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8:25 PM ET, November 15, 2006

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Associated Press:
Lott succeeds in leadership comeback  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the No. 2 post Wednesday for the minority GOP in the next Congress.
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Michelle Malkin:
Another GOP Maalox moment  —  Just when the MSM focus had fixed on the Democrats' culture of corruption and business-as-usual, along come Beltway Republicans to remind us of how lame the GOP leadership is.  —  Trent Lott is back.  —  Flashback 2002: I called Trent Lott the Republican Party's eternal Maalox moment.
Laurie Kellman / ABCNEWS:
Trent Lott Wins Back Leadership Slot  —  Trent Lott Wins Back Leadership Slot in Senate GOP Caucus, Edging Tennessee's Lamar Alexander  —  Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive …
Atrios / Eschaton:
Lottsa Memories
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Associated Press:
Abramoff laments 'nightmare' in e-mail as he enters prison in scandal
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Chris Matthews / MSNBC:
Rep. John Murtha defends his ethics  —  "Hardball" host Chris Matthews asks Murtha about leadership, Iraq, ethics … Host of 'Hardball'  —  In his first interview since reportedly calling a Democratic bill on lobbying and ethics "total crap," Rep. John Murtha told "Hardball" …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Crooks and Liars
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Hotline On Call:
Dem Leadership Update: Ugly And Uglier
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Unfit for Majority Leader
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
U.S. Commander Warns Against Iraq Cutoff  —  WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in the Middle East warned Congress Wednesday against setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, saying it would impede commanders in managing U.S. and Iraqi forces.
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Bush Initiates Iraq Policy Review Separate From Baker Group's  —  President Bush formally launched a sweeping internal review of Iraq policy yesterday, pulling together studies underway by various government agencies, according to U.S. officials.  —  The initiative, begun after Bush met …
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Get Out Now? Not So Fast, Experts Say
Jim Webb / Opinion Journal:
Class Struggle  —  American workers have a chance to be heard.  —  The most important—and unfortunately the least debated—issue in politics today is our society's steady drift toward a class-based system, the likes of which we have not seen since the 19th century.
John Hawkins / Human Events:
Does the GOP Need Another Thumpin' in 2008 to Get the Message?  —  Last night, a prominent conservative blogger was telling me that she "hates Republicans" and that she wants to vote independent.  When I asked her why, she said, "Yeah, they're totally gonna elect Boehner and Blunt.
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Associated Press:
Bush reappoints overseas broadcast chief  —  WASHINGTON —President Bush on Tuesday renominated the chairman of the agency that directs U.S. overseas broadcasts even though the nomination has been stalled in the Senate amid allegations of misconduct.  —  Kenneth Y. Tomlinson was nominated again …
Discussion: Media Blog
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:   Bush renominates Tomlinson for Broadcasting Board of Governors
Washington Wire:
One More Time for Judicial Nominees  —  After calling for bipartisanship, President Bush surprised Senate Democrats with plans to renominate a controversial list of judges - some of whom may be unacceptable even to a few Republican senators.  "It's an unfortunate signal," said one senior Democratic Senate aide.
Sandra Blakeslee / New York Times:
Ancient Crash, Epic Wave  —  At the southern end of Madagascar lie four enormous wedge-shaped sediment deposits, called chevrons, that are composed of material from the ocean floor.  Each covers twice the area of Manhattan with sediment as deep as the Chrysler Building is high.
Scott Shepard / Austin American-Statesman:
Carville Says Dems Should Dump Dean over "Rumsfeldian" Incompetence  —  Democratic strategist James Carville says his party should dump Howard Dean as chairman of the Democratic Party because of incompetence.  —  Carville, during coffee and rolls with political reporters today …
Suitably Flip / texasrainmaker.com:
We Still Owe You One, Mahmoud  —  Ever since he took office, there's been speculation that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was involved in the 1979 seizure of the American embassy in Tehran.  Now, it appears the Russian newspaper Kommersant has stumbled upon more evidence to back up the rumors.
Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
School board votes to dump JROTC program  —  After 90 years in San Francisco high schools, the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps must go, the San Francisco school board decided Tuesday night.  —  The Board of Education voted 4-2 to eliminate the popular program, phasing it out over two years.
Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Exultant Chuck Says He'll Veto the Next Alito  —  New King of Washington Promises Moderate Court; Rove-like, Plans Permanent Democratic Majority; More N.Y. Homeland Money, Iraqi Federalism  —  More than the inability to influence Iraq policy or the President's tax cuts …
Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
What motivated man accused of sending threats?  —  Chad Castagana linked to several right-wing blogs … MSNBC TV  —  Anchor, 'Countdown'  —  Keith Olbermann  —  Anchor, 'Countdown' … OLBERMANN: Federal authorities still expect the preliminary hearing for Chad Conrad Castagana to continue day after tomorrow.
Associated Press:
Toys for Tots rejects talking Jesus dolls  —  LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — A talking Jesus doll has been turned down by the Marine Reserves' Toys for Tots program.  —  A Los Angeles company offered to donate 4,000 of the 1-foot-tall dolls, which quote Bible verses, for distribution to needy children this holiday season.
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McCain Explores 2008....  Sen. John McCain will formally open his 2008 presidential exploratory committee by tomorrow a.m., an adviser said today.  —  The committee has already built a website — http://www.exploremccain.com/ — and it will stream live his speech to GOPAC, a conservative grassroots group with a strong pedigree.
Discussion: The Fix and The Caucus
 
 
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George W. Bush / White House:
America Recycles Day, 2006  —  A Proclamation by the President …
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Randy Hall / CNSNews:
Giuliani 'Unacceptable' for President, Conservatives Say
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