memeorandum: Candor? Call the Special Prosecutor! (Richard Cohen/Washington Post)

4:05 PM ET, April 10, 2007

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Six U.S. Attorneys Given 2nd Posting in Washington — A half-dozen sitting U.S. attorneys also serve as aides to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales or are assigned other Washington postings, performing tasks that take them away from regular duties in their districts for months or even years at a time …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, TPMmuckraker, The Carpetbagger Report, PoliBlog (TM), DownWithTyranny!, WSJ.com, The Sideshow and Little Thom's Blog

Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:

BREAKING: Rep. Conyers Issues Subpoena Duces Tecum For DOJ Docs — That stalling tactic on document production from the DoJ to Congress finally got old. A Subpoena duces tecum has been issued for any and all documentary evidence pertaining to the USAtty firings, with a return date of April 16th at 2:00 pm ET at the Rayburn Building.

Discussion: The Impolitic, TPMmuckraker, ACSBlog, Booman Tribune and New York Times

David Johnston / New York Times:

Senators Press for More Files on Removing Prosecutors — Four senators said Monday that they suspected that the Justice Department had failed to turn over all relevant documents related to the dismissals of eight United States attorneys. — The department has released more than 3,000 pages of e-mail messages and other files.

Discussion: TPMmuckraker, The Carpetbagger Report and politburo diktat 2.0

Nolo / indict dick cheney:

rep. john conyers subpoenas gonzales! ouch! — B R E A K I N G — citing gonzales' "incomplete response thus — far, [one that] falls far short" of what is needed … matter", the chair of the house judiciary — states attorney general, alberto gonzales, a — with earlier requests on the purge-scandal.

Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House judiciary panel subpoenas Gonzales

Discussion: Don Surber and Shakesville

Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:

Hillary Clinton Remains Dominant Front-Runner Among Democrats — Obama and Edwards close in second place — PRINCETON, NJ — Sen. Hillary Clinton remains the dominant presidential front-runner among Democrats nationally, with twice the support as her nearest challenger.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Swamp and Cliff Schecter

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:

Giuliani Leads GOP Field; McCain Support Down in Latest Trial Heat — Thompson maintains third-place showing — PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll of rank-and-file Republicans' preferences for their party's 2008 presidential nomination shows Rudy Giuliani continues to lead the large field of candidates.

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, The Corner, Hot Air, Hotline On Call, The Moderate Voice and Pollster

Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:

Conservatives, don't ignore McCain — The Arizona senator is further to the right than current GOP darling Rudy Giuliani. — BARRY GOLDWATER, the patron saint of modern conservatism, gave a famous speech to conservative Republicans who were angry with their shabby treatment at the hands of the Nixonites.

Discussion: Power Line, Captain's Quarters, Redstate, Ace of Spades HQ and First Read

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: McCain says someone was laughing during his Baghdad press conference

Discussion: protein wisdom

Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:

Bush inviting Dems to meet about Iraq — WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday invited Democrats to discuss their standoff over a war-spending bill, but he made clear he would not change his position opposing troop withdrawals. The White House bluntly said the meeting would not be a negotiation.

Discussion: Obsidian Wings, First Read, Democrats.com, The Carpetbagger Report, Daily Kos, Political Animal, State of the Day and Middle Earth Journal

David S. Broder / Washington Post:

Time for A Bargain On the War — In the continuing battle between the Democratic Congress and the Bush administration over policy in Iraq, logic is on the Democrats' side, but the crucial political leverage belongs to the president. It behooves the realists in both camps to recognize …

Discussion: NewsHog, Horses Mouth, Gateway Pundit, Booman Tribune, The Carpetbagger Report, Wake up America, Eschaton, The Impolitic and Daily Kos

Matthew Yglesias:
Accept no Substitutes — When it comes to the High Broderism …

Discussion: Horses Mouth and TalkLeft

Edward Wong / New York Times:

Huge Protest in Iraq Demands U.S. Withdraw — Protesters waved Iraqi flags as they marched in Najaf, south of Baghdad, to demand the withdrawal of U.S. forces. Event security was handled by Iraqi troops and police officers, and there were no reports of violence. More Photos >

Discussion: Editor and Publisher, The Carpetbagger Report, The Moderate Voice, Brilliant at Breakfast, Thoughts of an Average Woman, Macsmind, TIME: Swampland and TPMmuckraker

Gateway Pundit:

Busted!... Multi-National Force Iraq Scores on Mainstream Media — It's refreshing to see the world's finest military win a battle on the media front! — Of all of the 1,800 plus articles published yesterday on the Al Sadr Anti-US-occupation protest in Najaf, Iraq, not one mentioned …

Discussion: Multi-National Force, News Bloggers Blog, Redstate, Wizbang, Associated Press and New York Times

Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
Iraqis calls for US to end its 'occupation'

Discussion: BobGeiger.com and AMERICAblog

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

GET REAL, RUDY — YOU'RE BLOWING YOUR WHITE HOUSE RUN — I'm writing this open letter to you because I'm worried you're blowing it. — I still think you stand the best chance among the candidates in the Republican field of winning the general election in 2008, and I think you have it in you to be a great president.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, PrezVid, DownWithTyranny!, The Heretik and Vox Popoli

Hotline On Call:
Rudy Is Not Blowing It. — The New York Post's John Podhoretz uses …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Gwen Ifill / New York Times:

Trash Talk Radio — LET'S say a word about the girls. The young women with the musical names. Kia and Epiphanny and Matee and Essence. Katie and Dee Dee and Rashidat and Myia and Brittany and Heather. — The Scarlet Knights of Rutgers University had an improbable season …

Discussion: Washington Post, Sister Toldjah, PoliBlog (TM), Dick Polman's American Debate, The Swamp, Alternate Brain, Suburban Guerrilla, The Mahablog, Gawker, Balloon Juice, Betsy's Page, TAPPED, TigerHawk, TIME: Swampland, Media Matters for America and Captain's Quarters

White House:

President Bush Makes Remarks on the Iraq War Supplemental — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Good morning; please be seated. Thank you for your warm hospitality. It's a pleasure to be here at Legion Post 177, Fairfax, Virginia. I appreciate you inviting me.

Discussion: Salon: War Room, David Corn and Seeing the Forest

Richard Cohen / Washington Post:

Candor? Call the Special Prosecutor! — Monica Goodling is not my kind of gal. A graduate of two schools not known for partying (Messiah College and Pat Robertson's Regent University Law School), she would not be my ideal seatmate on a long airplane flight.