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Drudge banners: "IOU" and links to this LA Times story on the budget crisis in California. And the U.S. says North Korea does not appear to be readying a missile launch in this Bloomberg story is also highlighed on Drudge. ... READ MORE

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The Huffington Post banners: "Obama's first major military operation underway in Afghanistan" and links to this AP story. Unemployment to hit a 9.6 percent, a 26 year high, according to this AP report, highlighted on the HuffPo. And Jesse Berney ... READ MORE

HotAir
The Obama administration doesn't see the contradiction between calling for free elections in Honduras and staying out of the election in Iran, writes Allahpundit. And veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas went "nuclear" on the White House for controlling the ... READ MORE

DailyKos
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) wants to president but "she couldn't even get her own campaign's scheduling staff to give her enough time to run," writes Jed Lewison. And South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) recent confessions have set off ... READ MORE

Townhall
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) Republican enemies hope he stays in office, writes Matt Lewis. And, drawing on examples from other countries, Carol Platt Liebau writes what ObamaCare "really means." READ MORE

OpenLeft
Advancing the debate over torture is always going to be difficult, writes Daniel de Groot. And Mike Lux takes a look at the fight over a new Pecora commission. READ MORE

RedState
The press is "finally" calling out the Obama administration for controlling the press, writes Paint it Red. And Moe Lane takes a detailed look at the 2010 election and the ages of several Democratic committee chair people. READ MORE

MyDD
Mitt Romney appears to be urging Republicans to stand up to President Obama, writes Charles Lemos. And Lemos also writes that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) must think the Associated Press is a "licensed therapist." READ MORE

Powerline
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) appeared to open the door to the Obama administration making more demands Israel in the peace process while in the country, writes Paul. And new polling shows that support for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is ... READ MORE

Matthew Yglesias
The entire committee system in Congress "leaves a lot to be desired," writes Matthew Yglesias. And Yglesias also points out a general thought among the punditry right now: Congress is asserting its dominance in setting and controlling the agenda, not ... READ MORE

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November 19, 2008

MORNING READ

@ 9:10 am by Walter Alarkon

Sen. Ted Stevens's (R-Alaska) loss to Democrat Mark Begich is met with mixed reactions by conservative bloggers, who don't like Stevens but worry about a 60-seat Democratic majority. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has yet to decide whether to become secretary of State, prompting online pundits to analyze what's taking her so long. And Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, in an interview with liberal blogs, seems to be ingratiating himself with President-elect Barack Obama, perhaps in a play for his own Cabinet post.

Stevens, who is refusing to concede his race even though it was called by news outlets Tuesday night, is an "entrenched, pork-stuffed politician" who needs to leave the Senate, writes Michelle Malkin. Republicans should have pushed Stevens out when he was indicted last summer, writes Hot Air's Allahpundit. Stevens's loss means that Senate Democrats now hold 58 seats, and are close to winning a filibuster-proof majority, according to QandO's McQ.

Clinton can't decide on whether to head up the State Department because she just lost a race she had long geared up for and is only now rethinking what she wants to do with her future, writes The Fix's Chris Cillizza. The vet of Clinton and her husband isn't acrimonious, as some have suspected, writes Marc Ambinder. But she may be thinking about how she would work with Vice President-elect Joe Biden and other foreign policy heavyweights in the Obama administration, Ambinder adds. Those who support the idea of her as secretary of State believe that she could help rein in Obama's "naive" foreign policy, while those against the idea worry that she'll undermine the new type of policy Obama has talked about, writes Contentions' Shmuel Rosner.

Dean, on his way out as Democratic Party chairman, ducked questions over whether he wants a Cabinet post, but his stated desire to focus on policy serves as a hint that he would like to serve under Obama, writes The Huffington Post's Sam Stein. Dean told TPM Election Central's Greg Sargent that Senate Democrats allowed Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to keep his committee gavel because that's what Obama wanted, a position that Dean said he was fine with.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Good Riddance to Ted Stevens - Michelle Malkin
Should Have Pushed Stevens in to Retirement - Allahpundit, Hot Air
58 - McQ, The QandO Blog
Begich After All - Matthew Yglesias
Why Clinton Can't Decide - Chris Cillizza, The Fix
Inside the Clinton Vet - Marc Ambinder
Pro and Con - Shmuel Rosner, Contentions
Dean Basks in Results, Offers Hints - S. Stein, Huffington Post
Mandate for Reconciliation - kos, Daily Kos
Dean is Fine With Lieberman Decision - Greg Sargent, TPM Election

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Automakers Press High-Stakes Plea for Aid - Washington Post
Democrats Gain as Stevens Loses Race - New York Times
Paulson, Bernanke Rebuked on The Hill - Wall Street Journal
Obama Exerts His Power - The Hill

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