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5:40 PM ET, April 6, 2007

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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Cheney Sticks to His Delusions  —  Faced with overwhelming evidence to the contrary, even President Bush has backed off his earlier inflammatory assertions about links between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.  —  But Vice President Cheney yesterday, in an interview with right-wing talk radio host Rush Limbaugh …
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Robert F. Turner / Opinion Journal:
Illegal Diplomacy  —  Did Nancy Pelosi commit a felony when she went to Syria?  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may well have committed a felony in traveling to Damascus this week, against the wishes of the president, to communicate on foreign-policy issues with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
USA Today:
Pelosi steps out of bounds on ill-conceived trip to Syria  —  Bush's no-talk policy is flawed, but speaker's tactics are no solution.  —  Democrats in Congress have been busy flexing their foreign policy muscles almost from the moment they took power in January, for the most part responsibly.
RushLimbaugh.com Home:
Interview with Vice President Richard B. Cheney
Tom Lantos / USA Today:
Within the bounds  —  USA TODAY's views distort both the nature …
Discussion: Wake up America
Associated Press:
Goodling said she would invoke 5th Amendment if called before Congress  —  WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' top aide, who refusedto testify before Congress about her role in the politically charged firing of eight U.S. attorneys, abruptly quit her job Friday.
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Panel Seeks Written Account From Gonzales
Discussion: Firedoglake
Richard Holt / Telegraph:
Sailors 'blindfolded, bound and threatened'  —  The British service personnel held hostage in Iran said they were blindfolded, bound and threatened with seven years in prison if they didn't admit they had strayed into Iranian waters.  —  At a press conference the sailors and Marines confirmed …
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Tariq Panja / Associated Press:
Britons: Iran bound, threatened captives
Discussion: NewsHog
Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
Outrage as two female soldiers die in Basra
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Bruce Bartlett / New York Times:
How Supply-Side Economics Trickled Down  —  AS one who was present at the creation of "supply-side economics" back in the 1970s, I think it is long past time that the phrase be put to rest.  It did its job, creating a new consensus among economists on how to look at the national economy.
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Mark Thoma / Economist's View:
Bruce Bartlett: How Supply-Side Economics Trickled Down  —  Bruce Bartlett says we're all supply-siders now, but as explained in some detail below, I don't fully agree: … As noted above, I don't fully agree, so let me cast this debate in a different framework where it's easier for me to highlight where we differ.
Discussion: Angry Bear and Ezra Klein
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
3 federal prosecutors quit manager posts  —  They left their management jobs with the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office and will go back to prosecuting cases.  —  In a surprising move, three top lawyers in the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office resigned their management positions Thursday and will return to prosecuting cases.
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El Presidente / Slapstick Politics:
Colorado Statue Honoring Fallen Navy SEAL Opposed, "Glorifies Violence"  —  **Welcome Michelle Malkin readers—scroll for updates … Plans to honor Littleton, Co. native and fallen Navy SEAL Danny Dietz, killed while fighting al-Qaeda guerillas in Afghanistan in 2005 …
Discussion: Sadly, No!
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Joey Bunch / Denver Post:   Line drawn in park over statue
Associated Press:
Cheney reasserts al-Qaida-Saddam connection  —  Vice president's words come as latest Pentagon report again dismisses link  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney repeated his assertions of al-Qaida links to Saddam Hussein's Iraq on Thursday as the Defense Department released a report citing …
Guardian:
How the web became a sexists' paradise  —  Everyone receives abuse online but the sheer hatred thrown at women bloggers has left some in fear for their lives.  Jessica Valenti, editor of Feministing.com, reports  —  Last week, Kathy Sierra, a well-known software programmer and Java expert …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Britain's Humiliation — and Europe's  —  Iran has pulled off a tidy little success with its seizure and release of those 15 British sailors and marines: a pointed humiliation of Britain, with a bonus demonstration of Iran's intention to push back against coalition challenges to its assets in Iraq.
Bassem Mroue / Associated Press:
Chlorine truck bomber kills 27 in Ramadi  —  BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber driving a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas crashed into a police checkpoint in western Ramadi on Friday, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens, police in the Anbar provincial capital said.
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Oh, dear.  Guess who's taking the Washington Post's editorial board to task for its editorial stance against Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria?  One of the Post's own Op ed columnists, Eugene Robinson.  —  Check out this appearance by Robinson on Hardball.  Robinson defends Pelosi's trip to Syria …
Matt Lewis / Townhall.com:
Bloggers to Blame for Rudy's Bad Week?  —  Roger Simon reports: … Is Rudy blaming bloggers for his recent bad publicity?  —  Rudy's recent problems have arisen from interviews he granted or speeches he gave.  —  The most damning information has come from YouTube videos …
 
 
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
In a Break From the Past, Florida Will Let Felons Vote
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
FIELD POLL  —  Approval of Bush on war, economy skids to new lows
Discussion: TalkLeft
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ISS Recommends Withhold Vote on NY Times
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Right Dusts Off Its 'Impeach Clinton' Buttons
Juan Cole / The Nation:
How to Get Out of Iraq  —  Both houses of Congress have now backed …
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Go Bloomberg, Go!  —  This week, I have twice blogged …
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Obama showing boosts Dodd, Richardson
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