memeorandum @ 8:05 AM ET, May 5, 2006

8:05 AM ET, May 5, 2006

RELATED ITEMS:

Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
U.S., British Forces Obtain Document Outlining Al Qaeda's New Iraq Strategy

Discussion: Security Watchtower and Riehl World View

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: U.S. close to capturing Zarqawi? (updated with video)

Discussion: Associated Press, Counterterrorism Blog, Confederate Yankee, In the Bullpen, ABCNEWS, Gateway Pundit, In From the Cold, Captain's Quarters, protein wisdom and QandO

Michele Gershberg / Reuters:

Castro worth $900 million: Forbes — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro was furious when Forbes magazine estimated his fortune at $550 million last year. This year, the magazine upped its estimate of the communist leader's wealth to a cool $900 million.

Discussion: Slapstick Politics, Publius Pundit and Dean's World

Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:

Give Iran Enough Rope — The debate in the U.S. over how to contend with Iran as it pursues nuclear weapons goes like this: — Many conservatives worry that the Bush administration - stung by the backlash over Iraq and the president's sinking poll numbers - has sworn off the military option.

Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Shot In The Dark

New York Times:

Memorial Cost at Ground Zero Nears $1 Billion — The projected cost of building the World Trade Center memorial complex at ground zero has soared to nearly $1 billion, according to the most authoritative estimate to date. — Rebuilding officials concede that the new price tag is breathtaking …

Discussion: BuzzMachine and Just a Bump in the Beltway

John / AMERICAblog:

With the congressional elections 6 months away, is it time for us to stop criticizing Democrats? — I ask this as a serious question. Some friends on the Hill recently asked me if the liberal blogs could lay off their attacks on Democratic members of Congress until after the election.

Discussion: ed fitzgerald's unfutz, The Agonist, Upper Left, Alternate Brain, Pandagon and democracy guy

Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:

To Earmarking Senators, Veto Seems to Spell Vote — Senators keep stuffing new provisions into an emergency spending bill for Iraq and hurricane recovery, ignoring President Bush's veto threat to advance their priorities. — An amendment by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) …

Discussion: Cafe Hayek, New York Times, Think Progress and Just a Bump in the Beltway

Ron Fournier / Associated Press:

Poll: Bush's Approval Falls to New Low — WASHINGTON - Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters

TCS Daily:

An Army of Climate Davids — Something stunningly sensible has just occurred in the field of climate change research. But what might actually induce gasps of amazement is that that something has been done by the US Government. And it is already causing shock and dismay among tree huggers …

Discussion: Dean's World and Tim Worstall

B.A. / Connecticut Bob:

"Lieberman vs. the Day After Pill" — Joe Lieberman supports the approach of the Catholic hospitals when it comes to contraceptives for rape victims (as reported in The New Haven Register, by Gregory B. Hladky on 03/13/2006, via KissJoeGoodbye.Com). — Lieberman said he believes hospitals …

Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos

Opinion Journal:

The Next Filibuster? — Republicans should welcome a judicial brawl. — It's merely taken three years, but Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to come for a vote before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Democrats are likely to oppose him in lock-step …

Discussion: Radio Blogger, Blogs for Bush, Confirm Them, ACSBlog and Southern Appeal