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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Lamont Defeats Lieberman in Primary — Ned Lamont, left, celebrated after winning the Connecticut primary. Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, right, waved to supporters after conceding the race. More Photos > — Ned Lamont, a Connecticut millionaire whose candidacy for the United States Senate soared …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
A Referendum on Iraq Policy — The victory of Ned Lamont over Joseph I. Lieberman, a three-term senator and former vice presidential candidate, was a vivid demonstration of how the Iraq war is buffeting American politics and of the deep hostility toward President Bush among Democrats.
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.
New York Times:
Revenge of the Irate Moderates — The defeat of Senator Joseph Lieberman at the hands of a little-known Connecticut businessman is bound to send a message to politicians of both parties that voters are angry and frustrated over the war in Iraq. The primary upset was not, however …
Kos / Daily Kos:
CT-Sen: Winners and losers — Winner: — Ned Lamont. The guy has it all — a great job, a great family, a great home, and very cute, if lazy, dog. Yet he tossed that aside for a quixotic run, dumping in millions of his own money in what was really, at first, a statement race.
John / AMERICAblog:
Lieberman attacks Democratic party as full of "extremists" …
Lieberman attacks Democratic party as full of "extremists" …
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Brendan Loy / The Irish Trojan's Blog:
Time for a divorce — Okay, I'm calling it. It's over.
Time for a divorce — Okay, I'm calling it. It's over.
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Kos / Daily Kos:
CT-Sen: Lieberman to go indy
CT-Sen: Lieberman to go indy
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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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New York Times:
Bloggers Drive Inquiry on How Altered Images Saw Print — A photographer has been accused of doctoring a photo of an Israeli air raid on Beirut. The manipulated image, left, and the original picture, right. — As of yesterday afternoon, Adnan Hajj was the most-searched term on the Technorati Web site …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Incumbents McKinney, Schwarz Fall in Primaries — In the shadow of the Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut, angry voters in three states showed their discontent last night by unseating two incumbents and choosing a candidate who campaigned against his primary opponent's bipartisan past.
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11alive.com:
McKinney Supporters, Media Scuffle — Outgoing Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney returned to her campaign headquarters to address her supporters after midnight Tuesday, soon after some of her staffers scuffled with news photographers. — During her concession speech, McKinney said her mother …
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.
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 …
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.
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
War Crimes Act Changes Would Reduce Threat Of Prosecution — The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners …
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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.
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 …
David Keyes / Jerusalem Post:
Report: US sailor spied for Israel — A US Navy sailor, Ariel J. Weinmann, is suspected of spying for Israel and has been held in prison for four months, according to an article published Monday in the Saudi daily Al-Watan. It reported that Weinmann is being held at a military base in Virginia on suspicion of espionage and desertion.