peter Wehner / Washington Post:
Huckabee's Co-Pilot  —  Some of us — in my case, a political conservative and evangelical Christian — are getting a queasy feeling when it comes to the presidential campaign of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, and much of it has to do with his use of faith in this political campaign.
Jesse Wendel / Group News Blog:
The More Things Change...  Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand Trashed At Christmas  —  For Being Pregnant  —  First term Congresswoman Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY20), in a highly-vulnerable district in New York's Hudson Valley, is being attacked, not for her politics, not for her stand against the Iraq war …
Multi-National Force:
Sunni, Shia March Together in Baghdad for Peace … BAGHDAD — Approximately 1,000 Iraqi citizens, of both Shia and Sunni religions, joined together on the sectarian fault line in Rawaniyah, the Karkh District of Baghdad, to march with one another in what they called a “Peace March”, Dec. 19.
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Gateway Pundit:   Iraqi Sunni and Shia Join In Historic Peace March in Baghdad!
 
 
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Subverting Bush at Langley
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This Doll Is 'Un-American'  —  Forget the American Girl.
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A No-Spin Yuletide Blame
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Book Selection of the Month: “Liberal Fascism” …
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New Islamic Rage Boy Shirt Designs
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A Green Light for Common Sense
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Politico's populist pop quiz
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