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10:50 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.
The Caucus:
Bill Clinton Tries to Tamp Down ‘Fairy-Tale’ Remark About Obama  —  The Clinton campaign moved Friday to try to quell a potentially damaging backlash over recent comments by Bill and Hillary Clinton that have drawn criticism from African-Americans just as the presidential primary campaign …
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 …
Reuters:
Bill Clinton defends “fairy tale” remark on Obama
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
The Road Ahead
Discussion: Ross Douthat
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Bill Clinton: Obama's Candidacy Isn't The “Fairy Tale” — But His War Opposition Is
Discussion: Spin Cycle and Blue Mass. Group
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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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Iraq to reinstate Saddam party followers  —  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.
Discussion: QandO
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.”
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
Discussion: Macsmind
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.
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
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
Associated Press:
When snow falls in Baghdad ...
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
Felicity Barringer / International Herald Tribune:
California wants to control home thermostats
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Jane Smiley / The Huffington Post:
Shut Up, Larry  —  When I read Lawrence O'Donnell's post calling …