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10:40 AM ET, January 11, 2008

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Human Events:
HUMAN EVENTS Endorses Fred Thompson  —  The 2008 presidential election is the most unusual and most important in many years.  It's been more than five decades since such a race didn't feature an incumbent President or Vice President.  Since World War II, America has not had a presidential election …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The South Carolina Debate  —  For me, the big news was that Fred Thompson is alive.  He came out swinging against Huckabee in ways that frankly surprised me.  Funny at times, acerbic at others, he seemed much more comfortable as a campaigner.  I also have to say that on national security …
Matt Lewis / TownHall Blog:   Fred Thompson — And The Morning After ...
The Campaign Spot:
Some Heavy-Duty Horse Race Speculation...
Kos / Daily Kos:
Let's have some fun in Michigan  —  In 1972, Republican voters in Michigan decided to make a little mischief, crossing over to vote in the open Democratic primary and voting for segregationist Democrat George Wallace, seriously embarrassing the state's Democrats.
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Bob / BobKrumm.com:
Who's stalking whom?
Discussion: The Corner and Hot Air
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Fred Thompson, Riled
Molly Ball / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
LAS VEGAS STOP: Clinton pitch hits home  —  Democratic hopeful goes door to door  —  People in the Las Vegas neighborhood saw all the cameras and trucks and buses and police on the streets Thursday, and they began to trickle out of their houses to find out what was going on.
Discussion: The Caucus and Hot Air
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Michael James / Political Radar:
Clinton Bashes the Process Ahead of Nev. Caucuses  —  ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: With the Nevada caucuses approaching on Jan. 19, Sen. Hillary Clinton reflected upon her defeat in the Iowa caucuses at an appearance in Las Vegas' District 11, a lower-income and predominately Hispanic part of town …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and Spin Cycle
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Civil Rights Tone Prompts Talk of an Endorsement  —  WASHINGTON — Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, the highest-ranking African-American in Congress, said he was rethinking his neutral stance in his state's presidential primary out of disappointment at comments by Bill …
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
KUCINICH CALLS FOR ‘RECOUNT’ OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BALLOTS  —  From a Kucinich for President press release just out...  Kucinich asks for New Hampshire recount in the interest of election integrity  —  DETROIT, MI - Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, the most outspoken advocate …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Musharraf: Don't Tread On Me  —  Plenty of presidential candidates in both parties have talked about how they plan to chase al-Qaeda to the gates of Hell, apparently placing that squarely in Pakistan.  Pervez Musharraf, who runs the joint, has an answer for those who propose sending American troops into Pakistan — fuggedaboutit:
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Associated Press:   Pakistan Warns US Not to Enter Northwest
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Comeback Continent  —  Today I'd like to talk about a much-derided contender making a surprising comeback, a comeback that calls into question much of the conventional wisdom of American politics.  No, I'm not talking about a politician.  I'm talking about an economy — specifically …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Who's Crying Now?  —  One way to see what happened Tuesday is that it was an anti-coronation backlash.  Iowa said: We are not here to crown Queen Hillary.  New Hampshire said: We're not here to crown King Barack.  The polls said they would.  People don't like to be told what they're going to do.
Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:
Bringing Obama Back to Earth  —  WASHINGTON — Was it the tears in the New Hampshire coffee shop?  Whenever there is a political upset, everyone looks for the unscripted incident, the I-paid-for-this-microphone moment that can account for it.  Hillary Clinton's improbable victory in New Hampshire …
FactCheck.org:
Sliming Obama  —  Dueling chain e-mails claim he's a radical Muslim or a ‘racist’ Christian.  Both can't be right.  We find both are false.  —  If these two nasty e-mail messages are any indication, the 2008 presidential campaign is becoming a very dirty one.
Discussion: Political Machine and News Hounds
USA Today:
Strict immigration law rattles Okla. businesses  —  PARK HILL, Okla. — Autumn had arrived in eastern Oklahoma, and workers at the sprawling Greenleaf Nursery were prepping for deadly frosts.  They needed to ship plants, erect greenhouses and bunch trees together to protect them against the cold.
Grand Rapids / MLive.com:
Press editorial board endorses Romney  —  Note: This is an editorial running in Friday's edition of The Grand Rapids Press.  —  Many issues will confront the nation in the next four years, from the ongoing threat of terrorism to the need to find a sensible immigration policy.
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Boston Globe
 
 
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SteveK / TVNewser:
Olbermann Talks Office Politics, Other Politics
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
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Las Vegas Sun:
Pollsters have a plan for Nevada: Skip it
New York Times:
Fed Chief Signals Further Rate Cut
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Matt Welch / Reason Magazine:
“Old News"? “Rehashed for Over a Decade"?
Jim Carlton / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Courts Hispanics For Crucial Super Tuesday
Discussion: MSNBC
Washington Post:
Economy Slumps To the Top of the Campaign Agenda
Discussion: New York Times
 Earlier Items: 
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Fred Vogelstein / Wired News:
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Discussion: Publishing 2.0
Andrew Cohen / CBS News:
Doing The Tapegate Dance
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
A New Clinton, Going Door to Door in Nevada, Asks for Help
Discussion: MSNBC and TalkLeft
Steven E. Landsburg / Slate:
Huckabee's Tax Plan Is Brilliant
Discussion: The Plank and The RBC
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Our Clinton Problem - And Mine
Hugh Hewitt / TownHall Blog:
Tonight's Debate  —  UPDATE: John McCain with Sean Hannity immediately …