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2:50 PM ET, December 18, 2007

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USA Today:
Poll: Electability key among Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic voters increasingly are focused on nominating the most electable presidential candidate, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama fares better than New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton against prospective Republican rivals.
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David Yepsen / Des Moines Register:
Don't rule out surges by Edwards, Thompson  —  There's a lot of buzz about the battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for Democratic caucus votes in Iowa.  And there's also a lot of talk about the fight between Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee on the Republican side.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Matthews dismisses Carol Hunter of the Des Moines Register because of Hillary Clinton endorsement  —  Chris Matthews' obsession with Hillary Clinton in recent weeks got even more bizarre after he attacked Carol Hunter for endorsing Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party because she's a woman.
Discussion: My Left Wing and MSNBC
Kevin Landrigan / Nashuatelegraph.com:
McCain launches direct mail attack
Opinion Journal:
McCain's Surge  —  Why he's making a primary comeback.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Steve Forbes / Pajamas Media:   STEVE FORBES IN SUPPORT OF RUDY GIULIANI ON THE ECONOMY
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Dems consider ousting Byrd as appropriations chair  —  A group of Senate Democrats has begun quietly exploring ways to replace the venerable Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) as chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, believing he's no longer physically up to the job …
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Romney Attended Planned Parenthood Fundraiser in 1994  —  ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Mitt Romney attended a fund-raising reception for Planned Parenthood in 1994 in conjunction with a $150 donation his wife made to the organization — notwithstanding Romney's contention that he had …
Michelle Malkin:
House guts border fence  —  Update 1:20pm Eastern.  Omnibusting links the section of the bill containing the border-gutting.  —  Update 10:20am Eastern.  The fence gets robbed, but the spending bill gives $10 million in "emergency" funding for attorneys of illegal immigrants?!!?!
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Honey, We Shrunk The Fence
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
A Stanton For the Saudis  —  "A court in country X sentenced a black man who had been severely beaten by white men to six months in jail and 200 lashes."  —  How would you react if you read that in a newspaper?  Shock, horror, anger at the regime in country X, no doubt.
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Marni Soupcoff / National Post:
Ezra Levant: Censorship in the name of 'human rights'  —  'Drug dealers get the benefit of the Charter, but not pastors accused of homophobia'  —  The Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) is taking Maclean's magazine to a human rights commission.  Their crime?
Discussion: Wise Law Blog
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:
Canada's Human Rights Nightmare
Discussion: Wise Law Blog and National Post
Washington Post:
FBI, CIA Debate Significance of Terror Suspect  —  Agencies Also Disagree On Interrogation Methods  —  Al-Qaeda captive Abu Zubaida, whose interrogation videotapes were destroyed by the CIA, remains the subject of a dispute between FBI and CIA officials over his significance as a terrorism suspect …
Mary Katharine Ham / TownHall Blog:
The Worst Debate in Western History, Remixed  —  After Fred Barnes called last week's moderator Nurse Ratched, I threw this together for fun, putting Carolyn Washburn's words in the good nurse's mouth.  Creepy isn't she?
Discussion: BLACKFIVE
Walter Shapiro / Salon:
America's next top Democrat  —  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — In the headlong rush to the Jan. 3 caucuses, the Democratic presidential race has become — bizarrely enough — a virtually issue-free zone.  Vanished from view are the public battles over Iraq and the skirmishing over whose healthcare plans provide universal coverage.
Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
MIKE EYES '08 TEAM  —  AIDES SOUND OUT ADVISERS FOR RUN  —  Mayor Bloomberg's aides have been reaching out to consultants from his past campaigns about whether they are free for a possible 2008 White House bid - including one who helped make his slick mayoral TV spots, The Post has learned.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Obama-Clinton Issue  —  Hillary Clinton has been a much better senator than Barack Obama.  She has been a serious, substantive lawmaker who has worked effectively across party lines.  Obama has some accomplishments under his belt, but many of his colleagues believe that he has not bothered …
Matthew Yglesias:
Stay Classy, Bob Kerrey  —  It's hard to express how odious I find Bob Kerrey.  His behavior as a Senator was entirely discreditable, and it's hard to see that he's done anything good in his life in non-Senator roles.  Keeping it up, he's now following up on his "Barack Hussein Obama" …
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Hoyer says Congress may not be able to patch AMT  —  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) hinted Tuesday that Congress may not be able to stop a big tax increase from hitting 23 million Americans.  —  Hoyer, pressed on whether Congress would resolve disputes over the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), said, "Maybe."
Lorelei Kelly / democracyarsenal.org:
How High is Up?  The Defense Budget gets even crazier  —  For those of you concerned about the state of US security—levees that don't collapse, for example, or bridges that don't fall into the Mississippi river, sit down before you see these numbers.  —  Last week, both houses …
Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:
In N.H., the Swing Voter Is Vanishing  —  More Partisanship Seen Among 'Independents'  —  CONCORD, N.H. — As Sen. John McCain, a Republican running for president, touted the endorsement Monday of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, a maverick Democrat-turned-independent, it seemed designed to capture …
 
 
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Free Press:
Free Press Blasts FCC Media Ownership Vote
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
New Fred Thompson Video: Kill. Protect. Punch.
Discussion: Redstate, Macsmind and Hot Air
Richard Miniter / Pajamas Media:
Do Endorsements Work? Mitt Romney and National Review
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
Marc Ambinder:
Whouley Consults For The Clinton Campaign — But Not In Iowa
Discussion: The Stump
Redstate:
The Envelope Please . . .  So I have taken my time in deciding …
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Terry L. Garlock / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Media glow on Fonda ignores her treason
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
GOP Senator Smith Defends Lott's Segregationist Comments …
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
"She Could Do Things a Republican President Couldn't"
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Daily Mail:
British children targeted with sing-along DVD for would-be suicide bombers
The Volokh Conspiracy:
THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE ARMED FORCES-OVERVIEW: My thanks …
Discussion: Op For
Hotline On Call:
With Magic, HRC Thinks She's Got Her Groove Back
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Why Did Reid Pull the Telecom Bill?
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
A Beauty Contest? Have You Seen These Beauties?
Brit Hume / Fox News:
Little Outrage Over Student Beating at Princeton University
Media Matters for America:
Matthews asked about Clinton endorsers' "willingness" …
Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
Jet From Supermassive Black Hole Seen Blasting Neighboring Galaxy