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Matthews advised to quit MSNBC — Chris Matthews is dead serious about running for the Senate in Pennsylvania - and shopping for a house in the state and privately discussing quitting MSNBC as proof of his intense interest, according to NBC colleagues, political operatives and friends.
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Election 2010: Pennsylvania Senate Election — Pennsylvania Senate: Specter 46% Matthews 43% — Republican Senator Arlen Specter is potentially vulnerable in his 2010 bid for re-election. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters finds Specter leading MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews …
David Sirota / The Huffington Post:
Chris Matthews' Insult to Pennsylvania Voters — Having grown up outside of Philadelphia, I just want to say I really hope Chris Matthews runs for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, and is humiliatingly obliterated in a Democratic primary (preferably by a good progressive like, for instance, former Rep. Joe Hoeffel).
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James Janega / Chicago Tribune:
Suit contesting Barack Obama's citizenship heads to U.S. Supreme Court Friday — Justices will decide whether to consider the case — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Friday whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship …
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Frank James / The Swamp:
Obama citizenship at SCOTUS tomorrow — The U.S. Supreme Court's justices will discuss at their Friday conference tomorrow the Obama's-not-a-natural-born-citizen lawsuit known as Donofrio v. Wells. — As Chicago Tribune reporter James Janega writes: — The suit originally sought to stay …
James Wright / Afro American Newspaper:
AFRO News — In a highly unusual move, U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has asked his colleagues on the court to consider the request of an East Brunswick, N.J. attorney who has filed a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama's status as a United States citizen.
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Left in the West
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Looking for the Ideal Spot to Make a Speech — WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's aides say he is considering making a major foreign policy speech from an Islamic capital during his first 100 days in office. — So where should he do it? The list of Islamic world capitals is long …
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
McCain Couldn't Compete With Obama's Money — America affirms Chicago's Golden Rule. — If money talks, we'll likely soon hear the real reason why Barack Obama beat John McCain. Both men and the national parties will report to the Federal Election Commission today how much money they raised in October and November.
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:Can Romney Save the Republican Party?
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Chris / TVNewser:
NBCU To Cut 500 Jobs, Layoffs Begin at NBC News Bureaus — Breaking: TVNewser has learned NBC Universal will be cutting up to 500 jobs in a round of layoffs which are now underway at all levels of the company — television, film and parks. That amounts to about 3% of the workforce.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Why do Feinstein and Wyden sound much different on the torture issue now? — (updated below w/ statement from Sen. Wyden's office) — Time constraints prevented me yesterday from writing about Dianne Feinstein's comments concerning torture in yesterday's New York Times …
Paul Krugman:
Worries about next year — I've been ruminating over economic prospects for next year, and I'm getting scared. — Two points: — 1. The economy is falling fast. We'll see what tomorrow's employment report says, but we could well be losing jobs at a rate of 450,000 or 500,000 a month.
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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IDF preparing options for Iran strike — The IDF is drawing up options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include coordination with the United States, The Jerusalem Post has learned. — While its preference is to coordinate with the US, defense officials have said Israel …
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Mike Atherton / Times of London:Israel ‘prepared to attack’ Iran nuclear plants
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Blogs of War
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
Big Three plead for $34 billion from Congress — The CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler are back on Capitol Hill asking for loans and trying to undo damage they did during the previous auto bailout hearings. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The CEOs of the leading automakers were back before Congress Thursday …
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Bill Vlasic / New York Times:U.A.W. Makes Concessions to Help Automakers
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The Trail / Washington Post:
Becerra in Chicago to Meet with Obama About USTR Job — Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), who's a top candidate to be U.S. Trade Representative in the incoming administration, is in Chicago today to meet with President-elect Barack Obama to discuss the job. Becerra, an eight-term congressman …
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Eliot Spitzer / Slate:
We need to stop using the bailouts to rebuild gigantic financial institutions. — Last month, as the financial crisis and the government rescue plan dominated headlines, almost everyone overlooked a news item that could have enormous long-term impact: GE Capital announced the acquisition …
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Hotline On Call:
Say it Ain't So, Sarah, Another 30K? — The Republican National Committee is scheduled to file a campaign report with the Federal Election Commission Thursday disclosing that the committee spent additional funds to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
W. Gardner Selby / Postcards:
UPDATED: Hutchison launches gubernatorial committee — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison today launched a committee to explore a run for governor in 2010. — Hutchison's paperwork, filed at the Texas Ethics Commission, names Allan “Bud” Shivers Jr. of Austin as her campaign treasurer. Fetch the one-pager here.
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
U.S. to Raise ‘Irregular War’ Capabilities — The Pentagon this week approved a major policy directive that elevates the military's mission of “irregular warfare” — the increasingly prevalent campaigns to battle insurgents and terrorists, often with foreign partners and sometimes clandestinely …
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Silver Line To Dulles Wins Crucial Federal Okay — With Key Agency's Reversal, Final Approval Is Expected — Federal regulators have approved a long-awaited extension of Metrorail to Tysons Corner and Dulles International Airport, virtually assuring construction of a $5.2 billion project …
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The Bellows
Kelly Kennedy / Army Times:
Suit claims Halliburton, KBR sickened base — A Georgia man has filed a class-action lawsuit against KBR and Halliburton, saying the contractors exposed everyone at Joint Base Balad in Iraq to unsafe water, food and hazardous fumes from the burn pit there. — Joshua Eller, who worked …
CBC News:
GG agrees to suspend Parliament until January — Decision gives Tories reprieve, prevents opposition from toppling government on Monday — Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean has granted a request from Stephen Harper to suspend Parliament until late next month, the prime minister announced on Thursday …
Inside Higher Ed:
Women Abroad and Men at Home — Truett Cates was scanning a wall of study abroad brochures across from his desk. “Let me put on my bifocals here — just a quick impression — I see one brochure for Australia and New Zealand, which has one guy on the cover of it,” said Cates …
Michael Barone / US News:
Chambliss's Win in Georgia Shows Obama's Diminishing Coattails — Saxby Chambliss has won the Georgia runoff by a 57.4 percent-to-42.6 percent margin with 97 percent of precincts reporting. That's a margin of 14.8 percentage points, far greater than the 49.8 percent-to-46.8 percent margin …
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