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9:55 PM ET, January 2, 2008

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Peter Robinson / The Corner:
Late-Breaking Surge for Thompson  —  The latest news from Iowa?  According to Zogby's latest—and I quote: “Sen. Fred Thompson...has seen a late-breaking surge."  (Rich notes the same poll below.)  —  What's going on here?  My guess is that there are whole lot of Iowa Republicans …
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Clinton Camp Pre-Spinning Possible Bad News in Iowa  —  Campaign Insists Even a Third-Place Finish Would Not Be Disappointing  —  As the presidential candidates engage in furious pre-caucus spin, one of Sen. Hillary Clinton's most prominent Iowa supporters said Wednesday that she's already accomplished …
Rasmussen Reports:
As Campaign Season Begins, Only One Presidential Candidate is Viewed Favorably by Majority of Voters  —  One impact of the long run-up to Election 2008 can be seen in public perceptions of the leading Presidential candidates.  After a year of campaigning with no votes actually being cast …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Taylor Marsh and Daily Kos
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Criminal probe opened over CIA tapes  —  WASHINGTON - The Justice Department opened a full criminal investigation Wednesday into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, putting the politically charged probe in the hands of a mob-busting public corruption prosecutor with a reputation for being independent.
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Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
The CIA Tapes Prosecutor is Neither “Outside” Nor “Special,” Nor “Independent”  —  Initial reports are that the Attorney General appointed an “outside” counsel to oversee the criminal investigation of the CIA tape destruction.  But there's nothing really “outside” about John Durham.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Rush: Huck ‘not a conservative’  —  Rush Limbaugh devoted a large portion of his first show since the holidays to criticizing Mike Huckabee's candidacy and offering a disapproving bottom-line assessment of the former governor.  —  “Ladies and gentlemen, Gov. Huckabee, mighty fine man …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Kristol in Iowa: “Snarky and Contemptuous”  —  Cardinal Richelieu asks, if Romney wins in Iowa, “will the snarky and contemptuous tone of most Romney coverage continue?"  —  I don't know if that was intended to be a rhetorical question (do Cardinals ask rhetorical questions? and how do you say “rhetorical question” in French?).
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Marc Ambinder:
Afternoon Update: The Republicans
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Hastert, the Untold Story  —  As if the Mark Foley page scandal hadn't done enough damage to Republicans.  Now we discover that legal bills arising from the tawdry affair landed former Speaker Dennis Hastert in hot water with the Federal Election Commission before he left town.
Simon / Bloggasm:
Readership of major liberal blogs declined in 2007 while conservative blog readership increased  —  It has long been understood that the largest liberal blogs have generally produced more web traffic than the largest conservative blogs.  But I have noticed a general trend over the past few months …
Michael Joseph Gross / Vanity Fair:
A Vast Right-Wing Hypocrisy  —  Richard Mellon Scaife, billionaire bankroller of conservative crusades, spent heavily to expose Bill Clinton's “Troopergate” misbehavior.  Now Scaife's divorce from his second wife, Ritchie, is providing another unsavory saga—adultery! addiction! assault! dognapping!?!—as both parties let loose to V.F.
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Clinton to appear on Letterman  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) made a last-minute decision to appear on “Late Night with David Letterman” on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, campaign sources said.  —  Wednesday is Letterman's first night back since the writer's strike began.
Discussion: TalkLeft, PunditGuy and 2008Central.net
Deacon / Power Line:
THE ARLEN SPECTER OF THE SOUTH WEIGHS IN ON BEHALF OF JOHN MCCAIN  —  Lindsey Graham takes to Red State to remind us that foreign policy experience matters.  The Senator is correct, and it's fair to count McCain's experience, which consists of lots of official foreign travel but no actual responsibility …
Discussion: Redstate
Nick Langewis / PageOneQ.com Latest:
High-ranking DNC officials subpoenaed in discrimination lawsuit  —  According to documents obtained by PageOneQ, a series of senior Democratic National Committee officials has been subpoenaed in an ongoing discrimination lawsuit by former LGBT outreach director Donald Hitchcock.
 
 
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Dodd stands by his supporters. Will not be part of an auction
Discussion: Blue Hampshire
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Clinton, Obama and the Caucus Factor
Discussion: Tom Watson
Beth Hale / Daily Mail:
Ambulance service receives emergency call every 8 seconds …
Discussion: The Corner and PunditGuy
Zachary Coile / San Francisco Chronicle:
Lantos, stricken with cancer, to retire at the end of the year
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
New Rudy Ad Features Bhutto Footage, Warns Of Death At Hands Of Radical Muslims
Eve Fairbanks / The New Republic:
Young and in Love  —  The congressman from Texas has the race's …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Hillary also “fired up,” “ready to go”
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Mark Halperin / The Page:
More on Letters to Pro-Huckabee Pastors
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
A Slimey Hallmark Card Named Mitt Romney
Christopher Hayes / The Nation:
Return of the Swift Boaters
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Wonkette
Nksagar / Huliq:
Laser Beam Technology Killed Benazir
William Beutler / Blog P.I.:
Josh Marshall's Readers Are... Not So Bright
Discussion: CNSNews, WFAA-TV and Hot Air
The Corner:
I Feel Bad About My Neck
Marc Ambinder:
An Obama Ad Appears On Drudge, Mistakenly (Updated)
Joe Biden / CNN:
Biden highlights Clinton Pakistan gaffe
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael J. Totten:
A Plan to Kill Everyone