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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Hard Way Out — 'Victory' Collides With Reality in Iraq — Some months ago, former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski was explaining to a senior Bush administration official his plan for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq over 12 months, in consultation with the Iraqis.
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La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Why Barack Obama is Overrated — I usually avoid blogging about black "golden boy" Democratic politicians like U.S. Senator Barack Obama because I know I'll be accused of "player hating," but I can't let the hype parade pass without comment. — Barack Obama, the "He speaks so well!" …
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ABCNEWS:
The Note: Pending: Six Days of November Surprises — It Isn't a "Surprise" If You Expect It — By MARK HALPERIN, DAVID CHALIAN, TEDDY DAVIS, TAHMAN BRADLEY, and EMILY O'DONNELL with KARUNA SESHASAI, MONA RAPHAEL, and MICHELLE DUBERT — How the (liberal) Old Media plans to cover the last two weeks of the election:
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Limbaugh Says Actor Fox Exaggerates Effects of Disease in Ads — Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh attacked actor Michael J. Fox for inserting his halting voice into the U.S. Senate campaign in Missouri, suggesting Fox was "acting" in a commercial where he's shown shaking …
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rushlimbaugh.com:
Michael J. Fox Is Not Infallible; He's Just the Latest Victim Used by the Democrat — RUSH: One of the big issues in the Missouri Senate race — as you know, we touched on it yesterday — is the Michael J. Fox commercial which is entirely misleading and which is in itself an attack ad …
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Poll: Senate within Dems' grasp, but pitfalls remain — Control of the chamber could hinge on the outcomes in Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia. — Washington — Democrats are within range of capturing a Senate majority, but face potentially decisive resistance from rural voters …
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New York Post:
'06 ELEX: BACK TO TOSS-UP — THE latest polls show something very strange and quite encouraging is happening: The Republican base seems to be coming back home. This trend, only vaguely and dimly emerging from a variety of polls, suggests that a trend may be afoot that would deny the Democrats control of the House and the Senate.
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:GOP attack ad draws heat for racial overtones
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Finding Welcome Mats as G.O.P. Looks for an Edge — President Bush cannot show up just anywhere in the waning days of this midterm campaign. But there is a certain class of Republicans who are somewhere between eager and willing to have him at their sides.
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Jennifer Medina / The Empire Zone:
Correction: Joe and 'Stay the Course' — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman has used the phrase "stay the course" several times in discussing the war in Iraq in recent years, echoing a key phrase of the White House, contrary to an article published today in The Times.
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Frederick W. Kagan / Washington Post:
Insult to Injury in Iraq — It's been coming for a long time: the idea that fixing Iraq is the Iraqis' problem, not ours — that we've done all we can and now it's up to them. — Such arguments have been latent in the Bush administration's Iraq strategy and explicit in Democratic critiques of that strategy for some time.
David Johnston / New York Times:
Congressman From Arizona Is the Focus of an Inquiry — Federal authorities in Arizona have opened an inquiry into whether Representative Rick Renzi introduced legislation that benefited a military contractor that employs his father, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
The GOP Leans on A Proven Strategy — Beset by discouraging polls and division within ideological ranks, the White House is accelerating efforts to woo back disaffected conservatives and energize the Republican base in a reprise of a strategy that succeeded in the last two campaign cycles.
James Glanz / New York Times:
Idle Contractors Add Millions to Iraq Rebuilding — A prison built in Nasiriya, Iraq, by the Parsons group. Overhead costs eat up large shares of such contracts. — Overhead costs have consumed more than half the budget of some reconstruction projects in Iraq, according …
Henry Schuster / CNN:
One of FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorists' confirmed dead — (CNN) — An al Qaeda operative wanted in connection with the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings was killed in April in Pakistan, American officials have confirmed. — Pakistani officials had said that Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah was killed …
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Veiled Insult — Quite a long time ago, having briefly joined the herd of 20-something backpackers that eternally roams Southeast Asia, I found myself in Bali. Like all of the other 20-somethings, I carefully read the Lonely Planet backpacker's guide to Indonesia and learned, among other things …
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Daily Mail:
Add your comment Reader comments (26) … Did the women who had the abortions care about the child they destroyed? I doubt it even entered their head what happened to the foetus after the abortion so little point in them saying they're upset or distressed now. — Kate, Newcastle
Bill Dedman / MSNBC:
Can the '20th hijacker' of Sept. 11 stand trial? — Aggressive interrogation at Guantanamo may prevent his prosecution — Bill Dedman — Mohammed al-Qahtani, detainee No. 063, was forced to wear a bra. He had a thong placed on his head. He was massaged by a female interrogator who straddled him like a lap dancer.
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