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11:05 AM ET, November 19, 2008

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Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Giving Up on God  —  As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit.  —  Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D.  —  I'm bathing in holy water as I type.  —  To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing …
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Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Steele chastises ‘country club’ GOP  —  Vows to help transform party  —  Republican National Committee Chairman candidate Michael S. Steele castigated Republican Party leadership Tuesday for having a “country club” mentality and being out of touch, and said if he is chosen to represent the party …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
KATHLEEN PARKER TAKES ON THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.... In September …
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
A Force for Good — but Not at State  —  It may be moot and it certainly is presumptuous, but I would be less than honest with readers if I did not say what I believe: Making Hillary Rodham Clinton the secretary of state in Barack Obama's administration would be a mistake.
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Madam Secretary?  —  So President-elect Barack Obama is considering Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.  How should we feel about that?  —  Mrs. Clinton is a serious person.  She is smart, tough, cunning, hard-working and knows the world — all key qualities for a secretary of state.
Discussion: Commentary
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Ted Kennedy asks Hillary Clinton to head Senate healthcare team  —  She has not indicated whether she will take the job if she does not become Obama's secretary of State, but expanding coverage has been one of her goals for years.  —  Reporting from Washington — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton …
Noemie Emery / Weekly Standard:
An Exceedingly Strange New Respect
Discussion: Power Line
Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
Clinton May Need to Pay Off Debt Before Accepting Cabinet Post
Discussion: The Politico and TIME.com
WJXT-TV:
Hillary Clinton Wins Most Write-In Votes; Jesus Gets 23
Discussion: Pensito Review
Mitt Romney / New York Times:
Let Detroit Go Bankrupt  —  IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye.  It won't go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed.  —  Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself.
MSNBC:
Al-Qaida No. 2 says Obama betrays race  —  Al-Zawahri uses racial epithet in group's first message since U.S. election  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri has criticized President-elect Barack Obama, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that Obama is a black American who does the bidding of whites.
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Associated Press:
Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message  —  CAIRO,Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri insulted Barack Obama in the terror group's first reaction to his election, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites.
CNN:
Al Qaeda message castigates Obama  —  (CNN) — A purported message from al Qaeda's deputy leader posted on Islamist Web sites on Wednesday told President-elect Barack Obama that “a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits you.”  —  In the video, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's No. 2 …
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
ABOUT THAT CHENEY INDICTMENT.... At first blush, the headline looked pretty extraordinary: “Texas Grand Jury Indicts Cheney, Gonzales on Charges Related to Prisons.”  Wait, Dick Cheney's been indicted?  It sounded too good to be true, in large part because it is.
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Associated Press:   Texas Grand Jury Indicts Cheney, Gonzales on Charges Related to Prisons
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
How much was your vote worth?  Obama often outbid McCain  —  Bet you didn't know how much your vote cost to get.  —  Here's the kind of stuff real politics fans revel in: Which candidate spent the most TV advertising money per vote rec eived?  —  And where was that?
Discussion: protein wisdom
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Mary Gilbert / National Journal Online:
Dollars Per Vote: The Best Buys Of The Race
Discussion: The Buzz
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Obama exerts his power  —  President-elect Barack Obama, in the latest of several moves to heal election wounds, persuaded Democrats to reject stiff punishment for Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) despite his campaign efforts for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).  —  Lieberman is the beneficiary …
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Won't Take Yes for an Answer
Discussion: American Power, TBogg and Swampland
Boston Globe:
Democrats let Lieberman keep key chairmanship
Discussion: The Heretik, BAGnewsNotes and MSNBC
ABCNEWS:
Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for Public Funds  —  Auto Industry Close to Bankruptcy But They Get Pricey Perk  —  The CEOs of the big three automakers flew to the nation's capital yesterday in private luxurious jets to make their case to Washington that the auto industry is running …
Discussion: Hot Air and GretaWire
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
A Sea of Unwanted Imports  —  LONG BEACH, Calif. — Gleaming new Mercedes cars roll one by one out of a huge container ship here and onto a pier.  Ordinarily the cars would be loaded on trucks within hours, destined for dealerships around the country.  But these are not ordinary times.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Fighting the Last War  —  I was at an interesting discussion with an ideologically diverse group of people last night of the future of financial regulations.  One thing that there was broad agreement on that hadn't really snapped into focus for me previously is the idea that doing rigorously …
Discussion: Upturned Earth
Josh Levin / Slate:
Why is Barack Obama obsessed with reforming college football?  —  Barack Obama has revealed his first major policy initiative: college football reform.  In Obama's first televised interview since winning the presidency, he explained what's wrong with the current system …
 
 
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Cheney Indicted  —  We lost.  They won in a fair fight.  No whining.
Ryan Powers / Think Progress:
New ethics complaint filed against Palin.
Discussion: Anchorage Daily News
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
Boehner-Pence alliance thrives, 2 years on
National Review:
Confirming Fears
Discussion: Commentary and Pajamas Media
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
China's Environmental Retreat
 Earlier Items: 
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Naming National Security Team Will Be a Priority for Obama
Discussion: The Caucus, TIME.com and New York Times
Ian Welsh / Firedoglake:
The Lieberman-Obama Pony Plan
Discussion: American Street
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
WAXMAN VERSUS DINGELL.
 

 
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