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Michael Hainey / GQ:
All Eyez on Him — The junior senator from Florida had a heck of an election year: Short-listed for VP. Wrote a memoir of his Cuban heritage. Gave a tough, moving convention speech—maybe the best of its kind since Obama's. Michael Hainey talks to Marco Rubio about growing up in the shadow of Castro …
Discussion: CNN, TIME, Little Green Footballs, msnbc.com, Washington Monthly, ABCNEWS, Washington Wire, Paul Krugman, Guardian, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, The Hill, ABCNEWS, Religion Dispatches, New York Magazine, Gawker, The Agonist, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Truthdig, GOP 12, Washington Examiner, The Daily Dish, The Raw Story and Politico
Ashley Killough / CNN: TRENDING: Rubio breaks it down: Pitbull is no Eminem
Alex Altman / TIME: Marco Rubio's Long Road to 2016 Begins Now
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: Marco Rubio: Just Another Right Wing Creationist
Steve Benen / msnbc.com: Rubio on Earth's age: 'I'm not a scientist, man'
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Rubio's Best Friend (Other Than His Wife)
Jordan Fabian / ABCNEWS: Marco Rubio Muses To GQ On The Earth's Age, Public Enemy, Pitbull, And His Best Friend
Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire: Marco Rubio's Best Friend(s) — and Favorite Rappers
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite: Marco Rubio Unsure How Old The Earth Is, Calls It 'Dispute Amongst Theologians'
Daniel Strauss / The Hill: Rubio: OK for parents to teach 'multiple theories' on Earth's age
Arlette Saenz / ABCNEWS: Marco Rubio Talks Rap, Eminem, and His Best Friends
Sarah Posner / Religion Dispatches: Rubio Leaves Science to the Theologians, or the Free Market. Or Something. - Post by SARAH POSNER
Max Read / Gawker: Marco Rubio Is Not a Scientist, Man
Steve Hynd / The Agonist: Today In Your Science-Hating GOP
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos: Marco Rubio 2016: The Great Right Hope
Christian Heinze / GOP 12: Rubio talks rap
Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner: Marco Rubio: Sen. Jim DeMint is my best friend
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Marco Rubio Is Not A Scientist
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Rubio: Maybe Earth was created in 7 days because 'I'm not a scientist, man'
Lois Romano / Politico: Marco Rubio takes message to Iowa
Talking Points Memo:
Rubio Declines To Say How Old Earth Is: 'I'm Not A Scientist, Man' — GQ: How old do you think the Earth is? — Marco Rubio: I'm not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that's a dispute amongst theologians …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler and Booman Tribune
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: The Project to Destroy Marco Rubio Has Begun
David Weigel / Slate:
Marco Rubio Drops Some Science About the Age of the Earth
Marco Rubio Drops Some Science About the Age of the Earth
Discussion: The Hill
Daniel Strauss / The Hill: Rubio says DeMint is his best friend
CNN Poll: 57% of Americans say Israeli attacks in Gaza are justified — Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans say that Israel's current military strikes against Gaza are justified, according to a new national survey. — A CNN/ORC International poll released Monday indicates that 57% …
Discussion: Weekly Standard, The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider and Election 2012
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Only 40 Percent of Democrats 'Think the Israeli Actions in Gaza Are Justified'
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: CNN Poll: Only 40% Of Democrats Says Israeli Attacks On Gaza Are Justified Vs. 74% Of Republicans …
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Democrats Are Three Times More Likely Than Republicans To Think Israel Is 'Not Justified' In Military Action
Sean Sullivan / Election 2012: CNN/ORC poll: Most Americans say Israeli military action in Gaza is justified
New York Times:
Hamas Leader Dares Israel to Invade Amid Gaza Airstrikes — GAZA CITY — The top leader of Hamas dared Israel on Monday to launch a ground invasion of Gaza and dismissed diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire in the six-day-old conflict, as the Israeli military conducted a new wave …
Discussion: Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', First Read, The Times of Israel, New York Magazine, Poynter, Gawker and Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
Raphael Ahren / The Times of Israel: International pressure for ceasefire grows, as Palestinian death toll rises
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine: Anderson Cooper Reports That the Explosions in Gaza Are Rather Loud
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Bomb Blast Nearly Knocks Anderson Cooper Down During On-Air Report from Gaza City
Harriet Sherwood / Guardian: Four Gazan children killed in single Israeli air strike as assault intensifies
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
Tom Blumer / NewsBusters.org: CNN Gets 'Fooled' by a Palestinian Child's Death; Real Story Is Hamas Barbarity Against 'Its Own' People
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: How dare that (now dead) Islamic Jihad commander ruin a good story about Israeli war crimes against journalists
Algemeiner.com: Shocking: Evidence Indicates Child Whose Death Was Blamed on Israel, Was Actually Killed by Hamas Rocket (VIDEO)
Carl / Israel Matzav: Hamas' great shooting: More than twice as many rockets have hit 'Palestinians' as have hit Israelis
Simon Plosker / Honest Reporting: Gaza Child Killed... By Hamas
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Dead Child Hamas Paraded In Front Of Media Was Not Killed By Israel, He Was Killed By One Of Hamas' Own Rockets...
