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5:55 PM ET, August 16, 2006

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A New Explanation For "Macaca?"  —  What does Macaca really mean?  Three Virginia Republicans confirmed to the Hotline that several Allen campaign aides and advisers are telling allies that the word was a made-up, off-the-cuff neologism that these aides occasionally used to refer …
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Washington Post:
Allen on Damage Control After Remarks to Webb Aide  —  Sen. George Allen on Tuesday sought to contain the political damage from remarks he made to a Fairfax County man that dredged up charges of racial insensitivity — allegations that have dogged him for years as governor, senator and now presidential hopeful.
CNN:
Senator denies remark was racist  —  Allen: Name for opponent's volunteer not meant to be derogatory  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. George Allen denies a remark he made to describe an opponent's campaign worker was racially charged, saying in a statement that the media misunderstood his comments.
Arthur Herman / New York Post:
THE MIDEAST'S MUNICH  —  WAR WITH MULLAHS IS COMING  —  HISTORIANS will look back at this weekend's cease-fire agreement in Lebanon as a pivotal moment in the war on terror.  It is pivotal in the same sense that the Munich agreement between Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain was pivotal …
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Bryan / Hot Air:
What the ceasefire bought  —  A Munich-style pause. … As I was saying a couple of weeks ago-peace in our time.  —  And the ceasefire bought us bolder fascists: … That last part is just a cynical play to the Israeli left which, like the American left, is mostly full of narcisstic dolts …
Discussion: NEWS.com.au and Riehl World View
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Alleged UK Terror Plot  —  So far, no one has been charged in the alleged terror plot to blow up several airplanes across the Atlantic.  No evidence has been produced supporting the contention that such a plot was indeed imminent.  Forgive me if my skepticism just ratcheted up a little notch.
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
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Matt Moore / Associated Press:
British Seek to Keep Suspects in Custody
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Detroit News:
Granholm still leads DeVos by 3 points  —  Governor's job approval rating improves after Democrats' ad blitz.  —  Gov. Jennifer Granholm's return fire in her TV ad wars with Republican challenger Dick DeVos is starting to move voters her way.  —  A new Detroit News/WXYZ-TV poll taken Aug. 9-14 …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Michigan Senate Race: Senator Stabenow on Same Hot Seat as the Governor?
Discussion: Crosstabs.org and PoliPundit.com
Rasmussen Reports:
Michigan Governor: Granholm, DeVos Again in Toss-Up
Discussion: Liberal Values
Annette Haddad / Los Angeles Times:
Home Sales Tumble to 9-Year Low  —  Price gains slowed further in the Southland last month.  Economists debate whether the market will have a 'soft landing' or worse.  —  Southern California home sales fell to their lowest level in nine years last month as price appreciation continued to decelerate, data released Tuesday showed.
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
THE FIVE STAGES OF BUBBLE-OSITY....Here in paradise, the housing boom is over: … This "soft landing" stuff is all the rage lately, and it reminds of nothing so much as Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief.  It goes something like this:  —  We're not in a bubble.
Zogby:
Rating down despite foiled terror plot and Lebanon cease fire; Democrats hold generic Congressional lead  —  President Bush's job approval rating dipped two points in the last three weeks, despite the foiling of an airline terror plot and the adoption of a cease-fire deal between Israel …
Ned Lamont / Opinion Journal:
The Democrats Mean Business  —  Washington needs an entrepreneurial approach.  —  In the past week, my victory in the Connecticut Senate primary has been labeled everything from the death knell of the Democratic Party to the signal of our party's rebirth.  Beneath all of this punditry …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: London-to-DC flight diverted due to "dangerous situation" on board (Update: Note referencing Al Qaeda?)  —  The plane's on the runway in Boston now; passengers are being offloaded.  Details are sketchy, but Fox said there were three "suspicious" people onboard who confronted the crew …
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Jon Hurdle / Reuters:
Town sued over strict immigration law  —  PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Civil rights campaigners sued the Pennsylvania town of Hazleton on Tuesday, seeking to block one of America's toughest local laws against illegal immigrants.  —  The suit says Hazelton's City Council violated the U.S. constitution …
Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
For Now, Pluto Holds Its Place in Solar System  —  Pluto dodged a bullet today.  —  In the hope of ending years of wrangling, a committee of astronomers and historians has proposed a new definition of the word "planet" that would expand at a stroke the family of planets from 9 to 12 …
Juan / Informed Comment:
Battle of the Speeches Breaks out in Wake of Lebanon War  —  Israel shot 5 Hizbullah fighters on Tuesday and Hizbullah fired ten rockets inside Lebanon at Israel troops.  Emergency workers dug 38 bodies of civilians out of the rubble in Lebanon.  But despite these provocations, the ceasefire more or less held.
Conn Carroll / Blogometer:
8/16: Let The Sunshine In  —  Perhaps it's due to the GOP's recent electoral success, but the right side of the 'sphere continues to focus less on campaigns and elections and more on other (still political) projects.  8/16 is yet another example of the trend as a broad coalition …
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
A Democrat for Main Street  —  If you're looking for a land that time forgot, you couldn't do much better than the mountain country of central Pennsylvania.  On a sparkling summer day it's a tableau of lazy rivers and deeply green forested hills, of cornfields and farmhouses (some abandoned) …
 
 
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