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6:15 PM ET, December 12, 2006

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Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Public Trusts Iraq Study Group More Than Bush on Iraq  —  Americans favor group's key recommendations  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The majority of Americans have not been closely following news of the newly released report from the Iraq Study Group — a group led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton …
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Dante Chinni / Christian Science Monitor:
The value of a pro-war blogger's reports from Iraq  —  Bill Roggio's accounts bring home a feel for what US troops are facing in Iraq.  —  WASHINGTON - In recent months, the gruesome images and stories emanating from Iraq have hardened the public's perception about the conflict there.
USA Today:
USA more pessimistic on Iraq war  —  WASHINGTON — As President Bush weighs changing course in Iraq, Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the war and want most U.S. troops withdrawn within a year, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday says.
Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Poll: 7 Out of 10 Americans Disapprove of Handling of Iraq War  —  Negative assessments of the war in Iraq — the central issue in last month's midterm election — continue to hold down President Bush's job approval ratings and could cast a pall on the final two years of his presidency.
WorldNetDaily:
A devil food is turning our kids into homosexuals  —  There's a slow poison out there that's severely damaging our children and threatening to tear apart our culture.  The ironic part is, it's a "health food," one of our most popular.  —  Now, I'm a health-food guy, a fanatic …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Trying to Understand Clinton Legacy  —  The legacy of Bill Clinton's presidency is a complicated one for the progressive movement, and for the Democratic Party.  On the positive side, he was a Democrat who actually occupied the White House, something that not many Democrats have been able to do since 1968.
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Walter Shapiro / Salon:
Obama's magic  —  With his rock star visit to New Hampshire, the highflying senator continues to tantalize Democrats with intimations of a White House run — and a buzz not felt in American politics since JFK.  —  Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., acknowledges the crowd at the state Democratic election celebration …
Discussion: TAPPED
BBC:
Why are Jews at the 'Holocaust denial' conference?  —  The Magazine answers...  Orthodox Jews at the controversial Tehran debate  —  Why are Jews attending a conference on the Holocaust in Tehran at which star guests include deniers of the genocide?  Clue: they also want an end to the Israeli state.
Discussion: FP Passport and protein wisdom
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
An Exclusive Mini-Interview With Tom DeLay  —  Yesterday, I got together with former Majority Leader Tom DeLay for a short interview.  What follows, is an edited transcript of our discussion.  —  To begin with, let me ask you a question that just about everyone in politics has been asked …
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Robert B. Bluey / Human Events:   DeLay: 'Hillary Will Be the Next President'
Think Progress:
Tom DeLay: I Don't Write My Own Blog
Washington Post:
A Dictator's Double Standard  —  Augusto Pinochet tortured and murdered.  His legacy is Latin America's most successful country.  —  AUGUSTO PINOCHET, who died Sunday at the age of 91, has been vilified for three decades in and outside of Chile, the South American country he ruled for 17 years.
Sara Bonisteel / Fox News:
STUDENTS 'LOVE' COP KILLER HONORED AT NEW YORK COLLEGE  —  NEW YORK — New York City college students who share a community room named for an escaped cop killer called the fugitive their hero Tuesday as the school's officials demanded the removal of the honor.
Discussion: protein wisdom and Sister Toldjah
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NY Daily News:
'Terrorist' lauded at CCNY
Discussion: The Corner
Associated Press:
Dual bombing in central Baghdad kills 57  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two car bombs targeting day laborers looking for work exploded within seconds of each other Tuesday on a main square in central Baghdad, killing at least 57 people and wounding more than 150, police said.
Discussion: CNN, Daily Kos and The Moderate Voice
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Washington Post:
Car Bombing Kills at Least 59 in Baghdad
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Saudi Ambassador Abruptly Resigns, Leaves Washington  —  Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, flew out of Washington yesterday after informing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and his staff that he would be leaving the post after only 15 months on the job …
Kevin Carey / The Quick and the Ed:
Why Is It So Important That American Students Learn a Foreign Language?  —  I ask this after reading the summary of the new Time magazine cover story, "How to Build a Student for the 21st Century."  In quoting the chairman of UPS it says that country needs:
CNN:
THE SITUATION ROOM  —  President Bush Stops At State Department To Show He's Listening To New Ideas About Iraq; Rumors Say There May Be Some Effort To Get Rid Of Nouri Al-Maliki; Space Shuttle Discovery Docking With International Space Station In Series Of Dangerous Maneuvers …
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Michelle Malkin fiddles while Baghdad burns  —  Warbloggers endured a bleak November, watching their political heroes suffer the loss of both houses of Congress, while President Bush's approval ratings fell toward Nixonian levels, the mainstream media finally conceded the battle for Iraq …
Matti Friedman / Associated Press:
Israel Nuke Comment Sparks Controversy  —  JERUSALEM (AP) - A slip of the tongue by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert about Israel's nuclear policy ballooned into a domestic crisis Tuesday for the Israeli leader, who came under criticism from across the political spectrum.
Shana Ting Lipton / RADAR:
LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FASCIST  —  The decadent whims of the world's wackiest despots  —  They're quirky, vibrant, and they march to the beat of their own military drums, when they're not off committing crimes against humanity.  Since time immemorial, autocrats, absolute monarchs …
Discussion: FP Passport and Reason Magazine
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Just Ask: Kucinich Answers, 'Yes, I Am'  —  In the midst of a brief chat in his office last week, Representative Dennis J. Kucinich mentioned that, oh, by the way, he planned to run for president again in 2008.  —  "Yes, I am," Mr. Kucinich, Democrat of Ohio, said in response to a reporter's question …
Elana Schor / The Hill:
Intelligence panel's 'Phase Two' to be completed next year: Rockefeller  —  The three unreleased sections of the Senate Intelligence Committee's controversial "Phase Two" report on the Bush administration's use of prewar intelligence are headed for circulation next year, incoming Chairman Jay Rockefeller …
 
 
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Arizona Republic:
From a Muslim outlook, imams have missed the point on flight behavior
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Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
Dems keep Jefferson off Ways and Means
Jim Snyder / The Hill:
Business lobbyists flock to Centrist Democrats
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Judd / Think Progress:
Contradicting Bush, Rumsfeld Claims He Was Replaced Because Of …
Greg Hitt / Wall Street Journal:
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Josh Manchester / TCS Daily:
Counternarratives and the Grunt  —  When it comes to ground forces …
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Washington Post:
To Stem Iraqi Violence, U.S. Aims to Create Jobs
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