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9:50 PM ET, October 9, 2007

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Peter Baker / The Trail:
Bartlett Unleashed: On Flip-Flops, a "Dud" and the Guy With the Funny Name  —  Dan Bartlett, formerly one of the closest advisers to President Bush, has been offering a tough analysis of the GOP field.  (White House Photo Office).  —  One of President Bush's closest advisers …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Live-Blogging the Republican Debate  —  (Photo: Carlos Osorio/Associated Press)  —  Turning to the Experts |  6:10 p.m. More from Dean Baker:  —  It is fascinating (at least to those of us who had not watched one of these all the way through) how all the Republicans candidates feel …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Spin room open: Thompson's debut, GOP's debate  —  Most eyes are on, left to right, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani shown at the start of the debate in Dearborn.  AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato
Stephen Green / VodkaPundit:
Debate Drunkblogging — LIVE!  —  1:59pm (All times Mountain, most likely): Just waiting for CNBC to start their broadcast.  But I've got my first martini half in me already.  And please try not to refresh this page more than every two or three minutes.  I can't post much faster than that …
Kelly P. Kissel / Associated Press:
Huckabee: Rivals Might Consider Suicide … LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee joked Tuesday that other candidates might be considering suicide because their level of support doesn't match their fundraising.  —  The former Arkansas governor, exaggerating …
Ezra Klein:
What Has Happened To The Right?  —  Something has gone wrong on the Right.  Become sick and twisted and tumorous and ugly.  To visit Michelle Malkin's cave is to see politics at its most savage, its most ferocious, its most rageful.  They say they've spent the past week smearing a child …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Rush Smears 12-Yr Old: 'They Filled His Head With Lies Just As They Have Some Of These Soldiers'  —  Yesterday, ThinkProgress noted the right wing has been orchestrating a coordinated effort to smear a 12 year old recipient of SCHIP.  These conservatives have been propagating baseless "facts" …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
What Is Wrong With You?!?  —  The difference between …
Patrick / mediabistro.com:
Matthews on Matthews  —  On today's "Morning Joe," Joe Scarborough asked Chris Matthews if Republican candidates would try to get a "cheap applause line" tonight by pointing to his recent controversial comments.  —  Said Matthews:  —  I've been thinking about that....It's not my stage tonight.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Fred Wins, Chris Loses (Update: My Prediction Comes True)
The Washington Post / The Trail:
Michele Obama in Iowa Accident  —  Hampton, Iowa — A campaign van carrying the wife of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) collided with a motorcycle on a two-lane country road in central Iowa on Tuesday, sending the motorcyclist to the hospital.  —  No one in Michelle Obama's Chevrolet Uplander was hurt …
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Motorcyclist hit by van carrying Michelle Obama
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Torture Appeal  —  The Supreme Court today turned down the chance to elaborate for the first time in more than 50 years on the "state secrets privilege" by refusing to hear an appeal filed on behalf of Khaled el-Masri, who claims he was abducted and tortured …
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John Tierney / New York Times:
Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus  —  In 1988, the surgeon general, C. Everett Koop, proclaimed ice cream to a be public-health menace right up there with cigarettes.  Alluding to his office's famous 1964 report on the perils of smoking, Dr. Koop announced that the American diet …
The Smoking Gun:
Dead Reverend's Rubber Fetish  —  Autopsy: Pastor found in wet suits after autoerotic mishap  —  An Alabama minister who died in June of "accidental mechanical asphyxia" was found hogtied and wearing two complete wet suits, including a face mask, diving gloves and slippers, rubberized underwear …
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
"Ward Churchill to teach unsanctioned course on CU campus"  —  Dangerous.  Anti-establishment.  Edgy: … If Churchill's special brand of anti-American, white guilt-fueled BDS is strong enough to get college students to attend extra classes — for which they'll receive no credit …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Suitably Flip
Little Green Footballs:
Phony 'Satirical' Anti-Muslim Posters Circulated at GWU  —  At George Washington University, another outrageous action by the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Student Association, as they circulate flyers purporting to be from a conservative campus group …
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IslamOnline.net:
Islamo-Fascism on US Campus
Little Green Footballs:
LGF Poll: Who Won the GOP Debate?  —  Which Republican candidate turned in the best performance in the October 9 debate?  —  Sam Brownback  —  Rudy Giuliani  —  Mike Huckabee  —  Duncan Hunter  —  John McCain  —  Mitt Romney  —  Tom Tancredo  —  Fred Thompson
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The Atlantic Online:
Zoning Ourselves to Death
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Judge Orders Detainee Not Be Sent Home for His Own Protection
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Free Speech Or Church Vs. State?
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Tancredo Goes After Brownback's Mother
Scott Kirwin / Dean's World:
The Kiwi and the Eagle: Anti-Americanism in New Zealand
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Turns to Economic Issues
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Wilson hopes Novak 'is going to confession, because otherwise he's going to hell'
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Troops question follows Obama
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Detroit Free Press:
Obama, Edwards, Richardson, Biden out of state primary
Atrios / Eschaton:
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