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6:20 AM ET, May 16, 2007

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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Palmetto Punditry  —  The debate took a while to gain any traction, but there were some clarifying moments for me.  The questions were often excellent - especially the tough ones at the beginning about the war.  The Republicans, we learned, have absolutely no idea what to do about Iraq.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Rudy blasts Ron Paul's apology for 9/11  —  Ahem.  —  The smartass reply would have been to ask Paul whether, if in fact conditions in Iraq precipitated 9/11, it wasn't perfectly appropriate then to take extreme measures to try to remedy those conditions afterwards.
TigerHawk:
The GOP debate live-blog post  —  I'll be live-blogging the Republican presidential debate at this post, with numbered paragraphs reflecting each new post.  Note that I missed the first debate — catastrophic TiVo failure that may or may not have been related to human error — so I'm coming to these guys fresh!
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Giuliani Wins, But Paul Threw The Game
Discussion: Iowa Voice
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Gloves come off at second GOP debate
Discussion: The Caucus
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
GOP Debate II: Fox Goes After Ron Paul
Discussion: John McCain 2008
New York Times:
Republican Presidential Debate in South Carolina
Discussion: alicublog and The RBC
National Review:   The Debate  —  For what it's worth, Romney looks stronger and stronger to me.
ABCNEWS:
Bush Taps New 'War Czar'  —  ABC News Learns Pentagon Official Selected to Oversee Iraq, Afghanistan Wars  —  After a frustrating search for a new "war czar" to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ABC News has learned that President Bush has chosen the Pentagon's director of operations, Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, for the role.
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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Pentagon General to Be 'War Czar'
Discussion: The Heretik and Cliff Schecter
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Picks Army General to Coordinate War Policy
Discussion: INTEL DUMP
David Johnston / New York Times:
President Intervened in Dispute Over Eavesdropping  —  President Bush intervened in March 2004 to avert a crisis over the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program after Attorney General John Ashcroft, Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I. and other senior Justice Department aides …
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David Stout / New York Times:
Gonzales Pressed Ailing Ashcroft on Spy Plan, Aide Says  —  On the night of March 10, 2004, a high-ranking Justice Department official rushed to a Washington hospital to prevent two White House aides from taking advantage of the critically ill Attorney General, John Ashcroft, the official testified today.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MAKING SENSE OF COMEY  —  One of today's news stories was the testimony of former Deputy Attorney General James Comey before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  The committee purported to be calling Comey to testify on the matter of the fired U.S. Attorneys, but that wasn't what took up the bulk …
Discussion: News Bloggers Blog
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
GOP Debate II: Romney - "Double Guantanamo"  —  During the second GOP debate, Fox News' Brit Hume sets up a hypothetical situation where three terrorist attacks occur at shopping malls in major cities.  A fourth attack is thwarted and that would-be attacker, who we know has information about an impending …
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Nico / Think Progress:
Romney: 'We Ought To Double Guantanamo'
Discussion: World Public Opinion
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Jerry Falwell dies at age 73  —  One of the nation's most notorious TV preachers, Jerry Falwell, died today in Lynchburg, Va. … More soon.  —  Update: I have to admit, writing about Falwell's death poses an awkward challenge for me.  When I worked at Americans United for Separation …
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ABCNEWS:
Wolfowitz Out?  —  White House Opens Door for Wolfowitz Ouster  —  World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is fighting for his job amid a conflict of interest controversy that centers around his personal relationship with his girlfriend — a longtime World Bank employee.
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Peter S. Goodman / Washington Post:
White House Support for Wolfowitz Wavers
Discussion: Financial Times and Obsidian Wings
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
News Analysis: Reality Overtakes the Illusion of Unity in Gaza  —  A third day of deadly clashes between Hamas and Fatah fighters suggests that the Palestinian unity government, put together under Saudi auspices at the end of March, is something of a fiction.
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Aussie Dave / Israellycool:
Qassam Attack: May 15th, 2007
Discussion: Israpundit and snapped shot
Dan Berrett / Pocono Record:
Pleasant Valley defends handling of complaint against teacher  —  BRODHEADSVILLE — The Pleasant Valley School District administration defended its handling of a complaint against a popular history teacher, which helped spark a lawsuit filed against the district.
Hotline On Call:
Pre-Spin Room Thoughts: McCain, Rudy, Romney  —  Invoking the Roger Simon rule: in my judgment, John McCain convincingly and incontrovertibly won tonight's debate.  He was strong, confident, answered tough questions with ease and dispatch, and seemed the most presidential.
Discussion: eyeon08.com and Latest Politics
One Jerusalem:
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE::  Semi-protected Schools, Damaged Homes and Kassam Rockets: A Day in the Life of Sderot  —  Yesterday I had the privilege of visiting the city of Sderot.  Sdert is a city of 20,000 people located directly east of Northern Gaza.  In the last seven years …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: MSNBC quotes WhiteHouse.org on Falwell's political influence  —  Yeah, WhiteHouse.org.  The most infamous, relentlessly anti-Bush parody site on the 'Net.  —  You can imagine how it played out.  Producer to intern: "We need a fawning description of him from the White House website …
Brandon Keim / Wired News:
New Phytoplankton Model May Revise Warming Estimates  —  Global climate models are missing a good chunk of plant information that could significantly alter long-term climate change predictions.  A new technique for modeling phytoplankton — microscopic plants in the upper layers of the Earth's waters …
 
 
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White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
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Jan Crawford / Legalities:
The Roberts Court  —  After the partial-birth abortion decision …
The Hill:
Dems revive '06 ethics bill
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House Dems indicate they are more united on Iran legislation
GovExec.com:
Senate leader sets quick votes on Iraq funding
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Yossi Melman / Haaretz:
Experts: IAEA chief exaggerated Iranian nuclear progress
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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