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1:00 PM 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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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.
Associated Press:
Fire controlled at White House compound  —  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.
Discussion: Hot Air and Preemptive Karma
White House:
Statement by the Press Secretary
CNN:   White House: NYT wrong about CIA tapes
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CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton recaptures lead in New Hampshire  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - It appears Hillary Clinton has recaptured the lead in New Hampshire, according to a new CNN/WMUR New Hampshire presidential primary poll out Wednesday morning.  —  After slipping into a virtual tie with Sen. Barack Obama …
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 …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Poll Says Clinton Suddenly Regains Big Lead In New Hampshire
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
CNN:
Poll: Clinton gains on Obama in New Hampshire
Discussion: Pollster.com
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 / The Politico:
Giuliani ads fail to produce N.H. results
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:   Romney shrugs off '94 fundraiser photo
W. James Antle III / The Politico:
Giuliani-Huckabee contest could split GOP
Discussion: BrothersJudd Blog
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 …
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 …
National Review:
Free Steyn  —  Our readers know Mark Steyn well.  His witty and learned commentary appears in every issue of National Review, and in many other English publications across the world.  What Steyn's American readers may not know is that a Muslim advocacy group in his native Canada is doing its best to muzzle him.
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.”
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.
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 …
 
 
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Sarkozy loses patience with Assad
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Torture Tapes are the Watergate of Our Times
Brian Beutler / American Prospect:
No Talking to the Enemy  —  Citizens and legislators have tried …
Matt Glazer / Burnt Orange Report:
What Dan Barrett's Victory Means for Texas
Discussion: MyDD
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Huckabee fights trail fat
Anne Thompson / Variety:
MPAA rejects Gibney's ‘Dark’ poster
Associated Press:
Trent Lott Resigns From U.S. Senate After Nearly Two Decades of Service
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None Of The Above: GOP Heading To A Brokered Convention
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Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
2,600 Pages of Clinton Records Withheld
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
How Many Degrees Of Separation?  —  Blogosphere buzz today centers …
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Giuliani's Kerik Woes Resurface Through Informant
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