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Perry Bacon, Jr / Time:
The Unmaking of a Senator: How Bloggers Pulled It Off — With Lieberman's primary loss, the netroots movement has established itself as a power center among Democrats. But will its influence haunt the party in November? — Now that it has played a major role in helping to defeat Joe Lieberman …
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Martin Peretz / The New Republic:
LAMONT'S UNSAVORY SUPPORTERS: — So Ned Lamont did defeat Joe Lieberman. But Lamont won by just under four percentage points, a far cry from the huge margins he'd captured in the polls just a week ago. Lieberman's concession speech was also a declaration of intent to run as an independent …
New York Times:
Lieberman Begins Race as Independent — Ned Lamont announces his victory over Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary for United States Senate from his campaign headquarters in Meriden, Conn. More Photos > — Democratic leaders expressed strong support today for Ned Lamont …
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Exit Poll Results — Political Wire obtained a copy of the exit poll last night done by CBS News and the New York Times that provides some interesting insight into the views of Connecticut Democrats who voted in the primary yesterday. — Key findings: — As expected, the war …
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U.S. Newswire:
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman Addresses The City Club Of Cleveland — Contact: Tracey Schmitt of the Republican National Committee Staff, 202-863-8614 — CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ — RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman addressed the City Club of Cleveland this morning.
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John McIntyre / Real Clear Politics:
Dems Move Closer to McGovern's Losing Formula — Democrats lost the 2004 presidential election over leadership on national security. Last night's win by anti-war Ned Lamont over pro-war Joe Lieberman, while joyous for the far-left netroots crowd, is a bad harbinger for future Democratic Party prospects nationally in 2008 and beyond.
michaelmoore.com:
It's All About Who You Sleep With ... a Cautionary Note from Michael Moore — Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war.
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Redstate Network / Redstate:
Michael Moore starts a war for peace — The Democrat fringe has its scalp, and now it wants a stack of casualties. This arrived in my Inbox this morning, and it is replicated on the web site of filmmaker/author/philosopher/ political scientist/media mogul/acrobat/beer taster Michael Moore:
CNN:
Poll: 60 percent of Americans oppose Iraq war — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sixty percent of Americans oppose the U.S. war in Iraq, the highest number since polling on the subject began with the commencement of the war in March 2003, according to poll results and trends released Wednesday.
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White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow — MR. SNOW: Good afternoon. Let me get you apprised first of the President's day. Also a couple of key issues I know you want to talk about. I'll cover those first, and then we'll do questions. — The President this morning received his briefings from his national security team.
MSNBC:
3 of 11 missing Egyptian students found — 1 arrested in Minnesota, 2 others surrender in New Jersey … Three of 11 missing Egyptian students has been picked up - one in Minneapolis, Minn., and two in Manville, N.J., NBC News' Pete Williams reported. — The FBI confirmed the discovery …
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CNN:
Egyptian students disappear in U.S. — FBI hunting 11 exchange students who didn't show up at school — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Immigration agents and the FBI are looking for 11 Egyptian students who entered the United States on valid student visas, then failed to show up at a university in Montana, authorities said.
Brendan Bernhard / laweekly.com:
REUTERS' IMAGE PROBLEM — L.A. blog unmasks Hezbollah propaganda — It's been a good week for Los Angeles' most controversial political Web site, Little Green Footballs, widely reviled by some because it takes global Islamist terrorism more seriously than, say, a Dick Cheney hunting accident.
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Germanm / TheWorldNewser:
George Stephanopoulos: Can Karl help Joe? — According to a close Lieberman adviser, the President's political guru, Karl Rove, has reached out to the Lieberman camp with a message straight from the Oval Office: "The boss wants to help. Whatever we can do, we will do."
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
A Fight Against Terrorism — and Disorganization — Early this summer, a new strategy for combating terrorism, described by its authors as "revolutionary" in concept, arrived on President Bush's desk. The highly classified National Implementation Plan for the first time set government-wide goals …
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Wired News:
Wired News Writer Faked Info — Wired News has removed three articles from its website after an internal investigation failed to confirm the authenticity of a source used in the stories. — "Tribal Curse Haunts Launch Pad" (June 27, 2006), "NASA Boosts Heart-Monitoring Tech" (July 7 …
Editor and Publisher:
Photographer for 'Times-Pic' Arrested As He Begs Cops to Kill Him — NEW YORK A photographer for the Times-Picayune of New Orleans who has undergone severe personal trauma since Hurricana Katrina hit was arrested Tuesday after trying to get police to shoot him to death.
Rasmussen Reports:
Rhode Island Senate: Chafee Lagging by 6 — Chaffee (R) 38%, Whitehouse (D) 44% — Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee, marginally leading his Democratic opponent in previous surveys, is trailing for the second Rasmussen Reports election poll in a row. Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse now leads 44% to 38% (see crosstabs).
Fouad Siniora / Washington Post:
End This Tragedy Now — Israel Must Be Made to Respect International Law — A military solution to Israel's savage war on Lebanon and the Lebanese people is both morally unacceptable and totally unrealistic. We in Lebanon call upon the international community and citizens everywhere …
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