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9:40 AM ET, February 1, 2007

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Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
A hearty F*** You to William Arkin  —  Update: Marc Danziger, the Armed Liberal over at Winds of change is much less hyperbolic about Arkin than I am and check on Fuzzy Bear's stuff too.  —  Apologies for the F bombs bursting in air, but...well just read on.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE PERIL OF NEWSPAPER BLOGS...  ...is that a reporter might say what he actually thinks before an editor catches up with him and makes him stop.  A case in point: William Arkin writes on "national and homeland security" for the Washington Post.  Yesterday morning, in his blog titled Early Warning …
Michelle Malkin:
WaPo math: Troops=mercenaries  —  Here's Washington Post national security reporter/blogger William Arkin's screed against NBC's report, which quoted troops who want Americans to support their mission.  An excerpt from Arkin's unhinged diatribe: … Is he auditioning for a Daily Kos diarist spot?
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
WaPo blogger to U.S. troops: Be thankful we don't spit on you, mercenaries
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Joe Holley / Washington Post:
Columnist Molly Ivins, 62; Poked Fun at the Powerful
New York Times:
Chirac Unfazed by Nuclear Iran, Then Backtracks  —  President Jacques Chirac said this week that if Iran had one or two nuclear weapons, it would not pose a big danger, and that if Iran were to launch a nuclear weapon against a country like Israel, it would lead to the immediate destruction of Tehran.
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New York Times:
Bullying Iran  —  Given America's bitter experience in Iraq, one would think that President Bush could finally figure out that threats and brute force aren't a substitute for a reasoned strategy.  But Mr. Bush is at it again, this time trying to bully Iran into stopping its meddling inside Iraq.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Biden Unwraps His Bid for '08 With an Oops!  —  In an era of meticulous political choreography, the staging of the kickoff for this presidential candidacy could hardly have gone worse.  —  Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, who announced his candidacy on Wednesday with the hope …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Biden Unbound: Lays Into Clinton, Obama, Edwards  —  Loquacious Senator, Democratic Candidate on Hillary: 'Four of 10 Is the Max You Can Get?'  Edwards 'Doesn't Know What He's Talking About'  —  Senator Joseph Biden doesn't think highly of the Iraq policies of some of the other Democrats who are running for President.
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Senate foes of troop buildup join forces  —  WASHINGTON - Two senators, a Republican and a Democrat, leading separate efforts to put Congress on record against President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq joined forces Wednesday, agreeing on a nonbinding resolution that would oppose the plan and potentially embarrass the White House.
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Washington Post:
Senators Unite On Challenge to Bush's Troop Plan  —  Revised Warner Language That Protects Funds Is Embraced for Bipartisan Appeal  —  Democratic and Republican opponents of President Bush's troop-buildup plan joined forces last night behind the nonbinding resolution with the broadest bipartisan backing …
truthout:
Cheney's Handwritten Notes Implicate Bush in Plame Affair  —  Copies of handwritten notes by Vice President Dick Cheney, introduced at trial by defense attorneys for former White House staffer I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, would appear to implicate George W. Bush in the Plame CIA Leak case.
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Ana Marie Cox / Swampland:
Everyone Hates Chris
Discussion: Wonkette
Sky News:
Terror Plot: Ninth Arrest  —  A ninth suspect has been arrested by police investigating an alleged Iraq-style kidnapping and beheading plot in the UK.  —  It follows the detention of eight people at addresses in Birmingham earlier.  —  Assistant Chief Constable David Shaw, of West Midlands Police …
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
British Police Arrest 9 on Terror Charges
Discussion: IraqSlogger.com and Op For
Rob Hotakainen / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken tells DFLers he's running for Senate  —  WASHINGTON - Comedian and radio talk show host Al Franken has begun calling Democratic members of Congress and prominent DFLers to tell them he will definitely challenge Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in 2008, the Star Tribune has learned.
David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Dodd's Showing In Polls Laughable  —  At Least Comedians Have Noticed It  —  WASHINGTON — When pollster John Zogby asked a group of 339 likely Democratic voters earlier this month whom they wanted for president in 2008, one or two mentioned Connecticut's senior senator.
Josephine Hearn / The Politico:
Sanchez Accuses Democrat of Calling Her a 'Whore,' Resigns from Hispanic Group  —  Rep. Loretta Sanchez has quit the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, accusing the chairman, Rep. Joe Baca, of telling people she's a "whore."  —  Baca denied the charge.  —  In an interview with The Politico Wednesday …
Discussion: Lifelike Pundits
San Francisco Chronicle:
MATIER AND ROSS  —  AIDE QUITS AS NEWSOM'S AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE IS REVEALED  —  Campaign manager confronts mayor, who is 'in shock'  —  San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's re-election campaign manager resigned Wednesday after confronting the mayor about an affair Newsom had with his wife …
WCVB-TV:
TV Network Takes Responsibility For 'Hoax Devices'  —  BOSTON — Turner Broadcasting plans to take responsibility for the "hoax devices" that were found at several locations in and around Boston Wednesday that forced police bomb units to scramble throughout the area.
Discussion: QandO, Reason Magazine and On Deadline
 
 
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Decision to Have Baby Isn't Political, Mary Cheney Says
USA Today:
Giuliani: Can hero of 9/11 win over his own party?
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Records on Spy Program Turned Over to Lawmakers
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly wouldn't call Penn "anti-American" …
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
How Bush can ensure no more Iraqs
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
From McCain's Deep Pockets, A Bellwether
Jeralyn Merritt / Firedoglake:
Who Will Deliver for Fitz?  —  Wigmore described cross-examination …
Austan Goolsbee / New York Times:
Now That a Penny Isn't Worth Much, It's Time to Make It Worth 5 Cents
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Opinion Journal:
Talking With the President  —  Excerpts from George W. Bush's …
Discussion: Washington Wire
Washington Post:
Bush Addresses Income Inequality
Associated Press:
New York Times Reports 4Q Loss of $648M
Dan Collins / protein wisdom:
Pariah Kerry  —  I've avoided this topic, but Jeff's post below put me in mind of it.
USA Today:
General says U.S. has proof Iran arming Iraqi militias
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Who's That Senior Administration Official?
Discussion: CBS News and Wonkette
James Pethokoukis / US News:
Is the Unemployment Rate About to Collapse?
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Democratic Edge in Partisanship in 2006 Evident at National, State Levels
 

 
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