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4:20 PM ET, September 18, 2006

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Daily Mail:
The Pope must die, says Muslim  —  A notorious Muslim extremist told a demonstration in London yesterday that the Pope should face execution.  —  Anjem Choudary said those who insulted Islam would be "subject to capital punishment".  —  His remarks came during a protest outside Westminster Cathedral …
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Telegraph:
Islam, like Christianity, is not above criticism  —  The Pope quotes a barbed medieval criticism of Islamic violence in the course of a scholarly discourse, and Muslims all over the world go into uproar; churches are firebombed.  The Prime Minister's wife delivers a playful slap to a cheeky teenager …
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Pope 'Sorry' About Reaction to Islam Remark  —  Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday that he is "deeply sorry" about the reaction in some countries to a recent speech in which he quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor as saying that the prophet Muhammad brought "only evil and inhuman" things to the world.
Reuters:
"Jihad" vowed over Pope's speech
RJ Eskow / The Huffington Post:
Spiritual Niggers: Islam and the West
Discussion: Democracy Project and CNN
Rasmussen Reports:
Rhode Island Senate: Chafee Trailing By 8  —  Whitehouse (D) 51% Chafee (R) 43%  —  The GOP establishment forcefully backed Republican Lincoln Chafee in the primary over a more conservative and arguably less-electable Republican.  But, perhaps damaged by having to struggle so long for the nomination …
Discussion: Pajamas Media and TIME
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Rasmussen Reports:
Montana Senate: Tester By Nine  —  Tester (D) 52% Burns (R) 43%  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey in Montana shows Democrat Jon Tester leading incumbent Republican Sen. Conrad Burns 52% to 43% (see crosstabs).  The candidates were tied at 47% in August's survey.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Left in the West
Rasmussen Reports:   Ohio Senate: Brown (D) 47% DeWine (R) 41%
Sam Harris / Los Angeles Times:
Head-in-the-Sand Liberals  —  Western civilization really is at risk from Muslim extremists.  —  TWO YEARS AGO I published a book highly critical of religion, "The End of Faith."  In it, I argued that the world's major religions are genuinely incompatible, inevitably cause conflict …
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
GOP talk of vibrant economy rings hollow  —  FALMOUTH, Ky. - Used boots fetch $3 and old salt-and-pepper shakers bring in a buck at a makeshift flea market along Highway 27, presumably not what President Bush and Republicans have in mind when they herald a vibrant economy.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
AP Prefers Anecdotes To Real Data
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The Trap  —  There is now a clear and live contrast between Bush and the Democrats on an important issue in the war on terror.  —  Too bad.  It will be.  On September 6, 2006, President Bush set the trap.  He spoke in the East Room of the White House on the war on terror.
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New York Times:
Bush Untethered  —  Watching the president on Friday in the Rose Garden as he threatened to quit interrogating terrorists if Congress did not approve his detainee bill, we were struck by how often he acts as though there were not two sides to a debate.  We have lost count of the number …
Discussion: The Peking Duck, PoliBlog and TalkLeft
Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
The Liberals' War  —  Why is the left afraid to face up to the threat of radical Islam? … Here's a puzzle: Why is it so frequently the case that the people who have the most at stake in the battle against Islamic extremism and the most to lose when Islamism gains—namely, liberals—are typically the most reluctant to fight it?
Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
State sues over campaign calls  —  Attorney General Steve Carter has filed a lawsuit today in Brown County Circuit Court against a group making automated phone calls targeting Democratic congressional candidate Baron Hill.  —  Carter also is seeking a preliminary injunction …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and TalkLeft
Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Major State Union Switches To Lamont  —  AFSCME Council 4 Drops Lieberman, Citing Movement Toward Bush Policies  —  One of the state's largest labor unions has dropped its endorsement of U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman and switched its support to Democratic primary winner Ned Lamont.
Electoral Vote Predictor:
Sep 18, Projected U.S. Senate: 50 Democrats 50 Republicans  —  Just one poll today, in Minnesota.  Amy Klobuchar (D) has widened her lead over Mark Kennedy (R) to 24%, 56% to 32%.  Maybe this should not come as a surprise as Kennedy underperformed Bush in 2004 in his own district (MN-06).
Blaine Harden / Washington Post:
Corruption That Shook Capitol Isn't Rattling Elections  —  Abramoff Case and Others Not Necessarily Key Issues  —  HAMILTON, Mont. — Sen. Conrad Burns gazed at a debate audience and asked if anyone could guess who was blocking efforts in Washington to control health-care costs.
Ji Jobs / Journal Inquirer:
Give him another week  —  Almost 50 years ago, a reporter asked President Dwight Eisenhower what major contributions his vice president, Richard M. Nixon, had made to the Eisenhower administration.  Ike's response was telling and hilarious.  He said, "If you give me a week, I might think of one."
Discussion: Ned Lamont for Senate
Donald Lambro / Washington Times:
Republicans gain in midterm polls  —  Republicans appear to be gaining on the Democrats in the 2006 midterm campaign because of growing confidence in the economy, falling gas prices and President Bush's sustained political offensive on the terrorist threat, according to pollsters and campaign strategists.
Smash / The Indepundit:
Goodnight, Ladies  —  SOMETIMES you see a man with a short haircut, athletic build and a military bearing, and you think to yourself, "I bet that man is a Marine."  —  With Major Pain, there is no question.  You know he is a Marine.  —  Which makes him an ideal wingman for me when it's …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
A Show That Trumpeted History but Led to Confusion  —  It's little wonder that ABC's mini-series "The Path to 9/11" drew stinging criticism earlier this month for its invented scenes, fabricated dialogue and unsubstantiated accounts of how the Clinton and Bush administrations conducted themselves …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Support for Electronic Filing of Senate Candidates' Campaign-Finance Records Gains Momentum  —  In the next few weeks leading up to Election Day, money will pour into candidates' coffers and voters will be able to see which lobby groups are trying hardest to buy their lawmakers' favor.
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
NEWSWEEK "Isikoffed" the Gonzales Memo  —  Since Christopher Hitchens is correcting old Dowdified quotes, I thought I'd correct one myself.  This one, from a 2004 NEWSWEEK article, is a major Dowdification — in my view, every bit as egregious as Dowd's original.  What's more, it's still influencing lefties even today.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Murdered nun asked forgiveness for killers as she lay dying, colleagues say
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Patricia Lopez / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Klobuchar keeps big lead over Kennedy
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
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