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1:05 PM ET, January 1, 2008

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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
2 days to go and poll shows Iowa all tied up  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) — With two days to go until the Iowa caucuses, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll out Tuesday shows both the Democratic and Republican presidential nomination races tied at the top.  —  But with a quarter …
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Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
New Iowa Poll: Obama widens lead over Clinton  —  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead in Iowa over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards heading into Thursday's nominating caucuses, according to The Des Moines Register's final Iowa Poll before the 2008 nominating contests.
HillaryClinton.com:
Register poll adopts unprecedented turnout model  —  UPDATE: Two new Iowa polls are out today.  In the Zogby poll, it's Clinton 30, Obama 26, Edwards 25.  In the CNN/Opinion Research poll, Hillary leads with 33 percent, Obama 31, Edwards 22.  —  The Des Moines Register poll adopts …
Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:
Edwards' ‘Mudcat’ gives tasty dish on Clinton
Discussion: Hotline On Call
Los Angeles Times:
Democrats angle for second place
Discussion: The Caucus and On Deadline
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Daily Tracking Poll: Clinton, Huckabee Hold …
Discussion: MyDD
David Brooks / New York Times:
Road to Nowhere  —  The most impressive thing about Mitt Romney is his clarity of mind.  When he set out to pursue his party's nomination, he studied the contours of the Republican coalition and molded himself to its forms.  —  Earnestly and methodically, he has appealed to each of the major constituency groups.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton errs on Pakistan  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was praised in the wake of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for demonstrating her command of the players and the issues at stake in Pakistan, even as another candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee …
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Saeed Shah / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Bhutto report: Musharraf planned to fix elections  —  NAUDERO, Pakistan — The day she was assassinated last Thursday, Benazir Bhutto had planned to reveal new evidence alleging the involvement of Pakistan's intelligence agencies in rigging the country's upcoming elections, an aide said Monday.
Claude Salhani / UPI:
Analysis: Military slew Bhutto — sources
John Tierney / New York Times:
In 2008, a 100 Percent Chance of Alarm  —  I'd like to wish you a happy New Year, but I'm afraid I have a different sort of prediction.  —  You're in for very bad weather.  In 2008, your television will bring you image after frightening image of natural havoc linked to global warming.
Associated Press:
ABC, Fox News cutting low-polling presidential candidates out of debates  —  NEW YORK: ABC and Fox News Channel are narrowing the field of presidential candidates invited to debates this weekend just before the New Hampshire primary, in Fox's case infuriating supporters of Republican Ron Paul.
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Washington Wire:
Paul Supporters Target Fox News
The Caucus:
Winnowing the Debate Field
Discussion: MSNBC
Jerome Starkey / The Sun:
Our Boys blitz Taliban bash  —  On patrol ... British soldier in Helmand province  —  BRITISH commandos launched a devastating blitz on the Taliban - as the evil terrorists held a party to celebrate Benazir Bhutto's murder.  —  The dawn raid was staged after messages were intercepted …
John Dickerson / Slate:
THE STRUGGLING GOP CANDIDATE TRIES TO GET THE PRESS TO AIR HIS ATTACK ADS FOR HIM.  —  Can a former Baptist preacher throw a Hail Mary?  Mike Huckabee, who soared to the top of the polls in Iowa only to see his lead disappear under an advertising assault from Mitt Romney, has just finished a very strange press conference.
Discussion: CALIFORNIA YANKEE
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Marc Ambinder:
Will Huckabee's Stunt Hurt Him? The Iowa Press Says... Probably Not.
Discussion: MSNBC
Southern Political Report:
Reallocated Numbers Based on Second Preferences Gives Edwards A Solid Lead  —  InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Poll: Clinton and Edwards in Virtual Tie in Iowa  —  Using the same polling methodology that successfully predicted the outcome of the 2004 Democratic Caucus in Iowa …
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Still Reeling After All These Years  —  It promised to be a very good year.  But then anything would be better than 1967, with its angry kids burning the flag, and the war raging, and American cities going up in flames one after another.  —  A Page 1 headline in The New York Times said: “World Bids Adieu to a Violent Year.”
Discussion: Firedoglake, Eschaton and PoliGazette
The Corner:
“Rudy's Got No Heartland”  —  The above New York Post headline is talking about Iowa, where Giuliani's numbers are becoming all but undetectable.  But it gets to the heart of the Rudy problem.  In recent conversations with New Hampshire Republicans, I'm struck by how fierce hostility to the Mayor is.
Discussion: Vox Popoli, New York Post and MSNBC
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The Mendacity of Hope  —  John Edwards lied about the cost of his haircuts.  Fred Thompson lied about lobbying for a pro-choice outfit.  John McCain insists that the United States was founded as a “Christian nation."  Mitt Romney concocted the story about how his father marched …
Discussion: The Corner, AMERICAblog and Eschaton
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TPMTV: GOLDEN DUKES ANNOUNCED!  —  (Originally posted — 12.31.07 — 5:23PM)  —  Okay, the wait is over.  You sent in your nominations.  The judges pored over each candidate's dossier.  And now the winners are ready to be announced.  The winner for Best Scandal — General Interest …
Discussion: The Newshoggers
 
 
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Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Bush won't visit Yasser Arafat's tomb
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Faiza Saleh Ambah / Washington Post:
Dissident Saudi Blogger Is Arrested
Discussion: the talking dog
Associated Press:
Bye-bye ‘surge,’ ‘waterboarding,’ ‘organic’
Associated Press:
Official: U.S. diplomat dies after attack in Sudan
Kim Smith / Arizona Daily Star:
UA law student, beauty queen faces kidnapping and robbery charges
Discussion: Dr. Helen
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Muslim Minority Marches Against German Crime Show
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Bloomberg:
Defaults on Insured Mortgages Rise 35% to Record
Noah Millman / The American Scene:
Predictions  —  Continuing my informal series of blog posts beginning …
Peter Graff / Reuters:
In a safer Baghdad, Iraqis party for 2008