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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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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 (7706) | Play (13000) Download (3559) | Play (9062) — (That's Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee with their hands up.)
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
An Incomplete Field — First impressions of the GOP's 2008 candidates. — They stood earnestly in a row, combed, primped and prepped, as Nancy Reagan gazed up at them with courteous interest. But behind the hopeful candidates, a dwarfing shadow loomed, a shadow almost palpable in its power …
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?
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Hot Air, Power Line, GINA COBB, The Caucus, The American Street, The Anonymous Liberal and Wizbang
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.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Debate Analysis: Romney Wins — The first Republican debate has finished, and the analysis and spin will begin in earnest. I'm sure that by morning, my e-mail will be filled with messages insisting on promoting one candidate over another, but I already have a few conclusions to share …
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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 …
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.
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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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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Balkinization, Bradford Plumer, Clayton Cramer's BLOG, The Daily Dish and Sister Toldjah
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CNN:
Military: New Iraqi school had bombs built in … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — American soldiers discovered a girls school being built north of Baghdad had become an explosives-rigged "death trap," the U.S. military said Thursday. — The plot at the Huda Girls' school in Tarmiya was a …
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Senator Bill Frist:
General Dave Petraeus . . . A Small World — I received a number of e-mails this morning asking for more information about Lois Romano's piece in today's Washington Post subtitled "Petraeus's Lifesaver," which describes emergency surgery I performed on Gen. David Petraeus …
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Power Line
New York Post:
BILL'S HARD DRIVE — MICROSOFT EYES SEARCH GIANT IN PROPOSED TAKEOVER — Stung by the loss of Internet advertising firm DoubleClick to Google last month, Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal with Yahoo!, asking the company to re-enter formal negotiations, The Post has learned.
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 …
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Capitol Briefing, On Deadline, The Democratic Daily, Redstate, Raising Kaine and Daily Kos
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Lawrence Auster / Front Page Magazine:
The Truth of Interracial Rape in the United States — Like Ahab's search for the Great White Whale, liberals' search for the Great White Defendant is relentless and never-ending. When, in 1988, Tawana Brawley's and Al Sharpton's then year-old spectacular charge that several white men …
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Debate: Muddy Field — IS GIULIANI CRITIC-PROOF? — Critic-proof? Most commentators I've seen or heard thought Rudy Giuliani did badly in Thursday night's debate (except my mother, who said he "makes a very good impression.") I didn't think Giuliani did well either.
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