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6:55 PM ET, October 28, 2006

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Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
Webb: Democrats will provide Iraq remedy  —  RICHMOND, Va. - The only remedy to a series of Iraq policy failures by President Bush is a Democratic takeover of Congress in the Nov. 7 election, Virginia Senate candidate Jim Webb said Saturday.  —  The former Republican, who was President …
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Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
Tangled Webb  —  Cognitive dissonance in Virginia. … Yowie.  We don't often hear rude talk like that up here in Arlington, Virginia, straight across the river from Washington, D.C. Here the leafy, winding streets are lined with Priuses and Volvos and the bumper stickers say "Visualize World Peace" and "Goddess Power."
Discussion: Riehl World View and Power Line
Washington Post:
Allen Blasts Webb Novels For Sex Scenes  —  Veteran Says Works Reflect Trauma of War  —  Virginia Sen. George Allen (R) has accused his Democratic opponent, James Webb, of writing inappropriate sex scenes and demeaning descriptions of women in his fictional books, the latest character attack in a close and nasty campaign.
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Furor Over Cheney Remark on Tactics for Terror Suspects  —  The White House found itself fending off questions on Friday about what Vice President Dick Cheney meant when he agreed with a talk-radio host that there was nothing wrong with dunking a terrorism suspect in water if it saved lives.
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NEWS.com.au:
Muslim cleric linked with terror groups  —  ASIO warned authorities 20 years ago that Sheik Taj al-Din Al-hilaly could inflame communal violence in Australia.  —  Court judgments show ASIO initially believed the controversial mufti posed a risk to the community because of his alleged propensity to cause or promote violence.
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NEWS.com.au:   No one can sack me, says Sheik Hilaly
Little Green Footballs:
Rape-Supporting Sheikh: No One Can Sack Me
Discussion: Wizbang
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Letterman vs. O'Reilly...Round Two...Fight!  —  David Letterman didn't try to hide the fact last night that he just plain doesn't like Bill O'Reilly.  He wasted no time bashing FOX News and doing what few people can do — ridiculing O'Reillys ratings (Letterman's audience is more than 2x as large .)
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Lefty / A la Gauche:
David Letterman v. Bill O'Reilly Part II
Discussion: PSoTD
The Anchoress:
Clarifying myself on Rush and MJ Fox - UPDATED  —  Filed under: It's all about me!  Me!  ME!, The Fourth Estate, Medical, TV/Pop Culture/Music, Election 2006  —  Yesterday I wrote this post and crossposted it at Captains Quarters Blog where Ed Morrissey (showing precisely the sort …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and Iowa Voice
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Don Michak / Journal Inquirer:
Biden, calling Iraq 'rathole' backs Courtney and Lamont, but says he won't campaign against Lieberman  —  U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Delaware Democrat and a leading critic of President Bush and the war in Iraq, on Friday backed Vernon Democrat Joseph D. Courtney in his rematch with U.S. Rep. Robert R. Simmons, R-2nd District.
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Matt Browner Hamlin / My Left Nutmeg:
Why did Joe use all this cash?
Discussion: MyDD and Ned Lamont for Senate
Ezra Klein:
Power  —  I can't recommend Jon Chait's new article on the failure of pro-growth economics highly enough.  It's not merely the best, but possibly the only, primer on why the current economic moment seems so unsettled, the once-discredited labor-liberals so ascendant, and the Clinton crowd so quiet.
Discussion: TAPPED and Matthew Yglesias
World Tribune.com:
Ongoing 'intifada' in France has injured 2,500 police in 2006  —  This might have dropped below the radar, but Al Qaida and its allies are literally battling the Crusaders every day in Europe.  And so far, Europe isn't doing so well.  —  "We are in a state of civil war, orchestrated by radical Islamists …
Marcus Mabry / Newsweek:
Too Little, Too Late?  —  President Bush made a big show this week of reevaluating his Iraq policy.  It made a difference-but only with his base and only at the margins.  The new NEWSWEEK poll finds likely voters still favoring the Democrats.  —  Marl Wilson / Getty Images  —  Change in the Air?
Discussion: Eschaton and Daily Kos
Stewart Bell / National Post:
Al-Qaeda warns Canada  —  Quit Afghan mission or endure attack like 9/11, threat says  —  OTTAWA - An al-Qaeda strategist has warned Canada to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan or face terrorist attacks similar to 9/11, Madrid and the London transit bombings.
Discussion: Hot Air
Brad DeLong / Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal:
Greg Mankiw: For Higher Gas Taxes  —  Greg Mankiw goes on the offensive against the the letters the Wall Street Journal editorial page chooses to publish: … I think most most muembers of Group 4 believe that Greg Mankiw's Pigovian taxes on gasoline and other carbon emissions would be a good thing …
Discussion: Political Animal and MaxSpeak
David Espo / Associated Press:
Dems spring surprise TV ad on Ryun  —  Washington — House Democrats launched a surprise television attack against Rep. Jim Ryun of Kansas on Friday night, hoping to increase the number of competitive races in the battle for control of Congress.  —  Ryun "voted against a $1,500 combat bonus for our troops …
Discussion: MyDD and Swing State Project
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
In Clean Politics, Flesh Is Pressed, Then Sanitized  —  Campaigns are filthy.  Not only in terms of last-minute smears and dirty tricks.  But also as in germs, parasites and all the bacterial unpleasantness that is spread around through so much glad-handing and flesh-pressing.
Discussion: ScrappleFace and Althouse
Kristin Jensen / Bloomberg:
Safavian Gets 18-Month Prison Term in Abramoff Case (Update2)  —  Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Former White House official David Safavian was sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying and obstructing justice in the investigation of disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Left in the West
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Ethics Report on Foley Not Expected Before Elections  —  The House ethics committee has all but wrapped up the investigative phase of its probe into the actions of former representative Mark Foley, informing key witnesses that they will not be summoned back for more questioning, lawyers in the case said yesterday.
 
 
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
R.I.P. "Stay the Course" 1885-2006
Discussion: Firedoglake
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
SINGLE-SEX EDUCATION....So: is single-sex education a good thing or a bad thing?
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Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
GOP eye on 3rd District House race
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Attack Of The Killer Morons
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Matthew Yglesias:
Should Blair Stay or Should He Go  —  At 3AM, at least …
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Go Blue: Tony Trupiano
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A Country Ruled by Faith
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Johnny Reb Allen's Swift Boating Of Jim Webb
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Rep. Porter releases phone records, denies wrongdoing
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Kennedy-KGB collaboration  —  History has long since vindicated …
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