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The Raw Story:
CNN reporter slams Drudge's charge that he 'heckled' McCain; Exclusive video confirms his claim — CNN reporter Michael Ware this morning hit back at news aggregator Matt Drudge who accused him on Sunday of 'heckling' Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham in a Baghdad press conference.
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Jules Crittenden, skippy the bush kangaroo, Say Anything, The Carpetbagger Report, Reason Magazine, AMERICAblog, Right Wing Nut House, News Bloggers Blog, Daily Kos, Wizbang, On Deadline, rubber hose, Cliff Schecter, TBogg, small dead animals, Wonkette, Think Progress, Nitpicker, The Daily Whim, NewsHog, Hot Air, Kesher Talk, digg and Crooks and Liars
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
MICHAEL WARE SAYS DRUDGE WAS WRONG, and The Raw Story has video that seems to prove his case. — I can't find where Drudge has retracted, but on this evidence I'm going with Ware over Drudge. (Via Hit & Run). I've updated earlier posts to reflect this, too.
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Top Court Orders EPA to Reconsider Regulating Emissions — The Supreme Court today ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its refusal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, narrowly siding with 12 states and various environmental groups in a battle with the Bush administration over global warming.
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Agence France Presse:
Government must deal with greenhouse gases: US Supreme Court — The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency must consider greenhouse gases as pollutants, in a blow to the White House. — "Because greenhouse gases fit well within the Clean Air Act's capacious definition …
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Reuters, ABCNEWS, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Moderate Voice, Planet Gore, The Democratic Daily and SCOTUSblog
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
McCain Wrong on Iraq Security, Merchants Say — A day after members of an American Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain pointed to their brief visit to Baghdad's central market as evidence that the new security plan for the city was working, the merchants there were incredulous about the Americans' conclusions.
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The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Informed Comment, CNN, The RBC, Political Animal, Cliff Schecter and The Huffington Post
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Patrick Cockburn / The Independent:
The botched US raid that led to the hostage crisis — A failed American attempt to abduct two senior Iranian security officers on an official visit to northern Iraq was the starting pistol for a crisis that 10 weeks later led to Iranians seizing 15 British sailors and Marines.
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Hot Air, Attytood, Hullabaloo, Riehl World View, Pottersville, PoliPundit.com and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
The Blotter:
Exclusive: Iran Nuclear Bomb Could Be Possible by 2009 — Brian Ross and Christopher Isham Report: — Iran has more than tripled its ability to produce enriched uranium in the last three months, adding some 1,000 centrifuges which are used to separate radioactive particles from the raw material.
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NewsHog, Associated Press, The Agonist, Hot Air, TPMCafe blogs, Captain's Quarters, Sister Toldjah, At-Largely and Little Green Footballs
Quinnipiac University News and Events:
April 2, 2007 - Giuliani Widens Lead Over Clinton In Florida, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gore Squeaks Past Obama In Democratic Primary — Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has opened double-digit leads over top 2008 Democratic presidential contenders in Florida …
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Thompson Is for Real — In just three weeks, Fred Thompson …
Thompson Is for Real — In just three weeks, Fred Thompson …
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The Reaction, NewDonkey.com, Hot Air, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, Bluey Blog, Middle Earth Journal and TVNewser
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Romney Racks It Up — In a surprising turn, the biggest fundraiser …
Romney Racks It Up — In a surprising turn, the biggest fundraiser …
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Central Sanity
Stephen Taylor:
Press shuts down blogger — A couple of weeks ago, I headed down the street to Parliament Hill to cover the budget for my blog and for Blogging Tories. You can see the product of that effort here, here, here, and here. I have a Hill pass that indicates that I have been pre-screened …
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Jay Currie
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Reid Backs Iraq War-Funds Cutoff — Senate Leader Makes It Clear a Bush Veto Wouldn't End Debate on Withdrawal — Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid yesterday endorsed the Senate's toughest antiwar bill yet, a bid to cut off funding within a year, sending a clear signal to President Bush …
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Blogs for Bush
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Newsweek:
'I'm Not Praying for God to Save Me' — Elizabeth Edwards talks about cancer and how the death of a son gives her the perspective she needs to cope. — After disclosing that her breast cancer, first diagnosed before the 2004 election, had spread to her bones, Elizabeth Edwards became a symbol of how to cope with recurrence.
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Shakesville
Warren P. Strobel / Real Cities:
Bush losing key adviser on Iraq — WASHINGTON - President Bush is losing his top day-to-day adviser on Iraq, the White House confirmed Monday. — Meghan L. O'Sullivan, who has played a key behind-the-scenes role in implementing Bush's controversial Iraq policies over the past four years, will leave later this spring.
The Raw Story:
GOP insider: Bush is 'Dan Quayle in cowboy boots' — Victor Gold, a friend of George H.W. Bush and the Cheney family, will release a book slamming the Bush administration entitled, "Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Holy-Rollers and the Neo-Cons Destroyed the GOP."
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The Democratic Daily, Shakesville, The Impolitic, DownWithTyranny!, The BRAD BLOG and Cliff Schecter
Greg Giroux / CQPolitics.com:
CQ Vote Study Shows Democrats Are Organized Majority So Far — There are those who will scoff that putting "Democrats" and "party discipline" in the same sentence is an oxymoron. And over the first three months of the Democratic-controlled 110th Congress, much of the media has tended …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Shiite Cleric Opposes Return of Baathists in Iraq — The most powerful Shiite cleric in Iraq has rejected an American-backed proposal to allow thousands of former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party to return to government service, an aide to the cleric said Monday.