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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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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.
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 …
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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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 …
New York Post:
LIEBERMAN'S LOSS: JOE WILL RISE AGAIN — REPORTS of Joe Lieberman's political death are (as Mark Twain once said of rumors of his own demise) "premature and grossly exaggerated." Lieberman has lost a battle, but he can still win the war running as an independent.
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.
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."
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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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Blogger Takes Aim At News Media and Makes a Direct Hit — Charles Johnson could tell there was something wrong with the news photo the minute he saw it. Something about the three plumes of black smoke rising over the buildings — smoke just doesn't curl that way, pirouetting in unison.
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Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Muslim Charities Say Fear Is Damming Flow of Money — In a Detroit warehouse, boxes of diapers, water-purification tablets, lentils, rice, powdered milk and cooking oil are stacked almost to the ceiling, destined for Lebanon. More packages, mostly from individual donors across the country, arrive every day.
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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 …
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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Bernard Lewis / Opinion Journal:
Does Iran have something in store? — During the Cold War, both sides possessed weapons of mass destruction, but neither side used them, deterred by what was known as MAD, mutual assured destruction. Similar constraints have no doubt prevented their use in the confrontation between India and Pakistan.
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Left or Right, Israelis Are Pro-War — As Israel's war with Hezbollah finishes a fourth difficult week, domestic criticism of its prosecution is growing. Yet there is a paradoxical effect as well: the harder the war has been, the more the public wants it to proceed.
Boston Herald:
$tingy thanks for Iraq duty: Funds for tuition waivers MIA — Lawmakers have slammed the classroom door shut on Massachusetts soldiers home from Iraq and seeking to go to state college, failing to cough up $8 million needed for crucial tuition waivers. — Army and Air National Guard soldiers expecting …
Hotline On Call:
Where The Lattes Reign — If there was a way to obtain the per capita income and racial demographics of each Connecticut town, some politico cartographer wizard out there could have a field day portraying the economics and ethnicity of this race. Ned Lamont, scion of the Eastern Establishment …
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).
Haaretz:
15 soldiers killed Wednesday in south Lebanon — Fifteen Israel Defense Forces troops were killed on Wednesday, the IDF announced late Wednesday night, as fierce fighting with Hezbollah guerillas raged in the southern Lebanon villages of Ayta al-Shaab and Debel.
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
More Evidence That Lefties Have the Right Stuff — Left-handed men who attended at least a year in college go on to earn significantly more than their right-handed classmates — even more reason they'll be celebrating International Left-Handers Day on Sunday.
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