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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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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 …
KATHLEEN PARKER TAKES ON THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.... In September …
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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.
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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 …
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.
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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Al-Qaida No. 2 says Obama betrays race — In first video since election, he says president-elect does bidding of whites — CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply does the bidding of whites.
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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 …
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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Christopher Sherman / Associated Press:
Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales indicted in S. Texas
Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales indicted in S. Texas
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Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Emanuel Sets a Challenge — President-elect Barack Obama's incoming White House chief of staff challenged chief executives and other business leaders Tuesday night to join the new administration in a push for universal health care, saying incremental increases in coverage won't be acceptable.
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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?
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Mary Gilbert / National Journal Online:
Dollars Per Vote: The Best Buys Of The Race
Dollars Per Vote: The Best Buys Of The Race
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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 …
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 …
Faiza Saleh Ambah / Washington Post:
After Hijacking, Saudi Foreign Minister Says Nation Will Join Anti-Piracy Efforts — Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Tuesday condemned the hijacking of a Saudi supertanker carrying $100 million in crude oil, calling piracy “a disease that has to be eradicated.”
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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 …
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