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Dorgan: Lieberman's Actions Were Unacceptable For Committee Chairman — After Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) spoke at the Republican National Convention this summer, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) expressed his frustration: “Everybody is just profoundly disappointed with what Joe did,” Dorgan said.
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Marty Peretz's assistant is the latest to be elected spokesperson for the Moderate Americans — (updated below) — As we've seen many times and in many contexts, one of the most empty-headed, trite and deceitful pundit techniques is to take one's own viewpoint and, without an iota …

Barack Obama links Israel peace plan to 1967 borders deal — Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv and Sarah Baxter — Barack Obama is to pursue an ambitious peace plan in the Middle East involving the recognition of Israel by the Arab world in exchange for its withdrawal to pre-1967 borders …
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Right-leaning media brace for shutout — Since the Weekly Standard launched in 1995, there's one scenario the conservative magazine hasn't yet faced: Democrats in control of both the White House and Congress. — But that's what lies ahead in just two months, leaving staffers …

The world has never seen such freezing heat — A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a huge question mark about the temperature records that underpin the worldwide alarm over global warming. On Monday, Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), which is run …
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Obama chooses more White House positions — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The man who steered Barack Obama's Senate office will now move over to the White House with the incoming president. — The Obama Transition Office Sunday morning announced that Peter Rouse, currently Obama's chief of staff …
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Blowback is a bitch — Pogrom — Not a pogrom — Using public records, antigayblacklist is making available the names and businesses of people who bankroll discrimination. Rick Moran writes: … The kind of person who contributes money to deny their fellow citizens their civil rights …
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Sadly, No!
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The Center-Right Nation Exits Stage Left — Here's the main thought Republicans are consoling themselves with these days: Notwithstanding President-elect Barack Obama, a nearly filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the Senate and the largest Democratic majority in the House of Representatives since 1993 …
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Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S. — BAGHDAD — The Iraqi cabinet voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve the security agreement that sets the conditions for the Americans' continued presence in Iraq from Jan. 1 until the end of 2011. — All but one of the 28 cabinet ministers …


Giuliani leaves option open for NY governor run — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Rudy Giuliani said Sunday he will consider running for governor of New York and isn't ruling out a second attempt at the U.S. presidency.
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Team of Frenemies — It's a cool idea, Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. — At long last, the feminist icon would represent the feminist ideal of getting a room of her own, all on her own. — Running for the Senate and the presidency, Hillary felt entitled to get money …

John Brennan and Bush's interrogation/detention policies — Last Wednesday, I wrote: … Yesterday, Andrew Sullivan noted that observation but then linked to this post from James Gordon Meek of the Counterrorism blog, which reported that Brennan — a top CIA aide to George Tenet during …
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Debate on Pledge of Allegiance in Vt. town — WOODBURY — No one's sure when daily recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance fell by the wayside at Woodbury Elementary School. — But efforts to restore them have erupted into a bitter dispute in this tiny (pop. 810) Vermont town …
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