New York Times:
Gaza Clash Escalates With Deadliest Israeli Strike
Gaza Clash Escalates With Deadliest Israeli Strike
Discussion: Power Line, FP Passport, BBC, Weekly Standard and Israel Matzav
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line: The Gaza confrontation — a major test case for the "Arab Spring"
David Kenner / FP Passport: Egypt's balancing act in Gaza
Jonathan Spyer / Weekly Standard: Hamas's Miscalculation — The crisis now under way in Gaza represents …
Melanie Phillips:
Here is the (real) news
Here is the (real) news
Noah Glyn / National Review: Beware Hamas Media Spin
Palestinian Media Watch: Hamas to Israelis: We "love death more than you love life" - Pillar of Defense #5
Douglas Murray / Spectator: Bigotry on the Beeb
William Teach / Pirate's Cove: As Hamas Recklessly Launches Rockets Into Israel, How Does Israel Respond?
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: What? Terrorists Lie? — If they are willing to fire missiles …
Tovah Lazaroff / Jerusalem Post:
'Israel halted Gaza invasion to give talks more time'
'Israel halted Gaza invasion to give talks more time'
Discussion: Power Line and Israel Matzav
Katie Glueck / Reuters:
Jane Harman: Cease-fire possible today
Jane Harman: Cease-fire possible today
Kevin Robillard / Politico: Poll: U.S. support for Israeli action
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Cease-fire coming soon in Gaza?
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Twinkie Manifesto — The Twinkie, it turns out, was introduced way back in 1930. In our memories, however, the iconic snack will forever be identified with the 1950s, when Hostess popularized the brand by sponsoring "The Howdy Doody Show." And the demise of Hostess has unleashed …
Discussion: AEIdeas, Weasel Zippers, National Review, The Moderate Voice, Conservatives4Palin, msnbc.com and Business Insider
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas: 4 reasons why we can't bring back the 91% tax rate
Andrew Stuttaford / National Review: Correlation Is Not Causation — When class war gets going, it accelerates pretty quickly.
Owen Gray / The Moderate Voice: Twinkie Nostalgia — The demise of the Twinkie, Paul Krugman writes …
Doug Brady / Conservatives4Palin: Let's bring back the 91% tax bracket
Wall Street Journal:
Investment Falls Off a Cliff — U.S. Companies Cut Spending Plans Amid Fiscal and Economic Uncertainty — U.S. companies are scaling back investment plans at the fastest pace since the recession, signaling more trouble for the economic recovery. — Half of the nation's 40 biggest …
Discussion: MarketBeat, Questions and Observations, The Lonely Conservative, Conservatives4Palin and Via Meadia
Steven Russolillo / MarketBeat: Rally Caps On: Stocks Surge; Fiscal Cliff Looks Less Disastrous
Bruce McQuain / Questions and Observations: So, economically, how's the election working out for us?
Doug Brady / Conservatives4Palin: More.
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia: Is This the Double Dip? — A front page Wall Street Journal …
James Hohmann / Politico:
Republicans at a crossroads — LAS VEGAS — Republican governors are torn between essentially staying the course in the wake of Mitt Romney's loss and a more proactive strategy aimed at radically shaking up their party in an effort to reach out to young and minority voters.
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, New York Magazine and Conservatives4Palin
Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog: A Memo for RNC Chair Priebus
Caroline Bankoff / New York Magazine: Republicans Really Wish That Mitt Romney Would Shut Up Now
Doug Brady / Conservatives4Palin: More.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Future for Republicans is not so bad
Future for Republicans is not so bad
Discussion: Booman Tribune, No More Mister Nice Blog, Althouse, Betsy's Page and Wall Street Journal
Ann Althouse / Althouse: 4 reasons why Republicans don't need to feel that bad.
Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Cruising the Web — Some lessons for the GOP in appealing to Hispanic voters.
