memeorandum: Labour's love lost (Comment is free)

9:55 AM ET, May 10, 2007

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Bush Told War Is Harming The GOP — House Republican moderates, in a remarkably blunt White House meeting, warned President Bush this week that his pursuit of the war in Iraq is risking the future of the Republican Party and that he cannot count on GOP support for many more months.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Slate, Prairie Weather and Instapundit.com

New York Times:

G.O.P. Moderates Warn Bush Iraq Must Show Gains — Moderate Republicans gave President Bush a blunt warning on his Iraq policy at a private White House meeting this week, telling the president that conditions needed to improve markedly by fall or more Republicans would desert him on the war.

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, Hullabaloo, KnoxViews, Hot Air, CQPolitics.com, TalkLeft, CorrenteWire, Sister Toldjah, NO QUARTER, Wizbang and The Gun Toting Liberal™

Nico / Think Progress:

NBC: 11 Republicans Berate Bush Over Iraq In Private White House Meeting — In a sign of the growing fissure between the White House and its congressional allies over the war, NBC News reports tonight that 11 Republican members of Congress pleaded yesterday with President Bush and his senior aides to change course in Iraq.

Discussion: Politico.com, News Hounds, The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice, Booman Tribune, State of the Day, DownWithTyranny!, Taylor Marsh, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, The Reaction, Martini Revolution, Daily Kos and Comments From Left Field

John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:

BREAKING: Conservative Dems expected to vote with GOP to give Bush unfettered blank check on Iraq tomorrow — It's time to replace some conservative Democrats in Washington, DC. I just heard from an impeccable source that there is serious concern on the Hill that conservative Democrats …

Discussion: TalkLeft, Booman Tribune, The Strata-Sphere, CorrenteWire, Wizbang, Riehl World View, MyDD and JammieWearingFool

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
War Support Starting To Crumble

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere

Guardian:

Blair quits as prime minister — Matthew Tempest and agencies — Tony Blair today announced he was stepping down after 10 years as prime minister and 13 as Labour leader. — The prime minister told a crowd of supporters in Trimdon Labour club he would stand down as PM on June 27.

Discussion: The Newshoggers, The Washington Note, Associated Press, Sister Toldjah, Tim Worstall, Iain Dale's Diary, Donklephant and Blue Crab Boulevard

Patrick Wintour / Guardian:

Today, the beginning of the end — Tony Blair speaks during a visit to University College Hospital in London. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/Picture montage by Roger Tooth — Tony Blair will today return to Durham's Trimdon Labour Club, and the room where he launched his Labour leadership campaign …

Discussion: AMERICAblog

Yahoo! News: World:

Britain's Blair says he is resigning — TRIMDON, England - Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday that he will step down as prime minister on June 27, after a decade in office in which he brokered peace in Northern Ireland and followed the United States to war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Discussion: Redstate and Shakesville

Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
FAREWELL AND ADIEU, TONY

Discussion: Hot Air and Heading Right

Philip Webster / Times of London:
World tour is PM's way of bidding farewell

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and The Galloping Beaver

Comment is free: Labour's love lost

Washington Post:

Number of Fired Prosecutors Grows — Dismissals Began Earlier Than Justice Dept. Has Said — The former U.S. attorney in Kansas City, Mo., Todd P. Graves, said yesterday that he was asked to step down from his job by a senior Justice Department official in January 2006 …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Think Progress, Norwegianity and TPMmuckraker

New York Times:
Gonzales Seems Confident He Will Stay, Officials Say

Discussion: TalkLeft, Los Angeles Times and AMERICAblog

Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Because We Trust Kyle and Monica More than We Trust the Deputy Attorney General

Discussion: About U.S. Politics and The Xsociate Files

New York Times:
Editorial: U.S. Attorneys, Reloaded

Discussion: TalkLeft

David Bowermaster / Seattle Times:
Charges may result from firings, say two former U.S. attorneys

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Next Hurrah, Macsmind, TPMmuckraker, Daily Kos and Middle Earth Journal

NYT > National:

Giuliani Plans to Publicly Embrace Abortion Rights — After months of conflicting signals on abortion, Rudolph W. Giuliani is planning to offer a forthright affirmation of his support for abortion rights in public forums, television appearances and interviews in the coming days …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Townhall.com, Chicago Tribune, Hot Air, Riehl World View, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Atlantic Online, ScrappleFace, Washington Monthly, TalkLeft and theGarance.com

ABCNEWS:

Romney's Wife Gave Money to Planned Parenthood — Republican Abortion Opponent Accused of Shifting His Views — Former Gov. Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, gave an $150 donation to the abortion-rights group Planned Parenthood in 1994, at a time when Romney considered himself effectively "pro-choice," the Romney campaign confirmed today.

Discussion: Shakesville, GOPProgress.com, PoliBlog (TM), Riehl World View, TIME and Balloon Juice

Associated Press:
Romney: Wife donated to pro-choice group

Discussion: AMERICAblog

Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:

The Diyala Salvation Front — Tribal leaders in the troubled province organize against al Qaeda — Map of southern Diyala. Click map to view. — In March, we noted the successful model of the Anbar Salvation Council will very likely be replicated elsewhere in regions where al Qaeda has established bases of operation.

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and The Earth Times Online …

CNN:

Romney: Sharpton remark bigoted … NEW YORK (CNN) — Civil rights activist Al Sharpton, who led the charge to have radio host Don Imus fired for making racially insensitive remarks, is now under fire for a comment about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon faith.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Atlantic Free Press, Bloodthirsty Liberal, Jules Crittenden and Gateway Pundit

Associated Press:
Neal endorses Clinton campaign

Discussion: The Democratic Daily, Townhall.com and Macsmind

Edward Epstein / San Francisco Chronicle:

GOP keeps the heat turned up on Pelosi — Speaker's foes likely to sling mud until something sticks — (05-10) 04:00 PDT Washington — Firebrand Republicans would have you believe that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might have engaged in corruption for her husband, tried to grab a luxury …

Discussion: Sister Toldjah

Wayne Barrett / Village Voice:

The Yankees' Clean-Up Man — Rudy went to bat for the Yanks, and look what he scored. — The greatest love affair of Rudy Giuliani's life has become a sordid scandal. — His monogamous embrace of the Yankees as mayor was so fervent that when he tried to deliver a West Side stadium …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Little Green Footballs:

Outrage: CNN Covers Up Death Cult Mickey Mouse Video — The outrage of the day is the way CNN tried to cover up the Hamas Mickey Mouse story; Glenn Beck was played for a fool by his CNN producers, and he talked about it on his radio show today:

Discussion: Liberal Values