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4:55 PM ET, November 7, 2007

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy: Deems Him 'More Than Acceptable to People of Faith'  —  Pat Robertson, one of the most influential figures in the social conservative movement, announced his support for Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid this morning at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. [Watch the video below]
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Top Conservative Group Wants To Know: Does Rudy Agree With Robertson On 9/11?  —  Rudy's willingness to accept Pat Robertson's endorsement — despite his agreement that America "deserved" to be attacked on 9/11 — is discomfiting at least one major social conservative group that disagreed …
Fox News:
Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy Giuliani  —  WASHINGTON — Evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson on Wednesday endorsed former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has struggled to bridge some of his socially moderate policy positions on abortion and gay rights with conservatives.
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:   Robertson and Giuliani  —  Since the Bush right insists …
Seanna Adcox / Associated Press:
Romney wants tax help for home schooling
Discussion: Say Anything
Will / Attytood:
Strange bedfellows: Robertson wanted to assassinate one of …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: New Hampshire Democratic Primary  —  New Hampshire: Clinton Lead Shrinks to 10 Points  —  Senator Hillary Clinton's lead in the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire Primary has fallen to its lowest level of the season.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone poll …
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Bill Clinton and 2 Democrats Spar Over Comment on Debate  —  Bill Clinton's suggestion that his wife faced a Republican-style "Swift boat" attack during and after the last Democratic debate drew a rebuke yesterday from Senator Barack Obama, who said, "I was pretty stunned by that statement."
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:   Rubin to Back Clinton  —  Aside from Al Gore, the biggest …
O.Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Obama says his "politics of hope" don't mean he won't fight
Discussion: The Swamp and Radio Iowa
Joe Trippi:
Reality Check  —  Just because there's a writers' strike in Hollywood …
Discussion: The Stump
Benazir Bhutto / New York Times:
Musharraf's Martial Plan  —  NOV. 3, 2007, will be remembered as the blackest day in the history of Pakistan.  Let us be perfectly clear: Pakistan is a military dictatorship.  Last Saturday, Gen. Pervez Musharraf removed all pretense of a transition to democracy by conducting what was in effect yet another extraconstitutional coup.
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Alan Dershowitz / Opinion Journal:
Democrats and Waterboarding  —  The party will lose the presidential race if it defines itself as soft on terror.  —  I recently had occasion to discuss the Bush administration's war on terrorism with one of the highest ranking former officials responsible for planning that war.
Pakistan Daily Times:
'All modern discoveries are by Muslim scientists'  —  LAHORE: Muslim scientists have made all discoveries of the current age, said University of Columbia's Arabic and Islamic Studies prof George Saliba at a seminar at the Government College University (GCU) on Monday.
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Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
GOP turns impeachment resolution against Dems  —  House Republicans on Tuesday nearly forced Democratic leaders to vote on a resolution to impeach Vice President Cheney.  —  Anti-war presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced a privileged resolution, used to circumvent the committee process …
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Hoyer's Pro-Surge Comments to Become Democratic Talking Points?
Discussion: Hot Air
beliefnet:
"You Helped This Happen"  —  Partial transcript of comments from the Thursday, September 13, 2001 edition of the '700 Club.'  —  JERRY FALWELL: And I agree totally with you that the Lord has protected us so wonderfully these 225 years.  And since 1812, this is the first time that we've …
Discussion: Commentary and Daimnation!
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Robertson and Falwell: America "deserved" 9/11
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Split Over Bill Affecting Backers  —  In early June, as the Senate Finance Committee began examining how a new breed of Wall Street titan could be paying a special low tax rate on executives' salaries, one of the richest of them, hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Kentucky: Will Dems' Bandwagon Roll Over McConnell?  —  Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher's (R) lopsided defeat at the hands of former Lt. Gov. Steve Beshear (D) last night already has the political community — both here and in the Bluegrass State — buzzing about what it all means …
Discussion: Pol Watchers
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
2007 Update: A Good Night For Dems in 2 States
CNN:
Minuteman's high-tech border barrier called 'a cow fence'  —  COCHISE COUNTY, Arizona (CNN) — It was supposed to be 14 feet high and topped with razor wire.  It was also supposed to send a message to Washington that if the government wouldn't seal off the southern border, volunteers could.
Discussion: Danger Room and Balloon Juice
Associated Press:
Girl gets detention for hugging  —  Illinois middle school bans public displays of affection; parents urge change  —  MASCOUTAH, Ill. - Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter.  —  The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and BTDF
Marilyn W. Thompson / New York Times:
Bush Brother's Firm Faces Inquiry Over Purchases  —  The inspector general of the Department of Education has said he will examine whether federal money was inappropriately used by three states to buy educational products from a company owned by Neil Bush, the president's brother.
Think Progress:
State Department Blog Publishes Letter Calling Anti-Iraq War Diplomats 'Wimps' And 'Weenies'  —  The State Department recently announced that it will force at least 50 diplomats to take posts in Iraq next year "because of expected shortfalls in filling openings there, the first such large-scale forced assignment since the Vietnam War."
White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino and Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt  —  MS. PERINO: Good afternoon.  I have one statement and then I'll introduce our guest briefer.  —  The President appreciates the votes of senators on the Judiciary Committee to forward the nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey to the full Senate.
 
 
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William K. Rashbaum / City Room:
Federal Prosecutors Plan to Seek Charges Against Kerik
Discussion: Eunomia
H. Josef Hebert / Associated Press:
Report: Abstinence not curbing teen sex
Matthew L. Wald / New York Times:
The Carbon Calculus  —  A CHANGE is in the works that could go a long …
Kos / Daily Kos:
Yup, immigration not the GOP's savior
Gregory Mone / Popular Science Blog:
Submarine-Launched Helicopter
ACLU:
ACLU Learns of Third Secret Torture Memo by Gonzales Justice Department
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A Matter of Honor: Advertisers Respond
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NY Daily News:
Clear and present danger
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Richard Esposito Reports / The Blotter:
Sources: Kerik Tells Friends He Expects Indictment Next Week
Ronny Shaked / Ynetnews:
Thousands of Palestinians apply for Israeli citizenship
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