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3:40 PM ET, December 30, 2008

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Chicago Breaking News:
Reid: Senate won't seat Blagojevich pick  —  Then Governor-elect Rod Blagojevich introduces his board of advisors, including Roland Burris (to the governor's left) in November 2002.  (Tribune file photo / Chuck Berman)  —  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Senate Leadership: Burris ‘unacceptable’  —  The Senate will not seat Roland Burris if Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich attempts to appoint him, a Democratic leadership aide said.  —  Majority Leader Harry Reid views Burris as “unacceptable,” the aide said.
Dave McKinney / Chicago Sun Times:
Blagojevich to name Roland Burris to Obama's Senate seat  —  Gov. Blagojevich today is expected to name former state Comptroller and Attorney General Roland Burris to Illinois' vacant U.S. Senate seat, a knowledgeable source said this morning.  —  A news conference is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Chicago Tribune:
Rod Blagojevich expected to name Roland Burris to Obama senate seat  —  Get the latest on the Blagojevich case  —  Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected today to name former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate.
Associated Press:
White will try to reject  —  Blagojevich Senate pick  —  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says he'll reject any paperwork that Gov. Rod Blagojevich files to name a new U.S. senator.  —  The secretary of state keeps state records and certifies official actions.
Lynn Sweet:
Roland Burris to be named to replace Obama in Senate; Senate leaders say they will not seat Burris.  —  WASHINGTON—I've learned that Gov. Blagojevich will name former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to replace President elect Barack Obama in the Senate on Tuesday afternoon.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BLAGO'S NEW GAMBIT  —  We've just gotten word that Gov. Blagojevich …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
The Politico:   Breaking: Blagojevich tries to name Obama successor
Monica Davey / The Caucus:
Blagojevich to Name Obama Senate Replacement
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight.com
Jeffrey Goldberg:
A Fatah Friend Writes: I'm Supporting the Israeli Air Force  —  It's a strange world, but there you have it.  I've been talking to friends of mine, former Palestinian Authority intelligence officials (ejected from power by the Hamas coup), and they tell me that not only are they rooting …
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Noah Pollak / Commentary:
What YouTube Doesn't Want You to See  —  Yesterday, the IDF did something innovative: it opened a channel on YouTube and posted videos to it that help explain why Israel is fighting Hamas.  The site hosted about a dozen videos showing things like Israeli humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza …
Max Socol / Jerusalem Post:
IDF launches YouTube Gaza channel  —  In the midst of its Gaza operations, the IDF is entering yet another conflict zone: the Internet.  The Israeli army announced yesterday the creation of its own YouTube channel, through which it will disseminate footage of precision bombing operations in the Gaza Strip …
Craig Schneider / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
McKinney relief boat rammed by Israeli navy  —  A boat carrying international peace activists, including former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip sailed back into a Lebanese port on Tuesday after being turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy, organizers of the trip said.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
‘Magic Negro’ flap might help Saltsman  —  The controversy surrounding a comedy CD distributed by Republican National Committee chair candidate Chip Saltsman has not torpedoed his bid and might have inadvertently helped it.  —  Four days after news broke that the former Tennessee GOP chairman …
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
PARSING BARACK THE MAGIC NEGRO.
Wall Street Journal:
Hamas Knows One Big Thing  —  If only it were a parable, the endless confrontation between Israel and its enemies would be the case of the hedgehog and the fox.  The fox, said the Greek poet Archilochus, knows many things, while the hedgehog knows one big thing.
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
ZBIG SMACKS DOWN MORNIN' JOE  —  Zbig to Joe: “You have a such stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on it's almost embarrassing to listen to you.”
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof
Paul Walsh / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Canvassing Board nudges Franken's lead up to 50  —  The State Canvassing Board today made changes to a handful of withdrawn challenges in the U.S. Senate recount battle and gave DFL challenger Al Franken a net gain of four votes, nudging his unofficial lead to 50.
Discussion: Power Line, TalkLeft and TIME.com
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Scott / Power Line:
A SOLUTION WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM
Discussion: Bloomberg
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Reading Into Bush's Book List  —  In what without a doubt is the most astounding op-ed piece of the year, Karl Rove reveals that his friend and former boss, George W. Bush, has read probably hundreds of books over the course of his presidency.  One of them was Albert Camus' “The Stranger,” …
John Vinocur / International Herald Tribune:
From the left, a call to end the current Dutch notion of tolerance  —  AMSTERDAM: Two years ago, the Dutch could quietly congratulate themselves on having brought what seemed to be a fair measure of consensus and reason to the meanest intersection in their national political life …
 
 
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