memeorandum: More MacArthur, Less Marshall (Peter F. Schaefer/TCS Daily)

8:25 AM ET, November 1, 2006

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Kerry and G.O.P. Spar Over Iraq Remarks — Senator John Kerry, left, spoke at a rally on Monday in support of California Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Phil Angelides. President Bush, right, addressed supporters Tuesday afternoon while campaigning in Georgia for a Republican House candidate.

Discussion: CNN, Taylor Marsh, NewsBusters.org, News Hounds, The Mahablog, Sweetness & Light, Gun Toting Liberal, Wonkette, The Democratic Daily, Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard, Daniel W. Drezner, Patterico's Pontifications, Attytood, Don Surber and Oliver Willis

Karen Tumulty / Time:

John Kerry, Still One Step Behind — Once again, the former Presidential candidate deals with a gaffe by trying to compensate for his last mistake. Karl Rove is cheering — You've got to wonder about John Kerry's eye-hand coordination. His career is falling into a pattern.

Discussion: TIME and Ace of Spades HQ

Kos / Daily Kos:

The John Kerry nonsense — Man, there are times when this stuff is more ridiculous than anything a fiction writer or satirist could ever dream up. — So John Kerry mangles a sentence in a public appearance, and the right-wing smear machine and its traditional media enablers are apoplectic.

Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:

White House, Kerry Exchange Accusations — WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and Sen. John Kerry traded their harshest accusations since the 2004 presidential race on Tuesday, with President Bush accusing the Democrat of troop-bashing and Kerry calling the president's men hacks who are "willing to lie."

Discussion: La Shawn Barber's Corner, Ankle Biting Pundits, Bill's Bites, The Democratic Daily, Riehl World View, TIME and Balloon Juice

ABCNEWS:

Did Kerry Hand Republicans a November gift? — Politicians Look to Capitalize on Democratic Senator's Iraq War Comments — For weeks, Republicans on the campaign trail have been looking for something — anything — to talk about other than the record of the Republican Congress …

Discussion: Big Lizards, Blue Crab Boulevard, Redstate, Right Wing Nut House, Alabama Liberation Front, NewsBusters.org, The Irish Trojan's Blog, Slublog, Associated Press and The New Editor

Bill Brubaker / Washington Post:
Kerry Remark Draws Sharp Criticism

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Bring it On!, Gun Toting Liberal, TalkLeft, Political Bite, Bizzyblog and The Indepundit

Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters.org:
Olbermann: 'Stupid' Bush Team Misinterpret Kerry, Laura Bush …

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs, WuzzaDem and Sister Toldjah

Michelle Malkin:
The New York Times to the rescue! …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Power Line, Hyscience, Redstate, Dr. Melissa Clouthier, Bizzyblog, In the Bullpen, Clayton Cramer's BLOG, Tim Blair and The Anchoress

Boston Herald:
Kerry an embarrassment — Memo to John Kerry: The best defense isn't a good offense.

Discussion: Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and The Democratic Daily

Washington Post:

Allen Supporters Wrestle Heckler to Ground — A Democratic activist who verbally confronted U.S. Sen. George Allen (R) at a campaign rally in Charlottesville today was shoved, put into a chokehold and thrown against a window by three men wearing Allen stickers, according to a widely disseminated video of the incident.

Discussion: AlterNet.org, PoliBlog, The Reaction, DownWithTyranny!, AMERICAblog and Blue Crab Boulevard

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Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
Congressman's wife called police

Discussion: The News Blog and Oliver Willis

John Cole / Balloon Juice:

This Is No Fun — I just thought I would go on record stating that the last few weeks and months have really sucked for me. I spent my whole life in the GOP- starting in 1984 with county meetings, going to Teenage Republican camp (my friends called it Hitler Youth Camp …

Discussion: Political Animal, Daily Kos, The World Wide Rant, Oliver Willis and Rising Hegemon

Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:

U.S. Central Command Charts Sharp Movement of the Civil Conflict in Iraq Toward Chaos — A classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the United States Central Command portrays Iraq as edging toward chaos, in a chart that the military is using as a barometer of civil conflict.

Discussion: The Agonist, Bring it On! and Rising Hegemon

Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:

Pelosi's Unintelligent Choice — If Democrats win control of the House next week, Nancy Pelosi's first test as speaker will arrive long before the 110th Congress convenes. Her choice to head the House intelligence committee — unlike other House committees, this one is left entirely …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Riehl World View

Cynthia Banham / Sydney Morning Herald:

PNG tells Australia: we will stop your aid — PAPUA New Guinea is threatening to dramatically reduce the money it receives from Canberra, suspend all official visits by Australians or impose onerous travel restrictions, and recall its high commissioner. — Whether it does so …

Discussion: The Belmont Club, Samizdata.net, Pajamas Media, Blue Crab Boulevard and Never Yet Melted

Peter F. Schaefer / TCS Daily:

More MacArthur, Less Marshall — In an earlier commentary on TCS I argued that what we did in postwar Japan has important lessons for what we do in any postwar enterprise including Iraq and Afghanistan. This generated a considerable number of comments from TCS readers, most of which were at least somewhat critical.

Discussion: EconLog

Bloomberg:

Wages, benefits on upswing — WASHINGTON — Wages and benefits paid to American workers rose last quarter by the most since 2004, as the unemployment rate matched a five-year low. — The Labor Department said Tuesday that its employment cost index rose 1 percent compared with the second quarter.