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8:40 AM ET, November 20, 2007

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Washington Post:
For Democrats, Iowa Still Up for Grabs  —  The top three Democratic presidential contenders remain locked in a close battle in Iowa, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) seeing her advantages diminish on key issues, including the questions of experience and which candidate is best prepared …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
POLL: Obama Finds Help in Iowa With a Focus on New Ideas  —  Contest Close in Iowa, Obama Mounting Strong Race Against Clinton  —  A growing focus on fresh ideas coupled with lingering doubts about Hillary Clinton's honesty and forthrightness are keeping the Democratic presidential contest close in Iowa …
The Washington Post / The Trail:
Clinton, Obama and the Experience Question
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama: Takes Terrorism 'Deadly Serious'
Discussion: The New Republic, BitsBlog and Eunomia
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Poll: Obama Takes Lead In Iowa
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Donklephant
Martina Stewart / CNN Political Ticker:
Thompson skids while Romney, Paul climb in N.H. poll  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson has skidded into sixth place in a new CNN/WMUR poll of likely Republican voters in New Hampshire, edged out by ex-Libertarian and anti-war congressman Ron Paul and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
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Beth Reinhard / miamiherald.typepad.com:
Giuliani beats Clinton in new poll  —  Republican Rudy Giuliani, shown here campaigning yesterday at the NASCAR Nextel Cup Ford 400 race in Homestead, is the most popular presidential candidate in Florida, with 57 percent of voters willing to consider voting for him, according to a new Mason-Dixon poll.
Ben Adler / The Politico:
Young voters dig Giuliani's moderate views  —  Zachary Zhengyi Lim, a freshman at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, is a self-described political moderate.  A 17-year-old who will turn 18 in time to vote in the Granite State's presidential primary, Lim said he registered Republican on a whim.
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
WMUR:
Poll: Romney Gains While Giuliani Slides
Discussion: Pollster.com
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Progress Must Be Real If The Gray Lady Reports It  —  The New York Times finally discovers a breaking news story from Iraq — that life has improved as a result of the surge.  Well, for most of the rest of us, that hardly qualifies as breaking news, as we have tracked the decline in violence …
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Scott Rapoport / WCBS-TV:
DMV Stifles L.I. Man's 'Get Osama' Campaign  —  Hauppauge Resident Prepared To Fight For 'Free Speech'  —  There's a $25 million reward out for his capture, so it's no secret the United States government wants to get Osama Bin Laden.  But when a Long Island man wanted to express that thought …
Discussion: Pat Dollard
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Philip Messing / New York Post:
PLATE DEBATE  —  DMV BANS EX-COP'S ANTI-OSAMA TAG
Michael Tomasky / Guardian:
A myth in the unmaking  —  Fox News's status as a politically impartial channel is at last being exposed as a fiction  —  Britons may be familiar with Rupert Murdoch, but I don't think the UK has a beast quite like the American Fox News Channel.  Celebrating its 11th year on the air, Fox is a breathtaking institution.
Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
Iraqis Joining Insurgency Less for Cause Than Cash  —  MOSUL, Iraq — Abu Nawall, a captured al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, said he didn't join the Sunni insurgent group here to kill Americans or to form a Muslim caliphate.  He signed up for the cash.  —  "I was out of work and needed the money …
Paul Duggan / Boston Globe:
Effectiveness of D.C. gun ban still a mystery  —  WASHINGTON - Three decades ago, at the dawn of municipal self-government in the District of Columbia, the city's first elected mayor and council enacted one of the country's toughest gun-control measures, a ban on handgun ownership that opponents …
Discussion: Right Wing News
blogs.recordnet.com:
From Johnny Doo to Rico Suave?  —  I reported last week that former state Sen. Rico Oller of Calaveras County was standing with embattled U.S. Rep. John Doolittle, R-Roseville, at a GOP event.  I also mentioned in that piece that Rico (who lost a nasty Republican primary contest …
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
News staffers at CBS authorize a strike  —  Union officials hope the vote prompts the network to resume negotiations.  The two sides last met in January.  —  NEW YORK — CBS news writers, graphic artists and other staffers who work for the network's television and radio news operations voted …
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Venezuela's Chavez visits Iran  —  TEHRAN, Iran - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his fourth trip to Iran in two years on Monday, state media reported, as the two countries sought to strengthen ties while their leaders exhort the international community to resist U.S. policies.
 
 
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Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:
What Obama Must Do  —  1. Sear into people's minds that experience means nothing.
Discussion: Alternate Brain
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Segmented Society  —  On Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles played on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Collateral Damage
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Clare Dyer / Guardian:
Christians seek right to sue BBC for blasphemy
Discussion: Riehl World View
Paul Krugman:
Thinking about the dollar
Jim Garamone / DefenseLINK:
Supplemental Bill Needed to Fund Anti-IED Effort, Director Says
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Panel Picks 4 Debate Sites, Angering Excluded New Orleans
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Iain Murray / The Corner:
Why We Have a First Amendment
Discussion: Spectator and Guardian
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Late Nite FDL: When the Water is Gone, What Then?
Discussion: Salon and Eschaton
Billw / Crooks and Liars:
Jack Cafferty: Is a Fertilized Egg a Person?
Martina Stewart / CNN Political Ticker:
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Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Scott McClellan Grabs A Seat At The Former-Bush-Aide-Turned-Author Table
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Liam Scott / Voice of America:
RSF says 23 journalists were jailed in Syria and 10 others were missing as of December 9; press freedom groups call for accountability for Assad's government

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Pew Research Center:
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