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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 …
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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.”
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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Jimmy Carter / Washington Post:
An Unnecessary War — I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided. — After visiting Sderot last April and seeing the serious psychological damage caused by the rockets that had fallen in that area, my wife, Rosalynn …
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Marvin Hier / Wall Street Journal:
The Jews Face a Double Standard — Why doesn't Israel have the same right to self-defense as other nations? — The world-wide protests against Israel's ground incursion into Gaza are so full of hatred that they leave me with the terrible feeling that these protests have little …
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Why Democrats recoil from Gaza — Good for Shrum for championing Israel's right to defend itself against the Hamas rocket barrage. He is correct, too, that lasting peace will come only when the Palestinians abandon their hope that Israel can somehow be defeated or destroyed.
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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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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David Colton / USA Today:
Obama, Spider-Man on the same comic-book page — In a growing world of Barack Obama collectibles, one item soon may be swinging above the rest. — On Jan. 14, Marvel Comics is releasing a special issue of Amazing Spider-Man #583 with Obama depicted on the cover.
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Lisa Tolin / Associated Press:Obama and Spider-Man appear in comic together
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
MO-Senate: Bond to Retire — Missouri Sen. Kit Bond (R) will retire in 2010, a decision that hands Democrats a prime pickup opportunity in a state where the party has made strides in recent years. — “In 1972, I became Missouri's youngest Governor,” Bond said this morning in an address to the Missouri General Assembly.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Digs In for His BlackBerry — WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has yet to relent, but he conceded that he might be losing the battle to keep his independent lifeline to the outside world. — “I'm still clinging to my BlackBerry,” Mr. Obama said Wednesday. “They're going to pry it out of my hands.”
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
CASS SUNSTEIN PREPARES TO NUDGE. — There's some confusion over a celebrity thinker like Cass Sunstein being appointed to head an office as obscure and bureaucratic as the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. But OIRA is important! It's just also boring.
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Christi Parsons / Chicago Tribune:Barack Obama asks longtime University of Chicago professor Cass …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Howard and Rahm — Obama, introducing Tim Kaine at the DNC, showered praise on Howard Dean — who, unaccountably, isn't present, a scheduling conflict being taken by some close to Dean as a snub. — In a discordant note, Obama praised Dean for retaking the House, “working with my chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.”
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Chicago Breaking News:
Panel urges impeachment of Blagojevich — The special Illinois House panel investigating Gov. Rod Blagojevich issued a draft report today recommending impeachment, putting lawmakers on a path toward removing the two-term Democrat from office. — “The citizens of this state must have confidence …
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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 …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Oakland Turns Violent Over Shooting — Protesters angry over a deadly New Year's Day shooting of a young black man by a transit police officer erupted into violence in downtown Oakland on Wednesday night while investigators struggled to determine what prompted the officer to fire his gun into the unarmed man's back.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
What Are the Chances of a Depression? — The answer to the question in the headline, of course, depends on just who you ask. — According to a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted last month, 35 percent of Americans think that a “depression” — which the poll defines as “an economic downturn …
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Damon Linker / The New Republic:
The Two Richard John Neuhauses — The following reflection on the passing of Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009) is cross-posted at the National Catholic Reporter. Additional thoughts on Neuhaus' life and legacy will appear in this space over the coming days.
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Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Gaza Children Found With Mothers' Corpses — PARIS — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it had discovered “shocking” scenes — including small children next to their mothers' corpses — when its representatives gained access for the first time to parts of Gaza battered by Israeli shelling.
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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 …
Richard Owen / Times of London:
‘Concentration camp’ remark threatens Pope's visit to Israel — A question mark hangs over Pope Benedict XVI's planned trip to Israel in May after Israeli officials expressed outrage over a Vatican statement comparing Gaza to a “big concentration camp”. — The Pope today condemned the use …
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.”
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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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