memeorandum: Another Hillary defector (Robert D. Novak/New Hampshire Union …)

9:10 PM ET, March 3, 2007

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G.O.P. Candidates Criticize Slur by Conservative Author — Three of the leading Republican presidential candidates on Saturday denounced one of their party's best-known conservative commentators for using an antigay epithet when discussing a Democratic presidential contender at a gathering of conservatives here.

Discussion: Blog P.I., Captain's Quarters, The American Mind, TPMCafe blogs, PowersPoint, Hot Air, The Strata-Sphere and Macsmind

Lydia Cornell / The Official Website of Lydia Cornell:

ANN COULTER'S CRIMINAL INTENT — Just a few hours ago, my friend Dan Borchers — a conservative Christian who is writing a book about Ann Coulter's "extermination speak" — was bodily wrestled out of CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) by four of Ann Coulter's bodyguards.

Discussion: The American Mind

John Edwards '08 Blog:

Hate words and you — When Miss Coulter spoke about John at the conservative convention in Washington yesterday, she used a word that she intended as a nasty and derogatory suggestion. John and I have long ago shrugged off the vile words of this person. When she made a joke about the exact moment …

Discussion: Pam's House Blend, Riehl World View and Ezra Klein

Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
COULTER FATIGUE

Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:

Romney tops conservative straw poll — WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney won the most support for the Republican presidential nomination in a straw poll of GOP activists attending an annual conference. — Despite his record of inconsistency on some social issues, the former Massachusetts governor got 21 percent …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, PoliPundit.com and Gateway Pundit

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

But Did Ginger Rogers Wear Flip-Flops? — "It's an honor to be here in high heels, walking backwards," Mitt Romney said yesterday as he began his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference. — Don't panic, Phyllis Schlafly: He was merely referring to a previous speaker's invocation of an old joke.

Discussion: The American Street and Rising Hegemon

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Romney and Giuliani Make Pitch to Conservatives

Discussion: Washington Post, Eschaton, Captain's Quarters, The Carpetbagger Report, Los Angeles Times, The Right's Field and CorrenteWire

Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
Fallout Over Coulter's Anti-Gay Remark

Discussion: AMERICAblog, MyDD and skippy the bush kangaroo

Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Romney Knocks Giuliani For Liberal Views

Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse

Editor and Publisher:
UPDATE: Ann Coulter Suggests John Edwards Is a 'Faggot' — Now The Backlash Begins

Discussion: Jon Swift, The Mahablog, DownWithTyranny!, AMERICAblog, Pam's House Blend, Liberal Values, Booman Tribune, Confederate Yankee, The American Mind, Gay Orbit, Don Surber and Hot Air

Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:

Bill Maher is Sorry the Assassination Attempt on Dick Cheney Failed — In 2002, ABC made the decision to not renew Bill Maher's contract after he made some disgraceful comments on his program "Politically Incorrect" concerning America's military response to 9/11.

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Reason Magazine, Hot Air, MsUnderestimated, Classical Values, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Neocon Express, The Impolitic and Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler

Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Non-representative "libertarian" …

Discussion: Right Wing Nut House

Joe Klein / time-blog.com:

Since you asked — A left-wing extremist exhibits many, but not necessarily all, of the following attributes: —believes that the decision to go to war in Iraq was not an individual case of monumental stupidity, but a consequence of America's fundamental imperialistic nature.

Discussion: Horses Mouth, Booman Tribune, Whiskey Fire, Liberal Values, driftglass, TPMCafe blogs, Matthew Yglesias, Decision '08 and CorrenteWire

Ezra Klein:
Joe Klein and the Extremists

Discussion: Oliver Willis

The Blotter:

Afghanistan: US forces attack suspected al Qaeda hideout — Christopher Isham and Gretchen Peters Report: — For the past two days, U.S. and NATO forces have been conducting a major attack against a compound in a remote area of Eastern Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden or another senior al Qaeda leader …

Discussion: Riehl World View and QandO

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: U.S. forces attack senior AQ leader's hideout in Afghanistan?

Discussion: The Political Pit Bull

Robert D. Novak / New Hampshire Union Leader:

Another Hillary defector — WASHINGTON - Greg Craig, a Washington super-lawyer with close ties to the Clintons, is supporting Sen. Barack Obama for President. — Craig was a White House special counsel defending President Bill Clinton in the Senate impeachment trial.

Discussion: The Agonist, Liberal Values and Wizbang

Ian Bishop / New York Post:

RUDY DRAGGED DOWN — RIGHTIES CROSS ABOUT HIS DRESS — Rudy Giuliani's liberal stance on abortion, guns and gays wasn't his biggest problem yesterday as he addressed a conference of conservative activists - it was his having dressed in drag. — A whisper campaign targeting …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, The News Buckit, DownWithTyranny!, Bob Krumm and Decision '08

Candace Rondeaux / Washington Post:

Expert on Soviet Intelligence Shot in Adelphi — Federal and local law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting in Prince George's County that critically injured a prominent intelligence expert who specializes in the former Soviet Union. — Paul Joyal, 53, was shot Thursday …

Discussion: Samizdata.net, At-Largely and Secular Blasphemy

Jason / COUNTERCOLUMN:

Los Angeles Times Smears Medal of Honor Winner — An ignorant hack. — That's all I can think of to say about the author of this Los Angeles Times column, The Lunatic Right Returns, excoriating conservatives for adhering to "discredited swift-boaters" like George "Bud" Day. … Amazing.

Rosa Brooks / Los Angeles Times:
The lunatic right returns

Discussion: Op For and Michelle Malkin

William Shawcrosson / Times of London:

Remember: for Cambodia, read Iraq — The Killing Fields illustrates brilliantly part of the long disaster that has been Cambodia over recent decades. It is a compelling film that follows the story of a young Cambodian, Dith Pran, who worked for the New York Times reporter Sidney Schanberg …

The Big Trunk / Power Line:
KILLING FIELDS THEN AND NOW — The Times (London) …

Discussion: Classical Values and The Virginian

Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:

U.S. Predicting Steady Increase for Emissions — The Bush administration estimates that emissions by the United States of gases that contribute to global warming will grow nearly as fast through the next decade as they did the previous decade, according to a long-delayed report being completed for the United Nations.

Discussion: Gristmill, The Road to Surfdom, Political Animal and Matthew Yglesias

Kelly Kennedy / Army Times:

Committee subpoenas former Walter Reed chief — The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who was fired as head of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, after Army officials refused to allow him to testify before the committee Monday.

David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Army Secretary Is Ousted in Furor Over Hospital Care

Discussion: QandO, The Moderate Voice, Blogcritics Section, rubber hose, Washington Post, Committee on Oversight …, The Heretik and Pacific Views

Michael Gisick / abqtrib.com:

GOP VIPs ponder David Iglesias fallout — Some state Republicans fear former U.S. attorney's claims may hurt party — Everyone with half a stake in New Mexico politics had been waiting months for U.S. Attorney David Iglesias to put his cards on the table.

Discussion: MyDD and Talking Points Memo

Paul Mirengoff / News Bloggers Blog:

She earned her celebrity status the old fashioned way — I don't know much about Anna Nicole Smith, but I have a sudden urge to write about her. I hope readers will forgive me if this post turns out to be (1) utterly foolish, (2) what everyone else has been saying, or (3) both.