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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Dorgan: Lieberman's Actions Were Unacceptable For Committee Chairman — After Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) spoke at the Republican National Convention this summer, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) expressed his frustration: “Everybody is just profoundly disappointed with what Joe did,” Dorgan said.
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Firedoglake, The Crypt's Blogs, American Power, DownWithTyranny!, Don Surber, The Jed Report and Washington Monthly
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Times of London:
Barack Obama links Israel peace plan to 1967 borders deal — Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv and Sarah Baxter — Barack Obama is to pursue an ambitious peace plan in the Middle East involving the recognition of Israel by the Arab world in exchange for its withdrawal to pre-1967 borders …
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Little Green Footballs, Commentary, Atlas Shrugs, Israel Matzav, Mondoweiss, Stop The ACLU, normblog, Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama will back Saudi peace plan — Barack Obama has decided to base his diplomatic approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the Saudi peace plan, the Times of London reports today. A “senior Obama adviser” tells the Times that Obama will back the plan that divides Jerusalem …
Tod Lindberg / Washington Post:
The Center-Right Nation Exits Stage Left — Here's the main thought Republicans are consoling themselves with these days: Notwithstanding President-elect Barack Obama, a nearly filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the Senate and the largest Democratic majority in the House of Representatives since 1993 …
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Washington Monthly, Macsmind, The Heretik, Corrente, the talking dog, Minnesota Campaign Report, The Other McCain and Hullabaloo
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
McCain adviser admits America is ‘center-left.’ — McCain adviser admits America is ‘center-left.’» — As ThinkProgress has chronicled, conservative pundits and even some traditional journalists continue to insist that America remains a center-right nation.
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S. — BAGHDAD — The Iraqi cabinet voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve the security agreement that sets the conditions for the Americans' continued presence in Iraq from Jan. 1 until the end of 2011. — All but one of the 28 cabinet ministers …
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Right-leaning media brace for shutout — Since the Weekly Standard launched in 1995, there's one scenario the conservative magazine hasn't yet faced: Democrats in control of both the White House and Congress. — But that's what lies ahead in just two months, leaving staffers …
TBogg:
Blowback is a bitch — Pogrom — Not a pogrom — Using public records, antigayblacklist is making available the names and businesses of people who bankroll discrimination. Rick Moran writes: … The kind of person who contributes money to deny their fellow citizens their civil rights …
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Sadly, No!
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Team of Frenemies — It's a cool idea, Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. — At long last, the feminist icon would represent the feminist ideal of getting a room of her own, all on her own. — Running for the Senate and the presidency, Hillary felt entitled to get money …
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Jesse Washington / Associated Press:
After Obama victory, an outbreak of racial anger — Some in U.S. acting out on feeling of loss spurred by election of black president. — Crosses burning. Children chanting, “Assassinate Obama.” Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. — Reports of incidents such as those across …
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
“'Socialism'? It's Already Here” — From George Will (who, for irony's sake, let me point out spent a month or so sniffing at the only remotely conservative nominee on either major party ticket): … Presumably, Will is talking about those non-candid conservatives who cheered the credit bailout …
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The Moderate Voice:
Why Were Psychologists Behind The Curve On Torture? — In September of this year, the American Psychological Association reversed a longstanding policy by voting to prohibit its members from participating in interrogations or acting in an advisory capacity at Guantánamo Bay and elsewhere …
Richard / Ballot Access News:
Alan Keyes Files Lawsuit Over Obama Eligibility — On November 13, Alan Keyes and his vice-presidential running mate in California, Reverend Wiley Drake, and other members of the American Independent Party, filed a new lawsuit over Barack Obama's eligibility to be president.
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Macsmind
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Unsettling Times for Jihadists — Let's try for a moment to read the mind of an al-Qaeda operative in the remote mountains of Waziristan as he listens to the news on the radio. His worldview has been roiled recently by two events — one confounding his image of the West and the other confirming it.
Scott / Power Line:
END OF THE CRUISE — National Review's 2008 post election Caribbean cruise ended yesterday when the ship returned to Fort Lauderdale. I gladly accepted NR's gracious invitation to join the cruise as a speaker and had a ball with my wife and oldest daughter. At the conclusion of the cruise, NR announced its 2009 cruise.
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Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Zell Miller campaigns for Chambliss, warns of ‘a far-left liberal agenda’ in Congress.» — In 2004, then-Democratic Sen. Zell Miller (GA) threw his support behind President Bush with an over-the-top speech attacking Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) at the Republican National Convention.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
Remedying the Bias Perception — Thousands of conservatives and even some moderates have complained during my more than three-year term that The Post is too liberal; many have stopped subscribing, including more than 900 in the past four weeks. — It pains me to see lost subscribers and revenue …