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11:25 PM ET, December 27, 2007

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Nancy Cordes / CBS News:
Huckabee Reaction to Bhutto Assassination  —  From CBS News' Nancy Cordes"  —  ORLANDO, FLA. — With about 150 supporters crowded around a podium set up on the tarmac of Orlando Executive airport (and about 20 Ron Paul supporters waving signs outside) Mike Huckabee strode out to the strains of …
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Little Green Footballs:
Ron Paul Blames US Policy for Bhutto Killing  —  Ron Paul blames the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on the “interventionist” policy of the United States, and says Al Qaeda is justified in being “annoyed” at us.  (Click the picture for the video.)
New York Times:
Bhutto Assassinated in Attack on Rally  —  RAWALPINDI, Islamabad — An attack on a political rally killed the Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto near the capital, Islamabad, Thursday.  Witnesses said Ms. Bhutto was fired upon before the blast, and an official from her party said Ms. Bhutto …
Learfield / Radio Iowa:
John Edwards talked to Musharraf regarding Bhutto  —  Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards talked with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf early this afternoon (Iowa time).  Here's Edwards talking about the situation (mp3 runs 2 minuates)  —  Henderson: “In regards to the situation …
Marc Ambinder:
Huckabee Flubs A Pakistan Question  —  CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes writes about Mike Huckabee's newser in Orlando, FL today: … It's not the mistake itself that will raise eyebrowses — it's Huckabee's lack of intellectual ease, his lack of felicity, with foreign policy at a critical moment when everyone is paying attention.
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Axelrod on Bhutto Assassination  —  From TIME's Jay Newton-Small:  —  David Axelrod, Barack Obama's top strategist, told reporters after the speech that Clinton will not benefit from a renewed conversation about foreign policy in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination in Pakistan.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Benazir Bhutto  —  A recent CNN poll showed that 46 percent of Pakistanis approve of Osama bin Laden.  —  Aspirants to the American presidency should hope to score so highly in the United States.  In Pakistan, though, the al-Qaeda emir easily beat out that country's current president, Pervez Musharraf, who polled at 38 percent.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HORSE RACE  —  The leading Dem candidates for president appear to be in a pitched battle to make the most craven and insipid uses of the Bhutto assassination for immediate political advantage.  A true horse race.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Adviser: Bhutto Assassination Reminds Us That Hillary Made Wrong Call On Iraq War  —  Okay, the battling among Dems over how the Bhutto assassination will affect the Dem primary is officially underway.  Today after Barack Obama's closing argument speech in Iowa, Obama adviser David …
Discussion: The Politico and Horses Mouth
CNN Political Ticker:
Critics jump on Huckabee Pakistan gaffe  —  December 27, 2007 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney  —  Watch Huckabee react to Bhutto's death.  —  (CNN) - Mike Huckabee - whose foreign policy credentials have been under a microscope since he admitted to journalists that he was unaware …
Rsinderbrand / CNN Political Ticker:
Obama advisor links Clinton vote and Bhutto death?  —  Top Obama adviser says war in Iraq (and Clinton's support of it) contributes to instability in Pakistan.  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) — In comments to reporters after Barack Obama's first speech Thursday, his chief strategist David Axelrod seemed …
Discussion: The Trail and Marc Ambinder
CNN:
Report: Bhutto killed in attack
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:   Pakistan and the Candidates  —  Mike Huckabee, in his Foreign …
The Corner:
No Time for Illusions  —  Andy McCarthy gets it.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Eli Lake / New York Sun:   Qaeda Eyed in Slaying of Bhutto
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:   BENAZIR BHUTTO, 1953-2007.  —  The sternest critic of Benazir Bhutto …
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Bloomberg:
Obama's Character, Clinton's Experience Split Early-Vote States
Discussion: The Corner
Deborah Brewster / MSNBC:
U.N. joining forces with Spider-Man  —  Collaborative comic book aims to boost tarnished image  —  The U.N. is teaming up with Marvel Comics, creator of Spider-Man, to create a comic book.  It will be set in a war-torn fictional country and feature superheroes working with U.N. agencies.
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Bryan / Hot Air:
Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a UNuch can't
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Pakistan Crisis For Dummies  —  For those of us who haven't been following the storyline in Pakistan over the past year with more than slight attention to various events, Juan Cole has provided a nice concise primer to bring you up to speed.  Here's an excerpt: … It's worse than that.
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Matthew Yglesias:
The Tough Guys  —  Obviously, I have no idea who in the US …
Discussion: Needlenose
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
The Glenn and Helen Show: Jonah Goldberg on Hillary, Huckabee, and Liberal Fascism  —  It's sure to make a splash, and it's already got some left bloggers in a tizzy even though it doesn't come out until next week.  It's Jonah Goldberg's new book, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left …
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Brad / Sadly, No!:
It's like the blind leading the really, really blind
Discussion: Dr. Helen
Lee Harris / TCS Daily:
Revisiting the Stupid Party  —  The nineteenth century English philosopher John Stuart Mill bequeathed to modern conservatism a lasting inferiority complex when he dismissed the conservatives of his day as “the stupid party."  No one likes to be called stupid, as we can all agree …
Jon Swift:
Best Blog Posts of 2007 (Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves)  —  Just as nobody anticipated the levees breaking in New Orleans, according to President Bush, I don't think anybody anticipated the overwhelming response I would get when I asked the members of my very extensive and eclectic blogroll …
 
 
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