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
White House Changed CIA Talking Points — Senior Republican members of Congress confirmed Sunday that the Obama administration changed CIA guidance to senior officials that had identified the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi as an al Qaeda attack. — "The intelligence community had it right …
Chris Wallace / Fox News: Sen. Lieberman, Sen. Chambliss on Petraeus testimony; GOP governors talk party's future
Jay Newton-Small / TIME: The Pros and Cons of Picking Susan Rice for State
November 18: Dianne Feinstein, Mike Rogers, Lindsey Graham, Raul Labrador, Tom Friedman …
November 18: Dianne Feinstein, Mike Rogers, Lindsey Graham, Raul Labrador, Tom Friedman …
Discussion: Weekly Standard, JustOneMinute, Washington Examiner and Althouse
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard: Who Politicized Intelligence on Benghazi?
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner: Rogers: Holder might have told Obama about Petraeus scandal before election
Ann Althouse / Althouse: Lindsey Graham was on fire on "Meet the Press" today.
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Andrew Cuomo, fake Democrat — New York's governor might lead his party in 2016. So why won't he fight for a state Senate majority they earned? — If the New York state Senate remains controlled by the Republican Party, it won't be because of the voters. Democrats have 30 seats, with 32 required for a majority.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and GOP 12
Christian Heinze / GOP 12: MSNBC host hammers "supposedly Democratic" Andrew Cuomo
Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Obama Repeatedly Mispronounces Aung San Suu Kyi — During his stop in Burma earlier today, President Obama repeatedly mispronounced the name of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate and former political prisoner who has led the struggle for a free and democratic Burma. — From the Associated Press:
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Florida's West to fight defeat in House race — (Reuters) - Tea Party-backed Republican Congressman Allen West said he was still not ready to concede defeat on Sunday, almost two weeks after the November 6 election, when the clock ran out on a partial recount in South Florida.
Discussion: nation.foxnews.com, Election 2012 and Politico
Sorourke / nation.foxnews.com: Allen West Keeps Fighting
Sean Sullivan / Election 2012: Allen West trails by even more votes after recount
Alex Isenstadt / Politico: Allen West falls further behind
Christine Stapleton / Palm Beach Post:
Murphy declares victory when St. Lucie board misses noon deadline; West considers challenge
Murphy declares victory when St. Lucie board misses noon deadline; West considers challenge
Discussion: Post on Politics, emptywheel, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Buzz Florida Politics Feed
George Bennett / Post on Politics: West watch: no concession, no decision on challenging apparent Murphy win
Jim White / emptywheel: West Gets the Recount He Wanted, Deficit Increases to 2146 Votes, Still No Concession
Bryan Jacoutot / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Allen West St. Lucie County recount results (Update - Board misses deadline)
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Emerges as Power Broker in Fiscal Talks — WASHINGTON — Gone is the private jet and the motorcade that swept him from the tarmac to the private hotel entrances. His security staff has been reduced to a few Capitol Police officers, soon to fade away.
Discussion: NationalJournal.com, Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, emptywheel, The Fix and The Caucus
Dan Friedman / NationalJournal.com: Shape of a Fiscal Cliff Deal Emerges
David Dayen / Firedoglake: Over the Weekend on the Fiscal Slopes
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Ryan's New Catbird Seat
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine: Marco Rubio Catches Rubio '16 Fever
Jada F. Smith / The Caucus: The Early Word: Spotlight
Washington Examiner:
Can conservatives prevent the U.S. from becoming California? … As bad as last Tuesday night was for the national Republican Party, it was far, far worse for the California Republican Party. Not only did Golden State Democrats maintain control of every statewide elected office …
Discussion: Marathon Pundit
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
How Many 2008 McCain Voters Went Libertarian in 2012? — Campaign Spot reader Michael writes in, having examined the claim of the missing Republican voters — the drop off from McCain's 2008 total to Romney's 2012. Immediately after the election, many were left incredulous in response …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Vox Popoli
Elizabeth Harrington / CNSNews:
Treasury Secretary Geithner: Lift Debt Limit to Infinity — (CNSNews.com) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Friday that Congress should stop placing legal limits on the amount of money the government can borrow and effectively lift the debt limit to infinity.
Discussion: protein wisdom, Weasel Zippers and About.com Conservative …
Mark Duell / Daily Mail:
From wedding dress to suicide vest: How Russian Islamic convert kissed her daughter goodbye and blew herself up at cleric's home — Brought up as an Orthodox Christian by her mother, Aminat Kurbanova looked a picture of happiness at her wedding nine years ago - marrying the man with whom she had fallen in love at drama school.
Discussion: Jihad Watch