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In Debate, Democrats Show More Unity Than Strife — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was professorial and emphatic as she spoke Thursday night about health care, Iraq and whether Wal-Mart was good for America (a "mixed blessing," she decided) . — Senator Barack Obama of Illinois …
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
2008 Candidates Rely on Private Jets — WASHINGTON — A flock of small jets took flight from Washington Thursday, each carrying a Democratic presidential candidate to South Carolina for the first debate of the political season. — For Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama …
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Alex Johnson / MSNBC:
Democrats seek to seize initiative on Iraq — Eight candidates wrangle over who's the toughest on Bush policy — Democratic presidential candidates Dennis Kucinich, Joseph Biden, Bill Richardson and Hillary Rodham Clinton gather on stage before the first Democratic debate of the 2008 election …
NewDonkey.com:
South Cackalacki Debate — Don't know if you watched the Democratic presidential debate from South Carolina, but I did, and I'll get kicked out of the blogger union if I don't pass on some impressions. — The format was unusual, with lots of questions demanding (unsuccessfully) short answers …
New York Times:
Ex-C.I.A. Chief, in Book, Assails Cheney on Iraq — George J. Tenet, the former director of central intelligence, has lashed out against Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials in a new book, saying they pushed the country to war in Iraq without ever conducting a …
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Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:Tenet says he's a scapegoat on Iraq 'slam-dunk'
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Zuzu / Feministe:
The terrorism that dare not speak its name — Why is it that the media and the government never calls the "pro-life" groups who plant bombs at women's clinics what they are: terrorists? — From the AP article, entitled "Explosive found at Austin women's clinic": … Actually, I shouldn't say "from" the AP article.
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Associated Press:
Explosive found at Austin women's clinic — AUSTIN — A package left at a women's clinic that performs abortions contained an explosive device capable of inflicting serious injury or death, investigators said today. — "It was in fact an explosive device," said David Carter, assistant chief of the Austin Police Department.
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Keely Savoie / WIMN's Voices:Silence is Complicity — They're at it again: A week since …
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Dohiyi Mir
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Straight Talking Again — Credit John McCain with one thing: When you're 70 years old, are running for president a second time and have been stumping through the country for many months, it's difficult to spring any surprises in your formal announcement speech.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Romney says he's not the only one switching positions, rivals do it too — Republican Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his series of shifts on issues, arguing that his top rivals for the GOP presidential nomination also have histories of switching positions.
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Senate Sends War Timetable To Bush's Desk — As Funding Bill Heads to Likely Veto, Talks on Revised Legislation Begin — The Senate approved a $124 billion Iraq war spending bill yesterday that would force troop withdrawals to begin as early as July 1, inviting President Bush's veto …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Playing on the Senate Floor Is a Dirty Business, Children — By a quirk of the calendar, yesterday's Senate vote to withdraw from Iraq fell on "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day." And so it happened that, in the middle of the tense war debate, Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) strolled through the press gallery with his young daughter.
Tamar Lewin / New York Times:
Dean at M.I.T. Resigns, Ending a 28-Year Lie — Marilee Jones, the dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became well known for urging stressed-out students competing for elite colleges to calm down and stop trying to be perfect. Yesterday she admitted …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:OFF WITH HER HEAD....I'm curious: what do people think about the MIT dean story?
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Brian Beutler
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Two Cops Who Killed Kathryn Johnston Plead Guilty — to Manslaughter — CNN reports that the officers who shot Kathryn Johnston have pleaded guilty — to manslaughter: … It's not enough. We now know, based on the plea, that these officers lied to get into that house. This was a felony murder.
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River / riverbendblog.blogspot.com:
The Great Wall of Segregation... ...Which is the wall the current Iraqi government is building (with the support and guidance of the Americans). It's a wall that is intended to separate and isolate what is now considered the largest 'Sunni' area in Baghdad- let no one say the Americans are not building anything.
Bryan / Hot Air:
Video: Jon Voight talks about the war on O'Reilly — Actor Jon Voight appeared on The Factor tonight and just made sense. It's sad that that's news, but coming from a Hollywood actor it tends to be news when one makes sense and doesn't just traffic in leftwing talking points.
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