memeorandum: Lieberman at issue in Democrats' Iran clash (Tom Curry/MSNBC)

8:25 PM ET, October 31, 2007

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Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:

A Day Later, Clinton Embraces Spitzer's License Effort — John Edwards, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama during last night's debate. (Photo: Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times) — A day after she appeared to struggle to give her views on the subject, Hillary Rodham Clinton …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Horses Mouth, Balloon Juice, TalkLeft, TownHall Blog, Wake up America and The Page

Roger Simon / The Politico:

Obama, Edwards attack; Clinton bombs debate — PHILADELPHIA - - We now know something that we did not know before: When Hillary Clinton has a bad night, she really has a bad night. — In a debate against six Democratic opponents at Drexel University here Tuesday, Clinton gave the worst performance of her entire campaign.

Tom Curry / MSNBC:

Lieberman at issue in Democrats' Iran clash — Connecticut maverick backs Clinton, criticizes Edwards on Iran policy — WASHINGTON - His name only came up once in passing during Tuesday night's presidential debate, but in a way, Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democratic presidential contender himself in 2004, was very much present.

Discussion: The Democratic Daily and The Atlantic Online

HillaryClinton.com:

The Politics Of Pile-On — What happens when the "politics of pile-on" replaces the "politics of hope?" — Hillary comes out on top. — Despite the best efforts of her six fellow candidates to trip her up, Senator Clinton stood strong and made her case on critical issues like Iran, Iraq and Social Security.

Discussion: Blogs for Bush, Spin Cycle and MSNBC

New York Times:
The Democratic Debate on MSNBC

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Atlantic Online, American Prospect, Sister Toldjah, New York Post, Washington Monthly, MyDD, No More Mister Nice Blog, Flopping Aces, TalkLeft, CNN, The Carpetbagger Report, Wake up America and The Fix

MSNBC:
Oct. 30 Democratic debate transcript

Discussion: Salon, TalkLeft, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Reason Magazine, BlueBloggin, Chris Dodd National Blog, democracyarsenal.org, Redstate, Open Left, About.com Liberal Politics, MyDD, Lonewacko, Stop The ACLU and The Carpetbagger Report

Matthew Dolan / Baltimore Sun:

Father of slain Marine wins case against funeral protesters — Pa. man awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages — Albert Snyder of York, Pa., the father of a Westminster Marine who was killed in Iraq, today won his case in a Baltimore federal court against members of Topeka …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Hot Air, On Deadline, Wake up America, The Belmont Club, Say Anything, Blue Crab Boulevard, Gateway Pundit and The Dread Pundit Bluto

Alex Dominguez / Associated Press: Jury awards father $11M in funeral case

Michelle Malkin:
Breaking: Father of slain Marine wins case against foul Phelps family

Discussion: Stop The ACLU and Right Voices

Pajamas Media:

Shocking Inside DC Scandal Rumor: A Media Ethics Dilemma — So I was down in DC this past weekend and happened to run into a well-connected media person, who told me flatly, unequivocally that "everyone knows" The LA Times was sitting on a story, all wrapped up and ready …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Cliff Schecter, Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Don Surber and docweaselblog

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:

Tim Russert: Stop the Inanity — Russert passes for a "tough" interviewer by adopting a confrontational pose rather than asking genuinely challenging questions. Which is why he's a terrible moderator for our presidential debates. — Last month, near the end of the Democratic presidential debate …

Discussion: Eschaton, PBS, Ezra Klein, BitsBlog and The Huffington Post

John Cole / Balloon Juice:

Say Hello to the Newest Member of the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy — I had meant to re-register independent (or as it is known here in West Virginia, "No Party Affiliation") for the past two weeks after I had finally had enough of the bulls**t during the Graeme Frost escapade, but never got around to it …

Discussion: Buck Naked Politics, The Van Der Galiën Gazette and Daily Kos

Army Wife / ArmyWifeToddlerMom:

Nickelodeon is trying to brainwash your children in the morning, or a leftist primer — My Husband sent me this link this morning. Please watch this, in its entirety. It is imperative that you SEE what Nickelodeon is showing at 5:00am. — NICKELODEON IS BRAINWASHING YOUR CHILD

Discussion: BLACKFIVE, Stop The ACLU and Ian Schwartz

Michelle Malkin:
Nickelodeon goes moonbatty

Discussion: Liberty Street

Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:

Private Note to Bush from Hagel Calls For Direct, Unconditional, Comprehensive Talks with Iran — I have just secured a private letter — not yet publicly released — from Senator Chuck Hagel to President Bush and copied to Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates, and Stephen Hadley.

Discussion: United States Central Command, Think Progress, FP Passport and Eunomia

Matt Stoller / Open Left:

Better Democrats and the 11% Congress — This Saturday, Al Wynn is having a fundraiser with a special guest of honor. — MD-04 is a 77% performing Democratic district that runs in Montgomery and Prince George's County. It is as safe as safe can be for a Democrat.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, DownWithTyranny!, Eschaton, AMERICAblog and MyDD

ColorOfChange.org:
ColorOfChange.org PAC Supports Donna Edwards for Congress

Discussion: LeftWord and Eschaton

James Chapman / Daily Mail:

Christmas should be 'downgraded' to help race relations says Labour think tank — Christmas should be downgraded in favour of festivals from other religions to improve race relations, says an explosive report. — Labour's favourite think-tank says that because it would be hard …

Discussion: Don Surber, Hot Air and JammieWearingFool

Ynetnews:

Soldier flees interrogation by exposing breasts — Officer loses concentration after soldier takes her shirt off in front of him — An IDF soldier fled an interrogation room by exposing her breasts to a stunned officer. — The soldier was interrogated at the Biranit army base …

Discussion: Israellycool

Military.com:

Navy Destroyer Battles Pirates — Sailors from the Norfolk-based destroyer James E. Williams boarded a North Korean merchant ship that had been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, while two other Navy vessels tailed a pirated Japanese ship in the same region.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Captain's Quarters, Op For, Defense Tech, Hot Air and Don Surber

Satyam / Think Progress:

Petraeus Personally Introduces Disgraced Ahmed Chalabi To U.S. Troops In Iraq — On Sunday, McClatchy reported that disgraced Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi had "re-emerged as a central figure" in the U.S. strategy for Iraq. His latest job: to press Iraq's government to "deliver better electricity …

Discussion: Blackanthem Military News and Connecting.the.Dots

Weekly Standard:

(Updated) Still No Correction from the LATimes — Update: And there's none forthcoming...see the email from the L.A. Times below. — I wrote earlier in the week about Los Angeles Times media critic Tim Rutten's attempt to weigh in on the Beauchamp story with this piece that was riddled with factual errors.