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1:55 AM ET, November 19, 2008

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Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power …
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Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Begich defeats Stevens in Senate race  —  Mark Begich has defeated Sen. Ted Stevens in the election for U.S. Senate.  —  The Democratic Anchorage mayor widened his lead to 3,724 votes in today's counting of absentee and questioned ballots.  The only votes left to count …
William Yardley / New York Times:
Stevens Loses in Senate Re-Election Bid
Firedoglake:   Mark Begich Defeats Ted Stevens to Become Alaska's Next U.S. Senator
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Stevens loses Alaska Senate race
Discussion: TIME.com and Think Progress
Paul Kane / Washington Post:   Sen. Ted Stevens Loses Reelection Bid
Erika Bolstad / Anchorage Daily News:
GOP senators delay vote on Stevens' status
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
AK-Senate: Begich Wins
Michael Isikoff / Powering Up:
Obama's Attorney General  —  President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential transition.
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Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Release From the American Constitution Society  —  FORMER DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER BLASTS ADMINISTRATION'S “WAR ON TERROR”  —  In Speech To American Constitution Society Holder Outlines Steps To Make Nation More Secure  —  Washington, D.C. — Eric H. Holder Jr. …
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
HOLDER TO BE NAMED ATTORNEY GENERAL
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
Associated Press:
Vice president, former AG, state senator indicted  —  McALLEN, Texas — A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County's federal detention centers.
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CNN:
Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales  —  (CNN) — Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County, Texas, District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra told CNN Tuesday.
Discussion: Discourse.net
Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:   Taxpayers will pay for Gonzales' private attorney
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:   Vice President Cheney and former Attorney General Gonzales indicted in Texas.»
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Lieberman: Suck On That, Liberals! … I hope this puts to rest the notion that this is all some master stroke of kumbayah, of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer.  —  This is about telling you that you mean nothing.  That democracy is a nice word, but it should never threaten …
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Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Lessons of the Lieberman saga
Discussion: Firedoglake
CNN:
Hagel takes aim at Limbaugh, Senate colleagues  —  (CNN) — As his Senate career nears its end, Republican Chuck Hagel isn't holding back when it comes to criticizing members of his own party — including conservative talk radio hosts.  —  “We are educated by the great entertainers like Rush Limbaugh …
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The Huffington Post:
Hagel, Unrestrained, Lashes Into Bush, Rush And The GOP  —  Two months before he leaves office, Sen. Chuck Hagel is increasingly unrestrained by political niceties.  —  Appearing at a forum at the Johns Hopkins School of Advances International Studies, the outgoing Nebraska Republican leveled harsh criticism …
Discussion: Buck Naked Politics
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Hillary could reject State offer  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't certain she would accept the Secretary of State post even if Barack Obama offers it to her, several people close to the former first lady say.  —  Press reports that portray Clinton as willing to accept the job …
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Howard / Gotham Acme:
What We Know  —  Given the media attention on this issue …
Discussion: TIME.com
Alexis Simendinger / Lost in Transition:
Obama To Name Peter Orszag As Budget Director  —  President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to tap Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag, once a veteran economic adviser in the Clinton White House, to become his budget director, according to several National Journal sources.
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John / Power Line:
HOW OBAMA GOT ELECTED  —  Last night I embedded a video by John Ziegler that showed some Obama voters being interviewed about their knowledge of the issues in the campaign.  The video is funny, but also instructive.  It was prepared in connection with a Zogby poll and the web site How Obama Got Elected.
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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Recall specter hangs over high court as it considers Prop. 8 challenges  —  Backers of the measure banning gay marriage have said they will target justices who vote to overturn it.  Legal scholars say the court has no clear path to tossing out Prop.  8.  —  Reporting from San Francisco …
Catherine Philp / Times of London:
Iranian grain ship seized as Somali pirates hold world to ransom  —  Alarm grows as governments and navies are rendered legally powerless to conduct security operations on the high seas  —  Somali pirates struck again yesterday, seizing an Iranian cargo ship holding 30,000 tonnes of grain …
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Los Angeles Times:
Pirates hijack another merchant ship off Africa
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Erin Aubry Kaplan / Salon:
First lady got back  —  I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House.  Then I saw Michelle Obama — and her booty!  —  Michelle Obama waves to the crowd at the Democratic convention in Denver on Aug. 25, 2008.  —  Free at last.
David Frum:
A Note to Readers  —  I chose a heck of a day to go offline!  —  I had to travel yesterday and could not post, and so missed my chance to speak for myself about yesterday's story in the New York Times about the future of NR.  —  I'm hoping that the excuse “better late than never” …
Jefferson / Blue Grass, Red State:
Democrats Attempt Full Precinct Disenfranchisement, ACLU Silent  —  When an entire precinct of voters are about to have their votes thrown out by state legislators, you would think that some of those bold first amendment types would step up and sue and embarrass everyone in the process …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
 
 
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Dr. Helen:
Speak Up!  —  I read with interest this good advice from Ted Nugent …
Discussion: alicublog
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Obama in talks with Gates on Pentagon role
Discussion: Truthdig and The Heretik
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Won't Take Yes for an Answer
Discussion: Swampland
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Huckabee Claims Civil Rights Of Gays Are Not Being Violated …
Margaret Colgate Love / Washington Post:
In Defense of Pardons  —  As President Bush's term nears its end …
Discussion: Israpundit and The Agitator
Brian Doherty / Reason:
How the Second Amendment Was Restored
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
GOP Senator In Georgia Race Launches New Attack Ad — Against Obama
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The Trail / Washington Post:
Obama Girls Get a White House Tour
Discussion: TIME.com
Wall Street Journal:
‘No Excuses’ for Liberals
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Peter J. Parisi / Washington Times:
McCain owes GOP a second concession speech
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment
Discussion: Political Radar and Don Surber
 

 
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