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11:20 AM ET, December 19, 2007

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New York Times:
Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A.Tapes  —  WASHINGTON — At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy videotapes showing the secret interrogations of two operatives from Al Qaeda …
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White House:
Statement by the Press Secretary
Discussion: Balkinization
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
Picture of Secret Detentions Emerges in Pakistan
Discussion: FP Passport
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
Disappeared Into Secret Pakistani and US Prisons
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and The Newshoggers
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Hard-liners for Jesus  —  As Christians across the world prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, it's a fitting moment to contemplate the mountain of moral, and mortal, hypocrisy that is our Christianized Republican Party.  —  There's nothing new, of course, about the Christianization of the GOP.
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Huckabee, Giuliani tied in 2008 Republican race  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Mike Huckabee has surged into a virtual tie with front-runner Rudy Giuliani in the national 2008 Republican presidential race two weeks before the first contest, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Now we know why Rudy pulled back some dollars from NH
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
For Clinton, A Matter of Fair Media  —  Senator's Camp Insists That the Press Holds Her To a Tougher Standard  —  After weeks of bad news, Hillary Clinton and her strategists hoped that winning the endorsement of Iowa's largest newspaper last weekend might produce a modest bump in their media coverage.
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Dan Smith / Sacramento Bee:
Clinton loses big chunk of her lead in California  —  Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A1  —  In a sign that Californians are tapping into a presidential primary season largely playing out elsewhere, the race here between Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama …
CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton recaptures lead in New Hampshire
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and Spin Cycle
Mike Dorning / The Swamp:   Obama pals mad about mailer — from own union
Adi Ignatius / Time:
Person of the Year: Vladimir Putin  —  A Tsar Is Born  —  No one is born with a stare like Vladimir Putin's.  The Russian President's pale blue eyes are so cool, so devoid of emotion that the stare must have begun as an affect, the gesture of someone who understood that power might be achieved …
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CNN:
Fire hits building next door to White House  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Firefighters battled thick smoke and flames Wednesday inside the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next door to the White House, which houses the vice president's ceremonial offices.
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Associated Press:
Fire burns on White House grounds
National Enquirer:
NATIONAL ENQUIRER WORLD EXCLUSIVE: JOHN EDWARDS LOVE CHILD SCANDAL!  —  The woman linked to Presidential candidate John Edwards in a cheating scandal is more than six months pregnant and telling a close confidante that Edwards is the father of her unborn child, The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.
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National Enquirer:
UPDATE: NATIONAL ENQUIRER WORLD EXCLUSIVE: JOHN EDWARDS LOVE CHILD SCANDAL!  —  Presidential candidate John Edwards is caught up in a love child scandal, a blockbuster ENQUIRER investigation has discovered.  —  The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively that Rielle Hunter, a woman linked to Edwards …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
It's Edwards the Fighter in the Iowa Homestretch  —  OTTUMWA, Iowa — More than 150 Iowans were rustling in their chairs at a community college here the other night, waiting for John Edwards.  Mr. Edwards's bus was parked and running outside the door, but it was nearly 45 minutes before he finally …
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Foster's Daily Democrat:
Clinton tops field among Democrats  —  America's next president must be a leader.  —  America's next president must be a healer.  —  America's next president must be an agent of genuine change.  —  When New Hampshire Democrats and nonaligned voters planning to vote in the Democratic primary …
Discussion: The Caucus
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CNN:
Poll: Clinton gains on Obama in New Hampshire
Discussion: Pollster.com
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Rush to Judgment  —  One of my male colleagues was explaining why men age better than women.  —  “It's evolutionary,” he said.  “As we wear out our wives, who are running around taking care of the kids, we know we're going to have to get another younger wife, so we stay good-looking.”
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
No. 1 Book, and It Offers Solutions  —  In 1967, Jack Wennberg, a young medical researcher at Johns Hopkins, moved his family to a farmhouse in northern Vermont.  —  Dr. Wennberg had been chosen to run a new center based at the University of Vermont that would examine medical care in the state.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
How Many Degrees Of Separation?  —  Blogosphere buzz today centers on a Drudge story regarding alleged marital infidelity for a major contender in the Democratic presidential primaries.  The story comes from the National Enquirer, so the reliability of the information seems rather debatable.
USA Today:
Strategy that is making Iraq safer was snubbed for years  —  When Army Capt. Jeremy Gwinn's company patrolled Baghdad in 2005, the approach toward roadside bombs was simple: avoid them or die.  —  By early 2006, that strategy had begun to shift: Instead of hunting for the bombs, the soldiers hunted for bombmakers.
Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Inside a GOP effort to rig the 2002 New Hampshire elections  —  WASHINGTON — A former GOP political operative who ran an illegal election-day scheme to jam the phone lines of New Hampshire Democrats during the state's tight 2002 U.S. Senate election said in a new book and an interview …
 
 
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Tom CoyneAssociated / Indianapolis Star:
Rep. Donnelly says Iraq situation better
Discussion: Redstate
Robert Spencer / Human Events:
Stand By Steyn  —  The Canadian Human Rights Commission …
Seth Gitell / New York Sun:
McCain Calls for End To Alternative Minimum Tax
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
All Iraqi Groups Blame U.S. Invasion for Discord, Study Shows
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Huckabee Now a Candidate With Something to Lose
Tony Blankley / Real Clear Politics:
None Of The Above: GOP Heading To A Brokered Convention
Marc Ambinder:
First Look: Romney's “Searched”
Discussion: Hot Air
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David Horovitz / Jerusalem Post:
Prosecutor: Argentina bombings ordered by Iran
Ben Hoyle / Times of London:
Rupert Everett: acting in Hollywood is like living in Afghanistan
Washington Post:
Giuliani's Kerik Woes Resurface Through Informant
Discussion: TPMmuckraker, MSNBC and Spin Cycle
Andrew Tilghman / Washington Monthly:
The Army's Other Crisis  —  Why the best and brightest young officers are leaving
Richard Gray / Telegraph:
Chief scientist in sports cars warning to women