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2:00 PM ET, May 21, 2007

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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.
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Marisa McNee / Firedoglake:   Progressive Action on Immigration Reform
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
Gateway Pundit:
Death Toll at 65 in Lebanon- Wanted Terrorist Among Dead  —  One of the men killed in Sunday's fighting, Saddam El-Hajdib, was a suspect in a failed German train bombing a sign that Nahr al-Bared refugee camp had become a refuge for militants planning attacks outside of Lebanon.
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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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Jay Rosen / PressThink:   Howard Kurtz Sez: "The humble interview, the linchpin of journalism …
New York Times:
Editorial: Why This Scandal Matters  —  As Monica Goodling, a key player in the United States attorney scandal, prepares to testify before Congress on Wednesday, the administration's strategy is clear.  It has offered up implausible excuses, hidden the most damaging evidence and feigned memory lapses …
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Sean Cockerham / The Olympian:
McKay suggests cover-up in prosecutor case
Discussion: Election Law
Sen. John McCain / MSNBC:
'Meet the Press' transcript for May 20, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Should the United States set a firm deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq?  Yes, says Democratic presidential candidate Senator Chris Dodd.  No says possible Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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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 …
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: On Deadline and Daily Kos
timesheraldonline.com:
State senator rear-ends Vallejo woman while talking on cell phone  —  A Vallejo woman reportedly suffered minor injuries Friday when her car was rear-ended by an SUV driven by a state senator talking on a cell phone while driving through Solano County.  —  State Sen. Carole Migden …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Pajamas Media
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."
Faiz / Think Progress:
Sawyer's Interview Focuses On Media's Obsessions With Gore, Reaffirms Thesis Of His Book  —  In his new book, The Assault on Reason, which will be released tomorrow, Al Gore explains "why logic and reason and the best evidence available and the scientific discoveries do not have more force …
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Iraqi leadership's failures raise pressure on U.S.  —  Congress may push for the premier's ouster in the coming months if no progress is made toward its 'benchmarks.'  —  WASHINGTON — As Iraq's government compiles a record of failure, the Bush administration is under growing pressure …
Discussion: Scotsman
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.
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 …
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Chronicle to cut 25% of jobs in newsroom  —  To cut costs and try to adapt to a changing media marketplace, The Chronicle will trim 25 percent of its newsroom staff by the end of the summer.  —  "This is one of the biggest one-time hits we've heard about anywhere in the country," …
 
 
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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
Brian Skoloff / Associated Press:
Florida presidential primary moved up
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM)
Krissah Williams / Washington Post:
An Advocate Rallies to Unify GOP
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
One party's fringe is the other's mainstream
Bakersfield Californian:
FBI: agent was investigating vehicle when confronted by student
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
 Earlier Items: 
Greg Gordon / Real Cities:
Efforts to stop `voter fraud' may have curbed legitimate voting
Chitra Ragavan / US News:
Getting in Deeper...  Another week reveals more lapses in judgment by the Bush team
CNNMoney.com:
Gas prices: Worse than '81 oil shock
Discussion: Centerfield
New York Times:
2 Candidates to Roll Out Domestic Proposals
The New / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senator Says Gonzales Might Quit
Multi-National Force:
Iraqi Security Forces repel attacks in Mosul
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Discord on the Immigration Accord
Robert Pear / New York Times:
AFTER AIDING BILL ON IMMIGRATION, EMPLOYERS BALK