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11:50 AM ET, November 12, 2007

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Walter Shapiro / Salon:
Obama goes for the capillaries  —  Barack Obama delivers a rousing speech in Iowa on Saturday night, all but calling out Hillary Clinton, and then gets weak-kneed on Sunday morning.  —  Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson Jackson Dinner on Nov. 10 in Des Moines.
Discussion: Eunomia and Althouse
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards, Obama: The enemy of my enemy ...  They switched on the lights in the bar at the Hotel Fort Des Moines at 2:00 a.m. Sunday, and a crowd of two dozen buoyant young field organizers for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) spilled out onto the sidewalk, some jostling past Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman …
Des Moines Register:
Yepsen: Obama's superb speech could catapult his bid
Discussion: Washington Wire and MSNBC
Paul Krugman:
Why, Barack, why?  —  The great Social Security debate of 2005 …
Fortune:
Al Gore's next act: Planet-saving VC  —  The recovering politician is teaming with a legendary venture capitalist and bigtime moneyman to make over the $6 trillion global energy business.  A Fortune exclusive  —  (Fortune Magazine) — It's lunchtime on Sand Hill Road, and Al Gore wants answers.
Tad Daley / philly.com:
Iran has a right to seek nuclear capability  —  is a writing fellow with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the 1985 Nobel Peace laureate  —  Some call it "the nuclear double standard;" others, "nuclear apartheid;" still others, "America's nuclear hypocrisy."
Discussion: The Newshoggers
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Little Green Footballs:
Anti-Nuke Activist: Iran Has a 'Right' to Have Nukes  —  Anti-Nuke Activist: Iran Has a 'Right' to Nukes  —  Nobel Peace laureate Tad Daley, a writing fellow with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, has a piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer arguing that Iran has a right to seek nuclear weapons.
Discussion: A Blog For All
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Michelle Obama: Inferiority Complex Prevents Blacks From Supporting Obama  —  Guess I won't be calling Mika Brzezinski a "newsreader" again anytime soon.  She went to Iowa over the weekend and scored an in-depth interview with Michelle Obama that included a highly-controversial suggestion from the candidate's wife.
Discussion: TownHall Blog, Don Surber and Hot Air
New York Times:
A New Channel for Soft Money Starts Flowing  —  The so-called Wounded Warriors Act, legislation intended to improve health care for veterans, has attracted nearly unanimous, bipartisan support in Congress.  So why would the newly formed Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America begin running …
James Glanz / New York Times:
Security Guard Fires From Convoy, Killing Iraqi Driver  —  An Iraqi taxi driver was shot and killed on Saturday by a guard with DynCorp International, a private security company hired to protect American diplomats here, when a DynCorp convoy rolled past a knot of traffic on an exit ramp in Baghdad …
DrewM / Ace of Spades HQ:
Lions for Lambs...Slaughtered  —  Looks like the Saturday night box office estimates are in and while Lions for Lambs basically doubled its take from Friday, $6.7 million in box office is only good for 4th place.  —  A distant 4th place: Bee Movie grossed $26 million, American Gangster $24 million, and Fred Claus $19 million.
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
TOP SPITZ MAN TOLD AIDE TO LIE: INSIDER  —  Gov. Spitzer's former communications di rector, Darren Dopp, asked another Spitzer aide to lie about the origins of the Dirty Tricks Scandal - including the governor's own allegedly extensive knowledge of the plot to smear the Senate's GOP leader, a well-placed source told The Post yesterday.
Discussion: Spin Cycle and JammieWearingFool
Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
A Failed Congressional Ploy  —  WASHINGTON — The ploy had been hatched behind closed doors by Democratic leaders of both houses.  A pork-laden appropriations bill filled with $1 billion in earmarks would combine with veto-proof spending for veterans.  Instead, the two measures were decoupled in a Senate party-line vote last Tuesday.
Washington Post:
Hurdles Stall Plan For Iraqi Recruits  —  Shiite Leadership Wary of Bringing Fighters Into Ranks  —  BAGHDAD — The U.S. effort to organize nearly 70,000 local fighters to solidify security gains in Iraq is facing severe political and logistical challenges as U.S.-led forces struggle to manage …
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Washington Post:
Maliki Renews Call to Give Some Insurgents Amnesty
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Even ascendant Dems wary of 'liberal' label  —  The Democratic front-runner shied away, saying the "word" — noticeably not using the word — has taken on a connotation that "describes big government.  —  "I prefer the word 'progressive,'" she said.  It has a "real American meaning."
David Neiwert / Orcinus:
Ron Paul's record in Congress  — by Dave  —  In the comments thread to my previous post on Ron Paul, the indispensable Trefayne compiled a series of posts on Paul's track record as a congressman, particularly those bills he sponsored or co-sponsored.  —  Here's Trefayne:
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Rothenberg: The GOP's Not Dead Yet  —  If you listen to some election prognosticators, you get the sense that the 2008 election is already over.  It sometimes seems as if the only questions left are whether the Democrats will have 60 Senate seats and if so, how long it will take to approve single-payer health care.
Daily Mail:
Arafat memorial erupts into gunfire in Gaza  —  Hundreds of thousands of Fatah supporters fled in panic today after gunfire erupted at a memorial event for former Palestinian Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat.  —  The anniversary had given the defeated faction in Hamas-controlled Gaza a rare chance to hold a rally.
 
 
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The Corner:
Mars, Venus  —  Sometimes the chasm between the male & female varieties …
CBS News:
They Fought For The Right To Fight
New York Times:
Pakistani Opposition Threatens to Boycott Election
CNN:
Armitage 'foolish' to leak CIA agent's name
Discussion: A Blog For All and Hot Air
Robert Stacy McCain / Washington Times:
'24' chief scoffs at Hillary
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Teacher Unions' Gain Is Children's Loss
Eduardo Porter / New York Times:
All They Are Saying Is Give Happiness a Chance
Discussion: The Corner and BitsBlog
Michael McAuliff / NY Daily News:
Hillary Clinton suddenly vulnerable as bruises start to show
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Thompson's scarlet 'L'
Discussion: Boston Globe
Rasmussen Reports:
31% Want Cheney Impeached
Bjorn Lomborg / Telegraph:
Ignore Al Gore - but not his Nobel friends
Richard Rubin / New York Times:
Over There — and Gone Forever
Ankush Khardori / Ezra Klein:
Sullivan on Obama  —  I should've taken Charles Kaiser's advice …
Discussion: Never Yet Melted
Scott Waldman / Albany Times Union:
Cops: Ex-U.S. Rep. Sweeney drove drunk
Karl Vick / Washington Post:
'I'll Sell My Soul to the Devil'
Financial Times:
US strike on Iran 'not being prepared'