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7:35 PM ET, January 1, 2008

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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.
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Associated Press:
Networks cut debate fields, angering Paul backers  —  NEW YORK (AP) — 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 Rep. Ron Paul.
Matthew Yglesias:
The Possibly Not Coming Storm  —  Ross Douthat previews the next great conservative crack-up: … To which I say: Maybe!  —  Seriously, I sometimes do think that'll happen.  Alternatively, maybe Romney gets the nomination and Romney gets beaten pretty badly.
Discussion: Eschaton and Deal W. Hudson
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Ties in Iowa but many still undecided  —  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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Jane Norman / Des Moines Register:   Grassley: Giuliani's curtailed Iowa campaign ‘a big mistake’
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Campaigns Feeling Effects of Iowa Poll
Discussion: The Politico, The Swamp, TIME and Zogby
Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:
Edwards' ‘Mudcat’ gives tasty dish on Clinton
Discussion: Hotline On Call
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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Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Biden hits rivals on Pakistan policy
Discussion: Wonkette
Bryan / Hot Air:
Video: Smartest woman in the world doesn't know the first thing about Pakistan
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Joe Trippi: Sit and Spin  —  Joe Trippi breezed into a restaurant back room last night filled with several tables full of journalists and grabbed a chair.  —  “Obama is slamming Gore and Kerry,” he said at a volume nobody could have missed before even taking his seat.
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Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Romney says Bush mismanaged Iraq war  —  JOHNSTON, Iowa (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Tuesday the Bush administration mismanaged the Iraq war, distancing himself from his party's unpopular president two days before Iowa's first-in-the-nation presidential contest.
Discussion: The Corner
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Marc Santora / The Caucus:
McCain on Experience  —  Senator John McCain, who has long touted …
Discussion: TownHall Blog and eyeon08.com
Marc Ambinder:
Kucinich Urges Supporters To Choose Obama On Second “Ballot”  —  On Thursday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich might actually swing the results of the caucus, which is why I'm passing this along.  —  Kucinich's supporters could help Obama in non-liberal precincts where the two or three Kucinich supporters …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Kucinich sorta endorses Obama
Discussion: MyDD
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 …
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Poll: Clinton, McCain lead in NH  —  From NBC's Domenico Montanaro  —  With exactly a week to go until New Hampshire, McCain has pulled ahead of Romney and Clinton has opened back up a double-digit lead in New Hampshire, according to a 7News/Suffolk University poll.
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 …
Hindustan Times:
Pak Govt makes U-turn on cause of Bhutto's death  —  In a dramatic U-turn, Pakistan government has “apologised” for claiming that former premier Benazir Bhutto died of a skull fracture after hitting the sunroof of her car during a suicide attack.  —  Caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan …
Jerusalem Post:
Olmert says Israel must internalize divided J'lem  —  Israel needs to internalize that even its supportive friends on the international stage conceive of the country's future on the basis of the 1967 borders and with Jerusalem divided, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has declared to The Jerusalem Post.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Washington Wire:
Huckabee: What Ad Ploy?  —  Alex Frangos reports from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, on the presidential race.  —  Mike Huckabee's curious move yesterday to ceremoniously pull a negative television advertisement seems to have played well with his supporters.  That's despite criticism he took …
 
 
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Bloomberg Denies Presidential Run...to Ryan Seacrest?
Discussion: Donklephant
Don Surber:
Loser of the year: Pelosi
Discussion: BitsBlog
Dan Gearino / Quad City Times:
Huckabee pokes fun at Bush over reading intelligence reports
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
DMR Poll: Majority of Obama Support Not From Democrats
Discussion: Firedoglake
Michelle Malkin:
Cindy Sheehan: Down with BushCo-and screw the evil corporate Rose Bowl parade, too!
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner:
What If?  —  I wonder what would have happened if McCain had won the nomination in 2000.
Discussion: Daily Pundit
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Pakistani Cleric: Nuke British Infidels
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Huckabee's Iowa Meltdown
Discussion: BobKrumm.com
The Campaign Spot:
An Account of Thompson's ‘Desire’ Question, From The Man Who Asked
Discussion: Flopping Aces and BobKrumm.com
Faiza Saleh Ambah / Washington Post:
Dissident Saudi Blogger Is Arrested
The Corner:
“Rudy's Got No Heartland”
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Still Reeling After All These Years