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7:40 PM ET, January 4, 2009

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Associated Press:
Richardson withdraws as Commerce nominee  —  New Mexico governor cites pending investigation of business dealings  —  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Va. Governor Kaine to Become DNC Chairman  —  Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will become chairman of the Democratic National Committee later this month, serving as the top political messenger for Barack Obama's administration even while he finishes his final year in the governor's mansion, several sources said.
Dschabner / Political Punch:
Obama Team Feels Richardson Wasn't Forthcoming About Investigation Before Being Offered Commerce  —  Sources tell ABC News that officials on the Obama Transition Team feel that before he was formally offered the job of commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was not forthcoming …
Discussion: MoJoBlog and NO QUARTER
Fox News:
Bill Richardson Withdraws as Commerce Secretary-Designate  —  The commerce secretary-designate has withdrawn his nomination because of an investigation into whether Bill Richardson exchanged New Mexico state government contracts for campaign financing.  —  FOXNews.com
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Richardson Withdraws Name as Commerce Secretary-Designee  —  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name from consideration as commerce secretary for President-elect Barack Obama, citing an ongoing investigation about business dealings in his state.
Discussion: MoJoBlog, Wizbang and City Desk
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Richardson Withdraws as Commerce Nominee
Discussion: Swing State Project
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   Team Obama: Richardson misled us
Siun / Firedoglake:
Gaza Update: Cluster Bombs  —  There's more evidence today of Israeli use of cluster bombs, originally noted by Laura Doty at Oxdown.  The Times of London features a photo in it's coverage (see Gaza Conflict slide show) with the following description:
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Times of London:
Israel splits Gaza in three as soldiers battle Hamas  —  James Hider on the Gaza border and Azmi Keshawi in Gaza City  —  Israeli troops fought heavy battles with Hamas fighters in two densely populated Gaza towns today as the Army sought to split the strip into three sections to cut off the Islamist group's supply lines.
Chris McGreal / Guardian:
Why Israel went to war in Gaza
Haaretz:
Israeli soldier killed as IDF deepens Gaza ground operation
Discussion: Preemptive Karma
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Orwell, blinding tribalism, selective Terrorism, and Israel/Gaza  —  (updated below)  —  Former McCain-Palin campaign spokesman and current Weekly Standard editor Michael Goldfarb notes that Israel, a couple of days ago, dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a Gazan home which killed a top Hamas leader …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Goldfarb Endorses Terrorist Ethics
Discussion: Alas, a blog
Ryan Powers / Think Progress:
George H. W. Bush: I'd like to see Jeb elected president.»  —  This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked former President George H.W. Bush about the possibility of his son, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, running for Senate.  The former president expressed his hope …
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Bill Sammon / Fox News:
Bush 41: Jeb Bush for President
Discussion: Tammy Bruce and JammieWearingFool
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Transcript: George H.W. Bush on ‘FOX News Sunday’
Discussion: TIME.com
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Reid cracks Senate door open for Burris  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated Sunday that there is a chance that controversial Illinois Senate appointee Roland Burris could be seated in the upper chamber.  —  Reid, who appeared on NBC's “Meet the Press,” …
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Martina Stewart / CNN:
Leading Democrat: Bush 'the worst president we've ever had'
Discussion: Think Progress and Say Anything
John / Power Line:
THE HONEYMOON: OVER BEFORE IT BEGAN!  —  Many liberals have what strikes me as a touching faith that the election of Barack Obama will cause America to be better loved by people around the world, including those who are ideologically hostile to the United States.
Discussion: Townhall.com
Brian Knowlton / The Caucus:
Hoyer Says Don't Expect Stimulus Package Soon  —  Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the House majority leader, expressed doubt on Sunday that the Jan. 20 goal set by some for getting a stimulus package before the new president could be met.  —  “It's going to be difficult to get the package together that early,” he said.
Discussion: Truthdig
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
McConnell says GOP could back stimulus
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to head DNC  —  Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to head the Democratic National Committee, a Democratic official said.  —  The pick is a bet that an energetic younger leader will help the party capitalize on the historic enthusiasm that swept Obama to his landslide win.
Discussion: The Swamp and TIME.com
John Harlow / Times of London:
Charity homes built by Hollywood start to crumble  —  RESIDENTS of a model housing estate bankrolled by Hollywood celebrities and hand-built by Jimmy Carter, the former US president, are complaining that it is falling apart.  —  Fairway Oaks was built on northern Florida wasteland by 10,000 volunteers …
New York Times:
The End of the Financial World as We Know It  —  AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics.  We've been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and suspicion on other matters, but on the subject of money even our harshest critics have been inclined to believe that we knew what we were doing.
Ynetnews:
Pro-Israeli rally draws thousands to Paris  —  French capital sees 12,000 demonstrators gather in show of support for Israel, Operation Cast Lead.  'Israel is simply fighting for its freedom, the survival of its people," says France's chief rabbi  —  Several thousand demonstrators waved Israeli flags …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Yourish.com
 
 
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