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Newsweek:
Are the Faithful Losing Faith? — Two weeks till midterms, the NEWSWEEK poll shows Republicans in danger of losing a big chunk of their base. And a growing consensus for a bread-and-butter Democratic agenda. — Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images — Party Time? Democrats are feeling optimistic about Election Day.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Vote Early and Often — A Democratic takeover will be a setback for moderates and conservatives. — David Kuo, once an official of President Bush's faith-based initiative, published a book this month that attacks the White House for privately ridiculing evangelical Christians while cynically manipulating how they vote.
New York Times:
With Guarded Cheer, Democrats Dare to Believe This Is Their Time — There is something unusual bubbling in Democratic political waters these days: optimism. — With each new delivery of bad news for Republicans — another Republican congressman under investigation, another Republican district conceded …
David S. Cloud / New York Times:
U.S. to Hand Iraq a New Timetable on Security Role — The Bush administration is drafting a timetable for the Iraqi government to address sectarian divisions and assume a larger role in securing the country, senior American officials said. — Details of the blueprint …
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William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
Taking Advantage of Our Defeat in Iraq
Taking Advantage of Our Defeat in Iraq
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The Next Hurrah
Tony Perry / Los Angeles Times:
Lawmaker Outraged by Sniper Footage on CNN — SAN DIEGO — CNN has become "the publicist for an enemy propaganda film" by broadcasting a video showing an insurgent sniper in Iraq apparently killing an American soldier, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said here Friday.
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Thomas Watkins / Associated Press:
Calif. Republican asks Pentagon to remove embedded CNN reporters — SAN DIEGO - The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee asked the Pentagon on Friday to remove CNN reporters embedded with U.S. combat troops, saying the network's broadcast of a video showing insurgent snipers targeting U.S. soldiers …
Matthew Yglesias:
Cleland — It's not the biggest deal in the world, per se, but continuing liberal obsession with Max Cleland strikes me as a bit odd. Josh Marshall hails a witty Cleland line at a campaign event for John Tester and remarks: "If the Dems take Congress, that image will bookend the era …
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Talking Points Memo
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The Aardvark / Abu Aardvark:
Campaign ads and recruitment videos — That the media has become ever more central to al-Qaeda's political strategy has become something of a truism. Terrorists have always relied on the media to amplify their message, with their spectacular violence aimed not just at killing people …
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The RBC
Simon Walters / Daily Mail:
We are biased, admit the stars of BBC News — It was the day that a host of BBC executives and star presenters admitted what critics have been telling them for years: the BBC is dominated by trendy, Left-leaning liberals who are biased against Christianity and in favour of multiculturalism.
WMC-TV:
Ford Jr. shows up at Corker event uninvited — Harold Ford Jr. showed up uninvited at a campaign event for rival Republican Bob Corker at a private charter airstrip in Memphis this morning. Corker had scheduled the media event earlier this week. — News reporters were surprised …
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Gateway Pundit
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Tight race for Hyde seat, latest poll shows — Incumbent Bean leads in 8th Congressional District — The candidates for the west suburban congressional seat being vacated by retiring Republican Rep. Henry Hyde are locked in a tight contest while first-term Rep. Melissa Bean holds …
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Diplomat cites U.S. 'stupidity' in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq - A senior U.S. diplomat said the United States had shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq but was now ready to talk with any group except Al-Qaida in Iraq to facilitate national reconciliation. — In an interview with Al-Jazeera …
Guardian:
'We have liberated Amara from the British. Basra next' — Last week Ghaith Abdul-Ahad visited Amara, the city overrun by militamen yesterday, and met British troops in the area — Ten days ago I sat on a mattress on the floor of a Mahdi army safe house talking to Abu Mahdi, a slim 40-year-old …
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sestakforcongress.com:
Weldon Slams Navy, Sailors, in Desperate Personal Attack — In second debate with Admiral Joe Sestak, Weldon's comments about "sailor servants" reveal lack of both respect and knowledge about military service — Springfield, PA - In his second debate against former Navy Vice Admiral Joe Sestak …
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DownWithTyranny!
Anchoress / Captain's Quarters:
Fallaci gifts pontifical school — The headline is deplorable (she deserves to be named) but I knew immediately that they were writing about the great Oriana Fallaci, here: Atheist gifts pontifical school in will … You'll want to read the whole article, it's pretty good.
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Blue Crab Boulevard
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Frances D'Emilio / Associated Press:
Atheist gifts pontifical school in will
Atheist gifts pontifical school in will
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Daily Pundit
Henry / Crooked Timber:
Liberal darling — Megan McArdle tells us that the Economist has moved all of its material from behind the paywall (if you're not a subscriber, you need to watch an ad to get in). It seems to me that this is good news for the Economist; I can't imagine it'll lose many subscribers, and it may gain some.
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Telegraph:
The veil stretches our tolerance to its limits — Shahid Malik, the Labour MP for Dewsbury, spoke for almost the entire nation yesterday when he told Aisha Azmi - the Muslim teaching assistant suspended for wearing a veil - "to just let this thing go". An employment tribunal has rightly rejected …