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5:05 AM ET, November 24, 2009

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
RNC loses communications director, Castellanos signs on  —  Update 6:03 p.m.: Alex Castellanos, a Republican media consultant, will take over as a senior communications adviser to RNC Chairman Michael Steele, according to a source familiar with the move.  The announcement of Castellanos' role comes hours …
Discussion: FishBowlDC and TPMDC
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Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
G.O.P. Considers ‘Purity’ Resolution for Candidates  —  The battle among Republicans over what the party should stand for - and how much it should accommodate dissenting views on key issues - looks like it's going to move from the states to the Republican National Committee when it holds its winter meeting this January in Honolulu.
Andrew Bolt:
Even Monbiot says the science now needs “reanalyising”  —  Even George Monbiot, one of the fiercest media propagandists of the warming faith, admits he should have been more sceptical and says the science now needs to be rechecked: … Sure, Monbiot claims the fudging of what he extremely optimistically puts …
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George Monbiot / Guardian:
Global warming rigged?  Here's the email I'd need to see  —  The leaked exchanges are disturbing, but it would take a conspiracy of a very different order to justify sceptics' claims  —  It's no use pretending this isn't a major blow.  The emails extracted by a hacker from the climatic research unit …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Tim Blair
George Monbiot / Monbiot.com:
The Knights Carbonic  —  The conspiracy which proves that manmade global warming is a scam  —  It's no use pretending that this isn't a major blow.  The emails extracted by a hacker from the climatic research unit at the University of East Anglia could scarcely be more damaging(1).
Discussion: TBR.cc and Jay Currie
The Huffington Post:
Dean: Dems ‘In Deep Trouble’ On Health Care, The Only Options Are A Bad Bill Or 2010 Losses  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  One of the leading progressive champions of health care reform is pessimistic about the state of the debate in the Senate, saying he sees virtually no path …
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Wall Street Journal:
Lieberman Digs In on Public Option  —  Sen. Joseph Lieberman, speaking in that trademark sonorous baritone, utters a simple statement that translates into real trouble for Democratic leaders: “I'm going to be stubborn on this.”  —  Stubborn, he means, in opposing any health-care overhaul that includes a …
Ezra Klein:
Hostage situation in the United States Senate … That's Steve Benen, describing the dynamic in the Senate.  As I've said before, I think a lot of folks imagine this as a negotiation, in which both sides want to get to yes, and so everyone is involved in a complex game to signal their comfort …
Michael Saul / NY Daily News:
Ex-CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is considering running for president in 2012  —  Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs has never been elected to any government office, but he said Monday he's considering a run for the White House in 2012.  —  During an interview on WTOP radio in Washington …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
‘Mr. Independent’ mulls White House bid
Discussion: The Page
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Fox's Fuzzy Math: 193 Percent Of The Public Support Palin, Huckabee, And Romney  —  Reporting on the latest Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll last night on Fox News' local Chicago affiliate, anchor Byron Harlan employed some funny math in asserting that Sarah Palin is leading the pack for the GOP nomination in 2012:
Discussion: Raw Story and Wonkette
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney's Drop  —  Mitt Romney is considerably less popular …
Discussion: Hot Air, TPMDC and New York Times
Christopher Monckton / Pajamas Media:
Viscount Monckton on Climategate: ‘They Are Criminals’ (PJM Exclusive)  —  The man who challenged Al Gore to a debate is furious about the content of the leaked CRU emails — and says why you should be, too.  —  This is what they did — these climate “scientists” on whose unsupported word …
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Andrew Bolt / NEWS.com.au:
The global warming conspiracy - news spreads
Derrick Roach / Big Government:
BREAKING: San Diego ACORN Document Dump Scandal  —  On October 1st, 2009 California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that an investigation had been opened into ACORN's activities in California, resulting from undercover videos showing employees seemingly offering to assist …
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
ACORN Scandal, Part 2: The Evidentiary Phase
Discussion: The Jawa Report
John Cook / Gawker:
Katie Couric's Forbidden Dance of Gin  —  When CBS News anchor Katie Couric isn't asking Sarah Palin gotcha questions, she's doin' Da Butt, or the Lambada, or whatever white ladies do when the Black Eyed Peas are on the sound system.  More unbelievable images after the jump.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Why I Remain Bullish On Obama  —  He's taking the usual slew of tactical hits as his opponents try every single line of attack and pound every day, squeezing every ounce of agitprop from the news cycle.  His numbers are gliding downward (although not by much), his foreign policy gains …
Discussion: marbury and Dennis the Peasant
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Quote of the Day: Are the Old and New Media Missing it on Barack Obama?
Discussion: msnbc.com
Jeremy Scahill / The Nation:
Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan  —  At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama plans to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to what he's called “a war of necessity” in Afghanistan, U.S. officials told McClatchy.
Discussion: Informed Comment and Corrente
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Memri Latest Blogs:
Afghan Source: The U.S. Has Offered the Taliban Control in Return for Quiet
Matt Dornic / FishBowlDC:
Fox News Management Fed Up by Mistakes  —  After a few footage mishaps at Fox News like their recent slip-up: “Fox News Uses Old Palin Footage,” the higher ups at the network have had enough.  —  In an email obtained by FishbowlDC, FNC management alerted the Newsroom that they were going to a …
Dan / Riehl World View:
The Republican Elites Versus The Grassroots  —  Some interesting battles breaking out on Twitter this AM, even if I say so myself - having played a big role in fueling them!  No need to link all the back and forth, but it amounts to a discussion about what works.
Discussion: Wizbang
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Right and Left Join to Take On U.S. Over Criminal Justice  —  WASHINGTON — In the next several months, the Supreme Court will decide at least a half-dozen cases about the rights of people accused of crimes involving drugs, sex and corruption.  Civil liberties groups and associations …
Alan Travis / Guardian:
Police arresting people to get DNA, inquiry claims  —  • Which police force takes the most samples?  —  Police officers are now routinely arresting people in order to add their DNA sample to the national police database, an inquiry will allege tomorrow.
Discussion: Boing Boing
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
An Unsurprising Slide for Obama  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama returned from his trip to Asia facing some unsettling news: two new public-opinion polls showing that his approval rating has dipped below 50 percent for the first time.  To many of his critics, who chafed …
The State:
Panel charges Sanford with 37 ethics violations  —  The S.C. Ethics Commission has charged S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford with 37 counts of breaking state ethics laws.  The commission filed its charges last week but only released them Monday.  —  Those charges allege that, in 18 instances …
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CNN:
Embattled Gov. Sanford faces 37 ethics charges
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Politico
 
 
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