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Marty / Martin Eisenstadt's Blog:
Eisenstadt the source for Sarah Palin Africa leak... and proud of it. — By now you've all heard the Fox News report last week that “unnamed” former McCain advisers leaked that Sarah Palin was confused about whether Africa was a continent, and which countries were in NAFTA.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: MSNBC falls for Palin/Eisenstadt hoax — Specifically, this hoax. I'd love to throw stones at them and TNR, but people on our own side were taken in too. — Guys? The post at Shakespeare's Sister revealing the hoax is linked on the first page of the Google results for “Martin Eisenstadt.”
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Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
Even More Palin Cluelessness [UPDATED] — Update: Oy—this would appear to be a hoax. Apologies. — After the original report that Palin didn't know whether Africa was a country or a continent, I complained that people were being too credulous about her foibles. And then I committed the very same sin.
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Wants Lieberman To Remain In Democratic Caucus — President-elect Barack Obama has informed party officials that he wants Joe Lieberman to continue caucusing with the Democrats in the 111th Congress, Senate aides tell the Huffington Post. — Obama's decision could tie the hands …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Bush leaving office more unpopular than Nixon — CNN Deputy Political Director — WASHINGTON DC (CNN) — On the day that President-elect Barack Obama is visiting the White House, a new national poll suggests that the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the most unpopular …
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Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
As Transfer of Power Begins, Obamas Visit White House — WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, received a warm welcome at the White House shortly before 2 p.m. Eastern time by the current occupant, President George W. Bush, a man with whom he expressed a sea …
John R. Lott Jr / Fox News:
Minnesota Ripe for Election Fraud — Minnesota is becoming to 2008 politics what Florida was in 2000 or Washington State in 2006 — a real mess. The outcome will determine whether Democrats get 58 members of the U.S. Senate, giving them an effective filibuster-proof vote on many issues.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Franken's Odds of Winning Recount May Be Long — or Short — Votes counted in Minnesota's senate race: 2,833,089 — Votes separating Norm Coleman and Al Franken: 221 — Determining a candidate's odds of winning a recount is a function of three parameters.
The Huffington Post:
Dean Prepares To Step Down As DNC Chair — After four years at the helm of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean is preparing to relinquish his chairmanship. — Dean, who has been serving in the post since 2005, has said in the past that he would serve only one term …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XXI: “Correcting The Record” — Just to get back to her looniness. A classic quote from the KTUU interview: … Proven? Where? And where in the MSM did anyone report that Trig was not her biological son? All I did was ask questions - and never received any proof of anything.
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Alaska_Politics / Anchorage Daily News:
Sunday with Palin (UDPATED: Video) — We just returned from Gov. Sarah Palin's home in Wasilla, where we shared a wide-ranging, 30-minute interview with KTUU. — UPDATE: Here are a few excerpts: … As we arrived at the house — past the the tiny green ATV parked next to the door — Greta Van Susteren was about to leave.
The Trail / Washington Post:
White House to Establish Office of Urban Policy — The intense back-stabbing amongst Democrats for top jobs in the Obama administration assumes there are a fixed number of jobs worth having. But it's looking likely that some extremely choice, even consequential, jobs are going to be created by the new administration.
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Brian Stelter / TV Decoder:
MSNBC Extends Keith Olbermann's Contract — Keith Olbermann, the anchor of “Countdown” on MSNBC. (NBC) — Keith Olbermann, the anchor of “Countdown,” will remain at MSNBC through the next presidential election season, the cable news channel announced Monday afternoon.
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CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES — Did Media Hype Obama? ; McCain v. Palin — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice-over): The history and the hype. Did some journalists get carried away during Barack Obama's election victory?
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Pentagon board says cuts essential — Tells Obama to slash large weapons programs — WASHINGTON - A senior Pentagon advisory group, in a series of bluntly worded briefings, is warning President-elect Barack Obama that the Defense Department's current budget is “not sustainable,” …
Daniel Gross / Slate:
Why the rich voted for Obama against their own economic interest. — For several years, I've been writing about Bushenfreude, the phenomenon of angry yuppies who've hugely benefited from President Bush's tax cuts funding angry, populist Democratic campaigns.
Deroy Murdock / Real Clear Politics:
GOP Needs to Excommunicate Its Heretics — Congratulations to Barack Obama, the incoming 44th president of the United States. He soon will fill America's highest office after a nearly flawless, first-time White House bid. He demonstrates that education, eloquence, and elegance trump lingering racial bias.
Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
Terry McAuliffe officially signals potential Governor's campaign — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe filed papers Monday necessary to run for governor in Virginia next year. — McAuliffe established his campaign committee, Friends of Terry McAuliffe …
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Washington Post:
President Bush Greets Obama at White House — President Bush rolled out the red carpet today for his successor, meeting with President-elect Barack Obama in the Oval Office for a talk so private that no one else was in the room. — The White House meeting between the two men followed …
Lauren Shepherd / Associated Press:
Starbucks 4Q profit drops 97 pct on closure costs — Starbucks 4th-quarter profit falls 97 percent on costs for closing stores, slow US sales — NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer U.S. customers and venti-sized costs for closing poorly performing stores led to lower sales and profit in the fourth quarter …
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