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The Power of Hillary — "Hillary Clinton really is one of the weakest . . . nominees with whom the Democrats could be saddled." — "Democrats are worried sick about her chances." — "Just give someone else a chance, so we in the Democratic Party can elect a Democrat." — "She cannot possibly, possibly win."
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Maryland Senate Race May Hinge On Ethnicity — Mfume Leads Cardin In Sharply Divided Primary, Poll Shows — Former NAACP president Kweisi Mfume leads U.S. Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin in what is shaping up to be a racially polarized Democratic Senate primary in Maryland, even as roughly a third …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Roberts Is at Court's Helm, but He Isn't Yet in Control — WASHINGTON, July 1 — As the dust settled on a consequential Supreme Court term, the first in 11 years with a change in membership and the first in two decades with a new chief justice, one question that lingered was whether …
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Los Angeles Times:
GOP Aims to Use a War to Win an Election Battle
GOP Aims to Use a War to Win an Election Battle
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The Emerging Democratic …
Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times:
Lonely Victory for U.S. Navy Lawyer
Lonely Victory for U.S. Navy Lawyer
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Outside The Beltway
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Has Israel lost the spirit of '76? — THIRTY YEARS AGO this week, on July 4, 1976, Israel carried out one of the most spectacular rescue missions in history — the raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda that freed more than 100 Jewish hostages being held by Arab and German terrorists.
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Byron Calame / New York Times:
Secrecy, Security, the President and the Press — THE Bush administration's unusually harsh attacks on The New York Times for exposing a secret banking-data surveillance program have turned a glaring spotlight on the paper's decision to publish the article.
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Tom Clifford / gulfnews.com:
US carried out massive trawling of financial data
US carried out massive trawling of financial data
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Media Blog on National …
Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
LAST STAND — On May 31st, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced what appeared to be a major change in U.S. foreign policy. The Bush Administration, she said, would be willing to join Russia, China, and its European allies in direct talks with Iran about its nuclear program.
New York Times:
Hiring Federal Lobbyists, Towns Learn Money Talks — TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Rebuffed on several requests for state and federal financing to help rebuild its crumbling bridge, this small resort town was all but resigned to raising the money by doubling the 50-cent bridge toll, increasing property taxes and issuing bonds.
Philip Recchia / New York Post:
COPYCATTY COULTER PILFERS PROSE: PRO — July 2, 2006 — Conservative scribe Ann Coulter cribbed liberally in her latest book, "Godless," according to a plagiarism expert. — John Barrie, the creator of a leading plagiarism-recognition system, claimed he found at least three instances of what he calls …
Greg Tinti / Outside The Beltway | OTB:
Dana Priest's Cheap Shot (Video) — On this morning's Meet The Press, Washington Post reporter Dana Priest got downright nasty during a discussion of leaking and press responsibility. Guest host Andrea Mitchell quoted Bill Bennett (also on the panel) who said on his radio program …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Court Enters the War, Loudly — JOHN C. YOO, a principal architect of the Bush administration's legal response to the terrorist threat, sounded perplexed and a little bitter on Thursday afternoon. A few hours earlier, the Supreme Court had methodically dismantled the legal framework …
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Needlenose
Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:
My Father 'The Hero' — Today is the 14th Anniversary of my Father's death, always a difficult day for me, no matter how many years go quietly by.... and as I write these words and tears are rolling down my face, I think of My Father and my ultimate hero, the man considered …
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The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm — EL CAMPO, Tex. — Even though Donald R. Matthews put his sprawling new residence in the heart of rice country, he is no farmer. He is a 67-year-old asphalt contractor who wanted to build a dream house for his wife of 40 years.
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES — Is White House Scapegoating "New York Times"? ; Bloggers Respond to Recent Political Developments; Why the Media Hoopla Over Star Jones Departure? — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice-over): Targeting the "Times."
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Baghdad Market Bombing Kills 66 — BAGHDAD, July 1 — A truck bomb killed at least 66 people and injured more than 100 on a market street in the Shiite Muslim heart of Baghdad on Saturday, the deadliest such attack since Iraq's national-unity government took office in May.
Paul Blustein / Washington Post:
Trade Ministers Give Up on Compromise — Geneva Conference Collapses Over Agricultural Tariffs and Subsidies — GENEVA, July 1— A conference intended to achieve a last-ditch breakthrough in global trade negotiations collapsed Saturday, sharply diminishing prospects for an agreement …
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The Glittering Eye
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Discontent over Iraq may cost Republicans control of Congress, poll says — WASHINGTON — President Bush's job approval rating is up slightly, but discontent over the Iraq war, especially among women, is continuing to boost Democratic prospects in the struggle for control of Congress, a Times/Bloomberg poll has found.
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