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9:15 PM ET, January 12, 2008

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Gateway Pundit:
VICTORY!... In Kuwait Bush Claims Surge a Huge Success!  (Video)  —  “History will say, it was when you were called upon, you served, and the service you rendered was absolutely necessary to defeat an enemy overseas so we do not have to face them here at home...”
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Newt: Hillary shows courage, integrity  —  Newt Gingrich's on-again, off-again adulation of Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be back on.  —  The leader of the 1994 Republican revolution — who as House speaker in the mid 1990s clashed fiercely with then-first lady Clinton and her husband …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
MINORITY REPORTS  —  After New Hampshire, a hint of racial politics.
Discussion: American Street
Meghan Daum / Los Angeles Times:
Hillary's gotta have it  —  In courting the voters, maybe she should play by ‘The Rules.’
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
New York Times:
Clintons Move to Tamp Down Criticism From Blacks About Recent Comments
Booman Tribune:
The Clintons' Racial Strategy
Discussion: Firedoglake and Oliver Willis
The State:
John McCain clearly the best in GOP primary  —  FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, and to some extent for the nation, the choice among Republican candidates for president has come down to two men.  —  First Rudy Giuliani, then Mitt Romney looked at political realities and fled the Palmetto State, deciding their priorities lay elsewhere.
Discussion: The Swamp and race42008.com
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Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
Women vs. Oprah  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The absence of Oprah Winfrey from the frantic four last days of the New Hampshire primary campaign after her heavy schedule in Iowa backing Sen. Barack Obama may be traced to heavy, unaccustomed post-Iowa abuse of the popular entertainment superstar by women.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Joe Won't Be The Veep Pick For McCain
Discussion: PSoTD and PoliGazette
Francis Wilkinson / New York Times:
Fighting to Lose  —  Nyack, N.Y.  —  IF parts of Hillary …
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
“The last house of worship torched in Edmonton was my synagogue”  —  I've been in the wilds away from the Internet all day, but I wanted to draw attention to this - yesterday's interrogation of my old boss Ezra Levant by one of Canada's many “human rights commissions” for publishing the Danish cartoons.
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Ezra Levant:
Kangaroo court  —  I have just returned home from my session at the kangaroo court, called the Alberta human rights commission.  Here is my opening statement that I delivered at the interrogation.  I will post more details about the interrogation soon.
New York Times:
Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles  —  Late one night in the summer of 2005, Matthew Sepi, a 20-year-old Iraq combat veteran, headed out to a 7-Eleven in the seedy Las Vegas neighborhood where he had settled after leaving the Army.  —  This particular 7-Eleven sits in the shadow …
Discussion: Cliff Schecter and Eschaton
Stephanie Hooper / Nashuatelegraph.com:
Clinton adviser arrested in Nashua  —  shooper@nashuatelegraph.com  —  NASHUA - A top Clinton adviser faces charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated after city police caught him speeding through Greeley Park a day before the state primary.  —  Sidney Blumenthal …
Discussion: BitsBlog
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Paul Vitello / New York Times:
A Combative Thompson Sways Voters  —  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — John and Ann Berenberk dutifully watched the umpteenth Republican presidential debate on television on Thursday night and had an epiphany.  It was about the candidate they had previously referred to as the tall, silent one.  Fred D. Thompson.
Washington Post:
Objects From Iranian Boats Posed No Threat, Navy Says  —  The small, boxlike objects dropped in the water by Iranian boats as they approached U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf on Sunday posed no threat to the American vessels, U.S. officials said yesterday, even as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and AMERICAblog
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Young Evangelicals Embrace Huckabee as Old Guard Balks  —  WASHINGTON — Much of the national leadership of the Christian conservative movement has turned a cold shoulder to the Republican presidential campaign of Mike Huckabee, wary of his populist approach to economic issues and his criticism …
Discussion: TalkLeft and protein wisdom
Wall Street Journal:
JOURNAL EDITORIAL REPORT  —  A transcript of the weekend's program: With Iowa done, the candidates look toward New Hampshire.  Paul Gigot interviews Sen. John Sununu, and the panel sizes up the contenders.  Tune in this weekend for more: FOX News Channel, Saturday 11 p.m. and Sunday 6 a.m. ET.
Discussion: Maggie's Farm
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Ben Nelson To Endorse Obama  —  Now this is a predictable development as Ben Nelson is the king of bipartisanship, voting with Republicans more than any other Democrat: … Again, the national implications for me are not positive for Obama, they are negative.
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Jake Thompson / Omaha World-Herald:
Nelson's support shows broad Obama appeal
Discussion: Daily Kos
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Iraq to reinstate Saddam party followers  —  BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament passed a benchmark law Saturday allowing lower-ranking former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to reclaim government jobs, the first major piece of U.S.-backed legislation it has adopted.
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