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7:50 AM ET, March 20, 2007

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
White House Seeking Gonzales Replacements  —  Republican officials operating at the behest of the White House have begun seeking a possible successor to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose support among GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill has collapsed, according to party sources familiar with the discussions.
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Washington Post:
Fitzgerald Ranked During Leak Case  —  U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald was ranked among prosecutors who had "not distinguished themselves" on a Justice Department chart sent to the White House in March 2005, when he was in the midst of leading the CIA leak investigation that resulted …
Real Cities:
Support for Gonzales appears to collapse  —  WASHINGTON - The White House began floating the names of possible replacements for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday as the Justice Department released more internal documents related to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year.
ABCNEWS:
More E-Mails in Fired U.S. Attorneys Controversy  —  Justice Department E-Mails Detail Conversations About Targeted Attorneys  —  New e-mails released this evening by the Justice Department reveal the depth of White House involvement in the discussions to fire eight U.S. attorneys last year.
US News:
Exclusive: E-mail Shows Internal Rift At Justice Over Firings  —  U.S. News's Chitra Ragavan has learned that one day after Justice Department Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty testified on Capitol Hill about the reasons eight U.S. attorneys were summarily fired, a Justice Department spokesman …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
Russia Gives Iran Ultimatum on Enrichment  —  Russia has informed Iran that it will withhold nuclear fuel for Iran's nearly completed Bushehr power plant unless Iran suspends its uranium enrichment as demanded by the United Nations Security Council, European, American and Iranian officials said.
New York Times:
Students' Right to Free Speech  —  The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a case that has attracted attention mainly because of its eccentric story line: An Alaska student was suspended from high school in 2002 after he unfurled a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" while the Olympic torch passed by.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Up in Smoke at the High Court
Discussion: Betsy's Page and All Spin Zone
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:   Analysis: A new exception to "Tinker"?
Steven Thomma / Real Cities:
Obama more liberal than Kucinich, analysis reveals  —  WASHINGTON - The most liberal member of Congress running for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination isn't Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.  —  It's Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.  —  And the Republican candidate who's grown less conservative over his years in Congress?
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
TPM Needs YOU to Comb Through Thousands of Pages  —  Josh and I were just discussing how in the world we are ever going to make our way through 3,000 pages when it hit us: we don't have to.  Our readers can help.  —  So here's what we're going to do.  This comment thread will be our HQ for sorting through tonight's document dump.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates Confront Immigration Politics  —  Immigration, an issue that has divided Republicans in Washington, is reverberating across the party's presidential campaign field, causing particular complications for Senator John McCain of Arizona.  —  The topic came up repeatedly …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Lonewacko
zombietime:
"U.S. Out of Iraq Now" Anti-War Rally  —  These photos were taken by zombie at the "U.S. Out of Iraq Now" anti-war rally sponsored by ANSWER in San Francisco on Sunday, March 18, 2007.  —  The rally — which started at the Embarcardero and continued down Market Street to Civic Center …
Michael Kinsley / time-blog.com:
There Oughta Be A Law  —  We'll see what this next round of documents reveals, but the ball-moving development of today in the US Attorneys story is Adam Cohen's piece on the Times Editorial Page.  It plugs a big hole in the argument that this is a big deal story and not just …
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Michael Kinsley / time-blog.com:
Search Archive  — HOME - U.S. - WORLD - BLOGS - BUSINESS & TECH …
Discussion: Political Animal
Joe Kovacs / WorldNetDaily:
Feds get 'disgusting' over 'Obamanation'  —  U.S. says slogan for Democrat too 'offensive,' but sends trademark applicant sexual imagery  —  No butts about it, irony can be pretty ironic.  —  A Chicago radio host who tried to trademark the phrase "It's an Obamanation" …
Popular Mechanics:
Mega-Jumbo Airbus A380 Lands in New York, L.A.  —  NEW YORK — The Airbus A380 - the world's largest passenger plane - made a U.S. debut today that was as outsize as its girth.  —  At New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, the 560-ton behemoth touched down about ten minutes after noon …
 
 
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Saddam's former deputy hanged in Iraq
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Max Blumenthal / The Nation:
The Porn Plot Against Prosecutors
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In Search of the Libertarian Democrat
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On Israel, America and AIPAC
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Warns U.S. Security Will Suffer if Troops Withdraw From Iraq
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Kimberly Hefling / Associated Press:
Sen. Specter plans to seek 6th term
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Michelle / Hot Air:
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Stephen / The Thinkery:
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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Rice Acknowledges Iraq Troop Errors
Fred Thompson / Pajamas Media:
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Edward Luce / MSNBC:
Bush demands 'no strings' backing for Iraq war
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
So, Mr. Hitchens, Weren't You Wrong About Iraq?
Michael J. Totten:
A New Power Rises in Iraq