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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Lieberman Assails Lamont Over Supporter's Blog Post — The bitter Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut erupted in fresh controversy Wednesday over a doctored photo of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) in blackface that was posted by a blogger who has been an influential promoter of challenger Ned Lamont.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
About That Graphic... I sincerely apologize to anyone who was genuinely offended by the choice of images accompanying my blog post today on the Huffington Post. It's also important to note that I do not, nor have I ever worked for Ned Lamont's campaign. However, at their request, I removed the image earlier today.
David Segal / Washington Post:
True Blue, Or Too Blue? — Senate Hopeful Ned Lamont Is Challenging Joe Lieberman — And the Democratic Party — On a low-rise stage in front of a delicatessen, a blues band is taking a moment between songs to set up a chair and keyboards. Ned Lamont takes a seat and plays a few tentative notes, as if trying to jog his memory.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:Ned Lamont On Jane Hamsher - When In Trouble, Lie
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:Lamont Spokesman: Blog Photo Offensive
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BBC:
Iraq civil war warning for Blair — Civil war is a more likely outcome in Iraq than democracy, Britain's outgoing ambassador in Baghdad has warned Tony Blair in a confidential memo. — William Patey, who left the Iraqi capital last week, also predicted the break-up of Iraq along ethnic lines.
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Yoav Stern / Haaretz:
Hezbollah claims of combat successes become less and less believable — If Hezbollah-run media are to be believed, then 35 Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed or wounded in Ayta a-Shab , militants downed an Israeli helicopter and destroyed a house in which IDF soldiers were hiding …
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David Stout / New York Times:
Grief and Sacrifice Reach Into the Halls of Congress — "We loved him dearly, and we'll miss him more than words can ever express," said a man from Montana on Tuesday upon learning that his nephew had been killed in Iraq. — Words like those have been uttered thousands of times in big cities …
Robert Pape / New York Times:
Ground to a Halt — ISRAEL has finally conceded that air power alone will not defeat Hezbollah. Over the coming weeks, it will learn that ground power won't work either. The problem is not that the Israelis have insufficient military might, but that they misunderstand the nature of the enemy.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Murtha wants an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon — Once again, Pennsylvania Democratic congressman breaks with Bush — By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Pennsylvania's Rep. John Murtha said yesterday that he favored an immediate cease-fire in the fighting in Lebanon.
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Doubling Two Bad Bets? — If you think there is an echo in the air when officials discuss the twin crises in Iraq and Lebanon, you're not hearing things. In both cases the argument for carrying on the destructive current policy comes down to a claim that "we can't afford to let the other guy win."
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Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
An Estate Tax Twist Reverses Party Roles On Minimum Wage — For years, organized labor has worked hard to raise the minimum wage, while business groups have campaigned to block such a change. This week in the Senate, however, the AFL-CIO is pushing to kill the wage increase while practically …
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Lebanon.Profile / Lebanese Political Journal:
Lebanon: A Primer — To understand the current conflict, one must understand the way Lebanese think about this situation. — I'll note historical events alive in the minds of Lebanese, and note why Lebanese aren't "infantile" (the preferred Israeli term at the moment) for blaming Syria and Iran.
Patrick O'Connor / The Hill:
DCCC's $51.5M ad blitz — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has reserved $51.5 million of television advertising in 32 congressional districts. — The allocation reveals an aggressive posture toward the midterm elections, with 27 Republican-held districts targeted …
Washington Post:
RUMSFELD: IRAQ ISN'T IN "A CLASSIC CIVIL WAR AT THIS STAGE...CERTAINLY ISN'T LIKE OUR CIVIL WAR"... Defense Department News Briefing: — QUESTION: And the question, Mr. Secretary, after your most recent visit and this spike in violence, do you believe that Iraq is closer than ever to the brink of civil war?
BBC:
Blasts hit Baghdad football game — At least 12 people, many of them children, have been killed in bomb attacks while they were playing football in west Baghdad, police say. — Two blasts hit a makeshift pitch on waste ground in a mainly Shia district. About a dozen other people were hurt.
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