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Associated Press:
Lieberman Might Back Republican in 2008 — WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 2000 who won re-election as an independent last year, says he is open to supporting any party's White House nominee in 2008.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Lieberman says he'll consider voting Republican in '08 — Does this come as a shock to you? CT voters should think long and hard about their beloved Holy Joe. He keeps lying about the November election. It refuted the GOP completely. but he seems to think it was a call for bi-partisanship...My god..
Hindrocket / Power Line:
NICE GOING, JOHN — Yesterday we noted John Kerry's disgraceful performance at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Today, in the Power Line Forum, Glenn Bowen points out the follow-up from the Middle East. Click to enlarge: — And, from the FARS News Agency: … Thanks, John.
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Newsweek:
The Man Without Doubt — In a rare print interview, Dick Cheney talks about Iraq, Iran, Chuck Hagel, his image as 'Darth Vader' and Bob Woodward. — Still Fighting: Cheney in his office, unbowed — A man with a reputation for secrecy and seclusion, Vice President Dick Cheney has spent the past few months out in public.
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Newsweek:
Questions for the Vice President — Transcript: NEWSWEEK's Richard Wolffe interviewed Dick Cheney on Jan. 25 in the West Wing of the White House. — NEWSWEEK: Let's start with Iraq, if I may. There's a lot of skepticism on the Hill, even inside the administration about the Iraqi prime …
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Think Progress
Ruth Elkins / Independent:
Muslims urged to refuse 'un-Islamic' vaccinations — A leading Islamic doctor is urging British Muslims not to vaccinate their children against diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella because they contain substances making them unlawful for Muslims to take.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Just "evolution in action" — (updated below - updated again) — Glenn Reynolds points to this article from The Independent which reports that a "leading Islamic doctor is urging British Muslims not to vaccinate their children against diseases such as measles, mumps …
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Riehl World View
Murray Waas / whatever already!:
On Meet the Press this morning, Tim Russert asked former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee about my story in the Arkansas Times disclosing how Huckabee had pressured his state's parole board to parole a convicted rapist, Wayne Dumond, who not long after leaving prison, raped and murdered two women.
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Washington Post:
Iraqi Soldiers Clash With Insurgents — Iraqi soldiers supported by U.S. helicopters on Sunday clashed with a gathering of insurgents hiding out amid date palm orchards near the southern holy city of Najaf, according to Iraqi officials. — For the past several weeks, Sunni insurgents …
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IRAQ THE MODEL, Unqualified Offerings, The Belmont Club, Blue Crab Boulevard, Michelle Malkin and toohotfortnr
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush Rallies Conservatives at Summit — Non-Candidate Shows Ability to Excite the Party — At a time when the conservative movement is looking bereft, humbled by midterm-election defeats and hungering for a presidential candidate to rally around, Jeb Bush delivered yesterday in Washington …
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StrategyPage:
Myths of the Iraq War — January 28, 2007: Top 10 Myths of the Iraq War. In no particular order. There are more, but ten is a manageable number. — 1-No Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Several hundred chemical weapons were found, and Saddam had all his WMD scientists and technicians ready.
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The Belmont Club
Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Clinton: U.S. out of Iraq by January '09 — DAVENPORT, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Bush should withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq before he leaves office, asserting it would be "the height of irresponsibility" to pass the war along to the next commander in chief.
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The Jawa Report
Washington Post:
5 Myths About Suburbia and Our Car-Happy Culture — They don't rate up there with cancer and al-Qaeda — at least not yet — but suburban sprawl and automobiles are rapidly acquiring a reputation as scourges of modern American society. Sprawl, goes the typical indictment, devours open space …
Jonathan Darman / Newsweek:
A Reluctant Rebel's Yell — From Vietnam to Capitol Hill, Chuck Hagel has never been afraid to fight. Now he talks about what could be his biggest battle yet: a run for the White House. — Chuck Hagel wears pain on his face. The senior senator from Nebraska earned two Purple Hearts in Vietnam …
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Grand Delusion — It's quite a juxtaposition. In Iraq, American soldiers are finally beginning the hard job of establishing a measure of peace, security and order in critical sections of Baghdad — the essential prerequisite for the lasting political solution everyone claims to want.
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Lifelike Pundits, The Glittering Eye, The Heretik, Blue Crab Boulevard and Rising Hegemon