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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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December 3, 2008

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@ 7:18 pm by Chris Good

With Democrat Al Franken now claiming that he leads in Minnesota's Senate race, bloggers debate the comedian's chances of winning, while others doubt Sen. Saxby Chambliss's (R-Ga.) claim that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) had a tremendous impact on Georgia's Senate race.

Franken is now claiming a 22-vote lead over Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) in his own unofficial count, but Political Animal's Steve Benen warns that with 138,000 ballots left to be counted, the final results are anybody's guess. Franken's numbers are disputed by Coleman's team, whose count has Coleman up by around 300 votes, Townhall.com's Matt Lewis points out, questioning the credibility of Franken's numbers.

Though Chambliss has touted Palin's hand in his victory, the Alaska governor couldn't have been worth more than one or two percentage points in the final vote tally, Hot Air's Allahpundit contends. Republicans can kid themselves about Palin's impact all they want, Spencer Ackerman muses at Attackerman, hoping the GOP convinces itself to nominate her for president in 2012.

A plan for a two-month tax holiday, meanwhile, gains some traction with one blogger at RedState. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) proposes that Congress stimulate the economy by granting every citizen a reprieve from taxes in the first two months of 2009, and RedState's Erick Erickson encourages readers to sign a petition in support of the idea.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Musgrave Rob-Call Attacks Liberals - Jeralyn, TalkLeft
On Cabinet Appointments - kos, Daily Kos
RNC Chairman's Race: Updated Handicapping - Marc Ambinder
Save Taxpayers, Not GM - Erick Erickson, RedState
Franken Leading? - Matt Lewis, Townhall.com
A Way Forward for Republicans - Chris Bowers, Open Left
Barack Obama's 78 Percent Approval Rating - J. Singer, MyDD
Franken-Coleman Recount Update - Phoenix Woman, The Campaign Silo
Murkowski Warns Palin - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Dems Take a Second Look at Torture - Michael Goldfarb, The Weekly Standard

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama Taps Richardson to Head Commerce - The Hill
Big Three Ask for Money–Again - LA Times
Franken Claims He Is in the Lead - The Hill
UAW Pledges to Make Concessions - NY Times

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