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11:00 AM ET, December 16, 2008

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Siun / Firedoglake:
Shoe Thrower Being Tortured?  —  While Tweety fussed about the propriety of Al Zaida's shoe throw just now, very credible reports started to come in from Arabic sources that Muntader Al Zaida is in very bad shape:  —  Raed in the Middle reports: … From Roads to Iraq:
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Pelosi lays down the law with Rahm  —  In a recent conversation with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel offered some advice on a Democratic House leadership race.  Pelosi's response, according to several Democratic sources: It is “an internal House Democratic Caucus matter, and we'll handle it.”
Washington Post:
Majority of Public Opposes Auto Rescue  —  Poll Finds Most Blame Industry for Problems, Believe Failure Won't Hurt Economy  —  Most Americans continue to oppose a government-backed rescue plan for Detroit's Big Three automakers as majorities blame the industry for its own problems …
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Todd J. Zywicki / Wall Street Journal:
Bankruptcy Is the Perfect Remedy for Detroit  —  Washington hates the idea because it would lose leverage.  —  While Washington tries to arrange a bailout, the Detroit Three auto makers and their union, the United Auto Workers, keep insisting that bankruptcy would be the kiss of death.
Discussion: Dartblog and The Corner
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Unions Second to Auto Execs in Bailout Blame Game
Discussion: Political Machine and The Corner
Jules Crittenden:
The Bulge  —  Goering, Hitler and Guderian survey plans for Wacht Am Rhein, a.k.a. The Battle of the Bulge, October 1944.  —  It began at dawn on Dec. 16, 1944, 64 years ago today, with rapid assaults through the Ardennes forest, as the Germans blitzed one last time, hoping to split the Allied armies and take Antwerp.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Los Angeles Times:
Obama clears himself and staff in Blagojevich case  —  The president-elect says an internal review shows there were no inappropriate conversations with the Illinois governor about who would fill the vacant Senate seat.  —  Reporting from Washington and Chicago — Barack Obama said Monday …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
CO-Senate: Salazar Departure Creates GOP Opportunity  —  The expectation that Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar will be nominated as Interior Secretary by President-elect Barack Obama presents Republicans with a prime pickup opportunity in a swing state, an early sign that their fortunes may be turning …
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Pat Doyle / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Analysis of challenged ballots shows Coleman lead erased  —  The Star Tribune has performed its own analysis of the challenged ballots by relying on a virtual “canvassing board” of more than 26,000 readers.  —  With thousands of frivolous challenges discarded, the state Canvassing Board …
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John / Power Line:   THE “FIFTH PILE”: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
Sam Dillon / New York Times:
Chicago Schools Chief Is Obama's Education Pick  —  Arne Duncan, the Chicago schools superintendent known for taking tough steps to improve schools while maintaining respectful relations with teachers and their unions, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice as secretary of education, Democratic officials said Monday.
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Caroline Graham / Daily Mail:
Gay penguins expelled from zoo colony for stealing eggs are given their own to look after following animal rights protest … A pair of gay penguins thrown out of their zoo colony for repeatedly stealing eggs have been given some of their own to look after following a protest by animal rights groups.
New York Post:
KENNEDY FOR THE SENATE  —  Caroline Kennedy has made it official: She wants to be appointed to the US Senate seat that Hillary Clinton presently will vacate.  —  Gov. Paterson would be well-advised to select Kennedy as New York's next junior senator.  —  Her uncle, Robert F. Kennedy …
Discussion: TIME.com and Don Surber
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Justin Elliott / TPMMuckraker:
Will Hillary Follow Through On Campaign Pledge To Ban ‘Private Mercenaries’?  —  Back in February, Senator Hillary Clinton cosponsored legislation calling for the Secretary of State to ban the use of private contractors like Blackwater from guarding State Department employees …
The Politico:
Madoff sold influence in Washington  —  Within a day of the Dec. 11 arrest of Wall Street financier Bernard L. Madoff, his Washington lobbyists were scrambling to sever all ties to a man who's been accused of a $50 billion fraud and who may go down in history as the largest financial scam artist ever.
Daphne Retter / New York Post:
CHARLIE'S SICK HOUSE VOTE RECORD  —  WASHINGTON - Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel missed more votes than any other New York House member, according to a study released by Congressional Quarterly.  —  Rangel, 78, missed 16 percent of House votes in 2008, partly due to a hospital stay last spring …
David Zaring / Conglomerate:
Will Toyota Sue if Treasury Bails Out GM?  —  If the TARP is given to Detroit, as I think is plausibly permitted by the statute (though others disagree), there may well be litigation over it.  This is because, unlike those ad hoc section 13 bailouts by the Fed, the government's implementation …
Discussion: The Right Coast and PoliPundit.com
Jad Mouawad / New York Times:
Big Oil Projects Put in Jeopardy by Fall in Prices  —  From the plains of North Dakota to the deep waters of Brazil, dozens of major oil and gas projects have been suspended or canceled in recent weeks as companies scramble to adjust to the collapse in energy markets.
Dan McSwain / Change.gov:
Open for Questions: Response  —  We've launched several features recently that are opening up the two-way dialogue between the Transition team and the Change.gov community.  —  The feedback has been encouraging and constructive.  Each new feature gives us the chance to refine the ways …
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Retail Prices Fell at Record Rate in November  —  Consumer prices fell at their fastest rate on record in November while home construction plunged nearly 20 percent in a single month, skidding to its lowest levels in 50 years, according to new government data that shows further weakness in the ailing economy.
Discussion: Free exchange and Don Surber
 
 
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