memeorandum: DOING THAT WUDU AT NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (The Big Trunk/Power Line)

8:05 AM ET, December 17, 2007

Top Items:

Lieberman's New Kiss of Death — The Nation — Senator Joe Lieberman will finally come clean on Monday, unleashing his inner-Republican to endorse the struggling campaign of Senator John McCain, according to several news reports. It is a bittersweet alliance for both men.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Oliver Willis

The Trail:

Lieberman to Cross Aisle to Endorse McCain — Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Conn.), the 2000 Democratic vice-presidential nominee who currently lists his party affiliation as "Independent Democrat," will break party ranks tomorrow to endorse Sen. John McCain's presidential bid …

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, Buck Naked Politics, Blue Hampshire, Shakespeare's Sister, CAFFEINATED POLITICS and Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Politico:

McCain snags endorsements; Rudy retreats — Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Conn.), who was on the national Democratic ticket in 2000, will cross the aisle to endorse Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) tomorrow, Republican sources said. — The two will appear together on NBC's "Today" show tomorrow …

Discussion: The Democratic Daily, Bark Bark Woof Woof, skippy the bush kangaroo, Patrick Ruffini, Firedoglake, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN Political Ticker, Outside The Beltway, The Daily Dish, The Swamp, MyDD, Greatscat!, PoliPundit.com, The Agonist and TPM Election Central

William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
BREAKING: Kristol: Lieberman to Endorse McCain

Discussion: alicublog, Hot Air, Israel Matzav, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Los Angeles Times, TBogg, Redstate, Right Voices, Power Line, TalkLeft, Roger L. Simon, Wake up America and First State Politics

Marc Ambinder:
Lieberman To Endorse McCain...

Discussion: New York Observer, Eunomia, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, Open Left, MoJoBlog, PoliGazette, Talking Points Memo, The Corner, My Left Nutmeg, Booman Tribune, Liberal Values, the albany project, Hullabaloo and Taylor Marsh

USA Today:

New Clinton campaign out to show her likability — New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, trying to warm up an image some voters perceive as cold, starts a drive Monday to showcase her personal side with testimonials from friends, associates and constituents she has helped.

Discussion: Des Moines Register, New York Times and Macsmind

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Big Table Fantasies — Broadly speaking, the serious contenders for the Democratic nomination are offering similar policy proposals — the dispute over health care mandates notwithstanding. But there are large differences among the candidates in their beliefs about what it will take to turn a progressive agenda into reality.

Patrick Healy / New York Times:
In '08 Race, the Other Clinton Steps Up Publicly

Discussion: Washington Times

Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Iraq Vote Dogs Clinton (Again)

Discussion: Daily Kos

Learfield / Radio Iowa:
Endorsements galore — 'Tis the weekend to talk about endorsements.

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs

David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:

Huckabee ramps up game in early states — LITTLETON, N.H. - Determined to prove he's more than a political "one-night stand," Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee will make his largest ad buys in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina this week. — The former Arkansas governor …

Michael Cooper / New York Times:

Candidates Scrambling to Cope With Rise of Huckabee — Just one month ago, Mitt Romney's supporters thought that they had Iowa fairly well in hand. But there was Mr. Romney last week, telling several hundred people at a high school cafeteria in Marion that he was the underdog and pleading …

Discussion: Washington Post, Telegraph, Booman Tribune and Crunchy Con

Jose Antonio Vargas / The Trail:

Ron Paul Beats Own Fundraising Record — In 2004, on the day John Kerry accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, the Boston senator raised $5.7 million on the Internet, the biggest online fundraising day on record. — Yesterday, Ron Paul, the Republican congressman whose rock star status …

Michael D. Shear / The Trail:

Romney Claims NRA Endorsement He Didn't Receive — Mitt Romney on "Meet the Press" Sunday. (Getty/Meet the Press). — Maybe it was the pressure of the moment. Being under the Tim Russert spotlight can get to anyone. Under Russert's grilling about guns on this morning's "Meet the Press …

Discussion: race42008.com, Taylor Marsh, The Jawa Report, eyeon08.com, michellemalkin.com and MSNBC

Mike Allen / The Politico:
Mitt wept when church ended discrimination

Discussion: Pam's House Blend and Clayton Cramer's BLOG

Patrick Healy / The Caucus:

Clinton Endorsed by Bob Kerrey — COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — One of Bill Clinton's political headaches during his 1992 campaign and his first years as president was Bob Kerrey, the Democratic senator and Vietnam veteran from Nebraska, who also ran for the 1992 nomination and was a tough critic …

Discussion: Radio Iowa and The Democratic Daily

Michael James / Political Punch:
Why Did Bob Kerrey Mention Obama's Middle Name — 'Hussein'?

