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Ed O'Keefe / ABCNEWS:
Bush Accepts Iraq-Vietnam Comparison — George Stephanopoulos Interviews President Bush on Iraq, the Midterms and His Legacy — President Bush said in a one-on-one interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos that a newspaper column comparing the current fighting in Iraq to the 1968 Tet offensive …
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TigerHawk:
George W. Bush's "admission" and the Tet analogy — The President has apparently made news by "accepting" the Iraq-Vietnam comparison. Drudge has linked, and lefty blog Think Progress is making a big deal of it. Here is what President Bush said: … Here's what Think Progress said he said:
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Debate Train to Crazy Town — You know you're in an incredible political environment when you're at an event where egomaniac Ralph Nader is wandering around, and not only is no one paying attention to him, but Ralph Nader himself doesn't even expect anyone to pay attention to him.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Big Democratic wins likely on Election Day — NBC/WSJ poll: Public's opinion of GOP hits record low — WASHINGTON - — Mark Murray — Just 20 days until Election Day, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds approval of the GOP-held Congress is at its lowest mark in 14 years …
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Wall Street Journal:
Voters' Approval of Congress Falls To 16%, Lowest Point in 12 Years — Public support for Republicans' control of the U.S. Congress has eroded to its lowest point since the party took over 12 years ago. And with just 19 days until the midterm elections, both President George W. Bush …
PR Newswire:
N. Korea informs China of plan to conduct 3 more nuke tests: CNN+ — (Kyodo) _ North Korea has informed China that it is prepared to conduct "as many as three additional tests" following the first nuclear experiment Oct. 9, CNN television reported Wednesday.
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Rice to Urge Radiation Inspections to Thwart North Korea — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will urge the countries of northeast Asia to create a strict system of radiation monitoring and inspections to prevent North Korea from smuggling nuclear materials into or out of the country, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown Special Comment: Death of Habeas Corpus: "Your words are lies, Sir." — Keith Olbermann has been calling it like it is. His "Special Comments" are indeed special because no other talking head outside of Cafferty is willing to step up to the plate and say what needs to be said on 24/7.
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Dirty Bomb Threat Against NFL Stadiums This Weekend: Original Threat Found? — Over the last several months chatter coming from al Qaeda operatives have warned that Muslims should leave U.S. cities in advance of a dirty bomb attack which would be carried out by Adnan G. El Shukrijumah.
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David Burge / iowahawk:
IT'S THE HOMOS, STUPID — An Open Letter to the Conservative-American Community — by Dr. Howard Dean — Chairman, Democratic National Committee — Dear Valued Potential Customer: — As the leader of one of America's premier political parties, I know firsthand the importance …
Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Moderates in Kansas Decide They're Not in GOP Anymore — WICHITA — Paul Morrison, a career prosecutor who specializes in putting killers behind bars, has the bulletproof résumé and the rugged looks of a law-and-order Republican, which is what he was until last year.
John O'Neil / New York Times:
U.S. Military Announces Deaths of 10 Soldiers — Ten American soldiers were killed on Tuesday, the military announced today, bringing October's death toll for United States forces to 69. — Four of the soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb west of Baghdad, and three others died in fighting …
New York Times:
Tables Turned for the G.O.P. Over Iraq Issue — Four months ago, the White House offered a set of clear political directions to Republicans heading into the midterm elections: embrace the war in Iraq as critical to the antiterrorism fight and belittle Democrats as advocates of a "cut and run" policy of weakness.
Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog:
Townhall's First HamNation: Bar Napkin Politics — I am such an unbelievable dork in about 19,000 different ways. This is only one of them. — All right, people asked me about it, so I went out and got me a video blog. It's all the rage, right? It is very, very silly, and I hope you'll take it in that spirit.
River / Baghdad Burning:
The Lancet Study... This has been the longest time I have been away from blogging. There were several reasons for my disappearance the major one being the fact that every time I felt the urge to write about Iraq, about the situation, I'd be filled with a certain hopelessness that can't be put …
Libby Copeland / Washington Post:
Don't Call Him Redneck — James Webb Hates the Expression, But Is Very Proud of the Culture — About a year ago, before he was running for the Senate, James Webb took a colleague to the mountains of southwest Virginia to do some research for a movie they were working on.
Rachel Kapochunas / CQPolitics.com:
Fla. 16 GOP Can't Mention Negron at Polls, Court Rules — The Republican Party's hopes of holding on to the Florida 16th District seat of resigned Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley are greatly hindered by the fact that Foley's name, under state law, must stay on the ballot …
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