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5:20 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 …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
McCain Conference Call  —  I just completed a conference call with John McCain which meant to cover a wide range of topics — but in the end focused almost entirely on immigration.  Senator McCain clearly understood that the press reports of his sharp exchange with Senator Jon Cornyn had nicked …
Discussion: eyeon08.com and Macsmind
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Another blogger conference call with McCain.  —  Starting momentarily.  I don't have a question planned.  Too busy getting that podcast up and so forth.  I'm not going to ask why he said "f*ck you" to Senator Cornyn, or why he thinks people aren't going to think that he's too much of a hothead …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney's camp punches back at McCain  —  Sen. John McCain used a blogger conference call today to unleash his toughest — and most personal — attack yet on former Gov. Mitt Romney.  —  Per a McCain aide, one of the bloggers asked about the immigration issue and Romney's attack on the compromise.
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: Instapundit.com and Fausta's blog
Francis Elliott / Times of London:
Secret plans to turn staff into police informers  —  Council workers, charity staff and doctors will be required to tip off police about anyone whom they believe could commit a violent crime, under secret Home Office plans.  —  Civil liberties campaigners last night said that the proposal raised …
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Guardian:
Plan to identify potential violent offenders condemned  —  Sara Gaines and agencies  —  SocietyGuardian.co.uk  —  Council staff, charity workers and doctors will be obliged to tip off police about anyone they believe might commit a violent crime, under a Home Office plan revealed in a leaked document today.
Andrew Heining / Christian Science Monitor:
Leaked British plan would turn doctors, social workers into police informants
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
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.
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Fester / The Newshoggers:
Give up the NeoCon Dream
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 leapfrogs other state primaries
Discussion: MSNBC, Hot Air and PoliBlog (TM)
David Espo / Associated Press:
Dems set war bill without Iraq timeline  —  WASHINGTON - In grudging concessions to President Bush, Democrats intend to draft an Iraq war-funding bill without a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and shorn of billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs, officials said Monday.
CNN:
Gunbattle rages around Lebanon refugee camp … BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Smoke billowed Monday over a Palestinian refugee camp as Lebanese forces battled Islamic militants for a second day near the northern city of Tripoli.  The clashes have left dozens dead and wounded.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"White House Calls Carter "irrelevant"  —  Good start.  Now if they could just find a way to get him into a home for the ubiquitously tedious: … Okay.  Let's talk turkey.  —  The only reason certain people continue to take Carter seriously is that he happens to share their contempt …
Discussion: Instapundit.com
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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 …
The Atlantic Online:
The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist  —  By popular demand, you'll find the playlist for the Nineties Alt-Rock Party below.  A few words.  For one thing, this is just the songs in alphabetical order; at the party itself, the Party Shuffle was in effect.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Unfogged
The Atlantic Online:
Copyright Forever  —  Mark Helprin's gone and done us all the service of advocating the idea that dare not speak its name: Rather than endlessly retroactively extending copyrights, why not make them last forever?  —  Unfortunately, he doesn't consider any of the various reasons that make this a terrible idea.
Brian Faler / Bloomberg:
Lott, `Scorned' After Katrina, Targets State Farm, Allstate  —  ``Are you kidding me?'' says Senator Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican, when asked why he's so critical of insurance companies.  —  Lott, 65, launches into a critique of the industry, peppering it with words such as ``arrogant …
Discussion: Think Progress and First Draft
 
 
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