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9:45 AM ET, May 4, 2007

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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 (8286) |  Play (14244) Download (3791) |  Play (9827)  —  (That's Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee with their hands up.)
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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.
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 …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Eunomia
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.
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?
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 …
Discussion: Right Wing Nut House
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: Althouse and Heading Right
Ryan Sager / New York Sun Politics:
Who Won? Who Lost?
Discussion: Ross Douthat
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:   A Quickie Debate Recap
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   McCain Wins
RCox / Olbermann Watch:
MSNBC: Republican Debate from Ronald Reagan Library
Discussion: White House
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Live Blogging The Debate
Discussion: TIME: Swampland and VodkaPundit
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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David Stout / New York Times:
House Votes to Expand 'Hate Crime' Protections  —  The House of Representatives voted today to extend "hate crime" protection to people who are victimized because of their sexuality.  But the most immediate effect of the bill may be to set up another veto showdown between Democrats and President Bush.
Discussion: Alas, a blog and TalkLeft
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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 …
Discussion: Power Line
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 …
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 …
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.
Hotline On Call:
Obama's Secret Service Code Name Is...  Early Secret Service protection for Sen. Barack Obama was inevitable.  —  The Service won't discuss methods or practices — reasonably enough — but does confirm that Obama is among their protectees.  —  If previous practices hold …
Discussion: WorldwideStandard.com
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Garance Franke-Ruta / Opinion Journal:
Age of Innocence Revisited  —  A lot of those girls "gone wild" are disturbingly young.  —  Joe Francis, founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video company, may be 34 years old, but these days he is barely legal.  —  The controversial impresario has built a $100 million soft-core porn empire based …
Discussion: Silflay Hraka
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Rangel charges GOP with backtracking on trade deal  —  House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) Thursday accused Republicans of backing out of a trade deal that he said appeared to be in hand at one point.  —  Rangel told reporters that Republicans "have serious reservations …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
 
 
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
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Lawrence F. Kaplan / New York Post:
CONGRESS' WILLFUL IGNORANCE ON IRAQ
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Power Line
Washington Post:
News Flash!  (Make It Two, Actually.)  Norah O'Donnell Prepares for Twins.
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
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Nico / Think Progress:
Fineman: 'A Lot Of Voters' Find 'Hierarchical' 'Male' Qualities …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Bill Allison / Sunlight Foundation blogs:
Fact checking allegations of corruption
Aaron Mannes / Counterterrorism Blog:
Sympathy for the Spy-Masters: MI-5's Mission Impossible
Discussion: The Belmont Club
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Anti-Escalation Group Buzzes GOP Debate
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
BREAKING: GOP refuses to add American troops and senior citizens to hate crime bill
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From the Senate: Hillary Statement on Deauthorizing the War
 

 
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