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5:00 AM ET, May 4, 2007

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Redstate:
Who Won & Who Lost — First Take  —  THE GUY WHO WASN'T THERE AND ADVANTAGE MCCAIN  —  John McCain won.  Let's not dance around this.  Mitt Romney shined, he stood out, he did well.  Rudy Giuliani imploded.  Rudy totally and utterly self-destructed tonight.
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Michelle Malkin:
The 1st GOP debate  —  Man, is it crowded.  —  HA thread here.  PJM reaction coming Bear are at the Reagan Library.  Power Line coverage here.  Heading Right live-blogging here.  —  Rich Lowry: "They're all talking too fast..."  —  Can't blame them.  What do they have each— 6 minutes total?
Alex Johnson / MSNBC:
Republicans walk tightrope over war in Iraq  —  In first debate, 2008 hopefuls say conflict mismanaged, but worthwhile  —  Presidential contenders Mitt Romney, Sam Brownback and Ron Paul line up Thursday on stage before the first Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Ryan Sager / New York Sun Politics:
Who Won?  Who Lost?  —  Well, my first thought is just how much more substantive that debate was than the Democratic debate, in terms of both specificity and grappling with deep, philosophical questions.  —  But, now, to name the winners and losers.  Off the bat, let me stipulate …
Discussion: Ross Douthat
Deacon / Power Line:
SOME IMPRESSIONS OF TONIGHT'S DEBATE. . .  before Dallas and Golden State tip off.  —  1. The format was poor.  You can't have a good debate with this many people, but at least you can have serious questions and an opportunity to discuss them.  The questions from Politico's readers …
Discussion: The Anonymous Liberal
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
A Quickie Debate Recap  —  Okay, the Opening Day equivalent of the race for the Republican nomination has come and gone.  You want to know how everyone did.  I have the answers.  —  THE TOP TIER:  —  1) Mitt Romney - Romney was clearly the class of the field.  I know, I'm biased, blah, blah, blah.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:   An Incomplete Field  —  First impressions of the GOP's 2008 candidates.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Debate Analysis: Romney Wins
RCox / Olbermann Watch:   MSNBC: Republican Debate from Ronald Reagan Library
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   McCain Wins
Sister Toldjah:
Liveblogging tonight's GOP presidential candidates debate …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Live Blogging The Debate
Discussion: TIME: Swampland and VodkaPundit
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Setting the Stage: The Republicans' First Debate
Dale Carpenter / The Volokh Conspiracy:
BUSH TO VETO EXPANDED HATE-CRIMES LAW: The bill passed the House today, 237-180.  It goes on to the Senate.  A statement released by the administration says that Bush's senior advisors will recommend a veto.  That's not quite the same as saying he will veto it, but it's pretty close.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Hate Crimes and Double Standards  —  There are, I think, two coherent positions on hate crime laws.  The first is opposition to the entire concept, its chilling effect on free speech, its undermining of the notion of equality under the law, and so on.  That's my position.
CNN:
Obama placed under Secret Service protection … (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, has been placed under the protection of the Secret Service, the agency said Thursday.  —  The government is not aware of any specific, credible threat against Obama …
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Richard Esposito Reports / The Blotter:
Barack Obama Gets Secret Service Protection
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
Elana Schor / The Hill:
Reid defends his 'presidentials,' takes jab at Edwards
Discussion: Horses Mouth and Riehl World View
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Who Doesn't Believe in Evolution?  —  A show of hands please... Let me remind you this is the only top vote-getting question asked.  —  Download (5323) |  Play (8659) Download (2561) |  Play (6568)  —  (That's Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee with their hands up.)
Gene Johnson / Seattle Times:
McKay made firing list in March '05; was Wales killing a factor?  —  Former U.S. Attorney John McKay's name was on a list of federal prosecutors to be fired in March 2005, 18 months earlier than previously reported, according to a document released by the House Judiciary Committee today.
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HillaryClinton.com:
From the Senate: Hillary Statement on Deauthorizing the War  —  Washington, DC — In remarks on the Senate floor, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that she and Senator Robert Byrd will introduce legislation to end authority for the war in Iraq.  The legislation will propose October 11 …
Hotline On Call:
Anti-Escalation Group Buzzes GOP Debate  —  Those small planes circling over the Reagan library were rented by Americans Against Escalation in Iraq  —  They're bearing two banners: "Republicans, Mission Accomplished?" and "McCain, Mission Accomplished?"  —  Unless the folks …
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
The Times Names Public Editor  —  The New York Times today named its next public editor, Clark Hoyt, a former Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and editor who oversaw the Knight Ridder newspaper chain's coverage that questioned the Bush administration's case for the Iraq war.
 
 
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Strained VA hands out five-figure bonuses
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Lawrence Auster / Front Page Magazine:
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Washington Post:
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Ben Lando / UPI:
ANALYSIS: IRAQ OIL LAW AUTHOR NOW A CRITIC
Discussion: Informed Comment
Haaretz:
Roughly 100,000 people rally in Tel Aviv to call on PM, Peretz to quit
Nico / Think Progress:
Fineman: 'A Lot Of Voters' Find 'Hierarchical' 'Male' Qualities …
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Fact checking allegations of corruption
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Sympathy for the Spy-Masters: MI-5's Mission Impossible
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David Horton / The Huffington Post:
The whole heaven  —  I increasingly think my writing is somewhat futile.
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
BREAKING: GOP refuses to add American troops and senior citizens to hate crime bill
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Rumsfeld Returns  —  Yochi J. Dreazen reports on the former defense secretary.
Glenn Beck / CNN:
Exposed: The Climate of Fear
Associated Press:
Florida lawmakers pass plan for January presidential primary
Discussion: First Read
The Blotter:
D.C. Law Firm Suspends Woman Who Worked as Escort
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Virgin Atlantic Loose Change update: Axed Update: Audio added Update …
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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