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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin: Media goes easy on Kennedy — Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) believes Caroline Kennedy is getting softer press treatment in her pursuit of the New York Senate seat than Palin did as the GOP vice presidential nominee because of Kennedy's social class. — “I've been interested …
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Palin on Olbermann: ‘THAT guy is EVIL!’ — Right-winger John Ziegler — who is waging a one-man crusade to prove that President-elect Obama won the election solely because of “media bias” — recently interviewed Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK). In a gushing description published on a new website devoted …
John Ziegler / Big Hollywood:
Video Exclusive: A Revealing Morning With Sarah Palin — If someone told me five months ago that in early January I would pay over $1,400 for an incredibly inconvenient plane ticket and $120 for a 3 a.m. cab fare to get from sunny Los Angeles to Wasilla, Alaska, I would have told …
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CNN:
Palin takes digs at Fey, Couric — (CNN) — Sarah Palin is credited with making Tina Fey a world-wide star and boosting Katie Couric's ratings at CBS. — But in a recent interview with conservative John Ziegler, Palin said both “exploited” her twelve-week candidacy — a fact, she said, that “says a great deal about our society.”
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Lei-off: Obama snubs Dean — The conspicuous absence of Howard Dean from Thursday's press conference announcing Tim Kaine's appointment as Democratic National Committee chair was no accident, according to Dean loyalists. — Rather, they say, it was a reflection of the lack of respect accorded …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DEAN DESERVES HIS DUE.... Someone's going to have to explain to me why Howard Dean isn't treated better. … Look, Dean has earned some genuine respect. He was a successful five-term governor, the chairman of the National Governors Association, and a ground-breaking presidential candidate.
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Huma Khan / Political Punch:
Wall Street Titan Emerges as Leading Candidate for ‘Car Czar’ — Democrats tell ABC News successful private equity investor Steve Rattner of the investment firm Quadrangle Group has emerged as President-elect Barack Obama's leading candidate to be “car czar.”
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:Howard and Rahm — Obama, introducing Tim Kaine at the DNC …
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Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian:
Barack Obama administration ‘prepared to talk to Hamas’ — The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon George Bush's doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a channel to the Islamist organisation, sources close to the transition team say.
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Obama serves Reid taste of Chicago Way — So the Chicago Way hauled off and slapped the U.S. Senate in the face—one of those backhands with the knuckles to unsuspecting lips—and guess who blinked? — It wasn't Chicago. — It was the Senate. — Get used to it, America.
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Chicago Breaking News:
House committee recommends impeachment — SPRINGFIELD — A state legislative committee unanimously voted today to recommend the Illinois House impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich based on allegations that he abused his powers and sold his office to enrich himself.
CNN:
Key Senate Democrats blast Obama tax proposals — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Even as President-elect Barack Obama was giving a major address on his economic stimulus plan, it was running into trouble with key members of his own party on Capitol Hill. — Several Senate Democrats emerged …
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Greg Hitt / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Raise Doubts on Obama Plan — The Democratic-led Congress is moving to assert control over President-elect Barack Obama's plan to revive the U.S. economy, posing an early challenge that could define his relationship with Capitol Hill, where the resurgent Democratic Party has strengthened majorities in the House and Senate.
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Little Green Footballs:
A Staged Scene in a Gaza Hospital? — Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert, a radical Marxist who openly supports Hamas and the 9/11 hijackers, is seen once again in this CNN video about the death of a “freelance cameraman's” brother in Gaza — and the footage in the hospital room was very likely staged for propaganda effect.
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The Huffington Post:
Conyers: Obama Should Not Nominate Sanjay Gupta — Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join him in publicly opposing the nomination of Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General. — Conyers, the veteran Judiciary Committee chairman, writes that Gupta …
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Joe Klein / Time:
The Bush Administration's Most Despicable Act — “This is not the America I know,” President George W. Bush said after the first, horrifying pictures of U.S. troops torturing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq surfaced in April 2004. The President was not telling the truth.
