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3:50 PM ET, January 9, 2007

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Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Bush Works To Rally Support for Iraq 'Surge'  —  President Bush yesterday began promoting his plan to send more troops to Iraq, bringing more than 30 Republican senators to the White House as part of a major campaign to rally the American people behind another effort to stabilize the country.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
White House Gears Up to Sell Plan for Troop Increase in Iraq  —  The White House is planning an aggressive effort to sell Congress and the American public on President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, beginning with a prime-time address to the nation on Wednesday night, followed Thursday …
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Mission Impossible  —  BUSH'S SMART NEW GENERAL CAN'T SAVE IRAQ.  —  George W. Bush has named a new man to take charge in Iraq as a prelude to his announcement of (allegedly) a new strategy.  Will either make any difference?  —  The new commander, Lt. Gen. (soon to be promoted to simply Gen.) …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S. Strike in Somalia Targets Al-Qaeda Figure  —  A U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship attacked suspected al-Qaeda members in southern Somalia on Sunday, and U.S. sources said the operation may have hit a senior terrorist figure.  —  The strike took place near the Kenyan border, according to a senior officer at the Pentagon.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
PJM: U.S. forces operating in Somalia since last month
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
AP Runs Unverified Report: Somali Strikes Kill Newlyweds!  (Also unverified.)
Discussion: snapped shot
Jim Davenport / Associated Press:
DeMint endorses Romney for president  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Jim DeMint has endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the 2008 presidential race, according to a letter the South Carolina senator is sending to state Republicans.  —  The endorsement letter …
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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Romney event nets more than $6.5m
Discussion: eyeon08.com
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Romney Raises $6.5 Million in One-Day Blitz
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Smarter than the Average Bear
Discussion: Patrick Ruffini
Washington Post:
Schwarzenegger Proposes Universal Health Coverage  —  California Plan Could Cost State $12 Billion  —  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Monday proposed a system of universal health insurance for Californians that would make the nation's most populous state the third to guarantee medical coverage for all its residents.
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New York Post:
ROSIE BLOWS UP AT 'LIAR' BABS  —  THE tension between "The View" creator Barbara Walters and co-host Rosie O'Donnell, sparked by O'Donnell's feud with Donald Trump, boiled over yesterday morning when the portly comic called Walters "a [bleeping] liar."  —  The fight started around 8:30 a.m …
New York Post:
RIPENS APPLE  —  BELCHING BOG BLAMED FOR CITYWIDE GAS STINK  —  Who cut the cheese?  —  New Jersey, apparently.  —  Across the length and breadth of Manhattan, people were asking, "What's that smell?" after a pungent odor like natural gas or rotten eggs blanketed the borough and northern …
Orlando Sentinel:
Geraldo wants to whoop up on Olbermann  —  So here's one I missed over the holidays — Geraldo Rivera coming to town and threatening to beat up on Keith Olbermann.  —  Apparently Geraldo was visiting with 104.1 FM's Monsters just before Christmas, when they asked him about the time he made …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Cecil Angel / Detroit Free Press:
Damage to businesses and mosques in Detroit raises wider fears  —  Was it Hussein-connected retaliation, local Shi'ites ask  —  As they repaired the broken windows of at least a dozen businesses and mosques along Warren Avenue in Detroit, many Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims wondered Monday …
Center for American Progress:
Congressional Limitations and Requirements for Military Deployments and Funding  —  The 110th Congress has an important responsibility to shape the country's national security policy in order to make Americans safer and advance U.S. national security interests more effectively.
Heidi / Euphoric Reality:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Mexican Gunmen Involved in Arizona Border Incident Actually Uniformed Mexican Force  —  The incursion into U.S. territory last week by "Mexican gunmen" was not a chance confrontation between the Arizona National Guard and untrained illegal immigrants, but a deliberate …
Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Does a McCain-Lieberman ticket make sense?  —  Democratic vice presidential candidate in 2000 praises Arizona Republican  —  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greets Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the independent Democrat from Connecticut, as they prepare to discuss a troop surge in Iraq last Friday.
 
 
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Glenn Greenwald's Chickenhawk Argument
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Irrational Is as Irrational Does  —  George W. Bush …
Jamal Halaby / Associated Press:
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Guardian:
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
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Lynette Clemetson / New York Times:
Congress Is Expected to Revisit Sentencing Laws
Discussion: TalkLeft
Karen Lee Ziner / Providence Journal:
ACLU sues state police
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RED STAR OVER VENEZUELA
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
New Video of Saddam's Corpse on Internet
Discussion: Gawker and The Jawa Report
Editor and Publisher:
Tony Snow: Democrats Can Cut Off Funds, But Can't Stop President's 'Surge'