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5:50 PM ET, March 11, 2007

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Associated Press:
Report: Rove was urged to oust U.S. attorney  —  N.M. GOP chief says he complained about prosecutor, was told 'he's gone'  —  WASHINGTON - The chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party was quoted Saturday as saying he urged presidential adviser Karl Rove and one of his assistants to fire the state's U.S. attorney.
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Thomas Ferraro / Reuters:
Democratic senators say Gonzales should go  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign following disclosures of mass firings of federal prosecutors and a report that the FBI improperly obtained information on private citizens, top Democratic senators said on Sunday.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. attorneys often clash with Washington
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Political Animal
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
After Tough Week, Gonzales Says He Remains Focused
Discussion: PBD and The Swamp
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Purged Prosecutor: DoJ Offered Me "A Deal"
Discussion: Newsweek
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Kleinheider / Volunteer Voters:
VIDEO: Fred Thompson On Fox News Sunday
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
The 'Surge' Is Succeeding  —  A front-page story in The Post last week suggested that the Bush administration has no backup plan in case the surge in Iraq doesn't work.  I wonder if The Post and other newspapers have a backup plan in case it does.  —  Leading journalists have been reporting …
Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
HILL: I'M THE JFK OF 2008  —  VOWS TO BEAT ODDS  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton invoked the campaign of the nation's lone Catholic president, John Kennedy, last night as she talked about her challenge in becoming the first female commander-in-chief.  —  "He was smart, he was dynamic, he was inspiring and he was Catholic.
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Twice as Many Americans Conservative as Liberal  —  Looking at the topline results [PDF here] of the latest AP-Ipsos poll, I came across this:  —  So 41% of the country self-identifies as "conservative," 34% as "moderate," and only 21% as "liberal."  Further, 14% consider themselves …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
LIBERAL AMERICA?....James Joyner reports today on a new Gallup poll showing that the number of Americans who self-identify as conservative is twice the number who self-identify as liberal.  He comments: … Twas always so.  Harris has been tracking liberal vs. conservative ID for several decades …
Telegraph:
Iran votes to impose petrol rationing  —  Iranians are bracing themselves for a fresh round of belt tightening after their government voted to impose petrol rationing coupled with sharp rises in the price of fuel.  —  The rationing system will limit Iranians to 22 gallons (100 litres) …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Iran Economic Decline Accelerates
David Leppard / Times of London:
Al-Qaeda plot to bring down UK internet  —  SCOTLAND YARD has uncovered evidence that Al-Qaeda has been plotting to bring down the internet in Britain, causing chaos to business and the London Stock Exchange.  —  In a series of raids, detectives have recovered computer files revealing …
Discussion: Hot Air
Washington Post:
Plaintiffs Reflect on Gun Ruling  —  Residents Suing D.C. Explain Motivation  —  George Lyon says he wants a gun in his home because it's his constitutional right.  Tom Palmer says he used a gun to ward off a beating.  And Gillian St. Lawrence says her shotgun is useless because it has to be unloaded and have its trigger locked.
Discussion: Cato-at-liberty
Lauren Frayer / Associated Press:
Suicide blast kills 32 Shiites in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber rammed a truck carrying Shiite pilgrims returning from a religious commemoration Sunday, killing at least 32 people a day after Iraqi leaders warned sectarian violence could spread through the Middle East.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Poll: Character trumps policy for voters  —  WASHINGTON - For all the policy blueprints churned out by presidential campaigns, there is this indisputable fact: People care less about issues than they do about a candidate's character.  —  A new Associated Press-Ipsos poll says 55 percent …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
New John Edwards Sells Less Biography, More Liberal Issues  —  When he first ran for president, then-Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) was the fresh face in the Democratic Party, a perpetually buoyant campaigner who built his candidacy around his own biography and whose success in the primaries earned him a place on the 2004 Democratic ticket.
Stirling Newberry / Firedoglake:
FDL Book Salon: Joe Conason: It Is Happening Here  —  [FDL is pleased to welcome Stirling Newberry and Joe Conason here today for a discussion of It Can Happen Here.  As with all Book Salon discussions, please be polite and keep this thread on topic.  Any off topic discussions should be taken to the prior thread.
Telegraph:
Iraq four years on  — Video: Julian Simmonds and Colin Freeman on the streets of Iraq  —  Mohammed Mumtaz al-Duleimi shows me the ring on his third finger, set with a heavy stone in a dark-red colour that is known in Iraq as gazelle's blood.  For the superstitious Shias of the south …
Discussion: The Corner and Angry Bear
 
 
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Salah Nasrawi / Associated Press:
Islamic militants warn Austria, Germany
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Securing Iraq Votes, One at a Time
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Discussion: NewsHog and Liberal Values
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