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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 4, 2008

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@ 6:33 pm by Chris Good

President-elect Barack Obama won't end Islamic terrorism with a speech, conservative bloggers declare after news that Obama is considering delivering a major address in an Islamic capital. Liberals, meanwhile, wonder why Democratic Sen. Diannie Feinstein (Calif.) seemingly changed her tune on torture with a comment earlier this week.

Oratory is the least effective weapon against terrorism, Abe Greenwald asserts at contentions after The New York Times reported Obama's consideration. If Obama travels to an Islamic capital to make a speech (Cairo is reportedly the leading candidate), he will end up looking more liberal than President Jimmy Carter while Islamic radicals around the world laugh at him, Dan Riehl proposes at Riehl World View.

Feinstein, who will take over the chairmanship of the Senate Intelligence Committee next year, has backtracked on her consistent opposition to torture, Salon's Glenn Greenwald writes after Feinstein said this week that, in some extreme cases, anti-torture rules could be bent. Feinstein has since asserted that she still thinks the Army Field Manual should be standard policy for interrogations, but ATTACKERMAN's Spencer Ackerman wonders if her comment reflects pressure from some unknown faction in the new administration to use torture.

Former Vice President Al Gore, meanwhile, earns plaudits from Open Left's Matt Stoller for a new campaign against "clean coal." With a new website and an ad campaign, Gore and other environmental groups are warning Americans that the sought-after "clean coal" technology doesn't exist yet, Stoller notes, while MyDD's desmoinesdem praises the humor of the campaign's first ad.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Matthews Boomlet - kos, Daily Kos
Al Gore Takes On Clean Coal - Matt Stoller, Open Left
Fred Thompson Goes Retro - Matt Lewis, Townhall.com
Auto Requests - Jeff Emanuel, RedState
Franken Says He's Up by 10 - Todd Beeton, MyDD
Audio: Ros-Lehtinen on Obama Hang-Up - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Bailout Nation - Larry Kudlow, The Corner
Why Not Baghdad? - Michael Goldfarb, The Weekly Standard
Flip a Coin? - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft
Mukasy to Obama: How the Game Is Played - looseheadprop, Firedoglake

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Big Three Face Tough Questions from Senators - The Hill
Clinton's Nomination Popular, but Is It Constitutional? - CNN
Looking for the Ideal Spot to Make a Speech - NY Times

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