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1:45 PM ET, January 9, 2007

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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 …
Discussion: Needlenose and PoliPundit.com
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Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Public Opposes Troop Surge by 61% to 36% Margin  —  Support primarily among Republican base  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Bush will address the nation Wednesday night, and according to most reports, he will announce plans for a "surge" or escalation in the number of American troops in Iraq.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats Split Over Iraq Approach  —  The new Democratic majority in Congress is divided over how to assert its power in opposing President Bush's plan to send more troops to Baghdad, as leaders explore ways to block financing for a military expansion without being accused of abandoning American forces already in Iraq.
Daily Mail:   Blair refuses to match US troop 'surge' in Iraq
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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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   The Healthinator?  —  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed …
Pajamas Media:
America's Boots on the Ground in Somalia  —  AMERICA'S BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN SOMALIA  —  The al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic Courts Union's (ICU) rapid retreat in the face of Ethiopia's military campaign in Somalia has puzzled many observers.  How could the Ethiopians roll up the jihadists so quickly?
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S. Strike in Somalia Targets Al-Qaeda Figure
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
PJM: U.S. forces operating in Somalia since last month
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
A.M. Mora y Leon / Publius Pundit:
RED STAR OVER VENEZUELA  —  Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has signalled his true intentions with more clarity than ever today, announcing that he would expropriate:  —  1. All the phone lines  —  2. All the electricity  —  As this happened, a provincial governor from Bolivar state …
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Ian James / Associated Press:
Chavez: Will Nationalize Telecoms, Power
Discussion: Redstate and PoliBlog (TM)
Swampland:
Now that I have your attention  —  I love it!  First day of Swampitude and the left-wing blogosphere—which is overpopulated by illiberal leftists and reactionary progressives—is already attacking me: 24 mostly mingy comments about my Left Behind post, many of which seem to be steaming off …
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Booman Tribune:   Open Letter to Joe Klein
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 …
Karen Lee Ziner / Providence Journal:
ACLU sues state police  —  PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union yesterday filed a federal lawsuit against the state police, alleging racial profiling and violation of the constitutional rights of 14 Guatemalan nationals during a July traffic stop …
Guardian:
After five years of torture, Bisher is slowly slipping into madness  —  False allegations from MI5 put my clients in Guantánamo Bay and the British government has failed them abysmally  —  G Brent Mickum  —  The day after tomorrow marks the confluence of two ignominious anniversaries.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Michelle Malkin's credibility, R.I.P.  —  It's time for warbloggers to find a new conspiracy theory to promote because their most recent one, which involved accusing the Associated Press of manufacturing a source in Iraq and colluding with the insurgents, blew up in their faces.
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
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 …
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 …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Gay Patriot
 
 
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Irrational Is as Irrational Does  —  George W. Bush …
Jamal Halaby / Associated Press:
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Minimum-Wage Bill Stirs Controversy in Pacific Islands
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Tony Halpin / Times of London:
Russians turn off Europe's oil supply
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Reagan Lawyer Ready to Return to White House
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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