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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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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards Blogger Flap Discomforts Religious Left — As the flap over alleged anti-Catholic writings by two John Edwards campaign bloggers devolves into a shouting match between conservative religious voices and liberal bloggers, some members of the "religious left" say they feel - again - shoved to the margins of the Democratic Party.
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Edwards Learns Campaign Blogs Can Cut 2 Ways — John Edwards learned the hard way this week of the perils of grafting the raucous culture of the Internet to the decidedly staider world of a presidential campaign. — Mr. Edwards announced on Thursday, after 36 hours of deliberation …
John Edwards '08 Blog:About My Personal Blog — My writings on my personal blog Pandagon …
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Don Surber
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," …
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Big Roy / The Imus Show Blog:
Imus: Mary Matalin Is A Liar — Republican advisor Mary Matalin was a guest this morning. At one time she worked for the Vice President and is great friends with Scooter Libby. Even going so far as to help raise money for his legal defense. — Mary started off with this old story …
Swopa / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: Tim Russert, Five — Here's what has happened since the last live-blogging thread. We left off at about noon with an accusation by Scooter Libby's attorney, Ted Wells, that there was "bad blood" between Libby and NBC News, led by Tim Russert. When Russert denied this …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Mary Matalin is Dazed and Confused — Her appearance on Imus this morning was just bizarre. The main point Imus wanted to cover is if she actually told Libby that Tim Russert hated Chris Matthews. I edited some stuff out (it's still a long clip) and tried to focus on her responses to this point and the Libby trial.
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The Carpetbagger Report
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
The Trouble With Mary — (Graphics luv to commenter Andrea of the Huffington Post who sent this to Arianna. Seemed so appropriate for today, somehow.) — It's just been one of those weeks for Mary Matalin, with all [Cheney's] her own words coming home to roost.
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow — White House Conference Center Briefing Room — MR. SNOW: Hello. I just learned an interesting factoid, apropos of Black History Month. On this day in 1944, Harry S. McAlpin became the first black reporter admitted to a White House press briefing …
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Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran warns U.S. it will retaliate if hit — TEHRAN, Iran - Iran stepped up its warnings to the United States Thursday, with the nation's supreme leader saying Tehran will strike U.S. interests around the world if his country is attacked. — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's words were also likely meant …
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Jules Crittenden
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Washington Post:
Official's Key Report On Iraq Is Faulted — 'Dubious' Intelligence Fueled Push for War — Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included "reporting of dubious quality or reliability" …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Right Wing Spreads Misinformation About Oregon's Global Warming Denier — Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) is considering replacing the "state's climatologist," George Taylor, who has suggested that "natural variations" — not human-induced greenhouse gases — are to blame for the Earth's recent warming.
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David Bowermaster / Seattle Times:
McKay got good review 7 months before ouster — Seven months before he was forced to resign as U.S. attorney for the western district of Washington, John McKay received a glowing performance review from Justice Department evaluators. — "McKay is an effective, well-regarded and capable leader of the …
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Financial Times:
Climate change concerts 'to dwarf Live Aid' — A series of concerts "bigger than Live Aid" is being planned for July, in a bid to put the subject of climate change before an audience of a global audience of 2bn. — The event, scheduled for July 7, will feature co-ordinated film …
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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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.
Bob Geiger:
Judd Gregg Hurls Another Red Herring Onto Senate Floor — It must be handy for the Republican party to have a guy like Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) around. Whenever they start taking the heat over some policy blunder or, as the country is painfully aware, their loyalty to George W. Bush visibly outweighs …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Keep Piling On The Pressure — Your pressure is working. You guys are unbelievable! Consider the following: — Already, more than 1,020 1,150 1,270 1,525 people have sent emails to the news organizations who produced shoddy, stenographed stories on the Edwards bloggers yesterday.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Sign Up — The Edwards campaign is standing by their bloggers as they came under assault by the rightwing noise machine and good for them. — But this is going to be the pattern unless the news media recognises that they have a substantial number of readers who will not tolerate a reprise …
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