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12:10 AM ET, January 2, 2008

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Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Romney says Bush mismanaged Iraq war  —  JOHNSTON, Iowa (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Tuesday the Bush administration mismanaged the Iraq war, distancing himself from his party's unpopular president two days before Iowa's first-in-the-nation presidential contest.
Discussion: AMERICAblog, Macsmind and RADAMISTO
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Campaigns Feeling Effects of Iowa Poll  —  DES MOINES — The results of the Des Moines Register's final poll of Iowa caucus-goers, showing Senator Barack Obama leading the Democrats and Mike Huckabee leading the Republicans, continued to reverberate across the campaign trail on Tuesday …
John F. Harris / The Politico:
GOP funk: Money, enthusiasm lagging
Discussion: Weekly Standard and The Caucus
Jane Norman / Des Moines Register:   Grassley: Giuliani's curtailed Iowa campaign ‘a big mistake’
Marc Ambinder:
Kucinich Urges Supporters To Choose Obama On Second “Ballot”  —  On Thursday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich might actually swing the results of the caucus, which is why I'm passing this along.  —  Kucinich's supporters could help Obama in non-liberal precincts where the two or three Kucinich supporters …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Kucinich throws Obama a bone  —  An unexpected twist from the Kucinich camp: … UPDATE: Obama responds:
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
KUCINICH URGES SUPPORTERS TO BACK OBAMA...
Discussion: MoJoBlog
Washington Times:
Kucinich urges supporters to make Obama second pick
Discussion: The Caucus and TIME: Swampland
Washington Wire:
Clinton, Obama Top $100 Million for 2007  —  Mary Jacoby reports from New Hampshire on the presidential race.  —  Sen. Barack Obama, with wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha, at a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa.  Photo: Associated Press  —  Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama …
Discussion: Say Anything
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Democrats: More Than Health Care  —  Perhaps you have heard that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have come up with different health care plans.  Hers would require every American to own health insurance.  His would not.  —  That difference is the only one between the two candidates …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton errs on Pakistan  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was praised in the wake of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for demonstrating her command of the players and the issues at stake in Pakistan, even as another candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee …
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Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Biden hits rivals on Pakistan policy
Discussion: Wonkette and The Democratic Daily
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Edwards Calls for Quick Pullout of Troops Training Iraqi Forces  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — John Edwards says that if elected president he would withdraw the American troops who are training the Iraqi army and police as part of a broader plan to remove virtually all American forces within 10 months.
Discussion: A Blog For All
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Against the Democratic Party  —  people need training!
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Politico
Hindustan Times:
Pak Govt makes U-turn on cause of Bhutto's death  —  In a dramatic U-turn, Pakistan government has “apologised” for claiming that former premier Benazir Bhutto died of a skull fracture after hitting the sunroof of her car during a suicide attack.  —  Caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan …
Mike Huckabee / CNN:
New Huckabee ad appeals to Christian conservatives  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - For the second time in the past two weeks, presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has aired a commercial in which a Christian symbol appears in the background.  —  In the campaign ad, Huckabee is addressing members …
Michelle Malkin:
Cindy Sheehan: Down with BushCo-and screw the evil corporate Rose Bowl parade, too!  —  As promised, St. Cindy stinks up the Rose Bowl parade and delivers an unhinged salvo posted at After Downing Street-complete with BushCo/Hitler epithets, anti-American insults, and Absolute Moral Authority sanctimony:
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Solvej Schou / Associated Press:
Thousands cheer giant Rose Parade floats
Discussion: BitsBlog
The Campaign Spot:
An Account of Thompson's ‘Desire’ Question, From The Man Who Asked  —  Todd Chelf, the Iowa Republican who asked Fred Thompson the question about his desire to be president that launched this weekend's brouhaha, gave me his account of the question, the answer, and the aftermath.
Don Surber:
Loser of the year: Pelosi  —  “The war in Iraq is the biggest disappointment for us,” she said.  “I mean the inability to stop the war in Iraq."  —  Never bet against the American soldier.  King George III did.  He lost.  Jefferson Davis did.  He lost.  Hirohito did.  He lost.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and BitsBlog
Jerusalem Post:
Olmert says Israel must internalize divided J'lem  —  Israel needs to internalize that even its supportive friends on the international stage conceive of the country's future on the basis of the 1967 borders and with Jerusalem divided, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has declared to The Jerusalem Post.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
Rudy's Official Strategy  —  For Mark, and others interested in how “Team Rudy” understands its position vis-a-vis the disappearing numbers in Iowa and NH, I am posting below a campaign memo I received today, with no comment from me.  Make of it what you will:
 
 
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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
‘Hikers’ killers were from Fatah'
Tom Schaller / American Prospect:
EDWARDS' GAME PLAN FOR SECOND-CHOICERS
Pamela Bone / The Australian:
Assassinated because she was a woman
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
U.S. Diplomat and Driver Are Shot Dead in Sudan
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Bloomberg Denies Presidential Run...to Ryan Seacrest?
Discussion: Donklephant
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:
What If?  —  I wonder what would have happened if McCain had won the nomination in 2000.
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Huckabee's Iowa Meltdown
Discussion: BobKrumm.com
Matthew Yglesias:
The Possibly Not Coming Storm
Discussion: Deal W. Hudson and Eschaton
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Wire:
Huckabee: What Ad Ploy?
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Poll: Clinton, McCain lead in NH
Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:
Edwards' ‘Mudcat’ gives tasty dish on Clinton
Discussion: Hotline On Call
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The Mendacity of Hope  —  John Edwards lied about the cost of his haircuts.
Faiza Saleh Ambah / Washington Post:
Dissident Saudi Blogger Is Arrested
Jerome Starkey / The Sun:
Our Boys blitz Taliban bash
John Tierney / New York Times:
In 2008, a 100 Percent Chance of Alarm
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports Q3 digital subscribers hit 260K, for 11.9M in total, digital ad revenue rose 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic turned its first profit

Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans

Ross Raihala / Twin Cities:
Q&A with Aaron Rupar on leaving Vox to start Public Notice on Substack, watching ~400 Trump rallies to share clips with his 989K followers on X, and more

 
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