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10:40 AM ET, January 12, 2008

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New York Times:
Clintons Move to Tamp Down Criticism From Blacks About Recent Comments  —  WASHINGTON — The Clinton campaign moved Friday to try to quell a potentially damaging reaction to recent comments by Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton that have drawn criticism from African-Americans …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Edwards Will Face a Moment of Truth After South Carolina Primary  —  John Edwards is the forgotten man in the race for the Democratic nomination, but he's not an inconsequential candidate.  —  Edwards, the angry populist of Iowa who may become a Southern-fried Democrat as the South Carolina primary unfolds …
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Obama Giving Clinton a Race in Her Backyard  —  With Senator Barack Obama vowing to challenge Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on her home turf, the Democratic presidential primary in New York on Feb. 5 is shaping up as the state's most competitive since 1992, when Bill Clinton took up a rival's mantra …
Kathleen Hennessey / Associated Press:
Obama vows to help struggling homeowners  —  LAS VEGAS - Barack Obama, his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination bolstered by endorsements, told a cheering union hall on Friday that he would provide relief for homeowners struggling to make mortgage payments and deliver tax cuts to the middle-class.
CNN:
SC's Republican governor praises Obama candidacy  —  (CNN) - The Republican governor of South Carolina wrote an op-ed in the state's largest paper Friday in which he spoke admiringly of Democratic candidate Barack Obama's candidacy, and urged voters to think about the significance …
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
The Road Ahead
Discussion: Ross Douthat
Reuters:
Bill Clinton defends “fairy tale” remark on Obama
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
De-Baathification Reform Law Passes In Iraqi Parliament  —  Note: I'm leaving this post on top for the morning; newer posts are below.  —  Those who claim that the surge strategy in Iraq has paid no dividends because it hasn't met Congressional benchmarks may wish to skip to the next post.
Discussion: Redstate
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:
Drop in violence levels only first step in Iraq  —  Re: The Commentary page column “Top Story of 2007: The surge, the military, and the news media” by syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin (A-J, Dec. 30).  —  Bush's Asian-babe PR shill does it again, extolling the glories of the “surge.”
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Iraq to reinstate ex-Saddam supporters  —  BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament adopted legislation Saturday on the reinstatement of thousands of former supporters of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to government jobs, a key benchmark sought by the United States as a step toward easing sectarian tensions.
Navy Times:
‘Filipino Monkey’ may be behind radio threats, ship drivers say  —  The threatening radio transmission heard at the end of a video showing harassing maneuvers by Iranian patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz may have come from a locally famous heckler known among ship drivers as the “Filipino Monkey.”
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In From the Cold:
What Happened in the Strait of Hormuz, Revisited  —  If you want to see the latest example of Bush Derangement Syndrome (DRS), look at the comments on today's Washington Post article that offers more details last weekend's naval encounter between U.S. and Iranian forces.
Discussion: Macsmind
Daniel Gross / Newsweek:
Mitt vs. Michigan  —  Will the state reject a native son?  —  Many of the same pundits who predicted Mitt Romney would be a natural front runner in New Hampshire have predicted that he would be a natural front runner in the Michigan primary on Tuesday.  After all, Mitt grew up in the state …
Discussion: Hot Air and MLive.com
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Baghdad Embassy Is Called A Fire Risk  —  ‘Serious’ Problems Were Ignored, Says State Dept. Official  —  The firefighting system in the massive $736 million embassy complex in Baghdad has potential safety problems that top U.S. officials dismissed in their rush to declare construction largely completed …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Clinton Aide: Obama Is For People Who Want “Imaginary Hip Black Friend”  —  An anonymous Clinton adviser made an interesting comment to The Guardian, explaining the difference between Hillary supporters and Obama supporters.  —  “If you have a social need, you're with Hillary,” the aide said.
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Washington Post:
Fears About Economy Increase  —  Debt Crisis Grows; Top Mortgage Firm Sold at a Bargain  —  Major banks and mortgage companies yesterday sharply accelerated an industry consolidation that is set to change the landscape of American lending, while a convergence of events exposed fresh worries about the U.S. economy.
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
New York Times:
Bush and Congress Seen Pushing for Stimulus Plan  —  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration and Congressional leaders, increasingly concerned about a possible recession, are moving closer to agreeing that an economic stimulus package is needed soon, Washington officials said Friday.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats See Enthusiasm Gap in Their Favor  —  It used to be the credibility gap that afflicted politicians.  Now Republicans and Democrats are peering over the edge of the enthusiasm gap.  —  The term doesn't refer to the chasm between how politicians see themselves and their actual public standing.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to Review ‘Millionaires’ Amendment'  —  The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will review the constitutionality of the so-called Millionaires' Amendment, which allows opponents of some self-funded congressional candidates to raise more money than federal law normally allows.
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Rick Hasen / Election Law:
BREAKING NEWS: SUPREME COURT AGREES TO HEAR CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE THIS TERM
Discussion: Betsy's Page
 
 
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John Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea's True Colors
Discussion: In From the Cold
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Fran Bardsley / Oxford Mail:
Bishop backs Muslim prayer call
City Journal:
Adding Up to Failure  —  A good education requires balance.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
CNN:
China blogger beaten to death
Financial Times:
US's triple-A credit rating ‘under threat’
Discussion: Seeing the Forest
Jamil Anderlini / Financial Times:
Executive hailed in China as he flees UK
Discussion: The Peking Duck
Joseph Goldstein / New York Sun:
Bloomberg Is Deposed in Guns Case
Discussion: City Room
 Earlier Items: 
Anthony D. Romero / Salon:
Our shameful Guantanamo anniversary
Discussion: Think Progress
John Solomon / Washington Post:
FBI Picks Terrorism Expert to Lead Agency's National Security Sector
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
BREAKING NEWS: American Journalist Nicholas Schmidle Deported From Pakistan
Peter Wehner / Commentary:
“Occupation"?  —  In Ramallah yesterday President Bush declared there …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Mysterious crowd suddenly stopped Bhutto's car, officer says
Discussion: At-Largely
Salon:
“We're all fascists now"  —  Along those lines, you write …
Discussion: Think Progress
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Bill Clinton: Obama's Candidacy Isn't The “Fairy Tale” — But His War Opposition Is
Jane Smiley / The Huffington Post:
Shut Up, Larry  —  When I read Lawrence O'Donnell's post calling …
 

 
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