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3:20 AM ET, May 16, 2006

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Hugh Hewitt:
A Very Good Start —Finally.  (UPDATED to Reflect My Amazement At the Non-Follow-Up Follow Up)  —  President Bush did exactly what he had to do tonight: Hit the middle, agreeing to the fence, to a large increase in Border Patrol personnel and funding, tamper-proof identification …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HE HAD HIS CHANCE...  ...and he blew it.  He should have given the speech I told him to.  As soon as he started talking about guest worker programs and the impossibility of deporting 11 million illegals, it was all over.  President Bush keeps trying to find the middle ground, on this and many other issues.
CNN:
Bush: U.S. 'a lawful society and a welcoming society'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — In an address to the nation Monday evening, President Bush called for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration that strengthens border security, enforces immigration laws and includes a guest-worker program.
Associated Press:
Text of Bush's Speech on Immigration  —  Text of President Bush's speech on immigration Monday night:  —  Good evening.  I have asked for a few minutes of your time to discuss a matter of national importance: the reform of America's immigration system.  —  The issue of immigration stirs …
Washington Post:
On Immigration, Bush Seeks 'Middle Ground'  —  President to Send 6,000 Guard Troops to Mexican Border  —  President Bush said last night that he will dispatch 6,000 National Guard troops starting next month to help secure the porous U.S.-Mexican border, calling on a divided Congress and country to find …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Immigration Speech: Reaction  —  I apologize; circumstances kept me from live-blogging the speech, but I did hear the entire event along with having read the speech just before its delivery.  —  My initial reaction?  President Bush tried reaching for the center — a position he has occupied on this issue all along.
New York Times:   President's Middle Path Disappoints Both Sides of Sharply Divisive Immigration Issue
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Highlights of Bush's immigration speech
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
The Blotter:
Federal Source to ABC News: We Know Who You're Calling  —  Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:  —  A senior federal law enforcement official tells ABC News the government is tracking the phone numbers we (Brian Ross and Richard Esposito) call in an effort to root out confidential sources.
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The Blotter:
FBI Acknowledges: Journalists Phone Records are Fair Game  —  Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:  —  The FBI acknowledged late Monday that it is increasingly seeking reporters' phone records in leak investigations.  —  "It used to be very hard and complicated to do this …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Same As It Ever Was  —  In light of today's predictable revelations …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
In From the Cold:
Better Get Some New Cellphones
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Final Solution  —  Dear God.  Crooks and Liars caught the World Net Daily making explicit arguments that the US should use the example of Nazi Germany to expel illegal immigrants: … "Rid themsleves" is an interesting way of putting it, don't you think?  I'm not surprised at this.
Discussion: Sadly, No! and Martini Republic
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Conservatives debate Bush impeachment over immigration
Chip Somodevilla / MSNBC:
A final word from Karl Rove?  —  Bush strategist addresses conservative think tank as Democrats see demise  —  Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff, addressed a meeting of the American Enterprise Institute on Monday.  Rove acknowledged President Bush's sinking poll numbers …
Discussion: The Washington Note and SEIXON
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Steven Leser / opednews.com:   Karl Rove Indictment an elaborate Hoax? Did Jason Leopold get Rolled?
brusselsjournal.com:
Is This the End?  —  Following last Thursday's Antwerp massacre the Belgian authorities have announced zero tolerance for racism.  Belgian journalists, lawyers and politicians (including Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt), say that I am responsible for creating the atmosphere of hatred that led to the massacre.
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wral.com:
Third Indicted Lacrosse Player: 'I Am Absolutely Innocent'  —  Durham DA Doesn't Anticipate Any Further Indictments, He Says  —  DURHAM, N.C. — A Duke University lacrosse team captain indicted Monday by a grand jury said he and his two teammates are innocent of all charges stemming …
Discussion: TalkLeft and JustOneMinute
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Mike Baker / Associated Press:
3rd Member of Duke Lacrosse Team Indicted
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and BitsBlog
Robert Rector / Heritage Foundation:
Senate Immigration Bill Would Allow 100 Million New Legal Immigrants over the Next Twenty Years  —  If enacted, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA, S.2611) would be the most dramatic change in immigration law in 80 years, allowing an estimated 103 million persons to legally immigrate …
 
 
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The Impact  —  Tonight at 8 PM Eastern time, George Bush …
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