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12:40 PM ET, January 23, 2007

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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Headmaster Disputes Claim That Obama Attended Islamic School  —  Fresh doubt was cast yesterday on a magazine's allegation that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) attended a madrassah, or religious school that teaches a fundamentalist version of Islam.  —  Hardi Priyono, deputy headmaster …
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Mike Dorning / Chicago Tribune:   Big bucks needed to wage presidential campaign
Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
As Kerry ponders, Democrats crowd in
Ben Smith / politico.com:
Clinton Woos Black Vote, Targets Obama
Discussion: Attytood
New York Times:
Bush, at Low Point in Polls, Will Push Domestic Agenda  —  Carrying some of the worst public approval ratings of any president in a generation, President Bush is heading into his State of the Union address on Tuesday night seeking to revitalize his domestic agenda but facing stiff resistance …
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Jay Carney / Swampland:
The Clinton Playbook  —  When George W. Bush takes the podium …
Discussion: The Caucus
Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Guest Voice: Governor Schwarzenegger's Office on Health Care
Discussion: Polimom Says and Washington Post
Los Angeles Times:
Scant evidence found of Iran-Iraq arms link  —  U.S. warnings of advanced weaponry crossing the border are overstated, critics say.  —  BAQUBAH, IRAQ — If there is anywhere Iran could easily stir up trouble in Iraq, it would be in Diyala, a rugged province along the border between the two nations.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Investigating, rather than reciting, Bush claims re: Iran  —  (updated below)  —  Something odd occurred this week: Fox News — spewing filth churned out by the lowest depths of right-wing innuendo swamps — was "reporting" the two-pronged falsehood that Barak Obama attended a "madrassa" …
Roger Si / politico.com:
McCain Bashes Cheney Over Iraq Policy  —  With his presidential hopes tied to an administration whose Iraq policy he supports but cannot control, John McCain for the first time blamed Vice President Cheney for what McCain calls the "witch's brew" of a "terribly mishandled" war in which U.S. forces are on the verge of defeat.
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PittsburghLIVE.com:   Sen. McCain running for president in 2008
Josephine Hearn / politico.com:
Black Caucus: Whites Not Allowed  —  Freshman Rep. Stephen I. Cohen, D-Tenn., is not joining the Congressional Black Caucus after several current and former members made it clear that a white lawmaker was not welcome.  —  "I think they're real happy I'm not going to join," said Cohen …
Discussion: Redstate, Right Wing News and Hot Air
Liz Cheney / Washington Post:
Retreat Isn't an Option  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton declared this weekend, " I'm in to win."  Anyone who has watched her remarkable trajectory can have no doubt that she'll do whatever it takes to win the presidency.  I wish she felt the same way about the war.
Fox News:
WEB SITE KICKS SAND IN FACES OF GIS IN IRAQ ASKING FOR MATS TO EASE HARDSHIP OF SLEEPING ON GROUND  —  An American GI assigned to one of the harshest posts in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.
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Annysa Johnson / JSOnline:
E-mail to soldier spurs outrage
Discussion: BLACKFIVE, Hot Air and On Deadline
PJM / Pajamas Media:
The State of the Union is a Disaster:  —  The Speech George Bush Should Make Tuesday Night  —  Don't bother standing up or clapping, any of you.  I already know who won the election, and I know how you feel.  —  I come before you tonight not to make amends, not to make it good, curry any favor or find any middle ground.
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Michael J. Totten:
Hezbollah Riots in Lebanon  —  While I was in Lebanon gathering the material I've been publishing, Hezbollah kept threatening to strangle the country by seizing major roads, including the one that leads to the airport.  I was worried I might get stuck there, but I didn't.
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Washington Post:
Abortion Foes to Renew Efforts  —  Activists Rally on Mall, Vow to Keep Pressure on Congress  —  Tens of thousands of abortion opponents marched through melting snow on the Mall yesterday and vowed to work harder — since Democrats have taken control of the Capitol — to overturn …
John Solo / Washington Post:
Casino Executive Contributes $1 Million to Gingrich Group  —  Newt Gingrich, a former House speaker and a possible presidential contender, jump-started his new political group with a check for $1 million from a source many in his conservative base would shun — the gambling industry.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Nadine Elsibai / Bloomberg:
Bush Poll Ratings Before Speech Fall to Nixon's Level (Update2)  —  Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush's approval ratings are now the lowest for any president the day before a State of the Union speech since Richard Nixon in 1974, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Discussion: All Spin Zone and TalkLeft
Amanda / Think Progress:
CNN's Glenn Beck Calls Anti-Gay Slur Simply A 'Naughty Name'  —  Yesterday on CNN Headline News, host Glenn Beck addressed the controversy raised after Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington called his castmate T.R. Knight a "faggot."  —  Beck called the New York Times's refusal to print the anti-gay slur …
Discussion: AMERICAblog and My Two Sense
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Surprises From Gates's 1996 Memoir  —  Defense Secretary Admires Leaders, Thinkers in Both Parties  —  Of all the presidents he worked for, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is particularly supportive of one — but it isn't, as might be expected, Ronald Reagan, the first President Bush or even Gerald R. Ford.
Discussion: Demagogue
 
 
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New York Sun:
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
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USA Today:
Lawmakers have loved ones in combat zone
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
In the Vortex of Baghdad, Staying Put This Time
Discussion: Daily Kos and The News Blog
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David Kopel / The Volokh Conspiracy:
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Faulted for Inaction in Foley Scandal
Discussion: The RBC and TPMmuckraker
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
General May See Early Success in Iraq
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Nearly two-thirds in U.S. have given up on Iraq