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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Warren On? Party Off. — Not that he was planning to attend, but Barack Obama should know that my sister's inauguration night party — the one for which she was preparing Obama Punch — has been canceled. The notice went out over the weekend, by e-mail and word of mouth …
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
A Gamble for Obama — By inviting Pastor Rick Warren to give the inaugural invocation, President-elect Barack Obama has alienated some of his friends on the left. By accepting, Warren has enraged some of his allies on the right. — Obama and Warren have helped each other in the past, and both know exactly what they're doing.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
One Way Street — I saw something very interesting today on MSNBC. Barnicle, filling in for Matthews on Hardball, hosted Reverend Eugene Rivers, a well respected, uncontroversial African American preacher, and Mike Rogers, strident gay activist. — Loaded for bear, Rivers came out firing …
Melissa Etheridge / The Huffington Post:
The Choice Is Ours Now — This is a message for my brothers and sisters who have fought so long and so hard for gay rights and liberty. We have spent a long time climbing up this mountain, looking at the impossible, changing a thousand year-old paradigm. We have asked for the right to love …
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Good As You, Steve Young on Politics, Jules Crittenden, Feministe, GayPatriot, FOX Forum, Hot Air, HRC Back Story and hollywood farm girl
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Fox News Finds Typo, Blames Liberal Conspiracy — Who was this ballot cast for? — Norm Coleman, right? — No, this is not a trick question. Unless your name is John Lott, Jr., Ph.D. and you just published an analysis at FoxNews.com. — The ballot in question, from Minnesota's 4th Ward …
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Media Research Center:
Quote of the Year — Co-anchor Chris Matthews: “I have to tell you, you know, it's part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech. My — I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often. — “Co-anchor Keith Olbermann: “Steady.
New York Times:
Clinton Moves To Widen Role Of State Dept. — WASHINGTON — Even before taking office, Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking to build a more powerful State Department, with a bigger budget, high-profile special envoys to trouble spots and an expanded role in dealing with global economic issues at a time of crisis.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Paparazzi Photog Gets a ‘Pec-tacular’ Obama Shot — HONOLULU — More than a dozen photographs of a bathing suit-clad President-elect Barack Obama surfaced online Monday showing the shirtless Chicagoan accompanied by his wife, Michelle, and their two young daughters on the white-sand beach in front of their vacation home.
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This Week With Barack Obama, Jules Crittenden, TMZ.com, Fausta's Blog, Gawker and The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
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Peter J. Parisi / Washington Times:
Why do retailers fear using the word ‘Christmas’? — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — In the fall 2008 edition of “FYI Alexandria,” which the city bills as “Alexandria's Official Resident Newsletter,” a front-page blurb announced: “City Seeks 2008 Holiday Tree.” — Alexandria at the time was …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Washington lobbying booms as economy tanks — Washington's influence industry is humming steadily while the national economy is declining in what several economists predict will be the worst recession in 50 years. — More than half a million Americans lost jobs last month, and the value of most 401 …
Bob Owens / Pajamas Media:
The Op-Ed the New York Times Wouldn't Run — An FBI informant's response to Bill Ayers' rewriting of history got the cold shoulder — but you can read it here. — On December 5, the New York Times afforded former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers a chance to publish an op-ed …
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Kennedy Declines to Make Financial Disclosure — If she were applying to be, say, an undersecretary of education in Barack Obama's new administration, Caroline Kennedy would have to fill out a 63-item confidential questionnaire disclosing potentially embarrassing text messages and diary entries …
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The Caucus, Spin Cycle, Hot Air, The Politico, Gawker, New York Post, Commentary, The Note, Don Surber, Real Clear Politics, Transterrestrial Musings and The Daily Politics
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The Price Of Their Security — Understanding isn't the same as forgiving. The history-be-my-judge interviews that President Bush and Vice President Cheney have been giving recently help me understand why they acted with such contempt for our Constitution and our values …
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Mackubin Thomas Owens / Weekly Standard:
Lincoln, Obama, and Bush — In a time of war, eloquence matters, but so does prudence. — Long before the recent election, Barack Obama often liked to compare himself to Abraham Lincoln. An adoring press followed suit. Googling “Obama and Lincoln,” results in over 14 million hits.
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: 1 in 5 say Cheney worst vice president ever — CNN Deputy Political Director — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll suggests that one out of five Americans think that Dick Cheney is the worst vice president in American history. — Twenty-three percent of those questioned …
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New York Times, Macsmind, Connecting.the.Dots, Think Progress, On Deadline, Big Brass Blog and Real Clear Politics
John O'Sullivan / Wall Street Journal:
Conservative Snobs Are Wrong About Palin — I know Maggie Thatcher. The two women have a lot in common. — Being listed in fourth place for Time magazine's “Person of the Year,” as Sarah Palin was for 2008, sounds a little like being awarded the Order of Purity (Fourth Class).
Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
Agencies prep Obama for ‘tourniquet’ on Afghanistan — Many military leaders seek a new strategy to deal with the growing violence and advances by the Taliban and other extremists. — Reporting from Washington — The Pentagon and U.S. national security officials are transmitting a battery …
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