memeorandum: Report: White House sought to draft rulebook for Romney on drone strikes (Justin Sink/The Hill)

Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:

Obama Administration Was Not Willing to Trust Romney With a Secret Kill List — Obama with advisors in the Oval Office on July 27, 2010 — The administration of United States President Barack Obama feared they might lose re-election and in the summer of last year began to develop a set …

Discussion: The Raw Story

Scott Shane / New York Times:

White House Presses for Drone Rule Book — WASHINGTON — Facing the possibility that President Obama might not win a second term, his administration accelerated work in the weeks before the election to develop explicit rules for the targeted killing of terrorists by unmanned drones …

Discussion: New York Magazine, No More Mister Nice Blog and New York Review of Books

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Report: White House sought to draft rulebook for Romney on drone strikes — The Obama administration worked during the election to formally draft rules governing the targeted killing of terrorists by unmanned drones in an effort to aid a possible transition had Mitt Romney won the presidency.

Discussion: Michelle Malkin and The Agonist

Justin Sink / The Hill:

McCain: Rice could change my mind on Secretary of State vote — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice should have the opportunity to change his mind about a potential nomination to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, days after the Arizona lawmaker pledged to block her nomination.

Discussion: CNN, Politico and The Hinterland Gazette

New York Post:

Race rants over Rice — Republicans last week finally began hitting back at the absurd accusation by their Capitol Hill adversaries that criticism of UN Ambassador Susan Rice is racist and sexist. — “When you can't answer the question, you attack the questioner,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Washington Post and The Gateway Pundit

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Saturday Night Card Game (WaPo plays the Rice card)

Discussion: Power Line, americanthinker.com, Althouse and Hot Air

ABCNEWS:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Dick Durbin and Ben Affleck — STEPHANOPOULOS (voice-over): Good morning, and welcome to “This Week.” — Cease-fire. The Middle East pulls back from the brink, but will the truce brokered by Hillary hold? And was this latest skirmish a warm-up for Israel's showdown with Iran?

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

Sen. Graham ready to ‘violate’ anti-tax pledge for ‘fiscal cliff’ deal — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said he is ready to violate conservative activist Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge to reach a deal to avoid the looming “fiscal cliff.” — “I will violate the pledge …

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Wall Street Journal, The Raw Story and Hullabaloo

ABCNEWS:
Coming Up on ‘This Week’: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Dick Durbin, and Ben Affleck

Discussion: Politico and ABCNEWS

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Barney Frank Calls Out Republican Senator: Stop Using ‘Weasel Words’ — Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) challenged the GOP's implications that the Obama administration or the FBI sat on the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal until after the election, describing such claims underhanded and unsubstantiated.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Raw Story and Booman Tribune

Douglas A. Blackmon / Washington Post:

Republicans face unexpected challenges in coastal South amid shrinking white vote — OXFORD, Miss. — Late on election night, a small melee erupted at the University of Mississippi here when a group of white students frustrated by the reelection of President Obama marched outside …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and The Hinterland Gazette

New York Times:

Rising Seas, Vanishing Coastlines — THE oceans have risen and fallen throughout Earth's history, following the planet's natural temperature cycles. Twenty thousand years ago, what is now New York City was at the edge of a giant ice sheet, and the sea was roughly 400 feet lower.

Discussion: Right Wing News and Daily Kos

George E. Condon Jr / NationalJournal.com:

Can Obama Dodge the Second-Term Trap? — Knowing the past is not enough. The pratfalls that vexed Obama's predecessors weren't always predictable. — In command: FDR tried to exert too much control. — It's no secret that presidents struggle in years five through eight.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Martin Roberts / Guardian:

Catalans start voting in key election — Region's leader Artur Mas, who has promised independence referendum, is expected to fall short of overall majority — Catalans have begun voting in elections that could lead to the north-eastern region breaking away from Spain …

Discussion: The Agonist and americanthinker.com