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5:10 PM ET, March 22, 2007

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Edwards to Suspend Campaign — John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickened her in 2004, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, an Edwards friend told The Politico.

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Getting It Wrong — A single, confident source close to John Edwards told me this morning that Edwards was "suspending his campaign," and I posted it to the blog at 11:06 this morning. — My source, and I, were wrong. — The source, whose anonymity I agreed to respect …

Discussion: TAPPED, Public Eye, FishBowlDC, All Spin Zone, Gallup Guru, The Daily Dish and On Deadline

MSNBC:

Wife's illness won't idle Edwards '08 campaign — 'Campaign goes on,' Democratic hopeful says despite return of wife's cancer — WASHINGTON - His wife's cancer has returned, but former North Carolina senator John Edwards says he'll continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Associated Press, New York Times, The Reaction, The Caucus, Senate 2008 Guru, The Democratic Daily, Donklephant, Balloon Juice, The Mahablog, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, Liberty Street and State of the Day

Mike Baker / Associated Press:

Edwards will continue presidential run — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - John Edwards said Thursday his wife's cancer has returned, but said he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. — "The campaign goes on. The campaign goes on strongly," Edwards told reporters, his wife by his side.

Discussion: Skeptical Brotha, Simply Left Behind, GINA COBB and Blue Crab Boulevard

New York Times:

Edwards to Continue '08 Bid Despite Wife's Cancer — John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat, said today that his wife's cancer had returned, but that his bid for the presidency "goes on strongly." — "The campaign goes on, the campaign goes on strongly," he said, with his wife, Elizabeth, at his side.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Prairie Weather and Taylor Marsh

CNN:

Edwards: Wife's cancer returns, campaign goes on … CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Thursday his wife's cancer has returned but his bid for the White House will go on. — "The campaign goes on," John Edwards said at a news conference outside …

Discussion: Salon, Washington Post, protein wisdom, PoliBlog (TM), QandO and Wizbang

Associated Press:

Edwards to continue campaign despite return of wife's cancer — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said today that his wife's cancer has returned and is no longer curable, but is treatable. — But he said he will continue his campaign. — "We are very optimistic about this," he said.

Jay Carney / Time:
Can Edwards' Campaign Just Go On? — "The campaign goes on.

Discussion: Firedoglake and TIME: Swampland

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Edwards Forges On — So, despite earlier reports, Edwards will not suspend his campaign.

Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Best Wishes for Elizabeth Edwards

Discussion: Chicago Tribune, Crooked Timber and Brilliant at Breakfast

Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:

Senate panel OKs subpoenas for key aides — WASHINGTON - A Senate panel, following the House's lead, authorized subpoenas Thursday for White House political adviser Karl Rove and other top aides involved in the firing of federal prosecutors. — The Senate Judiciary Committee decided …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, DownWithTyranny!, TIME: Swampland, All Spin Zone and CorrenteWire

Washington Post:
Political Spectacle — THE WHITE HOUSE and congressional Democrats …

Discussion: USA Today, New York Times, The Carpetbagger Report, Boston Globe, CorrenteWire, Middle Earth Journal, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, TalkLeft, Matthew Yglesias and The Heretik

William Branigin / Washington Post:
Panel Authorizes Subpoenas for Administration Officials

Discussion: New York Times

Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
E-mails on attorneys' firings could impact privilege case

Discussion: Washington Post

Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:

What Bush is hiding — In the U.S. attorney scandal, Alberto Gonzales gave orders, but he also took them — from Karl Rove, who plotted to turn the federal criminal justice system into the Republican Holy Office of the Inquisition. — Alberto Gonzales, right, and Karl Rove at the Jan. 31 …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Prairie Weather, Democratic Underground, The Mahablog, The Moderate Voice and Norwegianity

Think Progress:

Gonzales: I'm Staying For The Kids — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced this morning: "I'm not going to resign. I'm going to stay focused on protecting our kids." Speaking before a Project Safe Childhood event, Gonzales told reporters he plans "to go up to the Congress …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, The Carpetbagger Report, Political Radar and Shakespeare's Sister

Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:

Was She Covert? — Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra could hardly believe what he heard on television Friday as he watched a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democratic committee chairman, said his statement had been approved by the CIA director, Michael Hayden.

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Sweetness & Light, Cliff Schecter, The Lede, Firedoglake, Angry Bear, At-Largely, Brian Beutler, Macsmind and Think Progress

Emptywheel / Firedoglake: Toensing's Little Inaccuracies

Ahmed Rashid / Washington Post:

Musharraf at the Exit — LAHORE, Pakistan — In the rapidly unfolding crisis in Pakistan, no matter what happens to President Pervez Musharraf — whether he survives politically or not — he is a lame duck. He is unable to rein in Talibanization in Pakistan or guide the country toward a more democratic future.

Discussion: Hot Air, democracyarsenal.org, Taylor Marsh and Michael P.F. van der Galiën

CNN:

Man with al-Sadr ties held in attack on U.S. troops … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A man with ties to a radical Shiite cleric is in U.S. custody in connection with an attack that killed five American soldiers in Karbala in January, U.S. officials said. — "Over the past several days …

Discussion: Redstate, Gateway Pundit, Confederate Yankee and Hot Air

Kirk Johnson / New York Times:

In Utah, an Opponent of the 'Culture of Obedience' — SALT LAKE CITY — Rocky Anderson may not be the most liberal mayor in America. But here in the most conservative state, he might as well be. — Just being himself is enough to galvanize, divide or enrage people who have followed …

Discussion: Reason Magazine, Hotline On Call, Washington and the West and The Gun Toting Liberal ™

Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:

GOP Forces House Democrats To Pull DC Voting Bill — House Democrats pulled a bill to grant voting rights to Washington, D.C., after Republicans offered a motion that would repeal the gun ban for the District. — The move is a clear signal that Democrats have lost control of House floor …

Discussion: Redstate

Jerid / Buckeye State Blog:

Calling BS on De Vellis - It Wasn't Him — Phil claims he made it? I say don't buy everything you read. — Those who have been around the Buckeye 'sphere for a while know Mr. De Vellis well. One of the most unscrupulous Democratic staffers to come to Ohio in quite a while, creative and talented Phil is not.