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1:20 PM ET, November 14, 2007

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Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
Anti-Bush Sign Has Bridge World in an Uproar  —  In the genteel world of bridge, disputes are usually handled quietly and rarely involve issues of national policy.  But in a fight reminiscent of the brouhaha over an anti-Bush statement by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks in 2003 …
David Hill / The Hill:
Ron Paul: Trouble back home  —  While Texan Ron Paul's stock is soaring nationally, there is trouble on the home front.  In September, Paul finished third in a straw poll of 1,300 Texas Republican activists who had been delegates to recent Republican conventions.
Discussion: The Corner, Death and Wake up America
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Peter Berkowitz / Opinion Journal:
The Insanity of Bush Hatred  —  Our politics suffer when passions overcome reason and vitriol becomes virtue.  —  Hating the president is almost as old as the republic itself.  The people, or various factions among them, have indulged in Clinton hatred, Reagan hatred, Nixon hatred …
The Hill:
Senate Dem leaders float plan for forced filibuster  —  Senate Democrats might force Republicans to wage a filibuster if the GOP wants to block the latest Iraq withdrawal bill, aides and senators said Tuesday.  —  That could set the stage for a dramatic end-of-the-year partisan showdown …
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
VOTER ID....The State of Indiana has the most stringent voter ID laws in the country.  Democrats are always griping about this, and have even gone so far as to challenge Indiana's law in the Supreme Court.  But this is just silly.  In this day and age everyone has a photo ID anyway, so what's the problem?
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Bush strategist looks back in sadness  —  AT HIS TEXAS RANCH: Matthew Dowd, political strategist and former Bush advisor, says of the president: "I don't think he's evil or bad.  I think he's a good person that didn't accomplish what he set out to do."  —  Matthew Dowd helped win the White House.
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal and TBogg
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Who Wants To Be The Analog To Kos At Newsweek?  —  Via a number of sources, Markos Moulitsas has won a column assignment at Newsweek.  In a press release, the magazine announced that Markos will occasionally appear in both the print and on-line versions of the periodical …
New York Times:
F.B.I. Says Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without Cause  —  Federal agents investigating the Sept. 16 episode in which Blackwater security personnel shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians have found that at least 14 of the shootings were unjustified and violated deadly-force rules in effect …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Kathleen Willey Interview  —  Yesterday, I did a phone interview with Kathleen Willey, who has a new book out: Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton.  —  What follows is a transcript of our conversation, edited slightly for readability's sake.
New York Times:
President of Columbia Is Criticized  —  Lee C. Bollinger, the president of Columbia University, was confronted yesterday by discontented professors who gathered more than 100 faculty signatures for a document criticizing his leadership.  —  Their "statement of concern," read to him at a faculty meeting …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Should Hillary Pretend to Be a Flight Attendant?  —  In 2005, a year after Ellie Grossman, a doctor, met Ray Fisman, a professor, on a blind date, she was talking to her grandmother about her guy.  —  "Never let a man think you're smarter," her grandmother advised.  "Men don't like that."
Max Boot / New York Times:
Send the State Department to War  —  THE State Department has announced that it will force 50 foreign service officers to go to Iraq, whether they want to or not.  This is the biggest use of "directed assignments" since the Vietnam War, and it represents a long-overdue response to complaints …
Rep. Jim McGovern / The Huffington Post:
Senator Obama's Curious Comments on Meet the Press  —  I support Senator Clinton's White House bid because I believe she is the one candidate with the strength and experience to actually end the war in Iraq.  —  I thought Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time and have been fighting …
Discussion: TalkLeft and MSNBC
Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
Giuliani's House of Mirrors  —  The Giuliani campaign is playing a beautiful game of three card monte with the national media regarding the expectations game in Iowa and New Hampshire - not that I've ventured out of the Cathedral to actually witness such a sinful game of tricks and deceit. ...
Discussion: TalkLeft
 
 
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Wyatt Buchanan / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. supervisors approve ID cards for residents
Discussion: Lonewacko
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTE CHAIR HOWARD DEAN ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL …
Discussion: IMAO
Amanda / Think Progress:
Where's Fredo?  —  This morning, Michael Mukasey was officially sworn …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Blane Bachelor / Fox News:
Some Georgians Want the Cynthia McKinney Parkway To Hit the Road
Michael Roston / The Huffington Post:
It's So Hard To Be A Unitary Executive These Days
Discussion: White House
Jacqueline Klingebiel / Political Radar:
Huckabee Hits Romney on Illegal Lawn Workers
Kate Murphy / New York Times:
Birder Admits Killing Cat, but Was It Animal Cruelty?
Discussion: The New Republic and Althouse
CBS News:
Suicide Epidemic Among Veterans
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Ryan Singel / Wired News:
Sensitive Guantánamo Bay Manual Leaked Through Wiki Site
Simon Heffer / Telegraph:
The Union of England and Scotland is over
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Michael D. Tanner / Cato-at-liberty:
Not to Say We Told You So, But...  The latest reports …
Kathryn Jean Lopez / National Review Online:
Devil with the Blue Dress
Discussion: TBogg
Washington Post:
Scam Could Total $31 Million
Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
CIA admits to recording interrogations of top al Qaida captives
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
GOP Primary Story Stars a Democratic Antagonist
 

 
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