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7:45 PM ET, December 16, 2006

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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Officials: Edwards to enter 2008 race  —  WASHINGTON - Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards intends to enter the 2008 race for the White House, two Democratic officials said Saturday.  —  Edwards, who represented North Carolina in the Senate for six years …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Bayh Rules Out White House Bid in 2008  —  Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) announced today that he will forgo a run for president in 2008, citing the "long odds" he would face as a candidate who is not well-known nationally.  —  In a statement released early today, Bayh said, "After talking with family …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bayh Rules Out White House Bid in 2008  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana announced on Saturday he will not seek the presidency in 2008, saying he believes the odds of a successful run were too great to overcome.  —  "At the end of the day, I concluded that due …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Bayh Rules Out White House Bid in 2008  —  Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) will not run for president in 2008, a stunning reversal that comes just 13 days after he opened an exploratory committee to consider the race.  —  "Due to circumstances beyond our control the odds were longer than I felt …
Atrios / Eschaton:
Not Going to Happen  —  Yglesias: … Indeed.  I don't know why it seems like inhabitants of a certain corner of the blogosphere seem be the only ones who understand this, though I suppose people are finally starting to get it.  I imagine Bayh dropped out in part because he recognized that the Iraq bed isn't going to uns**t itself.
Discussion: James Wolcott's Blog
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In Farewell, Rumsfeld Warns Weakness Is 'Provocative'  —  Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld bade farewell to the Pentagon on Friday with a combative valedictory speech in which he warned against hoping for "graceful exits" from Iraq and said it would be wrong to regard the lack of new attacks …
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Daniela Deane / Washington Post:   Rumsfeld Honored at Pentagon Ceremony
Associated Press:
Rumsfeld gets big Pentagon sendoff
Discussion: Power Line
Tim Golden / New York Times:
Military Taking a Tougher Line With Detainees  —  A part of the Camp 6 center at Guantánamo, which had been intended to be common area.  With the tighter security, however, the inmates will not be sharing meals there.  Camp 6 also has one-man exercise pens.
Discussion: Blogcritics Section
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MSNBC:
Most Gitmo detainees freed after transfer  —  Four-fifths of 'vicious killers' released after return to home countries  —  The Pentagon called them "among the most dangerous, best-trained, vicious killers on the face of the Earth," sweeping them up after Sept. 11 and hauling them in chains …
Reuters:
Iraqi PM invites Saddam officers to return to army  —  Source: Reuters  —  Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday Iraqi army officers of all ranks sacked after the U.S. invasion in 2003 would be allowed to reapply for their posts in the new army.
Discussion: Hot Air, Liberty Street and Jihad Watch
Nancy Trejos / Washington Post:
Women Lose Ground in the New Iraq  —  Once They Were Encouraged to Study and Work; Now Life Is 'Just Like Being in Jail'  —  BAGHDAD — Browsing the shelves of a cosmetics store in the Karrada shopping district, Zahra Khalid felt giddy at the sight of Alberto shampoo and Miss Rose eye shadow, blusher and powder.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali / Los Angeles Times:
Why they deny the Holocaust  —  On top of nearly constant anti-Semitic propaganda, much of the Muslim world hasn't even heard of it.  —  ONE DAY IN 1994, when I was living in Ede, a small town in Holland, I got a visit from my half-sister.  She and I were both immigrants from Somalia and had both applied for asylum in Holland.
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Richardson Attacks McCain  —  We can bitch all we want about St. John McCain, but it's going to take bigger guns that bloggers to point out just how insane he really is.  Bill Richardson, a man who has serious foreign policy credentials, is at least willing to criticize John McCain.
Discussion: Eschaton
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Hotline On Call:
Richardson: McCain "Dead Wrong" About Troops
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Firedoglake
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The Grandest Strategy Of Them All  —  Two major public statements, coming less than a week apart, nicely capture the confusion besetting U.S. foreign policy these days.  —  The first is the report of the Iraq Study Group, released on Dec. 6.  In good old-fashioned "realist" style …
Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy:
WHY THE TEXAS TEN PERCENT PLAN IS WORSE THAN TRADITIONAL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: In 1996, US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held, in Hopwood v. Texas, that the use of racial preferences to achieve "diversity" in college admissions is unconstitutional.  In response, the Texas state legislature adopted …
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Incoming Chairmen Ready to Investigate  —  Democratic-Led Panels to Probe Administration's Actions in War and Counterterrorism  —  Incoming Democratic committee chairmen say they will hold a series of hearings and investigations early next year to build the case for their call for a phased withdrawal …
Ben Evans / Associated Press:
Ex-Rep. Barr Quits GOP for Libertarians  —  A former Georgia congressman who helped spark President Clinton's impeachment has quit the Republican Party to become a Libertarian, saying he is disillusioned with the GOP on issues such as spending and privacy.  —  Bob Barr, who served eight years …
newamerica.net:
Flynt Leverett  —  Senior Fellow; Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative  —  Flynt Leverett is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Initiative in the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation.  Most recently, Dr. Leverett was a Senior Fellow …
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David Corn:
George W. Bush Slept Here
Discussion: People.com
Associated Press:
Rhode Island: Senator to Take Post at Brown University
Stephen Green / VodkaPundit:
He's Not Dead You Know  —  There are people with worse cases of my disease.
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Onward to Iraq  —  While Michelle Malkin is quick to dismiss …
Discussion: Jesus' General
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Matt Drudge: Liberal Tool?
Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Bush Admin Won't Release Iraq Attack Numbers
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Testimony Helps Detail CIA's Post-9/11 Reach
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  Responding to Rangel—VIII  —  We'll be back from vacation Monday.
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Dark Wraith / Big Brass Blog:
The Wall and the Wedge  —  At Pam's House Blend, Pam Spaulding …
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Michael A. Weber / Tennessean.com:
Bredesen's Christmas card depicts Muslim girl
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
A Gnawing Problem On Assateague Island
Taylor Marsh on Politics Now:
About Afghanistan...  UPDATED and cross-posted on Huffington Post
Martha Raddatz / ABCNEWS:
Army Captain's Simple Demonstration: How to Win in Iraq
Catherine Holahan / Business Week:
Virtually Addicted  —  A lawsuit against IBM is reviving debate …
 

 
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