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December 13, 2007, 9:33 AM

December 13, 2007— -- Republican Debate:

Des Moines Register: "The Register's Editorial: Tell us more about the big picture"LINK

ABC News' Rick Klein: "ANALYSIS: Huckabee Shines in Lackluster Debate"LINK

New York Times' MICHAEL COOPER and MICHAEL LUO: "Final Debate Before Iowa Caucuses Shows Uncertainty at Top of Republican Field"LINK

Washington Post's Michael D. Shear and Dan Balz: "In a Lifeless Debate, Vows of a Spirited Sprint"LINK

Politico's Jonathan Martin: "Restrained candidates stay polite"LINK

Wall Street Journal's JACKIE CALMES: "Republicans' Iowa Debate Unlikely to Sort Out Field"LINK

Boston Globe's Peter S. Canellos: "New dynamics of race reinforced, but no big winner"LINK

Newsweek's Holly Bailey: "A Flat Finale"LINK

2008: Republicans: Huckabee:

New York Times' Zev Chafets: "The Huckabee Factor"LINK

New York Times' Michael Luo and Kate Phillips: "Huckabee Apologizes to Romney Over Mormon Comments"LINK

Politico's Michael Calderone: "Huck camp backtracks on Mormon question"LINK

Los Angeles Times' Mark Z. Barabak and Michael Finnegan: "Huckabee's Mormon question dwarfs GOP debate"LINK

Bloomberg's Heidi Przybyla: "Huckabee's Frontrunner Status Tests His Authenticity, Appeal"LINK

2008: Republicans: Romney:

Washington Times: "Mitt Romney"LINK

The Hill's Klaus Marre: "Romney not losing sleep over taxing the rich"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

Politico's Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin: "HRC troubles may pose problem for Giuliani"LINK

Des Moines Register's LEE ROOD: "Giuliani urges GOP to address climate issues"LINK

New York Daily News' DAVID SALTONSTALL and MICHAEL SAUL: "Rudy Giuliani insists he ran an 'open, transparent' government in New York"LINK

The Nation's JoAnn Wypijewski: "Bad Sex in the City"LINK

2008: Republicans: McCain:

Washington Post's Michael E. Ruane: "A Family Duty"LINK

New York Sun's RUSSELL BERMAN: "McCain Touts Bloomberg on Education"LINK

ABC News' Brett Hovell: "10-26-67 Souvenir Shows up at McCain Event"LINK

2008: Republicans: Thompson:

Christian Science Monitor's Ariel Sabar: "Fred Thompson: a maverick conservative who loves the law"LINK

2008: Republicans:

Time's Michael Duffy: "The GOP Race: None of the Above"LINK

2008: Democrats: Clinton: