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11:30 AM ET, December 19, 2007

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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
CNN:
Poll: Clinton gains on Obama in New Hampshire
Seth Gitell / New York Sun:   McCain Calls for End To Alternative Minimum Tax
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
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 …
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.
Discussion: New York Times
CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton recaptures lead in New Hampshire
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and Spin Cycle
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 …
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National Enquirer:
NATIONAL ENQUIRER WORLD EXCLUSIVE: JOHN EDWARDS LOVE CHILD SCANDAL!
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  —  WASHINGTON - Thick black smoke billowed from a fire Wednesday on the White House compound in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.  —  The blaze appeared to be located in Vice President Dick Cheney's suite of ceremonial offices on the second floor of the building.
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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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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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.
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
All Iraqi Groups Blame U.S. Invasion for Discord, Study Shows  —  Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see the departure of “occupying forces” as the key to national reconciliation …
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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Associated Press:
Trent Lott Resigns From U.S. Senate After Nearly Two Decades of Service
Tom CoyneAssociated / Indianapolis Star:
Rep. Donnelly says Iraq situation better
Discussion: Redstate
Robert Spencer / Human Events:
Stand By Steyn  —  The Canadian Human Rights Commission …
Foster's Daily Democrat:
Clinton tops field among Democrats
Discussion: The Caucus
USA Today:
Police brutality cases on rise since 9/11
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Huckabee Now a Candidate With Something to Lose
USA Today:
Strategy that is making Iraq safer was snubbed for years
Tony Blankley / Real Clear Politics:
None Of The Above: GOP Heading To A Brokered Convention
 Earlier Items: 
Marc Ambinder:
First Look: Romney's “Searched”
Discussion: Hot Air
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
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