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Edwards's Bloggers Cross the Line, Critic Says — Two bloggers hired by John Edwards to reach out to liberals in the online world have landed his presidential campaign in hot water for doing what bloggers do — expressing their opinions in provocative and often crude language.
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Does John Edwards Condone Hate Speech? — A bit of a tempest is brewing over the strident and profanity-laced writings of John Edwards' official campaign "blogmaster," Amanda Marcotte. She joined the Edwards campaign last week, and she's already gotten a lot of attention.
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Catholics Slam Bloggers Hired by Edwards — WASHINGTON — Two bloggers hired recently by Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards were criticized Tuesday by a Catholic group for posts they had written elsewhere on the Internet. — Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League …
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Right Wing Nut House
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Edwards Campaign Reconsidering Blogger Hires — The campaign of John Edwards, hailed for hiring two progressive bloggers for his 2008 Presidential campaign, has now said they will reconsider that decision in light of the blogging history of Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan.
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Blue Crab Boulevard
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A look at John McCain's blogger-consultant — (updated below - updated again) — Apparently, there is a new standard that any blogger who has made controversial or profane remarks in the past is unsuitable to work for a political campaign. That is the premise of these two articles …
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Scooter Libby and the media debacle — The New York Times made headlines last week when it tapped a new D.C. bureau chief. But if the paper of record really wanted to jump-start its Beltway news operation, maybe it should have tried to lure Patrick Fitzgerald away from the Department of Justice.
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Did Plame Initiate The Niger Investigation?
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A Second Hand Conjecture
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Giuliani Is In and Becomes the Immediate Favorite — There is an assumption by many that Giuliani is un-nominatable as a Republican for President given his less than conservative positions on many social issues. Charlie Cook summed up the conventional Washington wisdom on Giuliani's chances …
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Iraqi Premier Admits Errors in Introducing Security Plan in Baghdad — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that his government had stumbled in its efforts to carry out a new security plan in Baghdad and that the delays and mounting violence were hurting its credibility with the Iraqi people.
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Ban Proposed On Walking While Talking, Listening To iPod — Ban Would Apply To MP3 players, Blackberrys — A state senator from Brooklyn said on Tuesday he plans to introduce legislation that would ban people from using an MP3 player, cell phone, Blackberry or any other electronic device …
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Live-blogging McCain's blogger outreach... I've been invited to a bloggers conference call... You get a front-row seat too. Why? Because I care about you. (Note: I'm paraphrasing the quotes because I'm not a "real" reporter. Deal.) — 3:06 PM: After a five-minute wait with really piss poor music …
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McCain Campaign Staff and Bloggers: The Lovers' Quarrel Conference Call
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Deputy Attorney General Defends Prosecutor Firings — A senior Justice Department official acknowledged yesterday that a top federal prosecutor in Arkansas was removed to make room for a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove, but he said that six other U.S. attorneys were fired for "performance-related" issues.
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New Takes on the New Deal — When it released its budget proposal Monday, the Bush administration — and its congressional critics — focused anew on the country's giant Social Security program. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said "significant political differences" …
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Matthew Yglesias
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Hardball, Anyone? — Not the TV blah blah blah show ... the game. The Great Game. — That's what Stratfor suggests the US is playing in the abduction of that Iranian diplomat ... who, Stratfor suggests, is an Iranian intelligence operative: … Hey, I just remembered.
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Keys to a successful surge — Sending more troops to Iraq will work only if the U.S. changes its ways. — WHILE politicians debate whether more U.S. troops should be sent to Iraq, just as important is how those troops will be utilized. In the Boer War, a "surge" of soldiers helped.
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As Inflation Soars, Zimbabwe Economy Plunges — For close to seven years, Zimbabwe's economy and quality of life have been in slow, uninterrupted decline. They are still declining this year, people there say, with one notable difference: the pace is no longer so slow.
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Daniel W. Drezner
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In Campaign 2008, Candidates Starting Earlier, Spending More — Starting as early as last June, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was hiring staffers and consultants in New Hampshire and Iowa and building the foundation for his 2008 presidential bid at a time when those in early battleground states typically …
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Black women face dilemma in Democratic primary — Barack Obama is black. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a woman. — So if you're an African-American woman - and therefore, presumably, a Democrat - how do you choose between Senator Obama and Senator Clinton in what could turn out to be a precedent-setting presidential election?
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TAPPED
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Pelosi's push for jet remains up in air — The Bush administration has agreed to provide House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with regular access to an Air Force passenger jet, but the two sides are negotiating whether she will get the big aircraft she wants and who she may take as passengers …
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Global warming debate spurs Ore. title tiff — In the face of evidence agreed upon by hundreds of climate scientists, George Taylor holds firm. He does not believe human activities are the main cause of global climate change. — Taylor also holds a unique title: State Climatologist.
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Lawmakers Revolt Against Long Hours — Even before Democratic leaders have made good on promises to harness lawmakers five days a week, cross-party opposition is growing, with senators ready to revolt and House members simmering over the new schedule. — The most popular move afoot …
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Outside The Beltway, Think Progress, Andrew Olmsted dot com and The Supreme Irony of Life