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9:55 PM ET, November 11, 2008

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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Bush: ‘I regret’ some things 'I shouldn't have said'  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — As his presidency nears its end, a reflective President Bush suggested Tuesday he regrets some of his more blunt statements on the war on terror over the last eight years, and said he wishes he had not spoken in front of a …
Discussion: Scripting News, Truthdig and Needlenose
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Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Obama puts leash on lobbyists for transition  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama, who vowed during his campaign that lobbyists “won't find a job in my White House,” announced today that he would allow lobbyists on his transition team as long as they work on issues unrelated to their earlier jobs.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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The Atlantic Online:   Obama Transition Announces Rules for Lobbyists in Transition
CNN:
Poll finds most Americans welcome Dem control  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — It was one of John McCain's closing arguments: “We're getting a glimpse of what one-party rule would look like under Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.  Apparently it starts with lowering our defenses and raising our taxes,” …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Americans OK with Democrats in charge
Discussion: Hullabaloo and www.redstate.com
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
How the Palin debate helps McCain  —  Want an idea of how popular Sarah Palin was among Southern Republicans?  You can check her numbers in exit polls or just see which element of the party is defending her the loudest.  GOP state chairs in North Carolina, South Carolina and now Tennessee …
Discussion: Hot Air and NY Daily News
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Jen Dimascio / The Politico:
Anti-war camp urges Obama to dump Gates  —  Arms control advocates and anti-war activists are ratcheting up pressure on President-elect Barack Obama to dump Defense Secretary Robert Gates and replace him with a more strident anti-war voice.  —  Nominating Gates to stay …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
It's Official: Full Dem Caucus Will Vote On Lieberman's Fate  —  The full Democratic caucus will vote on whether Joe Lieberman is allowed to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security committee at its caucus meeting next week, a leadership aide confirms to us.
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Manu Raju / The Hill:
Nelson: Lieberman should caucus with Dems
Discussion: Firedoglake
James Pethokoukis / US News:
Why Obama Looks Like a One Termer  —  Just “one and done” for Barack Obama's presidency?  Recall an ominous passage in his otherwise joyous election-night speech: “The road ahead will be long.  Our climb will be steep.  We may not get there in one year or even in one term.”
Discussion: Flopping Aces and American Power
CNN:
Sources: Jarrett headed to White House, not Senate  —  (CNN) — Two Democratic sources close to President-elect Barack Obama tell CNN that top adviser Valerie Jarrett will not be appointed to replace him in the U.S. Senate.  —  “While he (Obama) thinks she would be a good senator …
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Zogby:   Zogby: Jesse Jackson Jr. Leads Field of Obama Senate Successors
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Obama likely to escape campaign audit  —  The Federal Election Commission is unlikely to conduct a potentially embarrassing audit of how Barack Obama raised and spent his presidential campaign's record-shattering windfall, despite allegations of questionable donations and accounting that had the McCain campaign crying foul.
The Politico:
Barone: Media wanted Palin abortion  —  A roomful of academics erupted in angry boos Tuesday morning after political analyst Michael Barone said journalists trashed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republicans' vice presidential nominee, because “she did not abort her Down syndrome baby.”
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Jindal Says No  —  Interestingly, it seems Bobby Jindal was being seriously considered for the Veepstakes but decided to say no in part because they feared that he might “be caught up in what they believed to be a less-than-stellar campaign that could pin a loss on Jindal without much ability …
James Boyce / The Huffington Post:
Saxby Chambliss Seeks Deferment From Runoff - Cites “Bum Knee”  —  Never one to let an opportunity to mislead the people of Georgia, Saxby Chambliss has requested that he actually be excused from the December 2nd runoff against Jim Martin and just be declared the winner.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
From Tiny Sect, Weighty Issue for Justices  —  PLEASANT GROVE CITY, Utah — Across the street from City Hall here sits a small park with about a dozen donated buildings and objects — a wishing well, a millstone from the city's first flour mill and an imposing red granite monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
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TChris / TalkLeft:
Supreme Court to Hear Argument on Religious Monument Case
Discussion: Hullabaloo
David Corn / MoJoBlog:
Responding to Obama's Win, Michael (Son of) Reagan Says, Go After Dems on Sex  —  The Obama win is driving some conservatives crazy.  On Tuesday, Michael Reagan, talk show host and son of Ronald, sent out an email announcing a new outfit called Reagan Action, which among other things …
Discussion: Open Left and American Power
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
The onset of ODS  —  For the past seven-plus years, the Left has suffered from Bush Derangement Syndrome.  Well, actually, the rest of us have suffered from their embrace of BDS, which one might think would inoculate us from any related maladies.  As Jake Tapper notes, though …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Uh, Sarah....You Sure You Want To Go There?  —  Sarah Palin seems to have a special place in her heart for bloggers: … For the record: … I have a masters' degree in film business from USC, produced major motion pictures and wrote a best selling book.
Marcus Crowder / Sacramento Bee:
Prop. 8 gift gets theater's leader in a ruckus  —  Gay and lesbian artists called Monday for an artistic and audience boycott of California Musical Theatre after learning that its artistic director donated $1,000 to a campaign that backed banning gay marriage in California.
Discussion: Towleroad
Bill Sammon / Fox News:
Steele Likely to Seek RNC Leadership Post  —  The former Maryland lieutenant governor is considering a run for the chairmanship of the Republican Party, a source close to the situation told FOX News.  —  FOXNews.com  —  Michael Steele, former lieutenant governor of Maryland …
Jo Mannies / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Presidential race not over in Missouri  —  The presidential contest is still not over in Missouri, even if President-elect Barack Obama is already sizing up the White House.  —  In fact, the vote count in Missouri is tightening.  —  Republican John McCain's statewide lead has shrunk …
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
The End of ‘Objectivity’ in New Era: A Good Thing?  —  NEW YORK When Michael Paulson began covering religion for The Boston Globe eight years ago, the paper had no blogs or online video, he did almost no outside speaking work, and the paper's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Catholic church sex scandal was still years away.
Discussion: protein wisdom
 
 
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Bob Geiger:
A Vet's Message To The GOP on Veterans Day — Shove It
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Racism Rears Its Head in European Remarks on Obama
David Brooks / New York Times:
Darkness at Dusk  —  It's only been a week since the defeat …