BBC:
UN backs ceasefire call for Gaza — Diplomats cast their vote on the resolution — The UN Security Council has passed a resolution urging an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, with the US alone abstaining. — The UK-drafted resolution also calls for a full Israeli withdrawal …
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Ed Lavandera / CNN:
Questions surround shooting of baseballer's son — (CNN) — Robbie Tolan sits in a Houston, Texas, hospital bed with a bullet from a police officer's gun lodged in his liver. The son of a famed baseball player was shot in his own driveway. — But how this unarmed 23-year-old …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Jan. 1 Attack By CIA Killed Two Leaders Of Al-Qaeda — A New Year's Day CIA strike in northern Pakistan killed two top al-Qaeda members long sought by the United States, including the man believed to be behind September's deadly suicide bombing at a Marriott hotel in the Pakistani capital …
Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
Nationwide Inquiry on Bids for Municipal Bonds — The federal investigation that prompted Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico to withdraw his nomination as commerce secretary offers a rare glimpse into a long-simmering investigation of possible bid-rigging, tax evasion and other wrongdoing throughout the municipal bond business.
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Cheney awkwardly stands before Congress as Pelosi interrupts his speech to applaud Obama's victory.» — Today, Vice President Cheney stood before Congress and read the official results of the 2008 presidential election. After reading the electoral totals, he declared that they …
Tom Precious / Buffalo News:
Paterson notes Kennedy's ‘lack of elected experience’ — ALBANY - Caroline Kennedy's lack of elected office experience “does not help her” in her quest to represent New York in the U.S. Senate, Gov. David Paterson told The Buffalo News this morning. — “The notion that I have to take Caroline …
Brian Stelter / TV Decoder:
Obama Recommends Delay in Digital TV Switch — Six weeks before the nation's television stations are scheduled to convert to digital transmission, an aide to President-elect Barack Obama is asking Congress to consider a delay. — In the most significant sign to date of concern …
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Report of possible P-I sale surprises papers' leaders — The future of one of Seattle's two daily newspapers was called into question Thursday by a TV station report, though top leaders at both papers appeared surprised by the report. — KING 5 reported at about 5 p.m. that …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
No Surprises in Electoral Tally — WASHINGTON — The suspense was nonexistent, but still the House and the Senate gathered in a joint meeting on Thursday afternoon to go through one of the last formalities of the presidential election: counting the electoral votes.
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Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Citigroup Reaches Deal With Lawmakers on Home Loans — Senate leaders won the support of Citigroup, one of the nation's largest banks, for legislation allowing bankruptcy judges to modify the terms of troubled mortgages. — It was a surprising turnaround from a financial industry leader.
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Andrew Stern / Reuters:
Ex-Senator Craig accepts sex sting guilty plea — CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Sen. Larry Craig has ended his effort to void the guilty plea he made following his 2007 arrest in a men's toilet sex-sting operation, his lawyer said on Thursday. — The Minnesota courts have denied …
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Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
Gay Man to Be Tapped As Deputy Director of Obama's Public Liaison Office — Advocate.com has confirmed that Brian Bond, a 25-year political veteran, will be named by President-elect Barack Obama as deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison. — A transition team aide has told …
Judith Miller / Fox News:
NYPD Eyes Disrupting Cell Phones in Event of Terrorist Attack — The New York Police Department is training for new threats in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, Commissioner Raymond Kelly is set to tell a Senate committee Thursday. — FOXNews.com — The New York Police Department …
Joseph Abrams / Fox News:
Group That Funded Rep. Ellison's Pilgrimage to Mecca Called a Front for Extremism — Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison took a trip to Mecca in December that was funded by a group terrorism experts say is tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, an international Islamist movement. — FOXNews.com
Jill Burke / KTUU-TV:
Democrat Bob Poe announces plan to run for governor — ANCHORAGE, Alaska — If Gov. Sarah Palin decides to run for a second term, at least one person has come forward to say he's ready to battle it out. — Democrat Bob Poe said he plans to seek his party's nomination for the next gubernatorial election in 2010.
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