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Rsinderbrand / CNN Political Ticker:
Iowa poll says Clinton breaking away from the pack — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A stunning new Iowa poll seems to show the New York senator with an apparent double-digit lead over her nearest rival among likely Democratic caucus goers, with voting just over a week away.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Clinton vs. McCain and Huckabee — McCain 49% Clinton 43%; Clinton Leads Huckabee by Four — With the first primary contests less than two weeks away, Senator John McCain has gained a six-point lead over Senator Hillary Clinton in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.
Matthew Yglesias:
The Proverbial Rug — Bruce Bartlett responds to my post on his book: … No, no, no! I don't think the history should be swept under the rug at all. What I think is that the history reflects well on present members of the Democratic Party. The political views of the Southern Democrats …
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Frank James / The Swamp:
Kerry threatens NFL if Patriots-Giants not on NBC — With the New England Patriots now one win away from finishing the regular season undefeated, Sen. John Kerry is stepping up his campaign to get the final game broadcast on national television. — The contest Saturday with the New York Giants …
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Mike Reiss / Boston Globe:
Kerry presses NFL — Massachusetts Senator John Kerry has appealed to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to take action to ensure that all Patriots fans in New England, and across the country, will have the chance to view the team's season finale against the Giants. — The game is scheduled to be broadcast on NFL Network.
Virginia Heffernan / The Medium:
The Ron Paul Vid-Lash — Ron Paul, our Internet president, seems to have Nazi troubles, as in they're saying he's one of them. — Stormfront, a “white nationalist” Internet community, has given him money. And he can't seem to stop meeting with self-described neo-Nazis, according to Bill White …
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / The Talk:
Paul Won't Rule Out Run as Independent — Ron Paul, the Texas congressman stirring up the Republican presidential contest with his libertarian-leaning views and online fundraising prowess, left the door open Sunday to running as an independent, should he not win the Republican nomination.
Watertiger / Firedoglake:
Monday Late Nite: Wedged in the Chimney — Give it away, give it away, give it away now... HAMPTON, N.H. — Rudolph W. Giuliani has entered a turbulent period in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, marked by what his aides acknowledge are missteps …
Aaron Klein / Ynetnews:
Media's two-faced Christmas coverage — Muslims driving Christians out of Bethlehem, but media outlets choose to blame Israel — Ah, Christmas in Bethlehem. Manger Square is ablaze with colorful lights. The weather is usually a bit chilly. Aggressive merchants bombard passersby with …
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Ian Fisher / New York Times:
Pope Makes Appeal on the Environment — ROME — Pope Benedict XVI reinforced the Vatican's growing concern with protecting the environment in the traditional midnight Christmas Mass on Tuesday, bemoaning an “ill-treated world” in a homily given to thousands of pilgrims here in the seat of the world's billion Roman Catholics.
Daily Mail:
Anger over plan to broadcast Muslim call to prayer on loudspeaker in Oxford — Muslim plans to broadcast a loudspeaker call to prayer from a city centre mosque have been attacked by local residents who say it would turn the area into a “Muslim ghetto". — Dozens of people packed …
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Fear of subpoenas ‘crippling’ the White House? — As she departs the White House, and steps down as Bush's chief terrorism adviser, Frances Fragos Townsend stopped to tell the NYT how disappointed she is with the political climate in DC. … Oh, those poor, poor White House officials.
Tom Kelly / Daily Mail:
Margaret Thatcher's grandson is rising star of American football — She was known as the Iron Lady and now her teenage grandson is a rising star of gridiron. — Michael Thatcher is continuing to foster Baroness Thatcher's special relationship with the U.S. - by helping …
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T.W. Farnam / Wall Street Journal:
A Web Troll's Toll on the Clinton Campaign — FORT MITCHELL, Ky. — In Norse mythology, trolls steal babies and leave their own shape-shifting offspring behind. On the Internet, they just steal attention. — As candidates increasingly use the Internet to build political bridges …
Yitzhak Benhorin / Ynetnews:
US report: Israel would weather nuclear war with Iran — Study compiled by US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), headed by a former Pentagon analyst, explores several hypothetical scenarios for unconventional warfare in our region. Authors find 'Israel's residents and economy could weather nuclear war with Iran'
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