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7:15 PM ET, December 7, 2006

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Niles Lathem / New York Post:
IRAQ 'APPEASE' SQUEEZE ON W.  —  * PANEL KISSES UP TO IRAN & SYRIA  —  * PLAN WOULD PULL TROOPS OUT IN '08  —  What do you think of the report's recommendations?  Click the discussion board link below the photo to post your comments.  —  WASHINGTON - The Iraq Study Group report delivered …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Will It Work in the White House?  —  In 142 stark pages, the Iraq Study Group report makes an impassioned plea for bipartisan consensus on the most divisive foreign policy issue of this generation.  Without President Bush, that cannot happen.  —  The commissioners gave a nod to Mr. Bush …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In Theater of War, It's Iraq Study Group's Turn to Take the Stage  —  Minutes after the Iraq Study Group placed an improvised explosive device beneath the Bush administration's Iraq policy yesterday, panel member Lawrence Eagleburger was asked how President Bush reacted to the recommendations.
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush: To win in Iraq, beat extremists  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush, admitting that "it's bad in Iraq," acknowledged Thursday that the United States needs a new approach in the unpopular war and promised to unveil details in an upcoming speech.  —  Bush said he was disappointed in the progress in Iraq …
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Democrats.com
William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
Not What the American or Iraqi People Want  —  For all the hype, the Iraq Study Group offers two fundamental recommendations that the President might and might even be able to implement: The Group calls for the United States to engage Iraq's neighbors, specifically Iran and Syria.
Discussion: Eschaton and Political Animal
New York Post:
THE COUNSEL OF COWARDS  —  After nine laborious months …
White House:
President Bush Meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair  —  Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building  —  PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you all.  Please be seated.  I just had a good visit with Prime Minister Tony Blair.  I appreciate you coming back, Mr. Prime Minister.
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CNN:
Bush tells Iran, Syria how they can join Iraq talks … WASHINGTON (CNN) — After talks with his top Iraq war ally President Bush on Thursday indicated that Iran and Syria might be included in regional talks about Iraq, if they meet certain conditions.  —  Speaking a day after a bipartisan report called …
Discussion: Cox & Forkum and Decision '08
Cillizzac / The Fix:
McCain Continues to Win Over Bush Insiders  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) continues to recruit top GOP political operatives in expectation of a presidential run.  According to a source close to the McCain operation, the candidate has lined up Terry Nelson to serve as campaign manager …
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Political Radar:
McCain Picks Campaign Chief  —  ABC News' David Chalian Reports: For the third time in as many days, a top-tier presidential hopeful is revealing who will serve as his/her campaign manager.  On Tuesday we learned former Rep. David Bonior (D-MI) plans to head up the day to day operations …
Kirsten Scharnberg / Chicago Tribune:
Pearl Harbor survivors gather for `final reunion'  —  HONOLULU — Donald Robinett came directly to the sign-in area for Pearl Harbor survivors when he arrived here this week.  —  "I am trying to find my shipmates," the 89-year-old veteran announced excitedly.  "I want to see which ones are here."
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David Crary / Associated Press:
Groups Mixed on Mary Cheney's Pregnancy  —  Conservative leaders voiced dismay Wednesday at news that Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Dick Cheney, is pregnant, while a gay-rights group said the vice president faces "a lifetime of sleepless nights" for serving in an administration that has opposed recognition of same-sex couples.
Salah Nasrawi / Associated Press:
Saudis reportedly funding Iraqi Sunnis  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the flow of cash.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Austan Goolsbee / New York Times:
Lean Left?  Lean Right?  News Media May Take Their Cues From Customers  —  When Matt Lauer declared on the "Today" show last week that NBC would start referring to the conflict in Iraq as a "civil war," he inadvertently started his own civil war within the news media.
Maia Szalavitz / The Huffington Post:
Cruel and Unusual: 25 Years for Taking Own Pain Meds  —  In a mind-boggling act of sadistic legal legal buck-passing (I can't bring myself to glorify it with the word "reasoning"), the Florida District Court of Appeals upheld a 25 year mandatory minimum sentence for a Florida man convicted of …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Is It January Yet?  —  Not that I want to rush right past Christmas morning at our house or anything (because, really, The Peanut is at the perfect age this year where the whole tree and lights and Santa are magic, and that is a LOT of fun)...but I've spent a little time trying to figure …
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Democratic Wave in Congress Further Erodes Moderation in GOP  —  Iowa Rep. Jim Leach (R) seemed a natural to weather voters' antiwar sentiment this fall.  His independent streak and moderate views had engendered the allegiance of his Democratic-leaning district for the past 30 years …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Specter gets the chance to set things right  —  When the Military Commissions Act, which among other things suspended habeas corpus for suspected terrorists, went to the Senate floor in September, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) voiced some relatively passive concerns.
Discussion: Real Cities and TPMmuckraker
Extreme Mortman:
Top Ten Funniest Political Moments Of 2006  —  Try to name the funniest moments in politics this year, and you'll immediately think of violent assaults with deadly, hilarious weapons.  Yes, this was the year that politics met broad physical humor.  And crime.  Lots and lots of crime.
Discussion: Blogometer
Media Matters for America:
Meet the new boss...  Now that the Baker-Hamilton Commission is ending this country's long national acid trip, I am struck by the fact that, save possibly Donald Rumsfeld and Christopher Hitchens, no one's intellect, analysis, and honesty have been more profoundly undermined by the results …
 
 
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Peter S. Goodman / Washington Post:
World Bank Reports Poverty Programs Ineffective
Discussion: TAPPED
Solomon Moore / Los Angeles Times:
Iraq violence claims 10 U.S. servicemen
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Taylor Marsh / Firedoglake:
Why SEIU Nurses Fight
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, MyDD and Ruck Pad
Bryan / Hot Air:
In which I trash the ISG report
Zzaki / Political Punch:
A Note on the Jimmy Carter dust-up at Emory
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Anti-Abortion Bill Stalls; Session Nears End
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Badgers Forward:
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Democratic Governors Plan to Use New Power
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Jed Babbin / Real Clear Politics:
Exit Rumsfeld, Smiling
Maggie Michael / Associated Press:
Arabs Say Report Shows Bush's Failure
John Heilprin / Associated Press:
EPA may drop lead air pollution limits
Arianna Huffington / Los Angeles Times:
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Postcampaign Lobbying Thrives
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