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8:50 AM ET, November 15, 2006

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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Meet the New Boss  —  John Murtha and Congress's "culture of corruption."  —  House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi's endorsement of Rep. John Murtha for majority leader, the No. 2 position in the Democratic leaderhsip, has roiled her caucus.  "She will ensure that they [Mr. Murtha and his allies] win.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Unfit for Majority Leader  —  The videotape is grainy, dark and devastating.  The congressman and the FBI undercover agents — the congressman thinks they represent an Arab sheik willing to pay $50,000 to get immigration papers — are talking business in the living room of a secretly wired Washington townhouse.
CNN:
Murtha decries 'swift boat-style' attacks on ethics  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. John Murtha, the anti-war congressman who is the likely new House speaker's pick for majority leader, fended off what he called "swift boat-style attacks" on his ethics record Tuesday.
Josephine Hearn / The Hill:
Pelosi pulls out the stops for Murtha  —  Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is imploring her colleagues to support Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) for majority leader, multiple House Democrats said yesterday, dealing an unexpected but not necessarily fatal blow to Murtha's opponent, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).
The Blotter:
Abramoff Reports to Prison Tomorrow; Offers Testimony on Democratic Senators  —  Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz Report:  —  Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff is scheduled to report to federal prison tomorrow, over the objections of federal prosecutors who say they still need his help to pursue leads on officials he allegedly bribed.
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Gateway Pundit:
Abramoff Offers Testimony on 6-8 Seriously Corrupt... Democrats!
Discussion: Iowa Voice and Macsmind
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Abramoff To Turn On Democrats Next?
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Slublog
Hindrocket / Power Line:   ABRAMOFF: FIRING BLANKS?
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Pawlenty: Give health coverage to all kids  —  The GOP governor embraces an issue that was central for DFLers in the recent campaign.  —  In a sweeping policy departure that aligns with a top agenda item of the newly elected DFL legislative majorities, Gov. Tim Pawlenty called Tuesday …
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
SAY IT AIN'T SO, TIM  —  Among the cynical adages that explain a lot about democratic politics is this one: "Vote for your enemy — he has no one to sell out to but you."  It's an adage that seems to apply more reliably to Republicans than to Democrats.  In any eventt, our own Governor Tim Pawlenty …
Huffington Post:
FOX NEWS INTERNAL MEMO: "BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ANY STATEMENTS FROM THE IRAQI INSURGENTS...THRILLED AT THE PROSPECT OF A DEM CONTROLLED CONGRESS"...  Huffington Post has obtained an internal Fox News memo written by the network's Vice President of news.  The memo details Fox's game plan …
David Johnston / New York Times:
C.I.A. Tells of Bush's Directive on the Handling of Detainees  —  The Central Intelligence Agency has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents, including a directive signed by President Bush, that have guided the agency's interrogation and detention of terror suspects.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Justice Department's Brief On Detention Policy Draws Ire
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Recount gives Courtney win in 2nd District  —  HARTFORD, Conn. —A roller-coaster recount that uncovered vote-counting flaws in several Connecticut towns gave Democrat Joe Courtney a narrow victory over three-term Republican Rep. Rob Simmons on Tuesday.  —  Courtney won by 91 votes instead …
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Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Democrat wins Connecticut House seat
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Get Out Now?  Not So Fast, Experts Say  —  One of the most resonant arguments in the debate over Iraq holds that the United States can move forward by pulling its troops back, as part of a phased withdrawal.  If American troops begin to leave and the remaining forces assume a more limited role …
Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
freed for $2 million  —  Terrorists used cash for arms to 'hit Zionists,' payment said to encourage more abductions  —  JERUSALEM - Palestinian terror groups and security organizations in the Gaza Strip received $2 million from a United States source in exchange for the release …
Discussion: AMERICAblog and News Hounds
Agence France Presse:
Mid-flight sexual play lands US couple afoul of anti-terrorism law  —  A couple's ill-concealed sexual play aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles got them charged with violating the Patriot Act, intended for terrorist acts, and could land them in jail for 20 years.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / TCS Daily:
Is Democracy Like Sex?  —  So the elections are over, and happily my fears of last week weren't borne out.  A cynic may say that it was because the Democrats won, but for whatever reason there weren't major complaints of fraud or miscounting.  That said, I hope that these issues will get addressed more thoroughly before 2008.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Proposed Iraq pullout lacking specifics  —  The White House yesterday rejected Democrats' proposals for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq as lacking specifics or "meat on the bones," as President Bush met with the Iraq Study Group, which is seeking to advise the administration on ways to realign Iraq policy.
Discussion: Daily Pundit and The Swamp
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Turcopolier / Sic Semper Tyrannis 2006:
Falling Back to Re-Group?  —  "The White House has turned …
Discussion: American Footprints
Duncan Gardham / Telegraph:
Hate videos of Muslim group they failed to ban  —  A Muslim organisation which the Government chose not to ban is preaching hatred and has infiltrated the Home Office, an investigation has revealed.  —  Hizb ut-Tahrir is showing inflammatory videos to small groups of followers then encouraging them to attack non-believers.
Discussion: Hot Air and USS Neverdock
 
 
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
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Did the HRC Try to Cover Up the Mark Foley Story?
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is 'God's Foreign Policy'
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Swimming with anvils  —  Tony Blair is due to meet …
Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Breast Cancer Risk Linked To Red Meat, Study Finds
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Peter Hirschberg / Haaretz:
Netanyahu: It's 1938 and Iran is Germany; Ahmadinejad is preparing another Holocaust
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Judge Says Crack Sentencing Goes Too Far
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