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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead! — In a briefing going on right now with reporters, Al Franken's lead recount lawyer Marc Elias made a stunning announcement: According to the campaign's methodology of tracking the recount results, they believe Al Franken now leads Norm Coleman by a margin of 22 votes.
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Jason Hoppin / TwinCities.com:
Minneapolis discovery costs Franken 46 votes — What Maplewood giveth, Minneapolis taketh away. — Elections officials in Minnesota's largest city today discovered that one precinct came up 133 ballots short of election day totals, resulting in a net loss for Democratic challenger Al Franken of 46 votes.
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
Franken camp: 'We're winning' — Al Franken's campaign attorney Marc Elias said today that, based on its latest internal tally, Franken has taken the lead over Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) for the first time in the recount process. — In a conference call, Elias said Franken leads Coleman by 22 votes at the end of last night's count.
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The Trail / Washington Post:
Obama or an Obama-Impersonator? Ros-Lehtinen Flubs the Call — Twice on Wednesday, President-elect Barack Obama tried to reach across the partisan divide with a phone call to Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican from Florida. — And twice, according to her office, she hung up on him.
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Amie Parnes / The Crypt's Blogs:
Ros-Lehtinen hangs up on Obama. Twice. — Is Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a little paranoid? — Maybe. — On Wednesday, the Republican congresswoman got a call from President-elect Barack Obama, didn't believe it was him, and hung up on him. Twice. — According to Ros-Lehtinen's flack Alex Cruz …
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Cal Fussman / Esquire:
Bill Richardson: What I've Learned — The just-tapped Secretary of Commerce shares intimate new stories on how Barack Obama saved his ass before he became his boss, Saddam Hussein's guile, Bush's charm, racial politics and more. — After the campaign, I grew a beard as a rebellion …
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Frank James / The Swamp:
Obama calls on Fox News, mourns beard — At the recently completely press conference at which President-elect Barack Obama officially named Gov. Bill Richardson his choice for Commerce Secretary, Obama called on Fox News's White House reporter. — The interchange was interesting for a few reasons.
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
RENDELL APOLOGIZES FOR AZ GOV COMMENT — From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum — During a news conference on budget reductions today, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) apologized for a hot mic statement he made yesterday, saying Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) is perfect for the position …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Chambliss: Palin ‘allowed us to peak’ — Fresh off his runoff victory Tuesday night, Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss credited Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with firing up his base. — “I can't overstate the impact she had down here,” Chambliss said during an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:Saxby Shows Republicans The Way Forward?
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Cspanjunkie / Crooks and Liars:
The Buck Stops There: Bush Blames Iraq Mess on Bad Intelligence — The Preznit, out working on that Legacy Thing, was on ABC with Charles Gibson last night, and had this revealing exchange: … David N: As always with Bush, the Buck Stops Over There, Or There — Anywhere But Here.
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John Koblin / New York Observer:
Meet Slate's New Columnist: Eliot Spitzer — Media Mob has learned that former New York governor Eliot Spitzer will write a new column for Slate beginning tomorrow. The column will appear every other week and it'll be about government, regulation and finance.
In Transition:
Last Call for a Bipartisan Cabinet — Now that President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is, by his count, half picked, the odds are fading that he'll have more than one Republican on his team — suggesting that his campaign promise to include Republicans may have meant nothing more than the usual token appointment from the other side.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:NO TRANSITION FROM NONESENSE — Congressional Quarterly bemoans …
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Marc Ambinder:
Discourse Watch: Obama's Citizenship A Legit Topic? — Townhall.com is a mainstream, legitimate, comprehensive, informative, and entertaining conservative news and opinion magazine and website. Disclosure: they've written nice things about me. To liberals and non-conservatives, their content can sometimes be edgy.
Justin / glaadBLOG.org:
The ‘Pulse of Equality’ — Today, GLAAD released a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive in the wake of the passage of and protests against California's Proposition 8. — The survey reveals that majorities of Americans favor a broad range of policies and legal protections for lesbian …
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David Sirota / Blog entry:
Mandate Watch: Obama Backs Off Promise to Pass Windfall Profits Tax on Big Oil — Good news and bad news in the last day. The good news: Barack Obama has appointed a NAFTA critic, Rep. Xavier Becerra, as the next U.S. Trade Representative (more on that here). The bad news is this just off the Reuters wire:
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Ian Welsh / Firedoglake:
Why Nationalizing GM and Citi Makes Sense — The government needs to stop giving money without getting either control or a reasonable chance of repayment of the money. If it doesn't do so, it won't be able to fix the economy. — When Citigroup got its bailout, the market capitalization of Citi was about 20 billion dollars.
FOX Forum:
Why Is the Left So Threated By My Poll? — Writer/Director/Producer, “Blocking the Path to 9/11″ — It has been quite a strange couple of weeks since I decided to commission a Zogby poll of Obama voters. I chose to do this at great personal expense to determine whether interviews …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Eyes Plan to Lift Home Sales — Treasury Considers Encouraging Banks to Offer Mortgages at Rates as Low as 4.5% — WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department is considering a plan to revitalize the U.S. home market that would push down interest rates for loans to purchase a home, according to people familiar with the matter.
Martin Samuel / Times of London:
Mumbai police to use truth serum on ‘baby-faced’ terrorist Azam Amir Kasab — Indian police interrogators are preparing to administer a “truth serum” on the sole Islamic militant captured during last week's terror attacks on Mumbai to settle once and for all the question of where he is from.
Access Hollywood:
Access Exclusive: ‘Oprah’ Going To Washington For Inauguration — Ms. Winfrey is going to Washington. — The media mogul (and staunch Barack Obama supporter) will be hosting “The Oprah Winfrey Show” from Washington, D.C. during the week of the presidential inauguration …
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