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9:40 AM ET, December 8, 2006

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Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Senators Challenge Feasibility of Iraq Plans  —  Study Group Concedes Some Risks But Calls Its Proposal 'Worth a Try'  —  Members of Congress yesterday questioned the practicability of recommendations from the Iraq Study Group about how to reverse the chaos in Iraq, but they praised the panel's stark assessment of conditions there.
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New York Times:
Bush Expresses Caution on Key Points in Iraq Panel's Report  —  President Bush moved quickly on Thursday to distance himself from the central recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group: pulling back all combat brigades over the next 15 months and direct talks with Iran and Syria.
Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Return fire from the right
Washington Post:
Bush Appears Cool to Key Points Of Report on Iraq
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Spymania: Everything you think you know is might be wrong  —  Well, not quite everything.  Just where, when, and how Litvinenko was poisoned.  —  First things first, though.  Did he really convert to Islam?  Sounds like it, but doubt lingers. … The service at the burial site was nondenominational.
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Chris Bowers / MyDD:
On Impeachment  —  I'm not really sure why I am writing this piece, because I haven't seen much talk about it on MyDD.  Also, I can't imagine people on either side of this issue changing their minds even a little bit based upon what I write.  However, I would like to say a few things …
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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Romney's '94 remarks on same-sex marriage could haunt him  —  Comments Governor Mitt Romney made during his 1994 Senate bid, in which he said the gay and lesbian community "needs more support from the Republican Party," resurfaced yesterday, posing a potential hurdle as he appeals to conservatives for a probable presidential campaign.
Discussion: Iowa Voice
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Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
Romney, No McCain, Gains Support of Republican Traditionalists
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Steyn slams the AP and Iraq Study Group on O'Reilly  —  Our subject is bias: anti-Bush in the case of the American press and anti-American in the case of too many Iraqi stringers.  No mention of Jamilgate specifically, alas, but he does refer to Bilal Hussein, whose scandal is sexier anyway.
Reuters:
European Socialists eager to work with U.S. Democrats  —  OPORTO, Portugal (Reuters) - European Socialists promised on Thursday to work to rebuild Europe's strategic alliance with the United States now that the Democrats control Congress after last month's elections.
Discussion: Tammy Bruce and Flopping Aces
New York Times:
Long a Laggard, Wages Start to Outpace Prices  —  After four years in which pay failed to keep pace with price increases, wages for most American workers have begun rising significantly faster than inflation.  —  With energy prices now sharply lower than a few months ago …
Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
AP Poll: Few expect victory in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON - Americans are overwhelmingly resigned to something less than clear-cut victory in Iraq and growing numbers doubt the country will achieve a stable, democratic government no matter how the U.S. gets out, according to an AP poll.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Daily Kos
Fox News:
NEW MEXICO GOV. BILL RICHARDSON: 'I AM RUNNING' IN 2008  —  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is expected to formally file papers to form a presidential exploratory committee in January.  But today he told FOX News "I am running," as he described the professional and personal experiences that he believes have prepared him for the job.
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Jennifer Talhelm / Associated Press:
Richardson Speaks Against Border Fence
Fausta / Fausta's blog:
Hitchens searches for "the sweet surrender of female laughter",  —  and he gets mine!  —  Hitchens ponders Why Women Aren't Funny … In this article, Hitchens is, indeed, to use his own words, very funny, generating - at least in me, … However, one thing he failed to notice is that women …
New York Post:
KERRY PLAYS IT COOL FOR DEMS  —  SEN. JOHN Kerry didn't have nice things to say about Sen. Hillary Clinton or his former running mate, John Edwards, on Tuesday night.  But he didn't say anything bad about them either, according to witnesses.  —  Kerry, who desperately wants to run again for president …
minneapolisfed.org:
Interview with David Card  —  David Card seems like a pretty mild-mannered guy.  True, he speaks with conviction, but it is confidence backed by meticulous research and tempered with open acknowledgment of the limits of that research.  Card, an economist  —  at the University of California, Berkeley, is the antithesis of a zealot.
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Matthew Yglesias
Washington Post:
For Now, an Unofficial Rivalry  —  Possible Clinton-Obama Presidential Clash Has Senate Abuzz  —  On Wednesday night, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy hosted the nine Democratic members of his health and education committee at an intimate dinner in his home in Washington's Kalorama neighborhood.
New York Times:
Changes Are Expected in Voting by 2008 Election  —  By the 2008 presidential election, voters around the country are likely to see sweeping changes in how they cast their ballots and how those ballots are counted, including an end to the use of most electronic voting machines without a paper trail …
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM) and Blue Jersey
Peta Thornycroft / Telegraph:
Mugabe joins massive diamond rush  —  A British-listed mining company, the first to invest in bankrupt Zimbabwe since the political crisis began, was ordered off its valuable diamond claim yesterday.  —  While President Robert Mugabe has seized thousands of white-owned farms since 2000 he has, up until now, left mining property alone.
St. Petersburg Times:
Dean: Dems should keep out Buchanan  —  WASHINGTON - Republican Vern Buchanan might be the official winner in a messy Sarasota-area congressional race, but Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean says the Democratic-controlled Congress should not seat Buchanan without another election.
 
 
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Washington Post:
Costly Fleet Update Falters
Discussion: MyDD and On Deadline
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
26 Years Ago Today...."An Unspeakable Tragedy in New York City"
Janet Levy / Front Page Magazine:
The Gym Jihad  —  A Muslim woman in Dearborn, Mich. …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Associated Press:
U.S. Prosecutors Move to Block Padilla's Questioning of Pentagon
Discussion: TalkLeft and Discourse.net
David Lat / Abovethelaw.com:
Political Hackery at Yale Law School: Justice Alito Gets (Green)housed
Amanda Bronstad / LAW.com:
More Judges Packing Pistols in Courtrooms
Discussion: Redstate
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Focus Yields Spike in Corruption Cases
 Earlier Items: 
The 2006 Weblog Awards:
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Grits for Breakfast:
Slippery slopes: Warrantless tactics used for child molesters …
cpj.org:
Internet fuels rise in number of jailed journalists
George F. Will / Washington Post:
A Report Overtaken by Reality
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Economic storm brewing in America
Discussion: QandO and The Corner
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Cheney Pregnancy Stirs Debate on Gay Rights
Discussion: TigerHawk and The Corner
Associated Press:
US Congress struggles to break final logjam before adjourning