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Michael Barone / US News:
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.
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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 …
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Think Progress:
Broder: Reid Is A 'Bumbling' 'Embarrassment' — David Broder, the sagely insightful "dean" of the Washington press corps, attacked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) today over his claim that the war in Iraq is lost. — Speaking on XM radio, Broder said that Reid should …
John Hinderaker / News Bloggers Blog:
Who's in Denial? — Last week, Harry Reid was widely criticized …
Who's in Denial? — Last week, Harry Reid was widely criticized …
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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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The Newshoggers, Redstate, Booman Tribune, Cadillac Tight, PoliPundit.com, The Strata-Sphere, Daily Kos and Connecting.the.Dots
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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 …
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. Alec Baldwin's Daughter Is a Disgrace (the inhumane, ungrateful little pig) and I Don't Recall the Title for This Alberto Gonzales Post. — Be sure to check out Booker Rising's quote of the day. Shay quotes the great moderate blogger, Angela Winters.
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Washington Post:
Saving the Earth: The Biodiesel Bus Blog — Singer Sheryl Crow and environmentalist Laurie David have been traveling across America on a two-week Stop Global Warming College Tour, which winds up today at George Washington University. Crow and David (co-producer of the documentary …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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 …
Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
RE: Kos — In my column this week I reported that Kos had bashed Barack Obama for his position on Iraq war funding. Obama said he was opposed to adding a withdrawal timetable, or deadline, to the next funding bill the Democrats send Bush after he vetoes the current legislation.
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Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
'Gated Communities' For the War-Ravaged — U.S. Tries High Walls and High Tech To Bring Safety to Parts of Baghdad — BAGHDAD — The U.S. military is walling off at least 10 of Baghdad's most violent neighborhoods and using biometric technology to track some of their residents …
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Jonathan Kellerman / Opinion Journal:
Bedlam Revisited — Why the Virginia Tech shooter was not committed. — I was in graduate school, studying clinical psychology when they began shutting down the asylums. The place was California, the time was the early 1970s, and "they" were an unprecedented confederation of progressives, libertarians and fiscal conservatives.
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New York Times:
Deadlines, War Money and Pork — President Bush is taking every opportunity to rail against the troop withdrawal deadlines in the war-spending bills that Congress is readying for passage. He warns that Congressional attempts to set deadlines will harm the troops in Iraq …
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Few Specifics Evident As Padilla Trial Nears — Prosecutor Calls Charge 'Hard to Particularize' — MIAMI — The trial of Jose Padilla, the "dirty bomber" whose alleged plotting was used to justify extraordinary presidential power, will get underway next month, and the prosecution's case is rich in atmospherics.
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