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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
McCain to Stake Bid On Need to Win in Iraq — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will launch a high-profile effort next week to convince Americans that the Iraq war is winnable, embracing the unpopular conflict with renewed vigor as he attempts to reignite his stalling bid for the presidency.
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
McCain Seeks to Regain Footing After a Bad Week — In short order, John McCain has gone from Republican presidential front-runner to political death watch. On Wednesday, the Arizona senator kicks off a month of high-profile events, seeking a resurrection of sorts. — He badly needs it.
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The Next Hurrah
Editor and Publisher:
McCain Regrets Remarks to Press on Baghdad Safety, But 'That's Just Life' — NEW YORK Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in a '60 Minutes' segment coming on Sunday says he misspoke in comments he made about security in Baghdad earlier this week and admitted that heavily armed troops …
Cain Burdeau / Associated Press:
Forecaster Blasts Gore on Global Warming — NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore "a gross alarmist" Friday for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming. — "He's one of these guys that preaches the end of the world type of things.
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Say Anything
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Los Angeles Times:
Earth faces a grim future if global warming isn't slowed, U.N. report says — A new global warming report issued today by the United Nations paints a near-apocalyptic vision of the Earth's future if temperatures continue to rise unabated: more than a billion people in desperate need of water …
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The Poor Man
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MEDIA BIAS: HOW IT WORKS — Sometimes media bias is blatant and grotesque; it can extend to flat misrepresentations, use of fake documents, etc. Much more often, it is relatively subtle, as reporters push their version of a story in small ways, day after day. Here is a textbook example, via Power Line News.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
HAS AL GORE BEEN TO CINCINNATI LATELY? Because I'm visiting …
HAS AL GORE BEEN TO CINCINNATI LATELY? Because I'm visiting …
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Unfogged
Guardian:
Americans offered 'aggressive patrols' in Iranian airspace — The US offered to take military action on behalf of the 15 British sailors and marines held by Iran, including buzzing Iranian Revolutionary Guard positions with warplanes, the Guardian has learned.
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Deputies to a U.S. Attorney Step Down — Rachel K. Paulose's swearing in on March 9 as the United States attorney in Minneapolis stirred debate in local legal circles because of the ceremonial trappings, including a performance by a municipal choir and a Marine Corps color guard …
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New York Times:
The Real Fumble in Damascus — There is at least one point on which we and the critics of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Damascus can agree: It is the White House, not the speaker of the House, that should be taking the diplomatic lead. But the Bush administration has far more appetite …
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Democrats' Rise Has Pluses, Say G.O.P. Centrists — If the Democratic ascendance on Capitol Hill was supposed to usher in dark days for Republicans, it is hard to tell from talking to moderate ones like Mike Ferguson, who represents a suburban district in central New Jersey.
Howie Klein / Firedoglake:
Blue America: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) — Released From Purgatory — [FDL is thrilled to welcome Rep. Jerry Nadler to chat with us this morning. As with all Blue America chats, please stay on topic and be polite — any off-topic conversations should be taken to the prior thread.
Associated Press:
FATHER'S COMPLAINT PROMPTS U.S. MILITARY TO CHANGE HOW IT BRINGS FALLEN SOLDIERS HOME — In an about-face by the U.S. government four years into the war in Iraq, America's fallen troops are being brought back to their families aboard charter jets instead of ordinary commercial flights …
Bob Geiger:
The Saturday Cartoons — And here's another Walt Handelsman animation that pokes fun at the Clinton-Obama rivalry for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. (Apologies in advance to any Hillary Clinton supporters who are offended, but my blogger "focus group" thought this was funny.)
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Giuliani Says Nation at War Requires Him — As Rudolph W. Giuliani introduced himself to primary voters this week, he rarely talked about the details of New York's darkest day. — But Sept. 11 was a constant backdrop, and as Mr. Giuliani promoted his vision of a forceful foreign policy …
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The RBC