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1:50 PM ET, June 6, 2007

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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.
Discussion: The Politico, eyeon08.com and MSNBC
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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.
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
MCC & RUDY IN ALIEN WAR
Discussion: Washington Times and MSNBC
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Giuliani to skip Iowa straw poll
Discussion: CALIFORNIA YANKEE
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
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Selcan Hacaoglu / Associated Press:
Turkish officials: Troops enter Iraq  —  ANKARA, Turkey - Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who attack Turkey from bases there, two Turkish security officials said.  Turkey's foreign minister denied its troops had entered Iraq.
Associated Press:
Sources: Thousands of Turkish troops enter Iraq
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
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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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?
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: Power Line
Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
GOP candidates shy away from Bush  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. - President Bush won't be on the ballot in November 2008, but the Republicans who want to be clearly believe their best chance comes by distancing themselves from their party leader.  —  The 10 candidates yielded Bush no quarter during …
Discussion: BuzzFlash.org and All Spin Zone
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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.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
GOP Debate: Winners and Losers
Discussion: Associated Press
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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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.
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.
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Steven Gilliard Jr., 42, Dies; Founder of Liberal Political Blog  —  Steven Gilliard Jr., a political journalist who found his calling as a combative and influential blogger on the left, died on Saturday in Manhattan.  He was 42.  —  He died after having been hospitalized …
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 …
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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Credibility of JFK terror case questioned
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Be Careful What You Sue For  —  Pursuing a libel or slander suit …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The Democrats' Leap of Faith
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Discussion: Stubborn Facts
Nancy Vogel / Los Angeles Times:
Same-sex unions OKd by Assembly
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM) and LA Observed
 Earlier Items: 
Times of London:
Muhammad to top boys' names list
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Debate winners! Guaranteed accurate!
New York Times:
Talk to the Newsroom: National Editor Suzanne Daley
Daily Mail:
PC brigade ban pin-ups on RAF jets - in case they offend women and Muslims
Sridhar Pappu / Washington Post:
Ron Paul's One-Man Band in the Granite State
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and MSNBC
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Fox News apologizes for tape goof
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Associated Press' Crappy Reporting Makes Obama's Rhetoric Sound Racially Threatening