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Kate Beckinsale / Esquire:
The Governor Strikes Back: Five New Quotes from Sarah Palin — Last week, the former vice-presidential candidate lashed out at the media's coverage of her campaign. In a brand-new “What I've Learned” interview with Esquire, excerpted here in advance of the March issue, Palin goes even further.
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Palin slams ‘bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie’ — (CNN) — Sarah Palin fired a new salvo in her war on the media, unloading in a new interview on her home state paper and “bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie.” — The Alaska governor, who has granted a steady stream …
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Anchorage Daily News:
Full text of the Palin-ADN email exchange — Gov. Palin's press office claims that she has pointed out errors in Daily News coverage that we have refused to correct. The only such complaints of which I'm aware are below, in an email from Gov. Palin to the publisher and me.
Sharon Theimer / Associated Press:
AP: Clinton acted on concerns of husband's donors — WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State appointee Hillary Rodham Clinton intervened at least six times in government issues directly affecting companies and others that later contributed to her husband's foundation, an Associated Press review of her official correspondence found.
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Washington Post:
In Foreign Policy, a New Trio at the Top — With Hearing Today, Clinton, Kerry and Obama Begin to Realign Their Roles — When Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) gavels the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to order today and welcomes Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to her confirmation hearing …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Olmert Says He Made Rice Change Vote — WASHINGTON — In an unusually public rebuke, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said Monday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had been forced to abstain from a United Nations resolution on Gaza that she helped draft, after Mr. Olmert placed a phone call to President Bush.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Live from the Clinton Confirmation Hearing — Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio, a Republican who is retiring, just now love-bombed Clinton and Obama. He notes that a couple of years ago he got to know retired Marine Gen. James Jones and wondered, “Why can't we get this guy in the administration?”
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Ed Rollins / CNN:
Rollins: Bush still doesn't get it — Editor's Note: Ed Rollins, who served as political director for President Ronald Reagan, is a Republican strategist who was national chairman of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign. — NEW YORK (CNN) — One week from today …
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Rich Lowry / Real Clear Politics:
Bush's Mistakes — President Bush infamously couldn't or …
Bush's Mistakes — President Bush infamously couldn't or …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Where Some See Mistakes, He Sees Disappointments
Where Some See Mistakes, He Sees Disappointments
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Monday / Monday Morning Clacker:
Meghan McCain Sits Down With MMC To Talk Blogs, Bikers, Politics & Why She Only Takes Off Her High Heels To Swim — Meghan McCain is an American blogger and daughter of the 2008 Republican nominee for President, John McCain. — Most recently, Ms. McCain spent almost two years …
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Frank James / The Swamp:
Arne Duncan inspires Republican lovefest — Arne Duncan's confirmation hearing to be the incoming Obama Administration's Education Secretary could have easily been confused for a lovefest. Or the peaceable kingdom with the lion laying down with the lamb. — Because the atmosphere …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
White House and Transition Officials Conduct Joint Disaster Exercise — Senior aides to President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama met at the White House this morning to conduct an unprecedented joint disaster exercise for transition leaders. — The three-hour exercise brought together …
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Emanuel to Bolten: 'I'll Miss You'
Emanuel to Bolten: 'I'll Miss You'
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Jeffrey Goldberg:
Does “Black Hawk Down” Portray an American War Crime? — At least nine hundred people, maybe half of them civilians, have been killed in Gaza so far, the overwhelming majority presumably killed by Israel (some people, more than we probably know right now, have been killed by Hamas, mainly Fatah activists in revenge killings).
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Memo to Obama: Moving Forward Doesn't Mean You Can't Also Look Back — In one week, the U.S. Constitution will be front and center as Barack Obama solemnly swears to “preserve, protect, and defend” it. Given all that has happened over the last eight years, that oath is not nearly as pro-forma as it used to be.
A.J. Jacobs / Esquire:
Mike Huckabee: The Laughing Man — It's funny, the nicest guy in a political party of not-very-nice guys is also its most unbending cultural samurai. — Early on in the 2008 presidential race, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee received the endorsement of conservative pundit Stephen Baldwin.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
For Senate GOP, 2010 Losses on Top Of the 2008 Losses — Voinovich Is Latest to Say He'll Resign — A spate of retirement announcements by Senate Republicans this year have further complicated attempts by GOP strategists to begin rebuilding a party devastated by across-the-board losses in recent elections.
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
UK: BLOOD LIBEL HORROR: JEWS EATING DEAD BABIES — This is horrible. I ask men of reason, civilized men to see what is happening. Look at what is happening. We are on a terrible course, a collision course of the worst order. This is beyond the pale. And the media is ignoring it.
Stephanie Simon / Wall Street Journal:
‘Trashion’ Trend: Dumpster Couture Gets a Boost at Green Inaugural Ball — Designer Judd Will Be Showing Off a Coat of Many Colorful Obama Posters — SANTA FE, N.M. — In the world of trashy fashion, designer Nancy Judd has hit the big time. — Ms. Judd spends her days in a studio …
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The Politico:
44 to reverse 43's executive orders — President-elect Barack Obama is expected to move swiftly to reverse executive orders regarding torture of terror suspects, the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and other controversial security policies, sources close to his transition said …
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The New Republic:
The Truthiest New Show on Television — The strongest case against the Department of Homeland Security is that it's not really about homeland security at all. Rather than catch terrorists, DHS officers at the border spend most of their time arresting people for drug and immigration offenses instead.
Paul J. Gough / Hollywood Reporter:
Obama inauguration to air in theaters — MSNBC pact puts coverage in 27 U.S. locations — NEW YORK — President-elect Barack Obama is on his way to the big screen, thanks to a deal between MSNBC and Screenvision that will put the news channel's inaugural coverage in 27 theaters around the country.
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
DOJ IG TAKES DOWN SCHLOZMAN — The long-awaited inspector general report on the politicization of the Bush DOJ Civil Rights Division has been released, and our old friend Bradley Schlozman is firmly in the cross-hairs: … Interestingly, the report is dated July 2, 2008, but was only released today.
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
“Les Juifs sont nos chiens” — ... or “The Jews are our dogs”: The enthusiastic chant on the streets of Montreal, along with cries of “Hezbollah! Nasrallah!” — It's easy to think all this stuff is just about the Jew troublemakers, and who cares about them, right?