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The Democrats' Second 2008 Presidential Debate — The following is a transcript of the 2008 Democratic primary presidential debate hosted by CNN. The participants were Senator Joesph Biden, Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Christopher Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Rep. Dennis Kucinich …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Debate — I think the question I enjoyed the most in the Democratic debate was the one where Wolf asked them all what they would do if they were tied to a bed naked with a ticking time bomb and a bunch of terrorists rushed into the room and started kibitzing among themselves about where to get the best Botox in Miami.
CNN:
CNN LIVE EVENT/SPECIAL — New Hamposhire Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — SCOTT SPRADLING, WMUR: Senator Obama, you get the first question of the night. — It has been nearly six years since 9/11.
Washington Post:Democrats Focus on Iraq In Contentious Second Debate
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David Yepsen / Associated Press:Top three emerge as winners in debate
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The Palmetto Scoop:
Scarborough has an "Imus moment" — Presidential candidate Fred Thompson's second-and-current wife Jeri, who is considered by some to be a "trophy wife," was the topic of an interesting conversation on Friday's Morning Joe radio talk show, which aired live on MSNBC.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Politico Playbook: The 'A' word — Good Monday morning. As Iraq dominated last night's Democratic debate, expect CNN's Wolf Blitzer to burrow in hard on immigration when he gets the Republicans on his set on Tuesday night. Sen. John McCain make a preemptive strike this morning at a hotel in Coral Gables …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:Backers of Immigration Bill More Optimistic
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The Blotter:
Iraqi Insurgents Claim to Have Killed Missing Soldiers — Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz Report: — An Iraqi insurgent group says it has killed two missing American soldiers who they said had been captured alive. According to a full translation of a ten-minute video released by the group earlier today …
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Christopher Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
Thompson's First Test: Raising Funds Fast — After a Late Start, — Campaign Targets — Web, Fence-Sitters — As a late entry into the crowded, expensive, presidential campaign, Fred Thompson's first big test of viability will be his ability to raise money quickly.
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Aman Ali / The Hill:
Gingrich hints again of White House run — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) fueled further speculation Sunday about entering the Republican race for president by taking shots at the Bush administration. — "The government is not functioning," Gingrich said on Fox News.
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National Review:
Breaking with Bush — I take from Mark Steyn and Jonah Goldberg's comments that conservatives have been tolerant of President Bush for a long time, given his embrace of big-government from the start. And they have. But I don't think the issue is that conservatives are generally surprised …
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Laura Blumenfeld / Washington Post:
The Tortured Lives of Interrogators — Veterans of Iraq, N. Ireland and Mideast Share Stark Memories — CHICAGO — The American interrogator was afraid. Of what and why, he couldn't say. He was riding the L train in Chicago, and his throat was closing.
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New York Times:
Commanders Say Push in Baghdad Is Short of Goal — Three months after the start of the Baghdad security plan that has added thousands of American and Iraqi troops to the capital, they control fewer than one-third of the city's neighborhoods, far short of the initial goal for the operation …
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Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Islamic Groups Named in Hamas Funding Case — Federal prosecutors have named three prominent Islamic organizations in America as participants in an alleged criminal conspiracy to support a Palestinian Arab terrorist group, Hamas. — Prosecutors applied the label of "unindicted co-conspirator" …
Gateway Pundit:
Remembering the Massacre at Tiananmen Square- 18 Yrs Ago Today — On June 4, 1989, hundreds of innocent civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation to crush a democratic uprising in Peking's (Beijing) Tiananmen Square. — Tanks rumbled through …
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Ruling Brings Split in Antiabortion Movement — In a highly visible rift in the anti-abortion movement, a coalition of evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic groups is attacking a longtime ally, Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson. — Using rhetoric that they have reserved …
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Stay-the-Course Plus — Obama, Romney and Foreign Engagement on Steroids — You might expect the candidates in this presidential election to want to lead the nation in radically new foreign policy directions. The incumbent, after all, is widely perceived to have driven the country off a cliff.
WCBS-TV:
Drug Dealer Becomes Hero For Exposing Terror Plot — (CBS/AP) NEW YORK The question was simple: "Would you like to die as a martyr?" The putative terrorist unhesitatingly replied yes—there was no greater way to die in Islam. — The right answer put the man in the midst of a terrorist plot conceived …
Dan Newling / Daily Mail:
Smokers told to quit or surgery will be refused — Smokers are to be denied operations on the Health Service unless they give up cigarettes for at least four weeks beforehand. — Doctors will police the rule by ordering patients to take a blood test to prove they have not been smoking.
CBS News:
Indictment Sought Against Rep. Jefferson — CBS News: Sources Say Corruption Charges To Be Brought Against Democratic Congressman — (CBS) Sources tell CBS News that authorities are seeking an indictment against Congressman William Jefferson, D-La., on more than a dozen counts involving public corruption.
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Real Clear Politics:
Sandy Berger and the Clinton Cover-Up - Why It Matters — On May 17th, Sandy Berger, President Bill Clinton's National Security Adviser, voluntarily gave up his law license and with it the right to practice law. That is a stunning move for an accomplished lawyer, one of the nation's most influential public officials.
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