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12:35 PM ET, December 6, 2007

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Mitt Romney For President News:
Excerpts Of Governor Romney's "Faith In America" Address  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  CONTACT: Romney Press Shop (857) 288-6390  —  College Station, TX - Speaking at The George Bush Presidential Library, Governor Romney will address the American people about his views on religious liberty …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Did Romney Score With The Speech?  —  People sometimes underestimate Mitt Romney's persuasive speaking style and genuine warmth on the dais, and that made some difference today with his speech, "Faith in America".  Before its delivery, it appeared to hold no promise for Romney's standing with voters …
Michael Luo / New York Times:
Crucial Test for Romney in Speech on His Religion  —  Mitt Romney's planned speech today at the George Bush Presidential Library in Texas to confront suspicions about his Mormon faith is being viewed as the biggest moment of his presidential campaign.  —  With surveys showing …
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times, TIME, The Swamp and MSNBC
Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
Romney: No religious test for president  —  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Republican Mitt Romney, confronting voters' skepticism about his Mormon faith, declared Thursday that as president he would "serve no one religion, no one group, no one cause," and said calls for him to explain and justify …
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM), MSNBC and AMERICAblog
The Corner:
Romney's Speech  —  That was perhaps the best political speech of the year.
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Romney's Emotion
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
The Romney Speech: My Take  —  I thought it was a very good speech too.
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Edward / Heading Right:
Faith In America: Live Blog
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Romney's "Faith in America" Speech: What Worked and What Didn't
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mary Katharine Ham / TownHall Blog:
Romney's 'Faith in America' Speech (Updated With Reaction)
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
Romney's 'Faith in America' Address
Discussion: Reason Magazine
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Romney: 'Freedom requires religion'
CNN Political Ticker:
Romney: I'll serve no one religion
John R. Bolton / Washington Post:
The Flaws In the Iran Report  —  Rarely has a document from the supposedly hidden world of intelligence had such an impact as the National Intelligence Estimate released this week.  Rarely has an administration been so unprepared for such an event.  And rarely have vehement critics of the …
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New York Times:
Details in Military Notes Led to Shift on Iran, U.S. Says  —  American intelligence agencies reversed their view about the status of Iran's nuclear weapons program after they obtained notes last summer from the deliberations of Iranian military officials involved in the weapons development program …
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
Nuclear fallout / Who's right here?
Discussion: BuzzFlash.org
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Dems back off on Iraq demands  —  Each day lately, Democrats inch closer to giving President Bush more money for the war in Iraq without any serious mandates for withdrawing U.S. troops.  —  Democratic leaders are loath to acknowledge they've backed off, but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle …
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The Politico:
Cheney bashes top Democrats
Discussion: Power Line
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
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Discussion: michellemalkin.com
New York Times:
Pulpit Was the Springboard for Huckabee's Rise  —  In August 1980, as the conservative Christian movement was first transforming American politics, Ronald Reagan stood before a Dallas stadium full of 15,000 foot-stomping, hand-clapping evangelicals and pledged his fealty to the Bible.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Is Huckabee Democrats' Biggest Nightmare?
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker and CNN
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Boy Scouts Lose Philadelphia Lease in Gay-Rights Fight  —  For three years the Philadelphia council of the Boy Scouts of America held its ground.  It resisted the city's request to change its discriminatory policy toward gay people despite threats that if it did not do so …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
House vote on illegal images sweeps in Wi-Fi, Web sites  —  The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill saying that anyone offering an open Wi-Fi connection to the public must report illegal images including "obscene" cartoons and drawings—or face fines of up to $300,000.
Discussion: Redstate and Reason Magazine
Gene Sperling / The Huffington Post:
Correcting the Record on Robert Reich's Statement about Hillary Clinton's Economic Policies  —  While I have had a long and close relationship with Robert Reich—and I have a great deal of respect for Senator Obama—Reich's recent blog post about Senator Clinton's economic policies was so unfair …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Queasy Giuliani Faithful Ask For Truth On Trips  —  'Own Up or Explain,' Says New Hampshire Backer Charbonneau  —  Rudy Giuliani.  —  Rudy Giuliani's supporters are unsettled.  —  "Yeah, I'm starting to have second thoughts," said Garry Biniecki, the undersheriff of Sanilac County in Michigan …
Carter Dougherty / International Herald Tribune:
High income taxes in Denmark worsen a labor shortage  —  COPENHAGEN: As a self-employed software engineer, Thomas Sorensen broadcasts his qualifications to potential employers across Europe and the Middle East.  But to the ones in his native Denmark, he is simply unavailable.
Discussion: Right Wing News and The Corner
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:
What About Atheists and Agnostics?  —  It would have been nice if Romney, while making room for people of all faiths in this country, could have also made some room for people with none.
The Corner:
The Speech  —  I predict it will get rave reviews.  Mitt Romney, who sure looked presidential, explained effectively that he is a man of faith who is committed to America's values.  He was sure-footed and polished as usual but appeared today to be fighting back strong emotions when he talked about American exceptionalism.
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
 
 
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