Politico - Dems now have a brazen argument for 2010 campaign: that Republicans are insensitive to rape victims.

AP - The U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, a former Army general who once commanded troops in the country, has objected strongly to emerging plans to send tens of thousands of additional forces to the country, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.

AFP - With the clock ticking on the high-stakes Copenhagen climate summit, US President Barack Obama will try to salvage fading hopes for a deal as he meets this month with the leaders of China and India.

Politico - McCain joins GOP critics in suggesting “political correctness” might have factored into the shootings.

Time.com - Televised speeches now come larded in so much analysis, before and after, that it becomes almost impossible to connect with them in a genuine, visceral way