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4:30 AM ET, September 30, 2006

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The Blotter:
Foley Resigns Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors  —  Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report:  —  Rhonda Schwartz contributed to this report.  —  Saying he was "deeply sorry," Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress today, hours after ABC News questioned …
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The Blotter:
Exclusive: The Sexually Explicit Internet Messages That Led to Fla. Rep. Foley's Resignation  —  Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz & Maddy Sauer Report:  —  Florida Rep. Mark Foley's resignation came just hours after ABC News questioned the congressman about a series of sexually explicit instant …
Washington Post:
Rep. Foley Quits In Page Scandal  —  Six-term Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned yesterday amid reports that he had sent sexually explicit e-mails to at least one underage male former page.  —  Foley, who was considered likely to win reelection this fall, said in a three-sentence letter of resignation …
Associated Press:
Foley Resigns From Congress Over E-Mails  —  Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., abruptly resigned from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former teenage male page.  —  "I am deeply sorry and I apologize for letting down my family and the people of Florida …
John / AMERICAblog:
House GOP Leadership knew about Foley almost a year ago, let Foley remain in House leadership, let him remain as chair of House sex offender caucus  —  UPDATE: Foley's "instant message" communications with the underage boy have now been posted by ABC.  They are horrendous.
David Espo / Associated Press:
Foley submits resignation to Congress  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record), R-Fla., submitted a letter of resignation from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former male page, according to a congressional official.
Talking Points Memo:
Big.  Big Trouble.  —  We caught wind of this and tried our damneddest to confirm it this afternoon.  But we weren't able to.  Rep. Alexander's office wasn't eager to return out calls.  —  But now the AP has the story.  And here's why there may be a lot more fall out from the Rep. Foley (R-FL) story.
Roll Call:
Foley Interviewed About Page Last Year; Democrats Not Told  —  Ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), who resigned Friday after reports of his improper communications with a former male House page were made public, was interviewed about some of those contacts by the chairman of the House Page Board and the then-Clerk of the House last year.
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Challenger Seeks Probe of Rep. Foley's E-Mails to Boy, 16  —  The Democratic opponent of Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) is calling for an investigation into an e-mail exchange that Foley conducted last year with a 16-year-old boy who had worked as a congressional page.
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
ABC News Releases Message Exchanges Between Foley And Teens
Discussion: The Agonist
Bill Adair / St. Petersburg Times:
Foe questions e-mails from Foley to page
Discussion: TIME
Greg Hilburn / thenewsstar.com:   Congressman resigns because of e-mail to Monroe teen
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Florida's 16th District: Rep. Foley Drops Out
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Fierce clashes in Baghdad; government imposes curfew.  —  About an hour ago local TV stations reported that the office of PM Maliki announced that a total curfew will be imposed in Baghdad from now until Sunday morning.  —  The curfew apparently came in response to an acute deterioration …
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BBC:
Total curfew declared in Baghdad  —  The Iraqi government has declared an immediate curfew in the capital, Baghdad, to run until Sunday morning.  —  The move affects both vehicles and pedestrians, a spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister said.  —  The spokesman did not reveal why a curfew …
Pajamas Media:
Senator Joseph Lieberman, Independent Democrat: The PajamasMedia Video  —  "The fastest growing political party in America is no party, which is to say, that the fastest growing group of voters are unaffiliated with either party.  That's a market statement on the two major parties."
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Sheldon Gweiser / MSNBC:
Poll shows Virginia Senate race is dead heat  —  Incumbent Sen. Allen and challenger James Webb tied with 43 percent  —  NEW YORK - Incumbent Republican Senator George Allen and Democratic challenger Jim Webb are tied in the latest MSNBC/McClatchy poll conducted by Mason-Dixon.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HOW LOW CAN LIBERALS SINK?  —  It's hard to say.  Right now, it's like a limbo contest in which they're already underground.  The latest is an absurd photoshop job of Michelle Malkin ostensibly wearing a bikini in a "Girls Gone Wild" pose.  Several problems, though: 1) …
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
Bush's Conception Conflict  —  It was, I believe, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) who first made the excellent, bitter and terribly unfair joke about conservatives who believe in a right to life that begins at conception and ends at birth.  —  This joke has been adapted for use against various Republican politicians ever since.
Discussion: The Corner, Donklephant and Inactivist
 
 
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