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4:55 PM ET, January 8, 2007

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Mike Allen / Time:
Exclusive: Bush Picks a Replacement for Harriet Miers  —  In a signal that he could be open to working more closely with congressional Democrats rather than stonewalling, President Bush plans to name the widely respected Republican lawyer Fred F. Fielding as White House counsel this week, party sources tell TIME.
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Bush to announce Iraq plan on Wednesday  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush will address the nation at 9 p.m. EST Wednesday about his new approach for the war in Iraq, the White House said.  Bush is expected to announce an increase of up to 20,000 additional U.S. troops.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Revise Agenda To Deal With War in Iraq  —  With Bush to Announce New Plan, Domestic Policy No Longer Primary Focus  —  Democratic leaders who had hoped to emphasize their domestic agenda in the opening weeks of Congress have concluded that Iraq will share top billing …
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
A Bitter Clash is Coming Over Iraq
Discussion: Decision '08 and KOTV-TV
US News:
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Yitzhak Nakash / Los Angeles Times:
If U.S. drops the ball, Iraq shatters  —  The U.S. must bring all Iraqis to the negotiating table while maintaining support for a Shiite-led government.  —  MORE THAN a year after the December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary elections, which resulted in the appointment of a four-year Shiite-led government in Iraq …
Discussion: Political Animal
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Robert Collier / San Francisco Chronicle:
Talks with radicals called key to ending violence
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Juan / Informed Comment:
Sunnis in Parliament Criticize al-Maliki's Security Plan
Discussion: Needlenose
wnbc.com:
Gas Smelled Over Large Area Of Manhattan  —  NEW YORK — People over a large part of New York City are smelling a gas, but no cause has been identified.  —  Numerous people have called 911 concerned about the odor.  Con Edison, the Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard are investigating.
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WCBS-TV:
Bloomberg: No Danger From Natural Gas Odor
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and The Lede
Fox News:
BOMB SQUAD DETONATES SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE AT PORT OF MIAMI  —  MIAMI — A suspicious device was found Monday at the Port of Miami, and later detonated, according to officials.  —  Officials later gave the "all clear" sign for the area.  —  A spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police …
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LindaSoG / Something:
Traces of C4 at Port of Miami  —  Test show traces of C4 at the Port of Miami, yes, this is breaking news on Fox, right now.  Related to the non-event yesterday?  I'm at work dagnabit and can't monitor the news from here.  —  Word is that they have restricted the airspace over the Port, including news helicopters.
David Carr / New York Times:
Slimmer Time in the Age of the Internet  —  Richard Stengel, the managing editor of Time, took his wife and kids out to dinner Friday night.  —  As historic moments go, not a big deal, but it does reflect a seismic change.  Time magazine, which has been coming out every Monday for over 36 years, hit the streets on Friday instead.
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Jurassicpork / Pottersville:
PAUL KRUGMAN: Quagmire of the Vanities
Discussion: CorrenteWire and The Impolitic
Glenn Greenwald / Crooks and Liars:
Pajamas Media and "major embarrassment" — connect the dots  —  (1) Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute (and a Contributing Editor of National Review), on his Pajamas Media blog last Thursday: "BREAKING NEWS -Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, is dead."
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran's Ayatollah appears in good health
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Pajamas Media
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Tax Cuts Offer Most for Very Rich, Study Says  —  Families earning more than $1 million a year saw their federal tax rates drop more sharply than any group in the country as a result of President Bush's tax cuts, according to a new Congressional study.  —  The study, by the nonpartisan …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
ATTENTION: War supporters - your country needs you  —  (updated below - updated again)  —  One of the two principal architects of the "surge" strategy about to be adopted by the President is Frederick Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute.  He recently appeared at an AEI event …
Discussion: QandO, The Impolitic and Eschaton
Wesley K. Clark / Washington Post:
The Smart Surge: Diplomacy  —  The odds are that this week President Bush will announce a "surge" of up to 20,000 additional U.S. troops into Iraq.  Will this deliver a "win"?  Probably not.  But it will distract us from facing the deep-seated regional issues that must be resolved.
Judd / Think Progress:
VIDEO FLASHBACK: Bush Says Sending More Troops To Iraq Would 'Undermine Our Strategy'  —  On Wednesday night, President Bush is expected to announce plans to escalate the war in Iraq by sending more U.S. troops.  On June 28, 2005 — just 18 months ago — Bush said that sending more troops to Iraq would …
Dymphna / Gates of Vienna:
Rep. Keith Ellison's Excellent Opportunity  —  To: Congressman Keith Ellison, Fifth District, Minnesota  —  You have been elected to serve the Fifth District of Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives.  This is a crucially important opportunity, not only for all of your …
Morris B. Hoffman / New York Times:
Free-Market Justice  —  SIXTEEN years as a state trial judge have left me with a deep respect for the professionalism and competence of the public defenders who handle felony cases for indigent criminal defendants in my courtroom.  In fact, I've told friends, only half-jokingly …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Reason Magazine
 
 
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone National Affairs Daily:
Lieberman on Surge: What's "The Worst that Could Happen"?
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Peter Brown / Real Clear Politics:
Poll: Critique of Wal-Mart is a Political Loser
Discussion: QandO and Blue Crab Boulevard
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
A Candidate's Not-So-Candid Camera?
Discussion: CBS News and JoeTrippi.com
Michael Bérubé:
Til we meet again
Steve Connor / Independent:
The universe gives up its deepest secret
Hotline On Call:
Romney's Call-A-Thon Begins In Boston
Discussion: Power Line and eyeon08.com
Richard Blair / All Spin Zone:
When the Media Gags Itself
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 Earlier Items: 
The Blotter:
Dead U.S. Soldier in Anti-War Video 'Alive and Well'
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
In Trying Times, Papers Retreat From Washington
Discussion: Media Blog and CBS News
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Troop surge in Iraq would have McCain in tow
Charlotte Allen / Los Angeles Times:
I got an A in Phallus 101  —  The list of the 12 most bizarre …
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Will Bush back lifting payroll tax cap?
Richard Borreca / Star Bulletin:
Inouye believes Obama's too early
Opinion Journal:
A Heavier Iraq 'Footprint'
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Conservatives Decry Terror Laws' Impact on Refugees
 

 
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
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