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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Giuliani 52% Clinton 43% — In a match-up between the early 2008 frontrunners, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) leads New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) 52% to 43%. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Giuliani's lead growing in recent months.
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Riehl World View, Scared Monkeys, Wizbang, Hot Air, race42008.com and Captain's Quarters
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Giuliani Wins The Election! — There's nothing more predictive than a hot, breaking poll less than 90 weeks before an election, so let's be sure we give this Rasmussen poll the attention it deserves. Okay, we'll give it more attention than it deserves, but we'll just say we're doing it for the practice.
Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Cheney Reiterates Criticism of House Speaker Pelosi — Vice President Cheney today repeated his charge that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's approach toward the Iraq war would benefit al-Qaeda, saying that he was not trying to impugn the speaker's patriotism but instead hold her accountable for the consequences of her policies.
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ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Cheney Holds Firm on Iraq Achievements — The Vice President Highlights Iraq Success Stories, North Korea Nuke Agreement — In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Vice President Dick Cheney refused to acknowledge failure of any U.S. policy in Iraq, touting the fall of Saddam Hussein …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
New Republic Sold, to Drop Weekly Publication Schedule — The Canadian media giant CanWest has taken a majority stake in the 92-year-old New Republic, and plans to relaunch the weekly as a thicker, glossier - and half as frequent - magazine with a more robust Web site.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
New Republic to Cut Back Publication Schedule — The New Republic, the thinning left-leaning weekly magazine whose circulation has plunged in the era of the Web, is overhauling itself with a new configuration of owners, who are investing in a new look for the magazine and cutting back its publication schedule to every two weeks.
Jack Date / ABCNEWS:
Former ACLU Chapter President Arrested for Child Pornography — Complaint Alleges Virginia Man Accessed, Downloaded Graphic Child Pornography — Federal agents arrested Charles Rust-Tierney, the former president of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU, Friday in Arlington for allegedly possessing child pornography.
Christine Stuart / ctnewsjunkie.com:
Lieberman Calls for Political Cease-fire — U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman called for a "political cease-fire" for the next six-months to give the new military leadership a chance to show the public the new strategy is working. — Lieberman who met with state officials in Hartford Friday said …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Justice Department Fires 8th U.S. Attorney — An eighth U.S. attorney announced her resignation yesterday, the latest in a wave of forced departures of federal prosecutors who have clashed with the Justice Department over the death penalty and other issues.
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Editor and Publisher:
'NYT' SUNDAY PREVIEW: Suze Orman Reveals She is the '55-year-old Virgin' — NEW YORK In an interview for The New York Times Magazine this coming Sunday, financial guru and TV host Suze Orman gets on Deborah Solomon's case for not looking out for her own money, partly because "you are a woman."
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
You Go, Geffen! — Hillary Clinton's very bad week. — We know from the philosophers that a true statement is true without regard to the reliability or sagacity of the person who utters it. We have it on good authority that the truth shall set us free. David Geffen spoke truth to Maureen Dowd last week.
Sarah McDonald / nbr.co.nz:
Complaint against Bush billboard upheld — A complaint made against a Hell Pizza billboard featuring US President George Bush has been partially upheld by the Advertising Standards Complaints Board (ASCB). — The advertisement featured Mr Bush and the words "Hell. Too good for some evil bastards".
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the campaign trail — The Hugh Hewitt Show — HH: Welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show, Mayor. Good to have you. — RG: How are you, Hugh? — HH: I'm great. — RG: Good to talk to you. — HH: I'm great. Mayor, the campaign's off to a pretty early start.
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Power Line
Eric Black / The Big Question:
Verbatim Bachmann on Iran: "There's already an agreement made. [Iran is] going to get half of Iraq and that is going to be a terrorist safe haven zone." — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann claims to know of a plan, already worked out with a line drawn on the map, for the partition of Iraq …
Kelley Shannon / Associated Press:
Obama ridicules Cheney's Iraq comments — AUSTIN, Texas - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) ridiculed Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday for saying Britain's decision to pull troops from Iraq is a good sign that fits with the strategy for stabilizing the country.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Painting Over the Problems at Walter Reed's Building 18 — It's not every day one gets to witness a whitewash in action, but Walter Reed Army Medical Center provided just such an opportunity yesterday. — In Sunday's Washington Post, Dana Priest and Anne Hull described the woeful conditions …
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