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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Meme:
- Musharraf, wasn't he a general? Now he's simply listed as President. What happened? Oh, I'm sure that ~~Dan Rather~~ CBSCNNNBCABC will let us know what we're supposed to believe.
- Doom! Doom and gloom! McChimpy Bushitler's policy towards... (what country are we talking about now? Oh yeah) ... Pakistan is a complete failure and must be reversed, whatever the consequences!
- US Car makers must come up with cars that get 1,000 miles to the gallon in order to solve the OIL CRISIS and global warming! It can only be done through government fiat! Enlightened self interest be damned.
- We must punish any companies who have helped McChimpy Bushitler in the GWOT. It's a moral imperative!
- DiFi must be punished! She dares to consort with EVIL REPUBLICANS!
- Boehnor won against the Democrat crime/slime machine? Who knew?
- Meet the replacement for Trent Lott. We (the MSM) will cast him in the worst possible light we can. What? You expected anything else?
Topics:
- State of emergency in Pakistan
- Key members of congress weigh in on Iran and the nuclear threat
Guests
- Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf
  - Bhutto's manifesto hits at Musharraf's power base (Rediff, India - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Rights groups voice concern over illness of jailed anti-Musharraf lawyer (International Herald Tribune, France - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Pakistan's democrats need a plan (Toronto Star, Canada - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Polls to be referendum on Prez: Sharif (NDTV.com - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Polls to be referendum on Musharraf: Nawaz (The Nation, Pakistan, Pakistan - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Bhutto, Sharif threaten poll boycott (Hindustan Times - Dec 4, 2007)
  - Pakistan poll rivals fail to break deadlock in Pakis (Independent - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Riyadh working for reconciliation between Musharraf, Chaudhary (Hindu, India - Dec 7, 2007)
  - White House Shifts Channels For Pakistan Financial Support (Wall Street Journal - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Pak. polls will be credible though not perfect: Boucher (Hindu - Dec 8, 2007)
  - US breathes easier over Pakistan, for now (AFP - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Bush's Pakistan Policy Criticized (The Associated Press - Dec 6, 2007)
- Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat - California
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Bush under fire for destroyed CIA tapes (Bangkok Post, Thailand - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Bush: 'No recollection' of tapes (CNN - Dec 8, 2007)
  - CIA Destoryed Tapes Of Harsh Interrogations, Including Waterboarding (Free Internet Press - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Guantanamo headache faces next president (MSNBC - Dec 4, 2007)
  - No backdoor immunity (San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 6, 2007)
  - It's crunch time for Boxer and Feinstein on $288 billion farm bill (San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Feinstein's bill would aid contract fire pilots (Los Angeles Daily News - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Gas mileage bill stalls in Senate (San Jose Mercury News - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Feinstein often crosses party lines on Senate Judiciary Committee (San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 19, 2007)
  - Calif. Democratic Party ignores activist bid to censure Feinstein (San Jose Mercury News - Nov 17, 2007)
- Representative John A. Boehner Republican - Ohio
  - House web site | Bio
  - House Minority Leader
  - Budget Battle Hinges on Iraq (The Associated Press - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Differences on Iraq (Daily Press, VA - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Budget Fight Drags On; Veto a Factor (The Associated Press - Dec 6, 2007)
  - John Boehner at Henry Hyde's funeral earlier today (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Case Involving Boehner (WCPO, OH - Dec 3, 2007)
  - McDermott loses appeal, and must pay lawmaker (Seattle Post Intelligencer - Dec 3, 2007)
  - Boehner Finally Wins Legal Fight With McDermott Over Illegally Taped Call (The Politico - Dec 3, 2007)
  - WaPo Ignores Republican Criticism of Lack of Drilling in Energy Bill (NewsBusters - Dec 7, 2007)
  - NBC Lawyer Who Blocked Pro-Troops Ads Gives Generously to Dems (NewsBusters - Dec 8, 2007)
  - US House oks Major Energy Efficiency,Renewable,Biofuels Bill (CNNMoney.com - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Pelosi Calls For 'Top-To-Bottom' Review Of Page Program (Washington Post - Dec 7, 2007)
- Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl Republican - Arizona
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Kyl promoted to gop's No. 2 position in Senate (Arizona Republic, AZ - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Q&A With New Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (U.S. News & World Report - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Kyl picked for minority whip position (Arizona Daily Star - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Kyl is a political opportunist (Arizona Republic, AZ - Nov 30, 2007)
  - Insider Kyl seeks minority whip job (Politico, DC - Dec 4, 2007)
  - 10 Things You Didn't Know About Jon Kyl (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Nov 27, 2007)
  - Kyl takes final step out of shadows and into spotlight (East Valley Tribune, AZ - Dec 2, 2007)
  - Romney and Kyl (Town Hall, DC - Nov 26, 2007)
  - Media Casts Lott Retirement As Sign Of GOP Decline (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Nov 27, 2007)
  - Hutchison drops bid for GOP leadership post (Dallas Morning News, TX - Dec 5, 2007)
CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Meme:
- Joe Biden! Joe Biden! Joe Biden! Joe Biden! Joe Biden! He really is a serous candidate.... Really! Trust us!
