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9:40 PM ET, November 12, 2008

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Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Stevens-Begich vote count narrows  —  It's just getting started, but early results from this afternoon's ballot counting in the contest for U.S. Senate show Mark Begich gaining ground against incumbent Sen. Ted Stevens.  —  The elections division still has tens of thousands of ballots left …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Why Palin Still Matters  —  Some readers think my continuing attempt to expose all the lies and flim-flam and bizarre behavior of Sarah Palin is now moot.  She's history - they argue.  Move on.  I think she probably is history.  Even Bill Kristol and his minions in the McCain-Palin campaign …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
What Just Happened  —  WHAT JUST HAPPENED....Despite all the grief she's gotten, I continue to think that the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate represents the breaking of a consensual cultural barrier far more fundamental than most people realize.
Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly and RADAMISTO
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Palin not letting Ayers go  —  From the Alaska governor's interview with Wolf Blitzer to air today on The Situation Room:
Marc Ambinder:
The Biggest Lesson Obama Learned From The Clinton Transition  —  Democrats who survived the transition from George H.W. Bush to William Jefferson Clinton are a bit in awe these days of what Barack Obama is doing and how he is doing it.  —  Of the Clinton transition, one very senior …
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The Huffington Post:
Podesta Sketches Out Vision For Assertive Presidency  —  Before it was clear that Barack Obama would be elected, John Podesta, the current co-chair of the White House transition team, laid out an agenda for the next president that was aggressive, assertive but politically practical.
Associated Press:
Obama team expected to broker subpoena deal
Discussion: Emptywheel
National Enquirer:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: CINDY MCCAIN CAUGHT CHEATING ON J-MAC!  —  The ENQUIRER's exclusive bombshell expose as Sen. John McCain's wife, Cindy, is caught with another man!  —  Not only that but multiple witnesses have caught the pair lip locking on several other occasions.
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
MN Secretary of State: Coleman's goal ‘to win at any price’  —  The Democratic Secretary of State of Minnesota, Mark Ritchie, was just on MSNBC talking about the recount in the Minnesota Senate race between Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Democrat Al Franken, and his comments will likely upset Coleman's campaign.
Discussion: TPMMuckraker
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE NEXT PHASE BEGINS IN MINNESOTA.... With the razor-thin margin …
Paul Krugman:
Hopeful signs on health care  —  This is very big news.  One of the key questions about the new Democratic majority was whether Congress would try to play it safe, backing down on big ideas about reform, especially on health care.  You can view the whole chorus about how we're still a …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Senator Takes Initiative on Health Care
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE BAUCUS WHITE PAPER: THE PLAN.
Discussion: The New Republic and Wonk Room
The Politico:
Dem senators try to save Lieberman  —  Several top Democratic senators have launched a behind-the-scenes effort to save Sen. Joe Lieberman's chairmanship, despite calls from a Democratic base seeking retribution for Lieberman's vocal support of John McCain's presidential campaign.
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Maddow wears pajamas on air in solidarity with bloggers, says she sees herself as ‘a blogger on TV.’  —  Last night, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow showed a clip of Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) complaining about being criticized by “some blogger” sitting “in their parents' basement.”
Discussion: Writes Like She Talks
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Gun Sales Up Since Election  —  The LA Times reports gun sales are up in the wake of last week's election.  The Denver Post reported last week the election has spurred a rush on gun sales in Colorado due to fears an Obama Adminstration will restrict Second Amendment gun rights.
Discussion: 5280 Magazine and Hot Air
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Ryan Powers / Think Progress:
Gun Industry Profits Off NRA's Fearmongering About Obama Gun Policies
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and KCBA-TV
Andy Barr / Yahoo! News:
Cleland ad causes trouble for Chambliss  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  With Sen. John McCain returning to the campaign trail on Thursday on stump for Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his runoff race in Georgia, Democrats are reminding voters and donors …
Discussion: Associated Press
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Pelosi's power reigns supreme  —  After delivering a 20-seat pickup for House Democrats on Election Night, Rep. Chris Van Hollen wanted out of his grinding campaign job and into a more powerful leadership post.  —  “The one option I am not exploring is continuing as the chairman” …
Discussion: Truthdig
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Jared Allen / The Hill:
New Pelosi team shifts to the left
Discussion: Open Left
Ron Rosenbaum / Slate:
The Good Life of a New-Media Guru  —  Is Jeff Jarvis gloating too much about the death of print?  —  Take a look at this, from Jeff Jarvis' blog BuzzMachine: … Jeff Jarvis is living the good life.  (But he's still humble—he says so himself!)  Jeff Jarvis is the very model of a modern new-media guru.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rules for Navy in Sonar Case  —  WASHINGTON — Courts have no business second-guessing the military, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday in lifting restrictions on submarine training exercises off the coast of Southern California that may harm marine mammals.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court rules for Navy in sonar use
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Luntz's straight talk  —  Frank Luntz, kicking off an RGA panel session looking back at '08, promised candor — and then delivered.  —  “I understand how Dr. Kevorkian feels at an AARP convention,” Luntz proclaimed at the top of his presentation to a darkened and quiet ballroom of Republicans, drawing scattered laughs.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
The Raw Story:
Idaho students chant ‘assassinate Obama’ on school bus: Report  —  Madison County, Idaho was once dubbed “the reddest place in America” by Salon, but that didn't make it any less shocking when elementary school children started chanting “assassinate Obama on the school bus.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
David Stout / New York Times:
Paulson Says Treasury Is Shifting Focus of Bailout  —  WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. announced a major shift in the thrust of the $700 billion financial-rescue program on Wednesday, at the same time joining several agencies in prodding banks to speed up the thaw in the country's credit system.
Alex Koppelman / Salon:
Shep Smith tells it like it is  —  Via Hot Air, an interesting video — Fox News anchor Shepard Smith goes off on comedian Nick Di Paolo for claiming that the media is responsible for Barack Obama's victory.  Not only is it good (and a little surprising, even for Smith) …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Wonkette
The New Republic:
Go For It  —  Now that Barack Obama has won the presidency, a swath of the Washington establishment is pressing him to answer what it considers an urgent question: How will he scale back his plans—for tax cuts, for health care reform, for education—in response to the economic emergency?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Cheney, Biden to meet privately at VP residence
Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:
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Sam Dagher / New York Times:
Two GI's Reported Killed by Iraqi Soldier in Mosul
Discussion: The E&P Pub
Bill Roggio / Weekly Standard:
Negotiate With The Taliban?
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
A Senior Fellow at the Institute of Nonexistence
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Transition Team Staffs Up Internet Outreach Crew
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
Dow Down 411 on Investor Worries
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Paul Bass / New Haven Independent:
Dodd Interview Censored
Discussion: Townhall.com and Pajamas Media
Carrie Dann / MSNBC:
ANUZIS JUMPS INTO RNC CHAIR RACE
Neil Sears / Daily Mail:
Council ranks term ‘British’ …
Discussion: QandO and Right Wing News
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Dear Mr. President-elect, please take me off your spam list.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org