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10:05 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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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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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 …
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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
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly blasts "smear merchants" and "vampires" criticizing Mel Gibson; Rivera smears Olbermann, Stewart, and Colbert … During a discussion on the August 2 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor with Geraldo at Large host and former Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:
Among Militia's Patient Loyalists, Confidence and Belief in Victory  —  There were no cars in the winding streets of this southern Lebanese village.  Not many people, either.  The signs of life were the buzz of Israeli surveillance drones overhead and, below, a gaggle of Hezbollah loyalists …
Discussion: BrothersJudd Blog and The Arabist
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.
Reuters:
Iran frees bin Laden son -German newspaper  —Text+BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran has freed a son of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from house arrest, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday.  —  Die Welt said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard released Saad bin Laden on July 28 with the aim of sending him to the Syria-Lebanon border.
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Hasani Gittens / New York Post:
OSAMA'S EVIL SPAWN IN LEB
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.
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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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" …
Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
The neocons' next war  —  Richard Perle (Zuma Press photo) and Elliott Abrams (Reuters photo)  —  The National Security Agency is providing signal intelligence to Israel to monitor whether Syria and Iran are supplying new armaments to Hezbollah as it fires hundreds of missiles into northern Israel …
Washington Post:
U.N. Talks Focus on Terms of Cease-Fire  —  Lebanon Sees No Solution to the Conflict Without a Role for Syria and Iran  —  Lebanon's acting foreign minister, Tarek Mitri, said Wednesday he doubts that his government would agree to invite a European-led intervention force into southern Lebanon …
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
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.
Discussion: Cox & Forkum and Ynetnews
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.
nbc10.com:
Ohio Man Claims Right To Have Sex With Boys  —  Admitted Pedophile Says Children Can Consent  —  CLEVELAND — It was probably not a defense the court had heard before.  —  A suburban Cleveland man accused of sexually assaulting nine disabled boys told a judge Wednesday that his apartment …
Rasmussen Reports:
Pennsylvania Governor: Rendell (D) Sustains Double-Digit Lead  —  For the third survey in a row, Democratic Governor Ed Rendell is enjoying a double-digit lead over Republican challenger Lynn Swann in Pennsylvania's gubernatorial race.  The Rasmussen Reports election poll now shows Rendell ahead 50% to 40% (see crosstabs).
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and RedState
 
 
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USA Today:
Bush trims this year's Texas stay to 10 days
Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:
It's Not Just About Land  —  Despite the claims of terrorist …
Little Green Footballs:
New Lieberman Art at Daily Kos
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Gus G. Sentementes / Baltimore Sun:
Door at Baltimore Hebrew University firebombed
centerforpolitics.org:
The 2006 Midterms: Guilt by Association?
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Guardian:
Civil war warning blow to Blair
Scott Winship / American Prospect:
No End of Ideology  —  Netroots members insist that they're non-ideological pragmatists.
Agence France Presse:
Rare snowfall across South Africa
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Top Military Lawyers Oppose Plan for Special Courts
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Doubling Two Bad Bets?
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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