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5:10 PM ET, November 15, 2007

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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
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:   Newsweek to Hire Karl Rove
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Juan Williams defines 'journalist'
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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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Clinton campaign: Hillary would win in a landslide if the election were tomorrow  —  Mark Penn, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) chief strategist, said Thursday that the Democratic front-runner would get 360 electoral votes if the election were held tomorrow and she faced former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R).
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 …
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 …
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Melissa McEwan / Shakespeare's Sister:
Saudi Arabia to Punish Survivor of Gang Rape with 200 Lashes and Prison Term
Martina Stewart / CNN Political Ticker:
New Attorney General opposes changes to wiretap law  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — In his second day on the job, Attorney General Michael Mukasey leaped into the political fray, telling a key Democratic senator he opposes his electronic surveillance plan and would recommend the president veto it if it is passed.
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:   House Tries to Ram Through FISA Rewrite
CNN Political Ticker:
Judiciary Committee approves bill to update surveillance
Discussion: Think Progress
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 …
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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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
Obama'08:
"Chances I Had"  —  Script  —  My parents weren't rich.  My father left me when I was very young.  —  The one thing I was able to get was a great education.  —  We should give every child the same chances that I had.  —  By investing in early childhood education and recruiting a whole new generation of teachers.
Reuters:
Ahmadinejad Says U.N. Report Vindicates Iran  —  Iran said on Thursday it had been vindicated in a report by the U.N. atomic watchdog and there would be no legal basis for further discussion at the U.N. Security Council of its nuclear plans.  —  "We welcome this, that the International Atomic Energy Agency …
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
 
 
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Mexican Leader Sees Bias in U.S. Politicking
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Salon:
Rudy Giuliani's ties to Fox News
Manu Raju / The Hill:
White House budget head fires back at Reid 'bluster' on Iraq war funding
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
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Mitt Romney: Perfect tough guy for right-wing war cheerleaders
Michael Paulson / Boston Globe:
O'Malley draws line with Democrats
Washington Post:
Mr. Chavez's Coup  —  TENS OF thousands of Venezuelan students marched …
Patrick Poole / Front Page Magazine:
A Grim Milestone Ignored
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Dr. Sanity
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