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10:45 AM ET, December 10, 2007

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Opinion Journal:
The Paygo Farce  —  Democrats admit it was all a big confidence game. … Well, as Emily Littela, the half-witted Gilder Radner character on Saturday Night Live, would have put it: "Never mind."  Last week Congressional Democrats formally renounced their ballyhooed budget pledge to offset …
Gina Smith / The State:
Winfrey wows crowd  —  29,000 attend Columbia rally for Obama  —  In what Sen. Barack Obama described as the best-attended rally of the political season for any candidate, more than 29,000 attendees jammed Williams-Brice Stadium Sunday.  —  Media mogul Oprah Winfrey rallied the crowd of supporters …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Oprahpalooza in South Carolina  —  (Photo: Jeremy M. Lange for The New York Times)  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — It was a staggering sight.  Upwards of 29,000 people at a political rally.  And the Democratic primary in South Carolina is not until Jan. 26.  —  The Double O Express …
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Tension in Hillaryland Grows as Plan Goes Awry: Albert R. Hunt  —  Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) — To appreciate Hillary Clinton's fundamental political problem, consider the 11 Democrats from Philadelphia who gathered last week to discuss the U.S. presidential race, almost all of whom would vote for her in a general election.
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Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
CLINTON NO LONGER SHOULD WORRY JUST ABOUT IOWA  —  From NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro  —  With just 24 days to go before Iowa, it appears the race for the Democratic nomination is no longer a tight 1-state contest, but a truly competitive race across the country.
Associated Press:
Biden Plans Television Ads in Iowa
Discussion: MSNBC and Los Angeles Times
Hugh Hewitt / TownHall Blog:
The Transcript of the GOP's Univsion Debate  —  MODERATOR: Good evening and welcome to the presidential forum.  —  (inaudible) in Spanish at the University of Miami.  —  Tonight is the Republicans' night.  For the first time, seven of  —  the Republican candidates are going to participate tonight in a
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Daily Mail:
Students stone police in Iran riot  —  Students defied a clampdown on protests in Iran yesterday by tearing down the gates of Tehran university.  —  They chanted slogans against President Ahmadinejad and carried placards saying "Live free or die", "No war, no fascism" and "Women must decide their fate, not the state."
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Gateway Pundit
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Henry Paulson's Priorities  —  By Bush administration standards, Henry Paulson, the Treasury secretary, is a good guy.  He isn't conspicuously incompetent; and he isn't trying to mislead us into war, justify torture or protect corrupt contractors.  —  But Mr. Paulson's actions reflect the priorities of the administration he serves.
Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Lawrence O'Donnell Loses His Ever-Loving Mind on McLaughlin  —  A sane, if highly flawed, discussion of Mitt Romney's "Faith In America" speech on the McLaughlin Group was cold-cocked into the realm of crazy-faced anger by guest panelist Lawrence O'Donnell this morning, who started off by criticizing Romney …
Discussion: The Glittering Eye and Hot Air
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
CAUGHT YOUTHENING: Maureen Dowd's latest column begins: … But if you're imagining Dowd as a pigtailed six-year-old in the back of the family station wagon, think again.  The temple was finished in 1974.  Maureen Dowd was born in 1952.  So she was a "kid" who was old enough to vote and drink.
Discussion: The Corner and Gateway Pundit
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Michelle Malkin:
Sunday horror: Church shootings in Colorado; gunman killed by armed female church security staffer  —  Update 12/10 8:30am.  The gunman was wearing a tactical helmet and body armor.  —  By now, you've read about the two tragic church shootings incidents in Colorado earlier today.
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Judith Kohler / Associated Press:
Colo. police search home after attacks
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Mortgage Crisis Rivals S&L Meltdown  —  Toll of Economic Shocks May Linger for Years; A Global Credit Crunch  —  The home has long been the bedrock asset of most American families.  Now, its value has become the biggest question mark hanging over the global economy and financial system.
Discussion: The Big Picture
Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani plays defense on 'Press'  —  WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani, on the hot seat Sunday for the most exhaustive grilling of his presidential campaign, doggedly insisted that death threats against then-girlfriend Judith Nathan prompted the NYPD to launch her taxpayer-funded chauffeur services.
Discussion: The Reaction and MSNBC
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Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Hoyer Is Proof of Earmarks' Endurance  —  Md. Democrat's Campaign Donors Among Grantees  —  Even as House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer has joined in steps to clean up pork-barrel spending, the Maryland congressman has tucked $96 million worth of pet projects into next year's federal budget …
Daniel J. Wakin / New York Times:
Philharmonic Agrees to Play in North Korea  —  Adding a cultural wrinkle to the diplomatic engagement between the United States and North Korea, the New York Philharmonic plans to visit Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, in February, taking the legacy of Beethoven, Bach and Bernstein to one of the world's most isolated nations.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
GOP launches first attack invoking Hillary  —  The Republican Party has launched its first use of unflattering images of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to motivate voters in two congressional special elections this week, marking the beginning of what could be a year-long barrage of ads …
Discussion: MSNBC and Washington Post
Paul Jacob / Townhall.com:
Calling a censor a censor — censored!  —  Canada does not have our First Amendment.  It does not have as strong a protection for free speech as we do here in the U. S. of A.  —  I can say this even as America's free speech rights have been eroded by McCain-Feingold and other meddling regulations.
Discussion: The Corner
 
 
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