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Election ‘08: Tip O’Neill, Meet Benazir Bhutto

All politics may be local, but no sooner was Benazir Bhutto dead in Pakistan than the political jackals were out, picking through her remains for evidence of what this latest terrorist crime could mean for the American presidential election. Pajamas CEO Roger L. Simon examines their early conclusions.

Shock and Anger: Pakistanis Demand Answers

PJM Islamabad -- EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's assassination on Thursday sent shockwaves across the country and the whole world. Ghalia Aymen reports on the feeling of rage, fear and uncertainty sweeping the nation.

Tense Pakistan Mourns Benazir Bhutto

Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest this morning alongside her father in her ancestral home of Garhi-Kuda Baksh, as violent protest raged on. Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide bombing in Rawalpindi that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally. Click for ongoing news and blogger reaction...

John McCain & the GOP: A Match Made in Heaven?

Voters could be forgiven for thinking that Campaign 2008 is turning into a bad eHarmony commercial. Bridget Johnson writes that "no matter how many fresh faces vie for your electoral affection, sometimes your best bet is the tried-and-true stalwart without a lot of the flash or the cash."

Victor Davis Hanson Looks For Mr. (or Ms.) Right

Columnist Victor Davis Hanson can’t endorse a specific presidential candidate – his employment contract forbids it. But he does express strong opinions about the hopefuls from both parties at Works and Days – his PajamasXpress blog.

The Glenn and Helen Show: Jonah Goldberg on Liberal Fascism

It's sure to make a splash, and it's already got some left bloggers in a tizzy even though it doesn't come out until next week. It's Jonah Goldberg's new book, %%AMAZON=0385511841 Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning.%% Goldberg has a lot to say about the "progressive" roots of both socialism and fascism and the way they're reflected in contemporary politics. Plus, thoughts on the Hillary and Huckabee candidacies.

PJM Political 12/27/07–Four Elections That Shaped America

Tune in each Thursday to XM Channel #130, POTUS ‘08 at 6:00 PM Eastern/3:00 PM Pacific for Pajamas Media’s weekly PJM Political show! (And at 11:00 PM Eastern/8:00 Pacific for a rebroadcast) If you missed this week’s show, click here to listen.

Hosted by Bill Bradley, this between-the-holidays PJM Political is a look back at some of the key presidential elections in our nation’s history:

• In an excerpt from the debut edition of Pajamas Media’s “Deep Background” podcast, Austin Bay interviews City Journal’s Michael Knox Beran on “How Lincoln Saved The World.”
• Amity Shlaes, a senior fellow in economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations and Bloomberg News columnist reminds us of The Forgotten Man of the 1932 and ‘36 elections that brought FDR and a New Deal to the White House.
• James Piereson, author of Camelot and the Cultural Revolution explores the twists and turns of the 1960 presidential election between Senator Kennedy and Vice President Nixon.
• Craig Shirley on the rise of Ronald Reagan, focusing on both his abortive ‘76 run, and the 1980 election that brought him to power and signaled a turnpoint in both the nation’s economy and the Cold War.
• Details of Pajamas’ iPhone giveaway to win “man’s most perfect creation”.
• Produced by Ed Driscoll.

A lo-fi edition of this week’s show (mono, 16.5 MB) is available here. Finally, if you missed any previous episodes of PJM Political, click here and scroll through for hours of audio archives.

Pakistan Renewal in the Wake of Bhutto Killing

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto provides the perfect opportunity to remind the people of Pakistan that Islamists are their real enemies, writes Ali Eteraz. He thinks that an independent international investigation will enable Pakistanis to "see all the elements that have been involved in killing their leaders, neighbors, and families."

Yes, Virginia, Iran’s Mullahs Do Screw Up

Are Iran’s leaders really manipulating the U.S. so that it stays mired in Iraq? That’s what PJM’s Meir Javedanfar believes. But Michael Ledeen disagrees, arguing that “the mullahs’ setbacks in Iraq have occurred because of our superiority and Iraqi steadfastness and courage, not because of their unlimited cleverness.”

All the Media Wanted For Christmas Was To Tell Iowa How To Vote

While Iowans were trying to forget about politics and enjoy Christmas, writes Bob Owens, reporters and pundits were working hard to influence the opinions of caucus-goers so they can package the 2008 presidential contest into tidy horse-races.