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1:15 PM ET, December 11, 2007

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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Wallace: Dems are 'fools' to boycott Fox  —  When Chris Wallace replaced Tony Snow as the host of "Fox News Sunday" in December 2003, the network appeared to take a more moderate approach to Sunday talk.  —  Unlike Snow, a former Republican speechwriter, Wallace's broadcasting résumé …
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Poll: Huckabee would lose to leading Dems by double digits  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — While presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is surging in new polls of GOP candidates, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Tuesday shows he would lose to all three leading Democratic candidates by double digits in hypothetical contests.
Drudge Report:
DEMS HOLD FIRE ON HUCKABEE; SEE 'EASY KILL' IN GENERAL ELECTION  —  Democrat party officials are avoiding any and all criticism of Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee, insiders reveal.  —  The Democratic National Committee has told staffers to hold all fire, until he secures the party's nomination.
The Corner:
Edwards the Conqueror  —  Forgive me for thinking this new CNN poll is a little weird.
Discussion: Ross Douthat
Ron Claiborne / ABCNEWS:
Analysis: How McCain Could Still Win
Discussion: The Hill and The Swamp
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:   The Air Wars: Romney Goes Negative
New York Times:
Destruction of C.I.A. Tapes Cleared by Lawyers  —  Lawyers within the clandestine branch of the Central Intelligence Agency gave written approval in advance to the destruction in 2005 of hundreds of hours of videotapes documenting interrogations of two lieutenants from Al Qaeda …
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Bush: I Didn't Know About CIA Tape Destruction
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and On Deadline
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
This Will Ruin Ted Kennedy's Day
Discussion: The Anchoress
Washington Post:
Waterboarding Recounted  —  Ex-CIA Officer Says It 'Probably Saved Lives' but Is Torture
The Politico:
Liberal views could haunt Obama  —  When Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was seeking state office a dozen years ago, he took unabashedly liberal positions: flatly opposed to capital punishment, in support of a federal single-payer health plan, against any restrictions on abortion …
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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Dropping Oppo  —  Circulating among Iowa labor circles, I am told, is this leaflet, which looks to be a standard opposition-research paper against former Sen. John Edwards, D-NC.  —  The shocker?  It's from Mr. Positive, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois.  —  Not that it's a shocker that Obama is drawing contrasts.
Discussion: Hot Air
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Democrats Pull Budget Offer  —  The GOP Is Negotiating In Bad Faith, Obey Says  —  A Democratic deal to give President Bush some war funding in exchange for additional domestic spending appeared to collapse last night after House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey (D-Wis.) …
Barry Hertz / network.nationalpost.com:
Teen girl in critical condition after alleged dispute over hijab  —  A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after being choked by a man believed to be her father, apparently after a dispute with her family over her refusal to wear the hijab, the Islamic headscarf worn by some Muslim women.
Wall Street Journal:
Group Says Iran Resumed Weapon Program  —  The Iranian opposition group that first exposed Iran's nuclear-fuel program said a U.S. intelligence analysis is correct that Tehran shut down its weaponization program in 2003, but claims that the program was relocated and restarted in 2004.
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Ex-Pentagon Aide Says U.S. Abandoned Quick Iraq Transition  —  A former top Pentagon official blamed the Bush administration's top official in Iraq for abandoning a plan for a quick transition to Iraqi leadership in the summer of 2003 and instead keeping the U.S. government in control of the country for more than a year.
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
NRCC props up its pummeled Ohio candidate  —  Republicans are facing a surprisingly fierce fight in a Tuesday special election to hold on to a conservative northwestern Ohio seat that has been under the party's control for the past 70 years.  —  The GOP expects to win another special election set …
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Stuart Rothenberg / Real Clear Politics:
GOP Tries to Avoid Unpleasant Surprise in Ohio
Discussion: Ohio Daily Blog, Eunomia and Daily Kos
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Abolish the CIA  —  DESTROYING THE INTERROGATION TAPES AMOUNTS TO MUTINY AND TREASON.  —  It seems flabbergastingly improbable that President George W. Bush learned of the National Intelligence Estimate concerning Iranian nuclear ambitions only a few days before the rest of us did …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Labor Unions Support WGA, Fire Union Busting Consultant Chris Lehane  —  SEIU Local 99 in Los Angeles — education workers who include teacher's aids, cafeteria workers and crossing guards — have fired former Clinton spokesman Chris Lehane from a consulting contract in support of the WGA .
Discussion: Daily Kos and Group News Blog
Gateway Pundit:
Bomb Blasts in Algiers!... At Least 67 Are Dead!  —  Update: 67 are dead.  —  The United Nations Building was targeted.  —  At least 62 people are dead after two explosions ripped through the capital of Algeria today.  —  Ten UN staff, all Algerians, were among the dead.
Elizabeth Benjamin / New York Daily News Blogs:
GOP Senator To Depart  —  Just when you thought things between Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno couldn't get any worse...  Multiple Republican sources say Sen. Jim Wright, a veteran GOP lawmaker who was first elected in 1992, is poised to announce his departure from the Senate …
Discussion: the albany project and Spin Cycle
 
 
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Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
U of I prof heckles Clinton  —  Iowa City, Ia.
The Corner:
Road to Damascus  —  Jonah: I have pretty much decided for Ron Paul myself.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Percentage Unwilling to Vote for a Mormon Holds Steady
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Huckabee does a flip-flop on Cuba
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Glassman to Be Named to Outreach Post
Clifford J. Levy / New York Times:
Putin's Chosen Successor Would Name Him Premier
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Bill Sammon / Examiner:
Book Excerpt: In New York, illegal immigration took a back seat …
Pete Hegseth / Washington Times:
American troops are winning
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
www.breauxlott.com  —  Sen. Trent Lott's (R-Miss.) …
Discussion: Think Progress
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
What's Working In Iraq
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Giuliani has advice for S.F. on dealing with the homeless
Discussion: The Caucus
CNN:
Algeria bomb blasts 'kill 47'
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Phil Izzo / Wall Street Journal:
Economists Say Recession Risk Is Climbing
Discussion: On Deadline
Sean Olender / San Francisco Chronicle:
MORTGAGE MELTDOWN  —  Interest rate 'freeze' - the real story is fraud
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama, Under the Clinton Microscope
 

 
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