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1:10 PM ET, December 10, 2007

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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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Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Libby to drop appeal in CIA leak case  —  WASHINGTON - Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is no longer appealing his conviction in the CIA leak case, a tacit recognition that continuing his legal fight might only make things worse.  —  Libby, the former chief of staff …
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The Corner:
Re: Libby's Appeal
Discussion: JustOneMinute
M.J. Rosenberg / The Coffee House:
Rudy Self-Destructs on Russert  —  I have been watching Meet The Press since, I don't know, Estes Kefauver days and, I'm sad to say, Rudy Giuliani provided the worst performance I've ever seen by a major Presidential candidate.  —  Okay, I am not sad to say.  I am delighted.
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Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani plays defense on 'Press'
Discussion: The Reaction and MSNBC
New York Post:
RUDY HARD-PRESSED TO DEFEND GAL PAL'S SECURITY
Discussion: MSNBC, The Raw Story and PoliGazette
Guardian:
The threat has not diminished  —  The intelligence is misguided - the danger that Iran will acquire nuclear weapons is real.  What's missing is the policy to address it  —  The recent United States national intelligence estimate (NIE), which reports that Iran once had a "nuclear weapons programme" …
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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 …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Chavez Tried Rigging Referendum Vote  —  Hugo Chavez suffered a narrow but humiliating loss at the polls last week for his referendum on changing the Venezuelan constitution into a roadmap for dictatorship.  His acknowledgment of the defeat gained him praise from world leaders for his commitment to democracy.
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."
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: Wizbang, The Glittering Eye and Hot Air
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Michael J. Totten:
After the Battle of Al-Fajr  —  FALLUJAH, IRAQ - Fallujah is known as the City of Mosques.  It is also a city of walls, and of war.  —  It was a quieter city than most after the initial invasion in 2003.  There was less looting than in Baghdad, and the mayor was pro-American.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court eases cocaine sentencing  —  The Supreme Court on Monday gave federal judges new authority to set sentences for crack cocaine crimes below the range of punishment set by federal guidelines — a major restoration of flexibility for trial judges in drug cases.
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.
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 …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Knows Well the Hazards of the Trail  —  P resident Bush has forsworn any more commentary on the election to succeed him, at least until the nominations are settled.  But he seems more than a little wistful as all these senators and governors travel the campaign trail without him.
ABCNEWS:
Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR  —  KBR Told Victim She Could Lose Her Job If She Sought Help After Being Raped, She Says  —  A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Martha Thomases / ComicMix:
Presidential candidate Ron Paul picks his super-hero favorite  —  As part of the run-up to the presidential primaries next year, ComicMix asked Texas Congressman Ron Paul who his favorite comic book super-hero might be.  We think this is at least as revealing as their favorite movies …
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Feingold Wants Legal Determination of CIA Interrogation Program from Mukasey  —  Just in time for the Justice Department probe into the destruction of videotapes of CIA interrogations, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) is cutting to the heart of the issue.  —  Feingold today sent a letter …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
 
 
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The Corner:
Giuliani on Top  —  His polls may have dropped, but I think he's …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Obama's American Idea
Matt Higgins / New York Times:
Flying Humans, Hoping to Land With No Chute
Discussion: The Plank
Danielle Crittenden / The Huffington Post:
Islamic Like Me: "Do You Have Sky Miles?"
Los Angeles Times:
Clinton rolls a sizable pork barrel
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times:
Iraq calmer, but more divided
Morris D. Davis / Los Angeles Times:
AWOL military justice
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
WILLIAM KATZ: NEW NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
Discussion: The Corner
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Fabiola Antezana / ABCNEWS:
Did Iceland Teen Call Secret White House Phone?
Discussion: Political Machine
Paul Jacob / Townhall.com:
Calling a censor a censor — censored!
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Hoyer Is Proof of Earmarks' Endurance
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Mortgage Crisis Rivals S&L Meltdown
Discussion: The Swamp and The Big Picture
Daniel J. Wakin / New York Times:
Philharmonic Agrees to Play in North Korea
Sinan Salaheddin / Associated Press:
Vigilantes kill 40 women in Iraq's south
Jim Hanson / Pajamas Media:
PULITZER PRIZE IN TERRORISM?