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6:00 PM ET, January 17, 2008

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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Huckabee Directly Equates Homosexuality With Bestiality  —  At some point you'd think Mike Huckabee's views would be seen as so controversial that there's no way he could possibly be a contender for the nomination of one of America's two main political parties.  —  Especially now.
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stephenbainbridge.com:
Huckabee Going Off the Rails  —  Mike Huckabee joins Mitt Romney on my personal list of candidates for whom I would not vote even if the only alternative is Hillary Clinton (in which case I'll just sit home and complain).  Why?  —  1. From ImmigrationProfBlog:
Discussion: The Daily Dish and TownHall Blog
beliefnet:
Mike Huckabee: ‘The Lord Truly Gave Me Wisdom’  —  One of the comments you've made that's getting a lot of discussion in the press is the point you made in the last day or so that we might need to amend the Constitution to have it apply more to God's standards.  Do you want to elaborate on that?
CNN:
Huckabee: Outsiders not welcome in Confederate flag decisions
Discussion: The Trail
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
MIKE HUCKABEE HASN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO HIS BIBLE: From a Beliefnet interview:
Discussion: Wonkette and BitsBlog
CNN:
Judge OKs casino caucuses in Nevada  —  LAS VEGAS (CNN) — The Democratic Party can go ahead with a plan to let casino workers take part in Saturday's Nevada caucuses in “at-large” precincts set up in their workplaces, a federal judge ruled Thursday.  —  The state teacher's union went …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Judge Rules In Favor Of Vegas Strip Caucus Sites
Discussion: Too Sense
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Judge Allows Nevada Caucuses to Proceed
Discussion: Slog
Scott Conroy / CBS News:
Heated Exchange At Romney Press Conference  —  From CBS News' Scott Conroy:  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — There was an ice storm in South Carolina this morning, but it was even colder inside a Staples store where a Mitt Romney press conference suddenly went sour.  —  Romney was in the middle …
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Even at Home, Backers Worry About Giuliani  —  For months, the Republican establishment in New York and New Jersey marched nearly in lock step behind Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former hometown mayor they were confident would become their party's nominee for president.
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Rasmussen Reports:
New Jersey Republican Presidential Primary
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Power Line
Zogby:
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: McCain Still Leads in South Carolina
Discussion: Reuters and Don Surber
Aaron Lewis / CBS News:
Edwards Jabs Obama and Clinton  —  From CBS News' Aaron Lewis:  —  HENDERSON, NEV. — John Edwards ripped Barack Obama for praising the way Ronald Reagan brought about change when he was President of the United States.  —  “When you think about what Ronald Reagan did to the American people …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Stewart to Jonah: 'I don't know what you're saying.'  —  Jonah Goldberg appeared on the Daily Show last night to tout his new book, “Liberal Fascism."  Jon Stewart spent 18 minutes disputing the premise of Goldberg's book (which was condensed down into a six-minute clip) …
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Editor and Publisher:
Jon Stewart Goes After Jonah Goldberg and ‘Fascism’  —  NEW YORK Columnist Jonah Goldberg stopped by Comedy Central's “Daily Show” on Wednesday night to tout his provocative new book, “Liberal Fascism."  Jon Stewart clearly didn't buy the premise, asking at one point in exasperation …
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
John McCain / Newsweek:
When Ross Perot Calls...  The former presidential candidate blasts John McCain, and gets an education about Barack Obama's religion.  —  The phone rang and it was Ross Perot, who hasn't given an interview in years.  Perot, who won 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election …
Jon Ralston / Las vegas sun Blogs:
RJ says Romney, Clinton leading  —  The RJ, ever-fearful that the Internet-illiterate newspaper will be scooped on its own information by someone who knows about new media, put out its results early of its poll that will be released Friday.  The RJ indicates in an email to subscribers shows …
Discussion: Las Vegas Gleaner
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
ROMNEY, CLINTON LEAD IN R-J POLL
Discussion: TPM Election Central
John C. Ensslin / Rocky Mountain News:
Joke leaves 'em gasping  —  Obama quip stuns Citizen of the West banquet crowd  —  A Greeley businessman apologized Wednesday after a joke about Illinois Sen. Barack Obama fell flat during the National Western Stock Show's annual Citizen of the West banquet.
Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Anti-war groups retreat on funding fight  —  After a series of legislative defeats in 2007 that saw the year end with more U.S. troops in Iraq than when it began, a coalition of anti-war groups is backing away from its multimillion-dollar drive to cut funding for the war and force Congress …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Just What Types of Change Do Americans Want?  —  PRINCETON, NJ — One of the most frequently heard mantras on the presidential campaign trail this year has been the call for “change."  Several of the leading presidential candidates have adopted “change” as a campaign theme and have rushed …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Those under 30 see hurdles to voting
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge May Question C.I.A. Agents About Tapes
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Matt / Think Progress:
John Gibson Celebrates Increase In ‘Anglo’ …
Discussion: Guanabee
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Reagan Hagiography  —  Rick Perlstein's piece on Reagan should be required reading.
James Slack / Daily Mail:
Government renames Islamic terrorism as ‘anti-Islamic activity’ to woo Muslims
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Is that Hillary Clinton Talking? Or Grover Norquist?
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
REALITY KICKS PARODY'S SORRY ASS
 Earlier Items: 
Satyam / Think Progress:
NYT's Roger Cohen: On Iraq, McCain Is 'Less Wrong Than Most …
Michelle Malkin:
The statistical proof of liberal intolerance
CNN:
Clinton supporter apologizes for Obama comments
George Will / Real Clear Politics:
Misstep in a Liberal Minefield
Discussion: Cold Fury
Gareth Porter / Asia Times:
How the Pentagon planted a false story
Patrick Cockburn / The Independent:
Opium fields spread across Iraq as farmers try to make ends meet
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Résumé Gap  —  A Democratic Field Without an Executive