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5:00 PM ET, November 26, 2008

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Dave Orrick / The Politico:
Franken loses absentee ballot appeal  —  The state Canvassing Board today rejected Democrat Al Franken's request to count absentee ballots his campaign says were wrongly rejected by poll judges.  —  Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's team had argued that the board lacks the power to include those ballots in the recount.
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CNN:
Franken Loses Crucial Ruling in Minnesota Recount  —  (CNN) — Minnesota's Canvassing Board voted unanimously to reject Franken's request to include thousands of absentee ballots that are not included in the recount in the Minnesota senate race between the Democratic challenger and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman.
Paul Walsh / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Canvassing Board meets today about rejected absentee ballots
Amanda Carpenter / Townhall.com:
A Crippling Blow for the Franken Campaign
Discussion: Political Machine
Sky News:
Hostages Held At Mumbai Hotels  —  Terrorists have conducted at least seven coordinated attacks in Mumbai's tourist areas, killing scores and taking ‘many hostages’.  —  Gunmen have targeted luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks across India's financial capital.
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Alice Miles / Times of London:
Foreigners targeted in co-ordinated Bombay attacks  —  Gunmen stalked a hotel in Bombay looking for British and US passport holders during co-ordinated attacks across the city that have left at least 80 dead and 250 injured.  —  A series of shootings and bomb blasts at luxury hotels and bars …
Times of India:
Terror attacks in Mumbai; 80 dead, over 900 injured
Discussion: On Deadline and Danger Room
Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Volcker Tapped for Advisory Role  —  Ex-Fed Chief to Lead New Economic Panel of Outside Experts Who Will Brief Obama  —  President-elect Barack Obama will appoint former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker on Wednesday to be the chairman of a new White House advisory board tasked with helping …
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James Pethokoukis / US News:
Timothy Geithner: Obama's Teflon Treasury Secretary
Discussion: Hot Air
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Joe Klein's extreme revisionism  —  (updated below)  —  Joe Klein, this week's Time Magazine, on George Bush's legacy: … Joe Klein, Face the Nation, May 4, 2003, with Bob Schieffer — 3 days after Bush's Mission Accomplished speech: … I'm glad that many people, including some journalists …
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Joe Klein / Time:
Bush's Last Days: The Lamest Duck
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and TIME.com
Richard Esposito / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: NY Rail Plot Details Based on ‘Reliable’ FBI Source  —  New Information in Last 48 Hours Led to Public Warning  —  Uniformed police officers have flooded New York City's Penn Station, home to the Long Island Rail Road, following a warning from the FBI of a “plausible but unsubstantiated” …
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Jack Goldsmith / Washington Post:
No New Torture Probes  —  There has been much speculation about how the Obama administration will deal with what many view as the Bush administration's harsh, abusive and illegal interrogation program.  Some have called for an investigation by Congress or the Justice Department, possibly leading to criminal sanctions.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama's ‘Mommy’ Stamp  —  When Michelle Obama took to describing her new role as mom in chief, my first reaction was to wince at her words.  My second reaction was to identify with them.  —  I was okay, actually, with what Obama said.  But I worried: Did she have to say it out loud, quite so explicitly?
FlyOnTneWall / FlyOnTneWall's Blog:
Keeping Gates Signals Change  —  Keeping Bob Gates as Secretary of Defense was the most dramatic signal Barack Obama could have sent that he intends to implement major changes in defense policy.  That may sound counterintuitive, but it has the virtue of being true.
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Jeanne Carstensen / Salon:
Why churches fear gay marriage  —  For author Richard Rodriguez, no one is talking about the real issues behind Proposition 8.  —  While conservative churches are busy trying to whip up another round of culture wars over same-sex marriage, Rodriguez says the real reason for their panic lies elsewhere …
Washington Post:
Send Bill Clinton to the Senate  —  Amid the blizzard of résumés blanketing Washington as the Obama era dawns, there is a superbly qualified candidate for full employment whose name has been overlooked.  We refer, of course, to William Jefferson Clinton, America's 42nd chief executive and commander in chief.
Reason.tv:
Where's Sock Puppet's Bailout?  —  Live from Congress, the infamous Pets.com mascot, Sock Puppet, comes to lobby Washington for a bailout.  —  Approximately two minutes and 20 seconds.  —  To embed this video at your website, go here.  —  “Where's Sock Puppet's Bailout?” was written and produced by Ted Balaker.
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Obama beats record for press conferences  —  In the 22 days since winning the White House, President-elect Barack Obama has taken 22 questions from reporters and has done two sit-down television interviews.  —  The Democrat held his fourth press conference since Nov. 4 in Chicago Wednesday morning …
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Re: Which History?  —  Mark K, while I was down in Australia a while back, they had a big Education Summit going on, and the then Prime Minister, the great John Howard, used a marvelous phrase to me about how they wanted to teach Oz history — as an “heroic national narrative”.  We don't do that.
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Lori Drew Not Guilty of Felonies in Landmark Cyberbullying Trial  —  LOS ANGELES — Lori Drew, the 49-year-old woman charged in the first federal cyberbullying case, was cleared of felony computer-hacking charges by a jury Wednesday morning, but convicted of three misdemeanors.
Discussion: Jezebel
Josh Drobnyk / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats may play hardball in Pennsylvania  —  MSNBC's Chris Matthews could be in the mix of candidates hoping to win Republican Sen. Arlen Specter's seat in 2010.  —  Reporting from Washington — The Northeast's dwindling cast of Senate Republicans has Democrats circling Arlen Specter's seat …
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Palin's Closet Supporters at CNBC?  —  Will we ever stop talking about Sarah Palin's clothes?  The latest news on her wardrobe comes from Palin herself.  —  Ethics disclosure forms recently obtained under the Freedom of Information Act contained this oddity: $300 in clothes and footwear from ... CNBC.
Discussion: Jezebel and TVNewser
 
 
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Chris Giles / Financial Times:
The vision thing  —  It has been a bad year for economic forecasters.
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama's Speechwriter Moves to the White House
Discussion: TIME.com
Anne Schroeder Mullins / Anne Schroeder's Blogs:
No “girly” dog for the Obamas
Paul Volpe / Capitol Briefing:
Lieberman Contributed to GOP Senate, House Candidates
Discussion: www.redstate.com
Tahman Bradley / Political Punch:
Is it Time for SNL to Hire a New Obama Impersonator?
Discussion: Ta-Nehisi Coates
 Earlier Items: 
John Pearley Huffman / Popular Mechanics:
10 Cars That Damaged GM's Reputation (With Video)
Discussion: Don Surber and Daimnation!
CNN:
President Bush readies more pardons
Discussion: The Swamp
Alan Bernstein / Houston Chronicle:
Harris Co. GOP asks judge to resign over racist e-mail
Discussion: Off the Kuff and Pam's House Blend
Jules Crittenden:
From The Airport That Brought You 9/11  —  Fed wannabe/medical …
Discussion: Hot Air
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“Unlikely” Or Lesbian?  —  Every now and again, someone gets the fame they deserve.
Discussion: Political Machine
 

 
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