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5:30 AM ET, December 29, 2007

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Dan Gearino / Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier:
New Lee poll: Edwards moves into 3-way tie  —  A new Iowa caucus poll from Lee Enterprises newspapers shows the Democratic race is a virtual three-way tie, with John Edwards rising to tie Barack Obama for the lead and Hillary Clinton rising to just one point behind.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
John Edwards: Obama 'Living in Never-Never Land'?  —  Edwards Criticizes Rivals as the Campaign in Iowa Enters the Home Stretch  —  In a wide-ranging, free-wheeling interview with Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards with ABC News Friday afternoon, the former North Carolina senator labeled …
Discussion: TPM Election Central
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Dodd unloads on Obama and Clinton  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Chris Dodd is a warm and friendly guy, a charmer, a hail fellow well met.  But when he hits you, he wants to raise a bruise.  —  And he hit both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton at an afternoon rally at his headquarters Friday, less than a week before the Iowa caucus.
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Crisis Overseas Is Sudden Test for Candidates
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan
ABCNEWS:
John Edwards: Obama 'Living in Never-Never Land'?
Discussion: TalkLeft
Kagro X / Daily Kos:
Bush claims Senate's pro forma sessions don't count  —  That veto George W. Bush threatened of the Defense authorization bill?  The one with the troops' pay raise in it?  —  He hasn't even got the stones to put his signature to it: … That's right, civics fans: Bush is claiming this is a …
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George W. Bush / White House:
Memorandum of Disapproval  —  Fact Sheet: National Defense Authorization Act Section 1083: A Danger to Iraq's Progress  —  Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Scott Stanzel  —  I am withholding my approval of H.R. 1585, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008,” …
John Dickerson / Slate:
A SNEAK PREVIEW OF JOHN MCCAIN'S SECRET ANTI-ROMNEY AD.  —  On Thursday, Mitt Romney put up a television ad knocking John McCain for not supporting tax cuts and offering amnesty to illegal aliens.  The ad asks “John McCain, an honorable man.  But is he the right Republican for the future?”
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Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
McCain to Romney: ‘Try to relax, Mitt’  —  Manchester, N.H. - The back and forth has been fast and furious since former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney attacked Sen. John McCain in an ad this morning, accusing him of voting against tax cuts and trying to give illegal immigrants Social Security benefits.
Michael Yon:
News flash for Osama bin Laden  —  Here's a news flash for Osama bin Laden, who earlier today released a call " to guerrilla forces in Mesopotamia. “  —  I have directly observed how more and more Iraqis have grown to hate al Qaeda as much as Americans do.
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New York Times:
Huckabee Sees Pakistan as Reason for Border Fence  —  DES MOINES — Mike Huckabee used the volatile situation in Pakistan Friday to make an argument for building a fence on the American border with Mexico and found himself trying to explain a series of remarks about Pakistanis and their nation.
Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
Bolton denies he is a Huckabee adviser  —  In recent days, Mike Huckabee has tried to answer long-standing questions about who is on his foreign policy team.  On Friday morning, he listed former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton as someone with whom he either has “spoken or will continue to speak.”
Munir Ahmad / Associated Press:
Pakistan: Bhutto Died of Skull Fracture … ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto died from a skull fracture suffered when her head slammed against her car during a suicide attack—not from bullet wounds, the government said Friday.  —  Pakistan's interior minister blamed al-Qaida …
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
THE BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: NOT WHAT SHE SEEMED TO BE
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Dodd: Clinton was sitting on the sidelines  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) - Hillary Clinton may tout her 35 years of experience as the principal reason to vote for her, but Chris Dodd says counting her eight years in the White House as First Lady as a qualification “is an exaggeration, in my view.
Discussion: Eschaton
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P.J. O'Rourke / Weekly Standard:
Dear Diary, I Think I'm in Love  —  The confessions of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.  —  Journals  —  This is a bad, vain, dull, repulsive book.  Don't read it.  I didn't.  —  Oops, have I committed the previous sentence to print?  I've just broken the most sacred vow of book reviewers.
Discussion: DBKP
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Gen. Clark on Obama's Attack on Hillary  —  Gen. Wesley Clark today: … Here's another tidbit of information.  On December 12, 2007, Katie Couric asked the candidates which country frightened them the most.  Barack Obama answered “Iran."  Hillary answered “Pakistan."  From the transcript (available on Lexis.com):
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
China Lets Currency Appreciate a Bit Faster  —  HONG KONG — China's currency rose steeply against the dollar this week, feeding speculation that Chinese authorities, yielding to international pressure and economic realities at home, were allowing their currency to appreciate more rapidly.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
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Matthew Mosk / The Trail:
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Washington Times:
Inside the Ring  —  State Department spokesman Tom Casey told …
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Letterman Makes Deal With Striking Writers
Ronald Bailey / Reason Magazine:
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
When Principle Trumped Partisanship
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