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McCain's Stand On Detainees May Pose Risk For 2008 Bid — Opposition to Bush Could Alienate Republican Base — Sen. John McCain's bid to position himself as the natural heir to President Bush as a wartime commander in chief and to court conservative leaders in advance …
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Bush Detainee Plan Adds to World Doubts Of U.S., Powell Says — Ex-Secretary of State Defends Conventions — Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell said yesterday that he decided to publicly oppose the Bush administration's proposed rules for the treatment of terrorism suspects in part …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Torture Is Torture — Bush's 'Program' Disgraces All Americans — I wish I could turn to cheerier matters, but I just can't get past this torture issue — the fact that George W. Bush, the president of the United States of America, persists in demanding that Congress give him the right …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
John Lichfield / Independent:
Chirac calls for threat of Iran sanctions to be lifted — President Jacques Chirac has broken ranks with the US and Britain by calling for the suspension of UN Security Council action against Iran during negotiations over its nuclear programme. — In a radio interview yesterday before flying …
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The Corner
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Doug Struck / Washington Post:
Canadian Was Falsely Accused, Panel Says — After Tip From Ally, U.S. Sent Muslim to Syria for Questioning — Canadian intelligence officials passed false warnings and bad information to American agents about a Muslim Canadian citizen, after which U.S. authorities secretly whisked him to Syria …
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Ian Austen / New York Times:
Canadians Fault U.S. for Its Role in Torture Case — A government commission on Monday exonerated a Canadian computer engineer of any ties to terrorism and issued a scathing report that faulted Canada and the United States for his deportation four years ago to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured.
USA Today:
Poll finds rebound in Bush approval — WASHINGTON — Amid falling gas prices and a two-week drive to highlight his administration's efforts to fight terrorism, President Bush's approval rating has risen to 44% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. That's his highest rating in a year.
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Reuters:
Bush approval rating rebounds in new poll —Text+WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's approval rating has rebounded to 44 percent, the highest level in a year, in the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the newspaper reported on Tuesday. — Bush's approval rating jumped five points …
Associated Press:
Republican Bloomberg to help Lieberman — HARTFORD, Conn. - Republican New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will host a fundraiser for Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., at the mayor's Manhattan town house, Lieberman's campaign announced Sunday night. — Lieberman, who lost the Democratic primary …
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Senator Joseph Lieberman / Rasmussen Reports:
Connecticut Senate: Lieberman (I) 45% Lamont (D) 43%
Connecticut Senate: Lieberman (I) 45% Lamont (D) 43%
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First Draft
MSNBC:
Bush owes us an apology — Sept. 11: A special comment about 9/11 five years after the terrorist attacks. — MSNBC TV — • Have you no sense of decency, sir? — Sept. 5: Keith Olbermann says Bush will regret following in the footsteps of Donald Rumsfeld in comparing war critics to Nazis.
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Hot Air, Liberal Values, TPMCafe blogs, Olbermann Watch, BobGeiger.com and Booman Tribune
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Senator's Gentile Rebuke — First came Sen. George Allen's Macaca Moment. Then we learned of challenger Jim Webb's thoughts on the "horny" women of the Naval Academy. — Now, just when you thought Virginia's U.S. Senate race couldn't get any weirder, the Jews of Tunis are making a cameo.
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Enough Apologies — Already, angry Palestinian militants have assaulted seven West Bank and Gaza churches, destroying two of them. In Somalia, gunmen shot dead an elderly Italian nun. Radical clerics from Qatar to Qom have called, variously, for a "day of anger" or for worshipers to "hunt down" the pope and his followers.
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Senate set to consider fence bill — The Senate, which has been the major obstacle to strict border-security legislation this year, will take up a bill this week that calls for constructing 700 more miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. — "It's time to secure the border with Mexico …
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Des Moines Register:
Warner: Kerry wrong on tax cuts — The ex-Virginia governor claims Democrats could appeal to more voters if they'd stop alienating the wealthy. — Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner said in Iowa on Monday that Democrats have taken the wrong approach in arguing against tax cuts enacted under President Bush …
Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
Suicidal Hand-Wringing — When you enter a boxing ring, you agree to abide by the rules of boxing. But when you are attacked from behind in a dark alley, you would be a fool to abide by the Marquis of Queensbury rules. If you do, you can end up being a dead fool.
Claus Christian Malzahn / Spiegel Online:
Rushdie, Hirsi Ali, the Pope — Who's Next? — The pope has apologized for the outrage amongst Muslims sparked by his recent comments. But the episode proves once again that criticizing Islam is dangerous. — Twenty years ago in the German city of Bremen, Dutch comedian Rudi Carrell's life depended on police protection.