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8:15 AM ET, December 3, 2007

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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Venezuela Hands Narrow Defeat to Chávez Plan  —  Voters in this country narrowly defeated a proposed overhaul to the constitution in a contentious referendum over granting President Hugo Chávez sweeping new powers, the Election Commission announced early Monday.
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Gateway Pundit:
Doing the Marxist Slide— Venezuela Votes on Chavista Rule... Update: CHAVEZ WINS!... Update 2: Maybe Not?... Update 3: CHAVEZ GOES DOWN!!  —  Final Results— Hugo Chavez loses election:  —  NO- 51%  —  SI- 49%  —  The Marxists at HovReferendum must be very sad. boo-hoo  —  Earlier Updates...
Ian James / Associated Press:
Chavez loses constitutional vote  —  CARACAS, Venezuela - Humbled by his first electoral defeat ever, President Hugo Chavez said Monday he may have been too ambitious in asking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election and endorse a huge leap to a socialist state.
CNN:
Voters reject Chavez's referendum  —  CARACAS, Venezuela (CNN) — Venezuelan voters narrowly rejected a constitutional referendum that would have bolstered President Hugo Chavez's embrace of socialism and granted an indefinite extension of his eligibility to serve as president, the National Electoral Council reported early Monday.
Associated Press:
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.  Check back soon for further information.  AP's earlier story is below.  —  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP)—A vote on sweeping constitutional reforms that could let Hugo Chavez hold the presidency for life remained unresolved early Monday, with the government saying …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Babalu Blog
Daniel / Venezuela News And Views:
The NO wins in Venezuela  —  This picture is Daniel Duquenal worn …
Discussion: Power Line and Daimnation!
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Hey, Iowa and New Hampshire!  Read this!  —  MILLBRAE, CA.  — Here's a little secret that got out this weekend that should chasten those smug folks in Iowa and New Hampshire who think that just because they are so totally unrepresentative of America as a whole, it is their right to always vote first in presidential years.
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Steve Pope / Newsweek:   Dubuque's Got the 'Joe Mo'!
CNN:
Putin: Vote victory is a mandate  —  MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday declared his party's parliamentary victory as a mandate to cement power, according to The Associated Press, reporting remarks he made on Russian TV.  —  But international electoral monitors …
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Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Putin's party wins Russian election  —  MOSCOW - European election monitors said Monday that Russia's parliamentary ballot was unfair, hours after President Vladimir Putin's party swept 70 percent of the seats in the new legislature.  —  The victory paves the way for Putin …
Clifford J. Levy / New York Times:
Party's Triumph Raises Question of Putin's Plans  —  With President Vladimir V. Putin's opponents persistently hobbled by the Kremlin, his party swept Sunday to the kind of landslide long predicted for the parliamentary elections.  Yet the results, while a triumph for Mr. Putin …
Lynn Berry / Associated Press:
Putin's Party Wins Russia Election
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Pro-Huckabee negative calls flood Iowa  —  A newly-formed group claiming to support Mike Huckabee hit the phones of Iowa Republicans tonight with an automated push-poll attacking Huckabee's GOP opponents and praising the former Arkansas governor.  —  Officials representing the Iowa campaigns …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Innovating Our Way to Financial Crisis  —  The financial crisis that began late last summer, then took a brief vacation in September and October, is back with a vengeance.  —  How bad is it?  Well, I've never seen financial insiders this spooked — not even during the Asian crisis of 1997-98 …
Byron York / The Corner:
More on Romney and The Speech  —  Romney campaign insiders want to keep a tight lid on information about the Romney faith speech, scheduled for Thursday.  Romney himself made the decision to give it, they say, he'll decide what to say, and he'll write it.  "This is a very personal speech," one campaign aide told me tonight.
Discussion: TBogg
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Associated Press:
Sudan president pardons British teacher  —  KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan's president on Monday pardoned a British teacher jailed here for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad — putting an end to a case that has outraged Britons and Muslims around the world.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
An Old Face Resurfaces  —  The Bush administration has offered the former World Bank president a new public service position.  —  Don't ever say the Bush administration doesn't take care of its own.  Nearly three years after Paul Wolfowitz resigned as deputy Defense secretary and six months …
Rudy Giuliani / Wall Street Journal:
The Meaning of Fiscal Conservatism  —  With economic uncertainty weighing on the minds of many Americans, Congress is preparing to recess after another year of profligate spending, protectionist talk and promises of higher taxes.  No wonder some people feel like we're moving in the wrong direction.
Discussion: BizzyBlog
The Corner:
What This is Not  —  A few additional words on what the situation with the Smith Lebanon reporting is and what it isn't: It isn't a case of fabrication, as some of Smith's accusers have alleged.  With regard to the two posts in question, it is my belief, based on an investigation …
 
 
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Times of London:
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Huckabee, Obama, "Right" and "Left"
CBS News:
Vicar: Dire Times For Iraq's Christians
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Carefully Plotted Course Propels Gun Case to Top
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Edwards Wins a Key Iowa Backer
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Bagpipes a threat to the environment (and we're not talking noise pollution)
Mark Steyn / The Australian:
A loss for civilisation  —  ACCORDING to my Oz-watching pals …
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