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12:15 PM ET, December 24, 2007

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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Romney Strategy in Peril With Huckabee's Ascent  —  Bid for Early States Appears in Jeopardy  —  DES MOINES — A year ago, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney gathered his campaign team for the first time at his suburban Boston home.  There were PowerPoint presentations, and Ann Romney made sandwiches.
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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Romney's lead slipping in N.H. too  —  WHAT ELSE IS FALLING?  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney checks for rain as he makes a campaign stop with his wife Ann at Foodee's restaurant in Milford, N.H.  —  He comes out swinging in the Granite State as a poll finds McCain on his heels.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Giuliani Hits a Rocky Stretch as Voting Approaches  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani in Hampstead, N.H., Sunday.  Early plans called for largely bypassing the state, as well as Iowa.  But then came moves to compete in both, especially New Hampshire.  —  HAMPTON, N.H. — Rudolph W. Giuliani has entered …
Peter Wehner / Washington Post:
Huckabee's Co-Pilot  —  Some of us — in my case, a political conservative and evangelical Christian — are getting a queasy feeling when it comes to the presidential campaign of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, and much of it has to do with his use of faith in this political campaign.
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Dallas Morning News:
DMN editorial board recommends Mike Huckabee for the Republican nomination
Discussion: Crunchy Con
Jim Forsyth / Reuters:
Huckabee angers some Catholics
Discussion: Crunchy Con and race42008.com
Steve Fainaru / Washington Post:
Warnings Unheeded On Guards In Iraq  —  Despite Shootings, Security Companies Expanded Presence  —  The U.S. government disregarded numerous warnings over the past two years about the risks of using Blackwater Worldwide and other private security firms in Iraq, expanding their presence …
Edwin Chen / Bloomberg:
Bush Seeks to Restore Tattered U.S. Image With Heavy '08 Travel  —  Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush's diplomatic passport will acquire a slew of new country stamps during his final year in office as he tries to rebuild the U.S.'s international standing and create a foreign-policy legacy beyond Iraq.
Bruce Bartlett / Opinion Journal:
Whitewash  —  The racist history the Democratic Party wants you to forget.  —  In his new book, “The Conscience of a Liberal,” New York Times columnist Paul Krugman makes a strong case for his belief that the political success of the Republican Party and the conservative movement …
Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
Politico's populist pop quiz  —  At first glance, John Edwards and Mike Huckabee seem like complete opposites.  The Democratic trial lawyer and Republican preacher seem straight out of central casting, ready-made rivals for a clichéd Hollywood take on the electoral process.
New York Times:
U.S. Officials See Waste in Pakistan Aid  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After the United States has spent more than $5 billion in a largely failed effort to bolster the Pakistani military effort against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, some American officials now acknowledge that there were too few controls over the money.
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
A Green Light for Common Sense  —  To Slow Drivers, German Town Drops Traffic Signals and Lane Markers  —  BOHMTE, Germany — Like countless other communities, this west German town lived for years with a miserable traffic problem.  Each day, thousands of cars and big trucks barreled along …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and Raising Kaine
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
State of the Unions  —  Once upon a time, back when America had a strong middle class, it also had a strong union movement.  —  These two facts were connected.  Unions negotiated good wages and benefits for their workers, gains that often ended up being matched even by nonunion employers.
Jesse Wendel / Group News Blog:
The More Things Change...  Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand Trashed At Christmas  —  For Being Pregnant  —  First term Congresswoman Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY20), in a highly-vulnerable district in New York's Hudson Valley, is being attacked, not for her politics, not for her stand against the Iraq war …
R. H. Potfry / The Nose On Your Face:
New Islamic Rage Boy Shirt Designs  —  Click here to visit the TNOYF store for this and other designs.  —  TAKE ME TO THE STORE  —  WATCH IRB'S HIT CHRISTMAS VIDEOS:  —  INFIDELS  —  SHARIA DON'T BE LATE
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Power Line
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
Health Care Mandates: A Dead-end Debate  —  Democratic candidates have been debating the merits of their universal health plans, with the debate and columns by Paul Krugman focused on the need for “mandates” to acquire health insurance.  Those debates are worthwhile, but they need to be refocused on why …
Allison Samuels / Newsweek:
Lost In the Obama Era  —  Jesse Jackson can still get a crowd going—when he can find one.  He appeared at a Los Angeles restaurant this fall, primed to discuss school dropout rates and home foreclosures.  But only eight people showed up, mostly reporters.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
 
 
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Amount of unpaid credit card bills is rising
Elie Leshem / Jerusalem Post:
‘Israel could survive nuclear war’
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Huckabee campaigning for 23% sales tax
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Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
CIA chief to drag White House into torture cover-up storm