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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

Huffington Post
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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December 1, 2008

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@ 5:41 pm by Walter Alarkon

President-elect Barack Obama's appointment of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to become secretary of State is bad news for Clinton critics, according to her backers online. Officials declare that the country has been in a recession since last year, giving liberal bloggers more fodder for attacks on conservatives. And President Bush's admission that he was unprepared for the Iraq war cements his legacy, according to one liberal pundit.

Monday is "victory day for Hillary" over her critics in the blogosphere who declared the Clintons finished after she failed in the presidential race, writes Taylor Marsh. Conservatives should acknowledge that the national security team that Obama rolled out, which also includes Defense Secretary Robert Gates and retired Gen. Jim Jones, is as good as they're going to get when it comes to keeping a nuclear weapon out of Iran, stabilizing Iraq and defending Israel, writes Townhall's Hugh Hewitt.

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) said that the recession started in December 2007, which was the same month that conservative pundit Larry Kudlow said that there was no recession at all, writes Anonymous Liberal. Mother Jones's Kevin Drum reminds readers that he wrote last winter that December 2007 was the month the recession started. For those looking for reasons why Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) lost this year, the timing of the recessionis one place to the start, according to Matthew Yglesias.

Bush's remark in an ABC interview that he was "unprepared for war" reminds Alan Colmes of how Bush was unprepared for Hurricane Katrina. But Bush isn't wholly accurate about his own record, writes Hot Air's Ed Morrissey. His administration was ready to fight the war but it clearly wasn't ready for occupying a country, according to Morrissey.

FROM THE BLOGS:
So Much for Killing Off The Clintons - Taylor Marsh
Right Should Acknowledge Strong Team - H. Hewitt, Townhall
It Hurts to Be John Kerry Today - Mary Ann Akers, The Sleuth
Official Recession - Matthew Yglesias
Kudlow and Company - Anonymous Liberal
Recession Dating - Kevin Drum
Bush: 'I Was Unprepared for War' - Alan Colmes, Liberaland
Wasn't Prepared for Occupation - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Bush: 'I Did Not Compromise My Principles' - ABC News
It's Official - Obama Taps Clinton to Head State - The Hill
House to Push $500 Billion Stimulus Bill - Reuters

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