- How sad can you get? Joe Biden being "endorsed" by Genifer Flowers? Talk about pathetic!
- How sad can you get? Joe Biden being "endorsed" by Chuck Hagel? Talk about pathetic!
- ABC is desperate to save at least one of Hollywood's anti America - pro-Al Qaeda movies, which are all failing in a historic manner
Topics:
- Interview: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.
  - His take on the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran
  - His campaign for the Democratic nomination
- Interview: former Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.
  - His perspective on the week's news
- Voices segment
  - A film that attempts to look at the consequences and human cost of the war in Iraq in a "non-partisan, non-polemic way" (yeah, right)
Guests
- Senator Joe Biden, Democrat - Deleware
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
  - Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  - Hagel Would Look at Dem White House Ticket (Action 3 News, NE - Nov 29, 2007)
  - Gennifer Flowers Considering Voting for Hillary Clinton (Gay Wired, CA - Dec 8. 2007)
  - SC lawmaker switch: Obama for Biden (White Rock Reviewer, SD - Dec 7, 2007)
  - SC senator who supported Biden switches to Obama camp (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Dec 7, 2007)
  - ’08 Comeback Kid should be Biden (Boston Herald - Dec 6, 2007)
  - The late Joe Biden (Grinnell College The Scarlet & Black, IA - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Biden's misguided violence bill (Philadelphia Daily News, PA - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Biden: ‘I would move to impeach him’ (MSNBC - Dec 4, 2007)
  - Joe Biden Cosponsors Bill to Strengthen Presidential Campaign Public Financing System (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Dec 6, 2007)
  - FACTBOX: Joe Biden, Democratic White House contender (Reuters - Dec 3, 2007)
- Newt Gingrich, Republican - Georgia
  - Former Speaker of the House
  - Web site, Newt.ORG | Bio
  - 29 Days To Iowa: Gingrich On The 2008 Race (RealClearPolitics, IL - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Newt Gingrich launches new platform in Muscatine (Muscatine Journal, IA - Dec 5, 2007)
  - Gingrich in Iowa for Platform for America (United Press International - Dec 5, 2007)
  - Gingrich pushes platform in Iowa (Washington Times, DC - Dec 4, 2007)
  - Gingrich handicaps race (Chandler News-Dispatch, MN - Dec 4, 2007)
  - Newt Gingrich predicts Obama victory in Iowa (Reuters - Nov 27, 2007)
  - Newt to Clinton: Watch out for Obama (San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Nov 27, 2007)
- Roundtable
  - Sam Donaldson, D-ABC
    - Sam Donaldson in DC Madam’s escort records (Monsters and Critics.com, UK - Nov 12, 2007)
  - Cokie Roberts, D-ABC
    - Roberts: Lott's career shaped by willingness to compromise (MetroWest Daily News, MA - Dec 2, 2007)
  - George Will, RINO-ABC
    - Tribal politics (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Nov 29, 2007)
- Voices segment
  - Actor John Cusack
ABC This Week comment web page