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4:00 PM ET, November 15, 2007

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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Pardon Me?  —  Hillary Clinton Takes Cash From Recipients of Husband's Controversial Pardons  —  Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks about her health care policy on Sept. 18, 2007.  An examination of Clinton's fundraising donors reveals three donors …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
THE RELAUNCH  —  Can Barack Obama catch Hillary Clinton? … From 1993 to 2004, Barack Obama taught at the University of Chicago Law School.  According to his students, he was a gifted teacher.  "If you had just a surface opinion, he would ask why you held it.
Discussion: theGarance.com
Ari Melber / The Nation:
NEW CLINTON QUESTIONS?...  As Hillary Clinton aims to regain momentum in tonight's presidential debate, new videos have surfaced on YouTube with young voters asking her questions that are similar to the fake question posed by a Grinnell college student last week.
Discussion: Redstate and Hot Air
The Atlantic Online:
Who ISN'T Planting Questions These Days?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
OBAMA AND THE CRISIS....Jonathan Singer asked Barack Obama …
Discussion: MyDD and Eschaton
The Washington Post / The Trail:
Karl Rove's New Gig  —  Less than three months after leaving the Bush White House, Karl Rove is becoming a member of a community not all that popular with administration officials: the media.  —  Newsweek has signed the president's former deputy chief of staff as a commentator who will turn …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Karl Rove Hired As Newsweek Contributor To 'Balance' Markos  —  Earlier this week, Newsweek announced that it is hiring DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas as a contributor for the 2008 presidential campaign, offering occasional opinion pieces.  Markos said, "Newsweek is 'balancing …
Ellen / News Hounds:
DailyKos Smeared Again On Hannity & Colmes
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Juan Williams defines 'journalist'
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:   Newsweek to Hire Karl Rove
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Melissa McEwan / Shakespeare's Sister:
Saudi Arabia to Punish Survivor of Gang Rape with 200 Lashes and Prison Term
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Widely Disappointed With Democrats in Congress  —  Majority more displeased than content with handling of seven issues  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Amidst a swirl of public dissatisfaction about the Iraq war, the economy, government corruption, and with President Bush more generally …
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Tapscott's Copy Desk:
Gallup documents public disgust with Congress; Big Government faces paralysis by promise  —  Gallup's latest survey turns up extensive evidence of deep public disgust with the performance of the Democratic majority in Congress.  On six major issues, Gallup found solid majorities either disappointed …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Iraqis Wasting An Opportunity, U.S. Officers Say  —  With Attacks Ebbing, Government Is Urged to Reach Out to Opponents  —  CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq — Senior military commanders here now portray the intransigence of Iraq's Shiite-dominated government as the key threat facing the U.S. effort in Iraq …
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush's Irrational Exuberance
Discussion: Prairie Weather
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Icebergs Ahead For the Democrats  —  As the Democratic presidential race finally gets down to brass tacks, two issues are becoming paramount.  But only one of them is clearly on the table.  —  That is the issue of illegal immigration.  A very smart Democrat, a veteran of the Clinton administration …
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Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
David Broder Again Writes About Clinton Marriage — Less Than A Week …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Jon Swift
Agence France Presse:
Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women  —  SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.  —  Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say …
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Dems: No More Transparency  —  For those wondering why Democrats in Congress get such terrible grades in Gallup's latest polling, it might be because of moves like this one: … It's stunning that Congressional leaders would propose a new law to block Congress and the public from simply reviewing the details of the federal budget.
Discussion: The Corner
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The Corner:   Just as you'd suspect  —  A few folks who understand …
Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
Goodbye, Mr. Bush  —  The Republican will to power remains ferocious.  It will take a dauntless Democratic leader to win back the White House and restore dignity to the Constitution.  —  Editor's note: Sidney Blumenthal is joining the Hillary Clinton campaign as a senior advisor, and this is his last column for Salon.
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Washington Monthly
Washington Post:
Mr. Chavez's Coup  —  TENS OF thousands of Venezuelan students marched to the Supreme Court in Caracas last week to protest the new "socialist" constitutional reform that President Hugo Chavez is preparing to impose on the country.  On their return, students from the Central University …
Manu Raju / The Hill:
White House budget head fires back at Reid 'bluster' on Iraq war funding  —  White House budget director Jim Nussle on Wednesday stepped up his attacks on the Democratic management of the appropriations process, and suggested that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
 
 
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Aljazeera:
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Rich Lowry / The Corner:
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics (US): Giuliani 33, McCain 17, Thompson 12 …
Discussion: Oliver Willis
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Ethics task force to propose new office
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Mexican Leader Sees Bias in U.S. Politicking
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Why Won't New York Times Columnists Attack Each Other By Name?
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
"Bridging" the gap on Treason
Salon:
Rudy Giuliani's ties to Fox News
Peterhamby / CNN Political Ticker:
Mrs. Huckabee: 2-for-3 with a grenade launcher
Discussion: Wonkette and Big Head DC
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Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Graham may seek to pull plug on Maliki
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Mitt Romney: Perfect tough guy for right-wing war cheerleaders
Michael Paulson / Boston Globe:
O'Malley draws line with Democrats
Patrick Poole / Front Page Magazine:
A Grim Milestone Ignored
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Atlas Shrugs
Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
Is a Unified Field Theory of Hillary Hatred Possible?
Martina Stewart / CNN Political Ticker:
New Attorney General opposes changes to wiretap law
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
1968: The Long Goodbye  —  Can America rise above the divisions of the 1960s?