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1:10 PM ET, November 13, 2007

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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
A Not-So-Perfect Picture of Party Unity  —  On both sides of the ticket, the presidential nominating contest is growing increasingly combative, as voters may well witness Thursday during a debate in Las Vegas among the Democratic candidates.  —  So how is John Edwards feeling …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Vultures circling in Iowa  —  A key Obama supporter in Iowa, former Democratic Party Chair Gordon Fischer, offered a glimpse into where his campaign sees growth: In scooping up Edwards supporters.  —  "It's going to move much more to a two-person race - Barack Obama and Hillary," …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
GOP.com:
HILLARY CLINTON LIBRARY CARD  —  On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton consistently speaks to her level of experience; yet, she will not allow details of that experience to be reviewed by the public.  —  The American people deserve to know what information is being guarded in her libraries.
Discussion: Washington Wire and Don Surber
Holly Ramer / Associated Press:
Edwards announces paid family leave plan
Discussion: BitsBlog
The Politico:
Democrats remain stalled on Iraq debate  —  As the congressional session lurches toward a close, Democrats are confronting some demoralizing arithmetic on Iraq.  —  The numbers tell a story of political and substantive paralysis more starkly than most members are willing to acknowledge publicly, or perhaps even to themselves.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court takes no action on gun case  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced no action on a new case testing the meaning of the Second Amendment — an issue the Court has not considered in 68 years.  The Orders List contained no mention of either the District of Columbia's appeal (07-290) …
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Rocky Mountain News:
The court and guns  —  Supreme Court has chance to clarify 2nd Amendment rights
Discussion: Daily Pundit
New York Post:
A 'FORGOTTEN' WAR  —  AS IRAQ IMPROVES, COVERAGE DRIES UP  —  LAST weekend's news coverage of our veterans was welcome, but deceptive.  The "mainstream media" honored aging heroes and noted the debt we owe to today's wounded warriors - but deftly avoided in-depth coverage from Iraq.  Why?
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:   Dances With Wolves...  is the real reason the Dems can't talk about …
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Say It Enough Times It Must Be True  —  First the Clinton campaign whines that the other candidates were picking on the girl.  Then, standing up to Russert is like standing up to Hitler.  Then Bill Clinton compared Russert to the Swift Boat Vets.  Now the Clinton campaign is warning Wolf Blizter that he better not "pull a Russert."
Opinion Journal:
Movin' On Up  —  A Treasury study refutes populist hokum about "income inequality."  —  If you've been listening to Mike Huckabee or John Edwards on the Presidential trail, you may have heard that the U.S. is becoming a nation of rising inequality and shrinking opportunity.
Kevin J. Martin / New York Times:
The Daily Show  —  IN many towns and cities, the newspaper is an endangered species.  At least 300 daily papers have stopped publishing over the past 30 years.  Those newspapers that have survived are struggling financially.  Newspaper circulation has declined steadily for more than 10 years.
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Marty Kaplan / The Huffington Post:   Your FCC At Work  —  In the most bizarre example yet …
Associated Press:
La. Pol's 'Buckwheat' Remark Sparks Ire  —  HOUMA, La. (AP) — A white state lawmaker in a runoff election called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," prompting the NAACP to urge voters to kick her out of office.  —  Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, a Democrat …
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush pushes budget fight with Democrats  —  NEW ALBANY, Ind. - President Bush, escalating his budget battle with Congress, on Tuesday vetoed a spending measure for health and education programs prized by congressional Democrats.  —  He also signed a big increase in the Pentagon's non-war budget although …
Josh White / Washington Post:
'Hidden Costs' Double Price Of Two Wars, Democrats Say  —  The economic costs to the United States of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far total approximately $1.5 trillion, according to a new study by congressional Democrats that estimates the conflicts' "hidden costs"— including higher oil prices …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
WHY THE STATES ARE STANDING BY THEIR OUTDATED, MESSY LETHAL-INJECTION PROTOCOLS.  —  It's unofficial: The country is in the throes of a de facto moratorium on the death penalty.  In the wake of a Supreme Court decision in September to take a case testing the constitutionality …
Alan Krueger / AMERICAN.COM:
What Makes a Terrorist  —  It's not poverty and lack of education, according to economic research by Princeton's ALAN KRUEGER.  Look elsewhere.  —  In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, policymakers, scholars, and ordinary citizens asked a key question …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Macsmind
Roger L. Simon / Pajamas Media:
HICKS NIX PEACENIK PIX: MOVIES THAT NO ONE WANTS TO SEE  —  Post-9/11 and Iraq war movies keep tanking at the box office but Hollywood just keeps on making them.  Pajamas CEO and screenwriter Roger L. Simon's explanation isn't going to get him invited to many Hollywood parties.
Discussion: protein wisdom and Roger L. Simon
Oliver Teves / Associated Press:
2 dead in bombing at Philippine Congress  —  MANILA, Philippines - A bomb exploded at an entrance of the Philippine House of Representatives late Tuesday, killing a congressman and a driver.  Police and soldiers in the capital went on high alert after the explosion, which injured nine people.
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
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Markpreston / CNN Political Ticker:
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Manu Raju / The Hill:
'08 clock ticks for Congress
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Richard Benedetto / The Politico:
In wartime, low death toll is news, too
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
More on Bernie and Rudy  —  Interesting comments from Rudy Giuliani to ABC News.
Discussion: Townhall.com
David Brooks / New York Times:
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Discussion: Power Line and TIME
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Voters dismiss 'piling on' charge
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Creative Destruction  —  The best case against universal health care.
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
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Dominic Kennedy / Times of London:
Gays should be hanged, says Iranian minister