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2:45 PM ET, May 21, 2007

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Ryan Sager / Latest Politics:
McCain Hits Romney Hard  —  Mitt Romney has been trying to make quite a bit of political hay out of the compromise immigration bill — he sees it as one of John McCain's key weaknesses as relates to the Republican base and a great way to differentiate himself as the One True Conservative in the race …
Discussion: Townhall.com and Taylor Marsh
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Don't Run for the Border  —  America needs comprehensive immigration reform, but not a law enacted in haste.  —  It's understandable that the White House and its Senate negotiating partners want to rush through the compromise immigration bill they agreed to Thursday.
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
McCain on Immigration Bill  —  I just got off a blogger conference call with Senator John McCain.  The main topic, as one might imagine, was the immigration bill he and Senator Teddy Kennedy have put together.  —  His position and mine are identical at a high level, although we likely disagree on some of the nuts and bolts.
Discussion: Fausta's blog
Ann Althouse / Althouse:   Another blogger conference call with McCain.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
McCain Conference Call
Discussion: eyeon08.com
Jonathan Spyer / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: Why might Syria wish to sow chaos in Lebanon now?  —  Thirty eight people lost their lives on Sunday in fierce fighting between the Lebanese military and Sunni jihadist operatives near the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, close to the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.
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Des Moines Register:
Mitt Romney leads Republicans  —  Mitt Romney has sprinted ahead of presidential competitors John McCain and Rudy Giuliani in a new Iowa Poll of likely Republican caucus participants.  —  The Des Moines Register poll shows Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, is the top choice of 30 percent …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Romney Making Gains in Iowa
Discussion: Power Line
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Public Divided on "Pro-Choice" vs. "Pro-Life" Abortion Labels  —  Few are single-issue voters  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans hold a complex set of beliefs about the legality of terminating a woman's pregnancy.  The majority want the Supreme Court to uphold its 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which protects abortion rights.
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Dean Barnett / Boston Globe:
I'm pro-life, but not religious  —  AT ONE POINT during John …
Associated Press:
Early primary gives Florida big say  —  State jumps ahead of most others with primary set for Jan. 29, 2008  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill Monday moving Florida's 2008 presidential primary up to Jan. 29, leapfrogging several other states in a change …
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Brian Skoloff / Associated Press:
Florida presidential primary moved up
Discussion: Hot Air
NPR:
Pentagon Studies Long-Term Commitment in Iraq  —  · The White House and Pentagon are under increasing pressure from Congress and the public to end U.S. military involvement in Iraq.  But the Pentagon is considering maintaining a core group of forces in Iraq, possibly for decades.
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Gay Britons Serve in Military With Little Fuss, as Predicted Discord Does Not Occur  —  The officer, a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force, felt he had no choice.  So he stood up in front of his squad of 30 to 40 people.  —  "I said, 'Right, I've got something to tell you,' " he said.
Ze'ev Schiff / Haaretz:
U.S. policy turnabout may enable Israel to enter talks with Syria  —  Washington has given Israel the green light to accept Syrian President Bashar Assad's call for peace talks, in a change of position accompanied by several preconditions.  —  The Bush administration has given Israel permission …
Chitra Ragavan / US News:
Getting in Deeper...  Another week reveals more lapses in judgment by the Bush team  —  For months, congressional Democrats have tried to force embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales out of his job by using what one congressional source called "conventional weapons"-incriminating E-mails …
New York Times:
Emphasis Shifts for New Breed of Evangelicals  —  The evangelical Christian movement, which has been pivotal in reshaping the country's political landscape since the 1980s, has shifted in potentially momentous ways in recent years, broadening its agenda and exposing new fissures.
John Springer / MSNBC:
Carter says comments were 'careless'  —  The former president backs down from criticism of the White House  —  Former President Jimmy Carter is backing off his remark this weekend that the Bush administration's foreign policy "has been the worst in history," telling TODAY during …
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
Online, GOP Is Playing Catch-Up  —  When David All, a former Republican congressional aide, launched a blog recently that he hopes will spur his fellow Republicans to bridge the digital divide, he did his best to sound upbeat.  "Today our Revolution begins," he wrote.  "Tomorrow we fight."
The Independent:
Exclusive: Secret US plot to kill Al-Sadr  —  The US Army tried to kill or capture Muqtada al-Sadr, the widely revered Shia cleric, after luring him to peace negotiations at a house in the holy city of Najaf, which it then attacked, according to a senior Iraqi government official.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Interviews, Going the Way of the Linotype?  —  The humble interview, the linchpin of journalism for centuries, is under assault.  —  It is a transaction that clearly favors the person asking the questions.  A print reporter writes down someone's answers, then picks and chooses how much …
Discussion: BuzzMachine and mediabistro.com
 
 
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David Sirota / WorkingForChange:
SECRET TRADE DEAL - DAY 10: White House Says Standards Will Not Be Put …
Faiz / Think Progress:
Sawyer's Interview Focuses On Media's Obsessions With Gore …
Neil the Ethical Werewolf / Ezra Klein:
What I Learned From Missouri
Discussion: TAPPED and The Atlantic Online
Associated Press:
Mosque threatens Jihad against Pakistan gov't
timesheraldonline.com:
State senator rear-ends Vallejo woman while talking on cell phone
Krissah Williams / Washington Post:
An Advocate Rallies to Unify GOP
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
One party's fringe is the other's mainstream
 Earlier Items: 
The Atlantic Online:
Iraqi Civil War: Now With Better Drive Shafts
Discussion: Washington Post and Eschaton
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The administration's FISA falsehoods continue unabated
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Iraqi leadership's failures raise pressure on U.S.
Discussion: Scotsman
CNNMoney.com:
Gas prices: Worse than '81 oil shock
Discussion: Centerfield
The New / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senator Says Gonzales Might Quit
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Chronicle to cut 25% of jobs in newsroom
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Choices That Are Changing Lives in D.C.
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Discord on the Immigration Accord
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

 
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