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10:40 PM ET, March 22, 2007

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Ben Smith / The Politico:
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.
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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 …
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.
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.
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.
Jay Carney / Time:
Can Edwards' Campaign Just Go On?  —  "The campaign goes on.  The campaign goes on strongly."  The words from John Edwards were a shock, coming as they did after he and his wife Elizabeth had spent the opening minutes of their press conference in Chapel Hill, N.C., describing how her breast cancer …
J-Walking:
Cancer is Not a Political Issue
Discussion: Wizbang
Associated Press:   Edwards to continue campaign despite return of wife's cancer
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Oversight over the White House  —  Forgive the redundancy after having just mentioned this, but it's worth paying special attention to the new White House talking point.  —  Tony Snow on ABC: "The executive branch is under no compulsion to testify to Congress, because Congress in fact doesn't have oversight ability."
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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 …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Snow: Congress "Doesn't Have Oversight Ability"
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 …
Andres Martinez / Opinion L.A.:
Grazergate, the episode  —  David Hiller's decision to kill the Brian Grazer section this Sunday makes my continued tenure as Los Angeles Times editorial page editor untenable.  The person in this job needs to have an unimpeachable integrity, and Hiller's decision amounts to a vote of no confidence in my continued leadership.
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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 …
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Grassley backs subpoenas for Rove, Miers  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) voted with Democrats Thursday to give Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) the authority to subpoena current and former White House officials, including presidential adviser Karl Rove, to get more information on the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.
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William Branigin / Washington Post:   Panel Authorizes Subpoenas for Administration Officials
Liza Porteus / Fox News:
REPORT: ALL CHARGES AGAINST DUKE LACROSSE PLAYERS TO BE DROPPED SOON  —  The remaining charges against three Duke University lacrosse players originally indicted for rape may be dropped sometime within the next few days, according to a report.  —  Inside Lacrosse Magazine writer Paul Caulfield told FOX News …
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Republican Party loyalty in decline since 2002  —  WASHINGTON — Public allegiance to the Republican Party has plunged since the second year of George W. Bush's presidency, as attitudes have edged away from some of the conservative values that fueled GOP political dominance for more than a decade, a major new survey has found.
Michael Yon:
RUBS  —  The great difficulty in filing stories from Iraq is leading me to experiment.  We are into the fifth year of the war Iraq, yet no comprehensive system exists to help media communicate to people at home.  Raw information only trickles back from Iraq because the flow is strangled.
Discussion: Austin Bay Blog
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.
 
 
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