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12:35 PM ET, December 18, 2008

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The Huffington Post:
Obama's Talking Points On Rick Warren  —  At his press conference on Thursday, Barack Obama for the first time addressed the flurry of protest that has erupted over the choice of Rick Warren to give the inaugural invocation.  —  Stressing his own advocacy of equal rights for gay and lesbian Americans …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WARREN, REDUX.... After having had a chance to sleep on it, does Barack Obama's decision to invite Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his presidential inauguration look any better?  Actually, no. I'm probably even more annoyed about it now than I was yesterday.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE MEANING OF “OPEN AND INCLUSIVE.”
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, Salon and The RBC
The Politico:
Gay activists furious with Obama
Rob Bluey / The Foundry:
Conservative Leader Paul Weyrich Dies; First to Lead Heritage  —  Paul M. Weyrich, chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation and first president of The Heritage Foundation, died this morning around 1 a.m. He was 66 years old.  Weyrich was a good friend to many of us at Heritage, a true leader and a man of unbending principle.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Conservative icon Paul Weyrich dies  —  Paul M. Weyrich, 66, who helped found the Heritage Foundation and at one time was one of Washington's most visible conservatives, died this morning.  At his death, he was president and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation.
New York Times:
The Torture Report  —  Most Americans have long known that the horrors of Abu Ghraib were not the work of a few low-ranking sociopaths.  All but President Bush's most unquestioning supporters recognized the chain of unprincipled decisions that led to the abuse, torture and death in prisons run …
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CNN:
Cheney to Emanuel: Control your VP  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President Dick Cheney had some blunt — and humorous — advice for incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at a private breakfast earlier this month, CNN has learned.  —  “The best thing you can do is keep your VP under control …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Hold Your Horses, Minnesota  —  The State of Minnesota's Canvassing Board has finished adjudicating challenges brought to the Board by Al Franken.  They will begin evaluating challenges brought by Norm Coleman's campaign tomorrow.  —  The Star Tribune has logged 391 challenges made by the Franken campaign.
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Scott / Power Line:
MINNESOTA SENATE RECOUNT, UPDATE XIII
Discussion: MinnPost
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
State Canvassing Board faces big challenge today
Discussion: Commentary and Hot Air
Associated Press:
Saudis, Indians among Clinton foundation donors  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton's foundation has raised at least $46 million from Saudi Arabia and other foreign governments that his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton …
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New York Times:
Mayor's Aide Pushes Hard for Kennedy  —  When a powerful labor leader picked up the phone this week, he was surprised to hear the voice of a top aide to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York.  —  The aide, Kevin Sheekey, a deputy mayor, made it clear: Caroline Kennedy is going to be the next senator …
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Brian Sharp / Democrat And Chronicle:
Kennedy visits Rochester as part of effort to learn about upstate New York
Discussion: Washington Monthly and MSNBC
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
With economy in shambles, Congress gets a raise  —  A crumbling economy, more than 2 million constituents who have lost their jobs this year, and congressional demands of CEOs to work for free did not convince lawmakers to freeze their own pay.  —  Instead, they will get a $4,700 pay increase …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Gay man backed for Navy secretary  —  Foes cite 'Don't ask, don't tell'  —  Some top retired military leaders and some Democrats in Congress are backing William White, chief operating officer of the Intrepid Museum Foundation, to be the next secretary of the Navy - a move that would put …
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Big News in Washington, but Far Fewer Cover It  —  WASHINGTON — A new president arrived from a new party.  The balance of power shifted in Congress.  Legions of fresh new faces showed up in the nation's capital with new ideas, eager to upend the way the country does business.
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
Obama's Chief Speechwriter, 27, Works on Inaugural Address While Making His Own Transition  —  The job requires him to work unnoticed, even in plain view, so Jon Favreau settles into a wooden chair at a busy Starbucks in the center of Penn Quarter.  Deadline looms, and he needs to write at least half a page by the end of the day.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Questions That Are Too Hard for Me  —  Kevin Drum raises the specter of the trade deficit: … This goes back to the fraught issue of global savings imbalances.  For reasons that I don't think people understand very well, we not only have a number of high-savings perpetual-surplus countries …
Robert S. Boyd / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Forget the economy: Killer asteroids could pose real danger  —  WASHINGTON — A blue-ribbon panel of scientists is trying to determine the best way to detect and ward off any wandering space rocks that might be on a collision course with Earth.  —  “We're looking for the killer asteroid,” …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Denouement of Howard Dean?  —  Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, the man regarded by many sharp political operatives as the progenitor of President-elect Barack Obama's successful 2008 campaign, finds himself without an obvious next job as his tenure at the head of the Democratic National Committee comes to an end.
Discussion: Open Left and Political Machine
 
 
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Arthur B. Laffer / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Should Forget About Energy Independence
Discussion: Sadly, No!
Newsdesk / Clout St:
Feds will try to freeze Blagojevich campaign cash
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Report Finds Some Federal Judges Put Off Swearing-in New Citizens
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Digital Slay-Ride  —  What's killing newspapers is the same thing …
Discussion: Reason
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Madoff Scandal Shaking Real Estate Industry
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Dodd's rating drops after White House run
Boston Globe:
The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3)
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
New York Times:
Generals Propose a Timetable for Iraq
Discussion: Danger Room and Right Wing News
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Lieberman Panned In Poll, Admonished By State Democrats
Discussion: Washington Monthly and TBogg
Ashley Fantz / CNN:
Children forced into cell-like school seclusion rooms
Los Angeles Times:
California Democrats devise plan to hike taxes
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Kevin Drum