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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Lieberman To Start Petition Drive — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is to announce today he will petition for a place on the November ballot as an "independent Democrat," giving him a chance to stay alive politically should he lose an Aug. 8 primary for the Democratic nomination.
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Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Lieberman may campaign as independent — HARTFORD, Conn. - U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, facing a stronger-than-expected Democratic primary challenge and sagging poll numbers because of his support of the Iraq war, will collect signatures for a possible independent run this November …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sore Loserman — The Lieberman presser just ended in Hartford, and I just got off the phone with Jane. She and Paul Bass and the poodles are back in the car and driving over to a Ned Lamont presser. But she had time to relay this quote from Boltin' Joe:
Tparty / LamontBlog:
Joe Jumps Ship — Today, Joe Lieberman cut-and-ran from the Democratic party on the slowest news day of the summer. — In announcing he would run as a petitioning candidate in November if he loses on August 8th, he has clearly stated he is no longer a member of the Democratic party.
William Yardley / New York Times:
Lieberman Plans Independent Bid if Primary Fails — HARTFORD, July 3 — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut said on Monday that he would run as an independent Democratic candidate if he loses the state Democratic primary next month. The announcement by Mr. Lieberman …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight — Who knew we'd show up in Connecticut and things would get cooking so fast? Thanks, Joe. Some random notes from the front: — . Ned had a press conference today in which he made the point — and I think quite forcefully — that Lieberman wants to "have it both ways."
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Cut and Run — The dogs and I were having a lovely iced tea …
Cut and Run — The dogs and I were having a lovely iced tea …
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Paul Bass / New Haven Independent:
Lieberman Launches "Cut & Run" Campaign
Lieberman Launches "Cut & Run" Campaign
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Murray Waas / National Journal:
Bush Directed Cheney To Counter War Critic — President Bush told the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case that he directed Vice President Dick Cheney to personally lead an effort to counter allegations made by former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV that his administration …
Frank Jack Daniel / Reuters:
Mexico conservative creeps toward slim victory — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's conservative presidential candidate Felipe Calderon declared victory on Monday in a bitterly contested election and official returns appeared to show his leftist rival could no longer catch him.
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Closes Unit Focused on Capture of bin Laden — WASHINGTON, July 3 — The Central Intelligence Agency has closed a unit that for a decade had the mission of hunting Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, intelligence officials confirmed Monday. — The unit, known as Alec Station …
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Joseph Coleman / Associated Press:
N. Korea warns of nuclear war if attacked — SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea vowed on Monday to respond with an "annihilating" nuclear strike if its atomic facilities are attacked pre-emptively by the United States. — The Bush administration responded sternly, saying while it had no intention …
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Michelle Malkin:
DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC, II — It was a small, but stalwart crowd outside the D.C. offices of the NY Times this afternoon. Free Republic co-organizer Kristinn Taylor told me he wasn't aware of any Times reporters or photographers covering the event outside their doorstep.
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Ravi Nessman / Associated Press:
Israel Faces 11 P.m. Deadline on Soldier — Militants gave Israel 24 hours starting Monday to begin releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, implying they would kill an abducted Israeli soldier if their demands were not met. — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected any negotiations …
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Thomas Watkins / Associated Press:
Court intervenes in Calif. cross fight — SAN DIEGO - The U.S. Supreme Court intervened Monday to stop, at least for now, the removal of a large cross from city property in Southern California. — A lower court judge had ordered the city of San Diego to remove the cross or be fined $5,000 a day.
Opinion Journal:
The Great Pro-America Steak-Out — On Thursday we noted that Diane Wilson planned to start a hunger strike tomorrow: "I'm just a shrimper whose gonna stop eatin' to stop the war," she said in an interview with Code Pink. Wilson urged others to join her, and said you don't even have to stop eating altogether …
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Details Emerge in Alleged Army Rape, Killings — BAGHDAD, July 2 — Fifteen-year-old Abeer Qasim Hamza was afraid, her mother confided in a neighbor. — As pretty as she was young, the girl had attracted the unwelcome attention of U.S. soldiers manning a checkpoint that the girl …