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5:55 PM ET, March 27, 2007

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
John McCain's MySpace Page "Enhanced"  —  Someone on Presidential hopeful John McCain's staff is going to be in trouble today.  They used a well known template to create his Myspace page.  The template was designed by Newsvine Founder and CEO Mike Davidson (original template is here).
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Hacking John McCain  —  politics, humor, myspace, gay-marriage, mccain, john-mccain, hacks  —  If you visit John McCain's MySpace page (as of 9am PST Tuesday morning), you will notice an interesting announcement from him.  He's apparently reversed his position on gay marriage as well as revealed a bias towards attractive lesbians.
Associated Press:
Tests Show Snow's Cancer Has Returned  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential spokesman Tony Snow's surgery to remove a small growth showed that his cancer has returned, the White House said Tuesday.  —  Snow, 51, had his colon removed in 2005 and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Tests Show Snow's Cancer Has Returned  —  White House press secretary Tony Snow, who has become the face of the Bush presidency over the last year, has cancer again.  —  Snow's deputy, Dana M. Perino, broke into tears at an off-camera briefing this morning as she announced that the cancer has spread to his liver.
Tony Snow / Fox News:
WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN TONY SNOW HAS CANCER AGAIN
Discussion: Hot Air and Macsmind
CBS News:
Tony Snow's Cancer Spreads To Liver
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Drudge and The Politico — poisonously joined at the hip  —  The new online political magazine, The Politico, is a pernicious new presence in our media landscape.  As I noted the other day, it really is nothing more than the Drudge Report dressed up with the trappings of mainstream media credibility.
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Obama's Back Story  —  While I was whiling away my youth …
Media Matters for America:
Drudge flagged Obama hit piece on Politico — which presented …
Discussion: MyDD
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Republicans to Rely on President Bush's Veto to Block Troop Withdrawal Plan  —  As the Senate opened debate Monday on a $122 billion Iraq spending bill, Republicans vowed not to allow Congress to impose a withdrawal date for American troops, but said they would rely on President Bush's veto pen rather …
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Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Iraq Supplemental Update: Huge Senate Vote This Afternoon
Discussion: Firedoglake and AMERICAblog
Jeff Coen / Chicago Tribune:
Questions on firings shorten Gonzales news conference  —  Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales today cut short a press conference about Internet safety, leaving the room at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago when reporters questioned him about the firings of U.S. attorneys.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and TPMmuckraker
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Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:   Gonzales visits Chicago
Jeff Coen / Chicago Tribune:
Attorney general coming here, expects questions
Discussion: Firedoglake
Sydney Morning Herald:
US captures car-bombing ring in Iraq  —  The US military has captured the leaders of a car-bombing ring blamed for killing hundreds of Iraqis.  —  The news came as the departing US ambassador said Americans are in ongoing talks with insurgent representatives to try to persuade them to turn against al-Qaeda.
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Jules Crittenden:
By The Way, It's Official ...  ... we can win in Iraq, we are winning in Iraq, and George Bush's surge strategy is responsible for it.  Not even the AP can ignore it* anymore: … * The AP here grudgingly leaves out the kind of helpful interpretive graphs that usually are added to explain …
Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line
Fox News:
WEBB DENIES HE GAVE AIDE GUN THAT LED TO ARREST  —  Sen. Jim Webb, whose aide was arrested Monday for carrying a handgun into a Senate office building, gave the Democratic response to President Bush's State of the Union address in January.  —  WASHINGTON — Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said Tuesday …
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Kelly McCormack / The Hill:
Fifty percent of adults would not vote for Clinton  —  Half of voting-age Americans say they would not vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) if she became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008, according to a Harris Interactive poll released Tuesday.
Ron Hutcheson / Real Cities:
Who is Monica Goodling?  —  WASHINGTON - Monica Goodling, the Department of Justice official who said Monday that she'll invoke the Fifth Amendment rather than talk to lawmakers, is a frequent figure in department e-mails released so far as part of the congressional investigation into the firings and hirings of U.S. attorneys.
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Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
Exclusive: Report Charges Broad White House Efforts to Stifle Climate Research  —  Justin Rood Reports:  —  Bush administration officials throughout the government have engaged in White House-directed efforts to stifle, delay or dampen the release of climate change research that casts …
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily:
Embattled AG now accused in teen sex scandal 'cover-up'  —  Attorney General Gonzales among officials who allegedly ignored abuse of minor boys  —  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, both already under siege for other matters, are now being accused of failing …
Charles Hurt / Examiner:
Senate war bill features $20B in pork  —  WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Like their counterparts in the House, the Senate has larded its version of an "emergency" war spending bill with nearly $20 billion in pork-barrel outlays, including $100 million for the two major political parties' 2008 presidential conventions.
 
 
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Michael J. Totten:
The Iranian Revolution in Iraq
Discussion: Moderate Risk
Lisa Girion / Los Angeles Times:
Health insurance options dwindle for self-employed
Ian / Hot Air:
Audio: Chris Wallace rips Keith Olbermann
Discussion: Media Blog
Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times:
Australian pleads guilty at Guantanamo
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Hear Arguments About Pacts on Pricing
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
GOP Groups Told to Keep Bush Officials' E-Mails
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
U.S. Navy Shows Force in Persian Gulf
Discussion: Firedoglake and Booman Tribune
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Bush family hedges bets
Discussion: Redstate and The Corner
Neal Katyal / New York Times:
Prosecution Complex  —  IN 1999, when the Independent Counsel Act …
CBC News:
Charest keeps seat as Liberals cling to power in Quebec
John Quiggin / Crooked Timber:
Eumerica  —  There's been a lot of discussion of a recent Pew …
Expatica:
Hirsi Ali under threat in US
Discussion: Jihad Watch
USA Today:
Poll backs subpoenas of Bush aides