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10:30 PM ET, August 3, 2006

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Lieberman Falls Short on Recruits  — Guest contributor Kevin Rennie is a columnist for the Hartford Courant.  —  Lieberman Falls Short on Recruits  —  Sen. Joseph Lieberman's (D-CT) Tour for Tomorrow continues to be punctuated with today's struggles to save his troubled campaign.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Hail Mary Attempt #1: Lieberman's New Thug Strategy  —  So I just tracked this down with several sources, and something really strange is going on.  Lieberman's campaign seems to arming his supporters with aggressive talking points in order to pick fights at Lamont events.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Fact-esque
Michelle Malkin:
Blackface diaries: Lamont and the nutroots  —  US Senate candidate Ned Lamont of Connecticut, darling of the left-wing blogosphere, is now running as fast as he can from the nutball bloggers who have zealously promoted his campaign against Sen. Joe Lieberman from its inception.  (Today's Vent gives the overview.)
Rolling Stone:
THE LOW POST: The Mansion Family
Discussion: Sirotablog
Associated Press:
Court rules DeLay's name stays on ballot  —  NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court panel on Thursday refused to let Texas Republicans replace Tom DeLay's name on the November congressional ballot.  —  A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling …
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Jesselee / The Stakeholder:
Tom DeLay Loses Again  —  Lone Star Project...  DeLay stays on the ballot.  Welcome back.  And yes, I can independently confirm this information.  —  UPDATE: From the Chron...  Court rules GOP can't replace DeLay on ballot [AP] … Wow, again?  Sounds like Tom DeLay isn't so anxious …
R.G. Ratcliffe / Houston Chronicle:
Court rules GOP can't replace DeLay on ballot  —  AUSTIN - A federal appeals court panel today in a bipartisan order ruled that former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay cannot be replaced on the November ballot for the congressional seat he vacated in June.  —  The Republican Party said it will quickly file …
Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:
It's Not Just About Land  —  Despite the claims of terrorist organizations, Israel's current two-front war is not just about land.  After all, Hezbollah and Hamas fired rockets from Lebanon and Gaza well after Israel had withdrawn from both places.  —  Indeed, if sacred Arab ground …
Discussion: Say Anything and Blogs for Bush
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Nico / Think Progress:
Rumsfeld Claims Insurgent Violence Increases 'In the Spring, Summer and Fall Months'  —  Last month, Lt. Gen. David Richards, head of NATO's Afghan security force, said the country was "close to anarchy."  —  Asked about the situation today, Rumsfeld admitted there was a resurgence of the Taliban …
Discussion: Washington Post
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Was 9/11 an 'inside job'?  —  More than a third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could go to war in the Middle East, according to a new Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll.
Val Prieto / Babalu Blog:
A Message to the MSM  —  I'd like to take this opportunity to send a message to certain members of the MSM like The New York Times, The Washington Post, LA Times, etal. and especially to their editorial boards who continue in their attempts at shaping public opinion vis-a-vis the Cuba issue …
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Hasani Gittens / New York Post:
OSAMA'S EVIL SPAWN IN LEB  —  IRAN UNLEASHES QAEDA HEIR TO AID HEZ  —  A son of Osama bin Laden has gone from Iran to Lebanon with the mission to organize terror attacks against Israel, it was reported yesterday.  —  Saad bin Laden, 27, one of the terror mastermind's eldest sons …
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Washington Times:
Senate votes to fund the fence  —  The Senate did an abrupt about-face yesterday, voting overwhelmingly to begin paying for 370 miles of fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, just three weeks after voting against the same spending.
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
Generals raise fears of Iraq civil war  —  WASHINGTON - Two of the Pentagon's most senior generals conceded to Congress on Thursday that the surge in sectarian violence in Baghdad in recent weeks means Iraq may descend into civil war.  —  "Iraq could move toward civil war" …
CNN:
Bombs pound Beirut for second night  —  Hezbollah threatens to attack Tel Aviv as payback for airstrikes  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Israel launched a second straight night of airstrikes on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Friday, targeting an area known as a stronghold of Hezbollah militants.
Little Green Footballs:
New Lieberman Art at Daily Kos  —  Posted in the comments to one of several threads bashing Joe Lieberman today at Daily Kos, we find the following Photoshop illustrations from the "progressive" minds of the Kos Kidz.  —  This time with the always-popular homosexual slur theme.  (Hat tip: DM.
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
A Reform That Worked  —  President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, better known as "welfare reform," on Aug. 22 of that year.  A decade later it stands as a rarity: a Washington success story.
Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
What's the real federal deficit?  —  How many billions (or trillions) of dollars depends on how you do the accounting  —  The federal government keeps two sets of books.  —  The set the government promotes to the public has a healthier bottom line: a $318 billion deficit in 2005.
Discussion: Daily Pundit and Balloon Juice
 
 
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USA Today:
Bush trims this year's Texas stay to 10 days
Matt Born / Daily Mail:
Uproar at BBC satire featuring Westminster 9/11 attack
Washington Post:
U.N. Talks Focus on Terms of Cease-Fire
Reader's Digest:
Mel Gibson: Has He Gone Too Far?
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly blasts "smear merchants" …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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Scott Winship / American Prospect:
No End of Ideology  —  Netroots members insist that they're non-ideological pragmatists.
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