memeorandum: Top Republicans Excoriate Romney On Sunday Talk Shows (Sahil Kapur/Talking Points Memo)

4:15 PM ET, November 18, 2012

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Israeli Strike Kills at Least 11, Including Children — GAZA CITY — Israeli forces killed at least 11 people, including several children, in a single airstrike that destroyed a home here on Sunday, as Israel pressed its bombardment of the Gaza Strip for a fifth day, deploying warplanes and naval vessels to pummel the coastal enclave.

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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:

Sen. McCain calls for Bill Clinton to lead Israel-Palestinian talks — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) suggested on Sunday that President Obama should send former President Bill Clinton to lead cease fire talks between Israelis and Palestinians. — “We need a person of enormous prestige …

Discussion: The Impolitic, Politico and Talking Points Memo

Haaretz:

LIVE BLOG: Day 5 of Israel's Gaza offensive — Two Israelis moderately wounded in rocket attack on Ofakim; ten Palestinians killed in IDF attack, raising death toll to 65; AP: Israeli envoy landed in Cairo for cease-fire talks. — Israeli soldiers watch as an Iron Dome launcher fires …

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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. Fears a Ground War in Gaza Could Hurt Israel and Help Hamas

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Jerusalem Post:
IAF bombs Hamas PM's Gaza HQ; Haniyeh unhurt

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Other McCain and Israel Matzav

Seung Min Kim / Politico:

Lieberman splits from ‘my 2 amigos’ — Count two more top senators who think a special committee to investigate the government's response to the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi is not such a good idea. — Three Republican senators - John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte …

Discussion: The Raw Story

Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:

Lieberman Breaks With McCain, Graham On Libya Investigation: ‘I Respectfully Separate From My Two Amigos’ — Today on Fox News Sunday, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) said they did not think the U.S. Senate should create a special committee to investigate the deaths …

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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:

Sen. Chambliss: Rice needs to share what ‘White House directed her to say’ — Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) said on Sunday that he expects Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will testify before the Senate about the deadly September attack …

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:

Top Republicans Excoriate Romney On Sunday Talk Shows — If Mitt Romney has any friends left in the Republican Party, they're in hiding. — On the Sunday talk shows, senior Republicans, former Romney surrogates and prominent conservatives piled on their defeated presidential nominee …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Seung Min Kim / Politico:

Graham to Romney: 'When you're in a hole, stop digging' — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday took sharp aim at Mitt Romney's assertion that he lost the presidential election because of “gifts” that Democrats had doled out to women and minority voters. — “We're in a big hole,” Graham said on NBC's “Meet the Press. ”

Charlotte Allen / Los Angeles Times:

Hey GOP, take the Palin cure — She's hot, she's blue collar, she's electable. — Is Sarah Palin the new Ronald Reagan? (Jon C. Hancock / Associated Press ) — The Republican Party has been doing a lot of hand-wringing and finger-pointing since the presidential election.

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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

House Republicans: Copyright Law Destroys Markets; It's Time For Real Reform — Update: Wow. It took less than 24 hours for the RSC to fold to Hollywood pressure. They have now retracted the report and attempted to claim that it was not properly vetted.

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Mike Allen / Politico:

44 days to cliff; 64 days to inauguration — PETRAEUS HIRES ROBERT BARNETT — Obama says next 36 to 48 hours critical in Gaza crisis — Rory Cooper baby — Latoff-Holmes wedding — EXCLUSIVE: Gen. David Petraeus has retained superlawyer Robert Barnett of Williams & Connolly for advice …

Discussion: Spectator and The Buzz Florida Politics Feed

Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:

Congress to Investigate Benghazi ‘Talking Points’ — Lawmakers said Sunday they want to know who had a hand in creating the Obama administration's now-discredited “talking points” about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and why a final draft omitted the CIA's early conclusion that terrorists were involved.

Discussion: Politico, Michelle Malkin and Addicting Info