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2:40 PM ET, May 28, 2007

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Boston Globe:
Contender Richardson wants to have it all  —  Can anyone be a New York Yankees fan and a Boston Red Sox fan at the same time and win the presidency?  —  Democratic candidate Bill Richardson wants to have it all.  —  "I'm a Red Sox fan," said the New Mexico governor, who was born in Pasadena …
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Gov. Bill Richardson / MSNBC:
'Meet the Press' transcript for May 27, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Our Meet the Candidates 2008 series continues.  An exclusive interview with Democrat Bill Richardson.  He is now in his fifth year as governor of New Mexico.  He was United States congressman …
Michelle Malkin:
How not to honor a fallen soldier  —  Welcome to Memorial Day 2007.  Here's a lesson in How Not To Honor a Fallen Soldier 101.  Don't do what Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson did to fallen Marine Lance Corporal Aaron Austin:  —  Get his name wrong.  —  Exploit his death on the campaign trail.
Associated Press:
Richardson to Stop Using Name of Marine
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM)
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush pays tribute to fallen U.S. troops  —  ARLINGTON, Va. - President Bush paid tribute Monday to fallen U.S. troops, calling those who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan "a new generation of heroes" in a solemn Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Scared Monkeys
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Gateway Pundit:
CHAVEZ FORCES CLASH WITH DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS!  —  Venezuala continues its descent into hell.  —  ** The Jungle Hut is following the clashes from Venezuala.  —  ** Globovision has photos from the crackdown by the regime.  —  ** Venezuela News and Views- Even in San Felipe we are hearing sirens and pot banging!
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BBC:
Wolfowitz blames media for exit  —  The outgoing president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, has told the BBC an "overheated" atmosphere at the bank and in the media forced him to resign.  —  Mr Wolfowitz stood down after a scandal over his role in winning a new pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.
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Tim Montgomerie / Britain and America:
British media could swing the next US election  —  By Tim Montgomerie, Editor of BritainAndAmerica.com.  —  Paul Wolfowitz gave what I think was his first interview this morning since giving up his battle to stay World Bank President.  He chose to give it to the BBC World Service.
Weekly Standard:
Congress Gives In On War Funding  —  Now can we fight the enemy?  —  The war over the war in Washington is quiet for the moment.  Congress has finally appropriated funds for America's warriors without setting a deadline for their defeat.  Now the president can turn his undivided attention …
Discussion: Salon
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Eric Pfeiffer / Washington Times:
GOP senator predicts troop decrease in fall
Discussion: Think Progress
David Carr / New York Times:
The Media Equation: Not to See the Fallen Is No Favor  —  On this Memorial Day, thousands of United States men and women are engaged in untold acts of bravery and drudgery on behalf of what our leaders have defined as vital American interests in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Memorial Day 2007: Lend A Hand  —  Taps at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington seemed awfully appropriate for Memorial Day today.  It is a mournful song, and that suits my mood this morning to a tee.  —  I went back to an older post that quoted a letter from Kevin Tillman, and it ticked me off all over again in the read.
Alison Leigh Cowan / New York Times:
Wealthy Enclave Offers Windfall for Candidates  —  Senator John McCain made his pitch to this gilded shoreline suburb back in April.  Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts came on May 7, followed one night later by former President Bill Clinton on behalf of his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Andrew G. Bostom / American Thinker:
Ignorance, Cognitive Dissonance, and al-Sadr  —  Re-emerging publicly on Friday May 25, 2007 for the first time since he went underground 4-months ago, Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr journeyed in a long motorcade from Najaf to the adjacent city of Kufa where he delivered a fiery sermon before 6,000 worshippers.
Discussion: Power Line and Atlas Shrugs
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
John Edwards' populism is a risky bet  —  The presidential candidate takes a forceful tone on poverty that appeals to the Democratic base but might alienate others.  —  WASHINGTON — When Elaine Ellis began her rounds as a New York nursing assistant one morning this spring …
Atrios / Eschaton:
We Must Be Able To Do Something  —  I understand where Adele is coming from.  We're good liberals, we gaze on the horror that we (yes, all of us) are responsible for, and are compelled to try to fix it.  To make it better.  To somehow uns**t the bed, if just a little bit.
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural  —  The e-mail came from the next room.  —  "You gotta see this!"  Jorge Moll had written.  Moll and Jordan Grafman, neuroscientists at the National Institutes of Health, had been scanning the brains of volunteers as they were asked …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
Des Moines Register:
Vilsack becomes key player in Clinton campaign  —  Aides say the efforts seem to be tied to a possible role of running mate.  —  Sioux Center, Ia.  - Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack has assumed a role in Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign unlike any of the New York Democrat's other national advisers.
 
 
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Memorial Day.  —  Picture source explained.  More here.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Cheney At West Point
Discussion: Big Brass Blog
Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times:
Family crossed the border to success
Los Angeles Times:
Time to tax carbon  —  A carbon tax is the best, cheapest …
Discussion: The RBC and Ezra Klein
DarkSyde / Daily Kos:
Numbers & Commas … Major Wars  —  US K. I. A.  —  US Wounded
Faiz / Think Progress:
Honoring the fallen.  —  A Memorial Day tribute:  —  (HT: DefenseTech)
Discussion: First Draft
Jeff Leeds / New York Times:
PLUNGE IN CD SALES SHAKES UP BIG LABELS
Phoenix Woman / Mercury Rising:
The Good Soldier
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National Review:
Photo of the Day  —  is from earlier this year.  —  Via the Tennessean :
Hiroko Tabuchi / Associated Press:
Japan official hangs self amid scandal
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Another Top Bush Aide Makes an Exit
Discussion: Greatscat!
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Silence Speaks Volumes at Intersection of Views on Iraq War
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Patrick McGeehan / New York Times:
Charles Nelson Reilly, Tony-Winning Comic Actor, Dies at 76
Discussion: Pam's House Blend and TV Squad
Lee Bandy / The Politico:
Romney struggling in S.C.
Discussion: The Blue State
Scott Bronstein / CNN:
Group: Terrorism not focus of Homeland Security
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
 

 
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