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, The RBC, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Trail

Patrick Kennedy / Minneapolis Star Tribune:

Bad information leads police to wrong house; bullets fly — Minneapolis cops wearing bullet-proof vests were not hurt; homeowner says he fired in self-defense. — Police blamed bad information for sending a SWAT team into a north Minneapolis house early Sunday morning in a raid that ended …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters and The Agitator

Kevin Landrigan / Nashuatelegraph.com:

Clinton chases after Obama with gender card — This week has finally put an end to all of that silly talk over the last 10 months from media pundits and political observers alike that Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., was going to win the New Hampshire primary in a walk.

Discussion: The Politico and eyeon08.com

Atrios / Eschaton:

Shorter Candidates — Obama: The system sucks, but I'm so awesome that it'll melt away before me. — Edwards: The system sucks, and we're gonna have to fight like hell to destroy it. — Clinton: The system sucks, and I know how to work within it more than anyone.

The Big Trunk / Power Line:

DOING THAT WUDU AT NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE — Minneapolis Star Tribune metro columnist Katherine Kersten has located the Twin Cities' newest mosque, on public property at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota. Kersten reports: … The mosque has all the necessary and customary accouterments:

Discussion: Minneapolis Star Tribune and Captain's Quarters

Mark Steyn / The Corner:

The earth is your fuhrer — Here's one for Jonah's Liberal Fascism files. Bigshot eco-panjandrum lays down the law:

Discussion: Dr. Sanity, Sadly, No!, The Sundries Shack and Blue Crab Boulevard

Kate / small dead animals:
Y2Kyoto: The Political Climate

Discussion: lttonline.co.uk and Silent Running

Washington Post:

Bush Faces Pressure to Shift War Priorities — As Iraq Calms, Focus Turns to Afghanistan — With violence on the decline in Iraq but on the upswing in Afghanistan, President Bush is facing new pressure from the U.S. military to accelerate a troop drawdown in Iraq and bulk up force levels in Afghanistan …

Discussion: SWJ Blog

Dan Morain / Los Angeles Times:

The man behind Paul's fundraising curtain — MONEY MAN: Trevor Lyman works the phone, and the keyboard, for Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) from a rented house he shares with other Paul volunteers. He sees the flood of donations through the Internet as representing "the will of the people."

Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots, Wonkette, The Moderate Voice, LewRockwell.com Blog, The Debatable Land and Eunomia

Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Ron Paul raises millions in today's Boston Tea Party event

Discussion: The Democratic Daily, DBKP, Los Angeles Times, Publius Endures, PoliGazette and TechRepublican.com

Taylor Marsh:

Mr. Dodd Takes on Washington — There's going to be a telecom immunity showdown in the Senate tomorrow. Here's the action alert. You can also DiggIt. — Senator Chris Dodd will take to the floor and will not yield. — FDL has a post up where you can offer your own questions …

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, Firedoglake and Buck Naked Politics

Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Dodd To Filibuster FISA Bill-Needs Material To Read on Senate Floor

Discussion: The Anonymous Liberal, The Sideshow, Blue Hampshire, Macsmind, Discourse.net and Daily Kos

Matthew Schmitz / The Princeton Tory:

After Death Threats, Student Beat Unconscious for Traditional Views — After receiving multiple death threats, a Princeton student was beat unconscious last Friday in what appears to be a politically-motivated assault. The attack came after emails saying, "WE WILL KILL YOU," …

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere, The Right Coast, Fausta's blog, Gateway Pundit, Instapundit.com and A Chequer-Board of Nights …