Christmas Eve Linkage

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Jobless claims surge to 26-year high

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Economy Getting Worse The Hill reports, "The White House on Tuesday, in reaction to a 0.5 percent drop of the gross domestic product in the third quarter, said that things would get worse before they get better." White House spokesman Tony Fratto "noted that the economy has slowed since the end of the third quarter in September. 'The fourth quarter we know, because of the credit crisis, the standstill in credit as markets froze up and the financial market turmoil, will be significantly weaker."

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Paterson, Others Discomfited By Kennedy Push The New York Times reports, "Resistance is emerging among Democratic officials" against Caroline Kennedy as she pursues Sen. Hillary Clinton's seat, "with Gov. David A. Paterson bristling over suggestions that her selection is inevitable, according to his advisers, and other leading Democrats concerned that she is too beholden to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg."