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9:30 PM ET, December 20, 2008

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The Politico:
Kennedy comes out for gay marriage  —  Caroline Kennedy is finally sharing some of her political opinions with the people she's campaigning to represent — casting herself in the liberal tradition of uncle Ted Kennedy, bucking Barack Obama by supporting same-sex marriage and disavowing Hillary Clinton's 2002 vote for the Iraq invasion.
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
GERRY: SHE'S NOT READY  —  Geraldine Ferraro gave a thumbs down to Caroline Kennedy's bid for the Senate yesterday - even as the Camelot daughter won her biggest endorsement for the job, The Post has learned.  —  Ferraro, the first woman nominee for vice president, sent a letter …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Q. and A.: Caroline Kennedy's Platform  —  ALBANY— In just a few days, Caroline Kennedy's bid to take Hillary Rodham Clinton's place in the Senate has acquired nearly all the trappings of a traditional New York statewide campaign: A bevy of consultants, a tour of struggling upstate cities and television cameras tracking her every move.
Al Giordano / The Field on the Narcosphere:
President of the Planet of the Stupid People Opposes Caroline Kennedy  —  She's baaaaaaack!  —  Add Geraldine Ferraro to the list of those having public tantrums over the possibility that Caroline Kennedy may become the next US Senator from Nueva York.  —  Today she told The New York Post:
Discussion: TalkLeft
The Raw Story:
'Karl Rove's IT guru' Mike Connell dies in plane crash  —  A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.  —  Michael Connell — founder of Ohio-based New Media Communications …
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Akron Beacon Journal:
Pilot killed as plane crashes in Lake Twp.  —  LAKE TWP.: A single-prop, private airplane crashed next to a vacant house on Charolais Street Northwest Friday evening, exploding into flames and killing the pilot.  —  Michael Connell, 45, of Bath Township, was alone in the plane, according to State Highway Patrol Lt. Eric Sheppard.
Discussion: The Impolitic
Dave Rochelson / Change.gov:
“The search for knowledge, truth and a greater understanding of the world around us”  —  In the latest weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama took a bold stand for making decisions based on science and facts rather than ideology as he introduced leading members of his science and technology team.
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New York Times:
White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire  —  “We can put light where there's darkness, and hope where there's despondency in this country.  And part of it is working together as a nation to encourage folks to own their own home.”  — President Bush, Oct. 15, 2002
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
If criminal penalties are removed, what will deter lawbreaking by political officials?  —  (updated below - Update II - Update III)  —  The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus today perfectly expresses the consensus view of establishment Washington regarding the exemption which political elites …
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Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blogs:
Franken expects to defeat Coleman by 35-50 votes  —  Al Franken's campaign is as close to declaring victory as it has throughout the weeks-long recount in the Minnesota Senate race.  —  Franken's campaign attorney Marc Elias said he expects Franken to be leading Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) …
Stirling Newberry / Firedoglake:
The Cost of Conservatism, in Trillions  —  Let's engage in a back of the envelope exercise for a moment: the cost of conservatism to America.  Right wingers want to de-emphasize the costs, and pump up the virtues.  They want to account for every penny of liberal projects but declare that conservative projects have no price.
Discussion: The Mahablog
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Top Lawyer Urges Voiding California Proposition 8
Discussion: MyDD
Washington Post:
A Chance for Consensus on Iraq  —  After our visit to Iraq this month, it is clear that what was once unthinkable there is now taking place: A stable, safe and free Iraq is emerging.  Violence has fallen to the lowest level since the first months of the war.
Michelle Malkin:
Document drop: The story behind Change.gov  —  I've obtained documents sent to a reader in response to his FOIA request regarding the creation of Barack Obama's Change.gov website.  It gives you the rest of the story.  You'll recall last month that I blogged several questions about the propriety …
Leonard Downie Jr / Washington Post:
Could We Uncover Watergate Today?  —  The death last week of W. Mark Felt — Bob Woodward's secret source, indelibly dubbed “Deep Throat,” who played such a crucial role in this newspaper's Watergate reporting — coincided with the appearance of Richard M. Nixon, as played by Frank Langella, on local movie screens.
Discussion: Open Left, Daily Kos and Democrats.com
Zaz Hollander / Anchorage Daily News:
Johnston's arrest was oxycontin-related  —  WASILLA — Wasilla resident Sherry L. Johnston, mother of Bristol Palin's boyfriend, faces a Jan. 6 court date for an oxycontin-related arrest at her home by Alaska State Troopers.  —  Little additional information was available Friday on the case …
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Martina M. Stewart / CNN:
Palin's future in-law arrested on drug charges
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
 
 
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Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
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Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Power Line
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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