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11:25 PM ET, July 9, 2006

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Jonathan Chait / Los Angeles Times:
Purely foolish Democrats  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman's irritating, but his enemies in the party are worse.  —  NED LAMONT'S challenge to Sen. Joe Lieberman in next month's Connecticut primary has blossomed into a full-scale Democratic civil war.  What's at stake is the legitimacy of partisanship.
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Bill Scher / liberaloasis.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Lieberman Ad Uses Fake Lamont Sticker  —  A TV ad, with a message approved by Sen. Joe Lieberman, uses a phony Ned Lamont bumper sticker to falsely claim that all Lamont has to say is "No More Joe."  —  The ad ran today on Hartford's Fox affiliate WTIC-61, during "Fox News Sunday."
Discussion: spazeboy and Daily Kos
Tim Tagaris / Ned Lamont for Senate:
Filling the Air With Outright Lies [6]  —  Filling the Air With Outright Lies  —  In the debates, through Marion Seinfeld (aka the last comic standing), and now using his millions in corporate lobbyists/political action committee funds to flood the airwaves, Joe Lieberman is just outright lying …
Discussion: Riehl World View
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   Did Lieberman Ad Uses Fake Lamont Bumper Sticker?
Tparty / LamontBlog:   Fakin' It  —  Liberal Oasis uncovers, and the official blog confirms …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hatemania!  Goldstein's stalker wants right-wingers' heads cracked (Update: PW hit with another DOS)  —  Quoting another brave, plain-speaking truthteller.  In fairness, they don't seem too adamant about bludgeoning; the main thing is having us put down like "rabid animals," so presumably injections would be okay.
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Barry Wilner / Associated Press:
Italy Beats France for 4th World Cup Title  —  Italy let France do nearly anything it wanted Sunday, except win the World Cup.  That belongs to the Azzurri, 5-3 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw.  —  Outplayed for an hour and into extra time, the Italians won it after French captain Zinedine Zidane …
Jonathan Darman / Newsweek:
One Hug at a Time  —  John Edwards is back-with a retooled résumé and a lot of love for Iowans.  —  July 17, 2006 issue - It's Friday night in Iowa and an old politician is trying some new tricks.  John Edwards is back-back, with the familiar deep drawl, dark tan and honeyed hair.
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Washington Post:
Plumbing Iowa for Democratic Caucus Votes?  Bring Money  —  To most people, all the national Democrats beating a path to Iowa this month look an awful lot like presidential candidates.  But to the state Democratic Party, they look like something else: revenue enhancers.
Andrew J. Bacevich / Washington Post:
What's an Iraqi Life Worth?  —  In Iraq, lives differ in value — and so do deaths.  In this disparity lies an important reason why the United States has botched this war.  —  Last November in Haditha , a squad of Marines, outraged at the loss of a comrade, is said to have run amok …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
"We Don't Do Body Counts"  —  When I read things like this today …
Discussion: James Wolcott and Democrats.com
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
What Chief Justice Roberts Forgot in His First Term: Judicial Modesty  —  At the confirmation hearings for John Roberts, there were two theories about what kind of a chief justice he would be.  His critics maintained that he was an extreme conservative whose politics would drive his legal rulings.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
His Hipness, John G. Roberts
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
This Race Brought To You By Texas Democrats  —  Thanks to an ill-considered lawsuit by Texas Democrats, Tom DeLay may wind up running for office to regain the seat he just resigned in Congress: … The Democrats sued to keep DeLay's name on the Texas ballot after his resignation …
Discussion: bRight & Early
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Time:
An Unlikely GOP Comeback Kid?
Discussion: MyDD and The Strata-Sphere
Michael Sheridan / New York Post:
SECRET WAR VS. EVIL KIM  —  TARGETING NUKES  —  July 9, 2006 — SEOUL, South Korea - A program of covert action against nuclear and missile traffic to North Korea and Iran is to be intensified after last week's missile tests by the North Korean regime.  —  Intelligence agencies …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Presidential Pardons And Presidential Connections  —  Another of Bill Clinton's presidential pardons has been shown to have financial connections to the Clinton family.  The Washington Times reports that Anthony Rodham, Hillary Clinton's brother, got six-figure "loans" on which he never …
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
New York Times' David Brooks Again Slams Daily Kos and Netroots  —  David Brooks of the New York Times has been on a quite an anti-liberal blogosphere roll of late.  After eviscerating Markos Moulitsas Zuniga - the proprietor of the Daily Kos - in a June 25 op-ed entitled "Respect Must be Paid For …
Times of London:
Death trap  —  Christina Lamb has spent 20 years covering Afghan wars and was lucky to escape with her life after a firefight 10 days ago.  Afghanistan is littered with the debris of invading empires - so why do we refuse to learn from history?  —  When you twice stare death in the face …
 
 
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