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6:10 PM ET, April 23, 2007

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Associated Press:
Bush reaffirms rejecting timetable  —  Reid spoke a few hours after Bush said he will reject any legislation along the lines of what Democrats will pass.  "I will strongly reject an artificial timetable (for) withdrawal and/or Washington politicians trying to tell those who wear the uniform how to do their job," the president said.
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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Funding the Troops  —  End the war.  Fund the troops.  You can sum up the argument between George W. Bush and the Democratic majorities in Congress in just six words.  Both the House and the Senate have now passed supplemental appropriations that in different ways call for a beginning of an end to our military involvement in Iraq.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
This is a bad one.  The Washington Post's David Broder was interviewed today by XM radio's Bob Edwards, and Broder hammered Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for declaring the "war is lost" as follows: … Audio here.  —  Look, you can argue that Reid's choice of words was a poor one …
Discussion: Eschaton
David Espo / Associated Press:
Reid: Bush in denial over war in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) said Monday President Bush is in a state of denial over Iraq, "and the new Congress will show him the way."  Holding his ground, Bush renewed his staunch opposition to timetables for U.S. troop withdrawals.
Doug Schoen / Boston Globe:
A dangerous game of 'chicken' for Democrats
Matthew Yglesias:
Ever-Larger Media Matt  —  Okay.  The time has come to let you all in on some changes forthcoming soon in my life and on this blog.  Most notably, I'm leaving my job at The American Prospect to take a position at The Atlantic Monthly where my primary responsibility is going to be . . . producing this blog.
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Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Center of Attention … Two top it off: two great posts at Jon Swift.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Right-wing blogs discover massive conspiracy to hide WMDs in Iraq  —  Melanie Phillips is a British neoconservative who has devoted herself to warning England that Muslims are taking over and destroying its culture.  Her book, oh-so-cleverly titled Londonistan, warns of …
Discussion: Armavirumque
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Michelle Malkin:
Sheryl Crow's dirty sleeves  —  Did you catch this?  (Hat tip: Reader Wade) In addition to her one toilet square paper-per-sitting quota, eco-zealot Sheryl Crow also advocates "dining sleeves" to replace napkins.  Seriously: … Uh, Sheryl.  Have you taken into account the extra water …
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
JESUS WANTS US TO EXPLOIT THIS TRAGEDY  —  Well, it's a free country, so the Reverend Donald Wilmon's American Family Association has the inalienable right to post "The Day They Kicked God Out of the Schools," a video making those old familiar arguments — that school shootings are the fault …
Discussion: Macsmind, Hot Air and NewsBusters.org
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Matt / Think Progress:
AFA blames school shootings on lack of prayer, spankings.  —  In a new video, the the right-wing American Family Association attributes the tragedy at Virginia Tech to: a lack of prayer in school, a lack of the Bible in school, a lack of spanking kids, a lack of physical punishment in school …
Paul Blumenthal / Sunlight Foundation blogs:
Finish the Job. 5 Senators Remain.  —  There are only 5 Senators who refuse to state if they have a hold or an objection to S. 223, the campaign finance electronic filing bill.  Let's finish the job and call their offices.  There is no reason remaining for any Senator who does not have a hold …
Discussion: Shakesville and GOPProgress.com
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Senator Russ Feingold / Daily Kos:
A hold by any other name is still a hold - UPDATED
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Former Aide to GOP Rep To Plead Guilty  —  Yet another shoe drops in the Jack Abramoff investigation.  A former aide to Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Mark Zachares, looks set to plead guilty to corruption charges.  —  The Justice Department filed a criminal information today on Zachares …
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
The GOP: Waiting for Him to Walk  —  The President's Old Friend: The A.G.'s poor performance at the hearings cost him support on the Hill  —  The pressure on Alberto Gonzales to resign intensified last week following his daylong grilling before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Bush: Gonzales 'answered as honestly as he could.'
Brian Montopoli / Public Eye:
Taking A Step Back In The Cho Debate  —  The debate over the media's handling of the Seung-hui Cho manifesto continued over the weekend - CNN's "Reliable Sources," for example, devoted its first two segments to whether the media did the right thing in airing the materials.
Discussion: CNN, NewsBusters.org and Roger Ailes
Reuters:
Carl Bernstein writes biography of Hillary Clinton  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein, who with Bob Woodward helped expose the Watergate scandal, has spent eight years researching the life of Hillary Rodham Clinton and will publish a 640-page biography of her in June, the publisher said on Monday.
White House:
President Bush Meets with General Petraeus, Discusses War in Iraq  —  THE PRESIDENT: It's my high honor to welcome General David Petraeus back to the Oval Office, and I appreciate Deputy Secretary England and General Pace joining us.  General Petraeus has taken on a very important assignment …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Frayed Nerves, Excruciating Punchlines, and Sanjaya: My Night at the White House Correspondents' Dinner  —  It was Throwback Night at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this weekend, thanks to Rich Little's moldy-oldie comedy routine and Karl Rove's retro dismissal of global warming.
Discussion: Think Progress and The Reaction
 
 
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New York Times:
Officials Backing Down From Plan for Wall in Iraq
Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
REACTION TO THE ORAL ARGUMENT IN BRENDLIN V. CALIFORNIA …
Discussion: WSJ.com and SCOTUSblog
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Mullah Dadullah About to Meet Allah, or Maybe Escape....AGAIN!
Discussion: Hot Air
Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
RE: Kos  —  In my column this week I reported that Kos …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Sirotablog
Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Bruning says he leads Hagel by 9 points
Mike Finnigan / Crooks and Liars:
Decorated Texas Vet Presents G-Dub With A Purple Heart
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Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Few Specifics Evident As Padilla Trial Nears
Discussion: Find Habeas
TigerHawk:
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Matthew Sheffield / NewsBusters.org:
Couric May Be Ousted from Anchor Desk
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Democrats Craft New Tax Rules, New Image
Jonathan Kellerman / Opinion Journal:
Bedlam Revisited  —  Why the Virginia Tech shooter was not committed.
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