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5:05 PM ET, February 8, 2007

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John Edwards '08 Blog:
Statement on Campaign Bloggers  —  The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte's and Melissa McEwan's posts personally offended me.  It's not how I talk to people, and it's not how I expect the people who work for me to talk to people.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Edwards' Bloggers Regret Critical Posts  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Thursday he was personally offended by the provocative messages two of his campaign bloggers wrote criticizing the Catholic church, but he's not firing them.
John Edwards '08 Blog:
About My Personal Blog  —  My writings on my personal blog Pandagon on the issue of religion are generally satirical in nature and always intended strictly as a criticism of public policies and politics.  My intention is never to offend anyone for his or her personal beliefs …
Discussion: Don Surber
Matt Browner Hamlin / The Huffington Post:
End of The Standoff and Pointing Our Guns At The Right  —  We all know the scene from the end of Reservoir Dogs.  The main chararcters are holed up in a dingy warehouse, half-dead with guns pointed at each other.  Each man is set to do fatal violence to the other and as the scene develops …
Edward Epstein / San Francisco Chronicle:
GOP makes much ado about the size of Pelosi's plane  —  The House speaker has had the use of a government jet since the Sept. 11 attacks  —  (02-08) 04:00 PST Washington — The way Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel home to San Francisco and on official business is the latest tempest to hit the House of Representatives.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and ABCNEWS
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Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Pelosi calls for 'mandatory action' to control greenhouse gases …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Anna Nicole Smith dies after collapsing in hotel … (CNN) — Reality TV star and former model Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead Thursday after being taken to a Florida hospital, a law enforcement source told CNN.  —  Smith, 39, collapsed at a south Florida hotel, according to news reports.
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KWTX-TV:
Anna Nicole Smith Dies  —  One-time Mexia chicken restaurant waitress turned Playboy model turned heiress turned reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith died Thursday afternoon after she was found unconscious in her hotel room at the Hard Rock Cafe and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., a law enforcement source told CNN.
Access Hollywood:   Anna Nicole Smith Dead At 39
Washington Post:
Prosecution Rests in Libby Perjury Trial  —  After 10 witnesses and 11 days of testimony, the prosecution completed its case this afternoon in the perjury trial of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.  —  "The government rests its case," …
Discussion: Firedoglake and FishBowlDC
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Washington Journalism on Trial  —  If you're a journalist, and a very senior White House official calls you up on the phone, what do you do?  Do you try to get the official to address issues of urgent concern so that you can then relate that information to the public?
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Al Qaeda in Iraq Crumbling: al Masri on the run  —  Coalition forces in Iraq have delivered a series of stunning blows to al Qaeda in Iraq in the last 48 hours.  —  A key aide to Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the man who replaced Abu Musab al Zarqawi as the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, has been south of Baghdad.
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Multi-National Force:
Suspected senior IED cell leader detained, terrorist safehouse …
Discussion: Mudville Gazette
Nibras Kazimi / New York Sun:   Blackout of the Press  —  Abu Omar al-Baghdadi made his grand …
New York Times:
Copter Crashes Suggest Change in Iraqi Tactics  —  With two more helicopter crashes near Baghdad, including a Marine transport crash on Wednesday that killed seven people, the number of helicopters that have gone down in Iraq over the past three weeks rose to six.
Casey Ross / Boston Herald:
Mitt changes tax-cut tune  —  After refusing to endorse President Bush's tax cuts when he was governor, Mitt Romney has now made them a central part of his presidential campaign, stirring accusations that he is changing his position to appeal to GOP primary voters.
Discussion: Donklephant and PoliPundit.com
Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
The Pentagon's not-so-little secret  —  As the president and Republicans continue to hype the surge — and stifle debate about it — Bush's own war planners are preparing for failure in Iraq.  —  Composite photo of George W. Bush and soldiers from the 1st Infantry at Fort Riley, Kan. …
Discussion: The Heretik, QandO and The Left Coaster
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
The Snake Eater  —  Give our troops the tools our cops have.  —  Problem: If a cop in Anytown, USA, pulls over a suspect, he checks the person's ID remotely from the squad car.  He's linked to databases filled with Who's Who in the world of crime, killing and mayhem.  In Iraq, there is nothing like that.
Daniel Woolls / Associated Press:
Gore: Nations Must Take Lead in Warming  —  MADRID, Spain (AP) — Emerging economies such as China are justified in holding back on fighting greenhouse gas emissions until richer polluters like the United States do more to solve the problem, former Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday.
 
 
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Sign Up  —  The Edwards campaign is standing by their bloggers …
Bob Geiger:
Judd Gregg Hurls Another Red Herring Onto Senate Floor
Gilbert Cranberg / NiemanWatchdog.org:
Cranberg wants a serious probe of why the press failed in its pre-war reporting
Discussion: David Corn and Day of Shame
Kim Murphy / Los Angeles Times:
Dissent grows in Iran
Democracy in America:
Baseless claims  —  ANDREW SULLIVAN cites the conventional wisdom …
Reuters:
Hillary Clinton should ditch the trousers: Versace
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Obama Off and Running
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Veterans Group Speaks Out on War
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Mormon Candidate Braces for Religion as Issue
 

 
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