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4:35 PM ET, April 3, 2007

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White House:
President Bush Makes Remarks on the Emergency Supplemental  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  I've just had a good meeting with Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, and General Pete Pace, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Secretary Gates and General Pace updated me on the deployment of American reinforcements to Iraq.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Memo To Bush: 57 Days  —  The US News Political Bulletin reported this morning that "White House strategists are now pulling out all the stops to blame the Democratic majority in Congress for a potential delay in funding the Iraq war. ...  White House aides have adopted a new gambit …
David Stout / New York Times:   Bush Criticizes Democrats on War Funds
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Okay, here's a depressing new twist to the big news orgs' irksome …
Discussion: Shakesville
Jonathan Singer / MyDD:
John Kerry: McCain Approached Me About Joining Dem Ticket in 2004  —  Note: You can now read the rest of the interview with Senator Kerry here.  —  On Monday afternoon I had the chance to speak with Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2004.
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Deacon / Power Line:
DID MCCAIN APPROACH KERRY?  —  The left-wing blog MyDD reports that, according to John Kerry, John McCain's staff approached him (not the other way around) about the idea of McCain running with Kerry in 2004.  Kerry said reports that McCain's approached the Dems about switching parties
Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:   John McCain is Toast & For Good Reason
Allahpundit / Hot Air:   Audio: Kerry says McCain's staff approached him about joining …
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Robert A. Levy / Examiner:
Should Congress or the courts decide D.C. gun ban's fate?  —  WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Could the National Rifle Association and its allies in Congress be undermining the best pro-gun case ever likely to be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court?  —  More than four years ago …
Mark Moller / Cato-at-liberty:
Supreme Court to EPA: Hurry Up and Wait?
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, Gristmill and WSJ.com
Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
Iraqi merchant: McCain visit propaganda  —  BAGHDAD - Iraqis in the capital said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record)'s account of a heavily guarded visit to a central market did not represent the current reality in Baghdad, with one calling it "propaganda."
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Iowa Could Be a Hurdle for Giuliani  —  Former Iowa congressman Jim Nussle isn't worried that Rudy Giuliani is getting a late start in the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses.  —  In fact, Nussle says, the former New York mayor isn't behind schedule at all.
Discussion: Hotline On Call and eyeon08.com
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Lou Young / WCBS-TV:
Featured Slideshow II: Openly Gay Celebrities
Discussion: Dependable Renegade
Think Progress:
Gingrich: When I Said 'Language Of Living In The Ghetto,' I Meant Hebrew (Or Maybe Yiddish) »  —  Newt Gingrich said this past weekend that the U.S. should abolish bilingual education so that people aren't speaking "the language of living in a ghetto."
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Via Joan Walsh, NBC's Andrea Mitchell is confirming her scoop that (a) moderate Republican Senators don't think the "surge" will work but temporarily supported it anyway; and (b) will withdraw their support for the war if the "surge" doesn't show progress by late August.
Peter Eisner / Washington Post:
How Bogus Letter Became a Case for War  —  Intelligence Failures Surrounded Inquiry on Iraq-Niger Uranium Claim  —  It was 3 a.m. in Italy on Jan. 29, 2003, when President Bush in Washington began reading his State of the Union address that included the now famous — later retracted …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Wal-Mart, the Democrats' New Friend  —  Wal-Mart has taken its lumps lately, especially from the Democratic Party over its treatment of employees.  So the company has been courting the new majority on Capitol Hill by doing a lot of the standard stuff: hiring Democratic executives and donating …
Discussion: J-Walking and The Reaction
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Police Log Confirms FBI Role In Arrests  —  Group Detained, Questioned During D.C. War Protest  —  A secret FBI intelligence unit helped detain a group of war protesters in a downtown Washington parking garage in April 2002 and interrogated some of them on videotape about their political …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Atrios / Eschaton:
Grover Might Be Right  —  GFR quotes Grover Norquist: … It's hard for non-lizard brain people to see how they could pivot on a dime like that, but noted Bush basers like Glenn Reynolds spent years arguing against more troops in Iraq then immediately went to arguing the opposite as soon as Dear Leader said it was a good idea.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Sky News:
New Iran Hostage Pictures  —  Iran has released fresh pictures of the 15 British sailors and marines being held captive in the country.  —  The first picture, apparently a still taken from a video, showed six sailors sitting in blue and red tracksuits on a carpet in a room.
Discussion: Hot Air and Stop The ACLU
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Romney Reaps $20 Million to Top G.O.P. Rivals  —  Mitt Romney's presidential campaign said Monday that it had raised $20 million in the first quarter, tapping two distant but rich networks — Wall Street and the Mormon Church — to easily outpace his better-known Republican primary rivals.
 
 
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CNN:
Hospital: Woman dead after CNN Center shooting
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
Relatives of Interned Japanese-Americans Side With Muslims
Matthew Yglesias:
Arguing About Nothing  —  Andrew Sullivan proclaims the following …
Washington Times:
Protecting Tehran, knifing Tony Blair
MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for April 2
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Bush just lied in his press conference about Iraq; said our …
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Charles J. Dean / al.com:
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Matthew Yglesias:
Could Be!  —  Rich Lowry reports on a Giuliani campaign appearance:
Daren Briscoe / Newsweek:
'People Don't Listen to History'
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