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2:50 PM ET, June 6, 2007

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New York Times:
Transcript: Third G.O.P. Debate  —  The following is a transcript of the 2008 Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN, WMUR-TV and The New Hampshire Union Leader.  The participants were Senator Sam Brownback, the former Virginia Gov. James Gilmore, the former …
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Los Angeles Times:
Immigration, Bush in crossfire  —  Republican presidential candidates bash the Senate legalization plan and fault the White House on the Iraq war.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Ten Republican presidential hopefuls, sharing a stage once more, clashed Tuesday night over immigration.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
NULL SET....I tuned in too late to hear Mitt Romney's "null set" answer last night, but apparently his algebraic illiteracy is nothing compared to his ignorance of actual events from four years ago.  Here's his answer to a question about whether it was a mistake to invade Iraq: … WTF?
Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
GOP candidates shy away from Bush
Discussion: BuzzFlash.org and All Spin Zone
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
GOP Debate: Winners and Losers
Discussion: Associated Press
Selcan Hacaoglu / Associated Press:
Turkish officials: Troops enter Iraq  —  ANKARA, Turkey - Hundreds of Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who attack Turkey from bases there, Turkish security officials said.  One official said the troops had returned to their bases by the end of the day …
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MSNBC:
Officials: Turkey troops hunting Kurds in Iraq  —  The last major Turkish incursion into northern Iraq was in 1997, when about 50,000 troops were sent to the region.  —  The officials did not say where the Turkish force was operating in northern Iraq, nor did he say how long they would be there.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Associated Press:
Sources: Thousands of Turkish troops enter Iraq
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: Can He Unleash the Force?  —  Like all young superheroes, Barack Obama has to learn to harness his powers.
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Tom Bevan / TIME: Real Clear Politics:
Dowd on Obama  —  Maureen Dowd knocks Obama for being too soft:
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats Hope to Expand Rights at Guantánamo  —  A day after two military judges ruled against the Bush administration's system for trying terrorism detainees, Democrats seized on the rulings on Tuesday as evidence that Congress should restore the right of those held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to challenge their detentions.
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The Atlantic Online:
What is Rudy Giuliani talking about???  —  This is what I am denied, or spared, by being trapped in Chinese factories or hospitals and getting only intermittent glimpses of real-time Campaign 2008 rhetoric:  —  Rudy Giuliani's answer to the first substantive question of the debate.
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
MCC & RUDY IN ALIEN WAR
Rasmussen Reports:
Support for Senate Immigration Bill Falls, 49% Prefer No Bill At All  —  Public support for the Senate immigration reform bill has slipped a bit over the past week.  A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Monday and Tuesday night found that just 23% of voters now support the bill while 50% are opposed.
Des Moines Register:
Giuliani will skip August straw poll  —  New Yorker plans "non-traditional" caucus run  —  Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani plans to skip the Ames straw poll in August, but compete to win the leadoff Iowa caucuses, a gamble by the former New York Mayor on a "non-traditional" caucus campaign and a first for Iowa.
Michael Calderone / New York Observer:
Murdoch, Ailes, Weymouth Pump Bloomberg At Breindel Awards  —  "I'm sworn to secrecy," Rupert Murdoch told The Observer as he was leaving the New-York Historical Society's auditorium last night.  But: "We're making progress," the News Corp. chief added.  —  Mr. Murdoch hosted …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
National Review:
Mitt Romney Won  —  According to a Frank Luntz focus group, he reported on Fox and Friends this morning.  His watchers said things like: "His answers, he is answering the questions right off the bat.  He is not giving any bull." and "He is answering the questions the best he can honestly."
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Power Line
Megan K. Stack / Los Angeles Times:
In Saudi Arabia, a view from behind the veil  —  As a woman in the male-dominated kingdom, Times reporter Megan Stack quietly fumed beneath her abaya.  Even beyond its borders, her experience taints her perception of the sexes.  —  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — The hem of my heavy Islamic cloak trailed over floors that glistened like ice.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Fox News apologizes for tape goof  —  NEW YORK - Fox News Channel apologized on-air Tuesday for running tape of a different congressman while reporting Monday on the indictment of Rep. William J. Jefferson on bribery charges.  —  The network ran footage of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers …
New York Times:
Is U.S. Safer Since 9/11?  Clinton and Rivals Spar  —  The Bush administration's efforts to thwart terrorism at home have created a fissure among the three leading Democratic presidential candidates, with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton coming under attack for saying that America is safer …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The Democrats' Leap of Faith  —  You know it's a different kind of candidate forum when Hillary Clinton allows that she sometimes prays (no doubt, she says, to some divine eye-rolling) "Oh, Lord, why can't you help me lose weight?" and describes how "prayer warriors" sustained her through …
 
 
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The Palmetto Scoop:
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Discussion: PoliBlog (TM)
Robert Haddick / TCS Daily:
Journalists, You're in the Army Now  —  The days of the independent …
Discussion: alicublog
Michelle Malkin:
Shamnesty on the Senate floor, Day 2 Sen. Sessions knocks sense …
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