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William Otis / Washington Post:
Neither Prison Nor Pardon — Justice in the Libby Case Lies With Bush's Third Option — Scooter Libby should not be pardoned. But his punishment — 30 months in prison, two years' probation and a $250,000 fine — is excessive. President Bush should commute the sentence by eliminating the jail term while preserving the fine.
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Candidates Lacking A Real-World Clue — GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — The 18 presidential candidates — eight Democrats and 10 Republicans — who came to Saint Anselm College here for a pair of debates this week displayed a remarkable ability to ignore the real-world consequences of many of the policies they were advocating.
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:A Contender's Worn-Out Welcome
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New York Times:
Europe and U.S. Reach Climate Deal — The United States agreed today to "seriously consider" a European proposal to combat global warming by halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, breaking a trans-Atlantic deadlock at a meeting here of the world's richest industrial nations.
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Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
(Updated) Paris Hilton Bawls Her Way Out of An L.A. Celebrity Slammer — Paris Hilton has finally done it to me. She has so outraged my sensibilities that here I am blogging on this sack of celebrity excrement instead of analyzing every jot and tittle of the presidential race.
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Brian Beutler:
Null set blogging redux — Curious to determine if Romney's meaning had been accidently flipped—if maybe he meant to say, "this is a non-sequitur: Null-set!" —I did me some googling and I found this from May 8, nearly one month ago. … This is interesting for two reasons: It's evidence that …
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The Atlantic Online:
Null Set Blogging, Part Three — Brian Beutler uncovers a May 8 transcript which reveals that the debate this week isn't the first time Mitt Romney offered his curious answer to the question "If you had to make the decision, based on what we know now, if you were the president there, do you think you would have done the same thing?"
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:
Immigration bill fails key Senate test — WASHINGTON - A fragile bipartisan compromise that would legalize millions of unlawful immigrants suffered a setback Thursday when it failed a test vote in the Senate, leaving its prospects uncertain. — Still, the measure — a top priority …
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Ari Melber / The Nation:
Senate Begins Real Push on Habeas Corpus — Today the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an important bill to restore habeas corpus, the sacrosanct Constitutional right to challenge government detention in court, by a vote of eleven to eight. — Habeas corpus was revoked …
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Chris Dodd / The Huffington Post:
Restoring America's Standing in the World and Security Begins with Restoring Constitution, Habeas Corpus — This week, two military judges dismissed charges against a Canadian and a Yemeni detained at Guantanamo Bay, ruling that their war-crimes trials cannot move forward …
Nico / Think Progress:
Lieberman 'Really Upset' At Troops Who Didn't 'Speak To Me From Their Heart' — During Sen. Joe Lieberman's (I-CT) trip to Iraq two weeks ago, McClatchy published an article highlighting how several soldiers who met with Lieberman had wanted to ask him, "When are we going to get out of here?"
National Review:
Now I Get It — I have often wondered why Time contributor Joe Klein is such a special target of left-wing blogger wrath. He's a capable journalist and the author of one truly fine novel, Primary Colors. I don't much like it that he falsely denied that authorship - but Kos contributors …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Hillary Fever Skips a Generation — It is not every day that the words "moon bounce" and "Madeleine Albright" appear in the same press release, but Hillary Clinton achieved just such a feat in her promotion of last night's "block party" in a parking lot in downtown Washington.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain loses an SC county chair over immigration — Despite his best case for the immigration compromise — and he made a good one at the debate the other nignt — the unalterable fact is that the issue is right now a major problem for the McCain campaign. — To wit, one of the first tangible signs …
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Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
Armey Decoded — Dick: Seems to me, reading you this week, that although you've left public office, you're still infected with political blather, Frank Luntz-style. For example, the word "Ownership." That tested really well in focus groups, but what does it mean?
Nicholas Wade / New York Times:
Biologists Make Skin Cells Work Like Stem Cells — In a surprising advance that could sidestep the ethical debates surrounding stem cell biology, researchers have come much closer to a major goal of regenerative medicine, the conversion of a patient's cells into specialized tissues that might replace those lost to disease.
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The Atlantic Online:
Romney's Up 17 In An Internal Campaign Poll — In an internal poll, ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney holds a whopping 17 point lead over the rest of the Republican field, further evidence to Romney's senior staff that his organizational prowess and early support in Iowa scared challengers John McCain and Rudy Giuliani away.
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Kevin Naff / Washington Blade:
Trandahl breaks silence on Foley scandal — Says he had 'dozens' of confrontations with congressman — Jeff Trandahl, the gay former clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, broke his public silence on the Mark Foley scandal last week in brief remarks.
Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld Malaysia:
Senators seek to bar H-1B use by firms that lay off workers — WASHINGTON — Companies that lay off workers would be barred from using H-1B visas under an amendment to the Senate immigration reform bill proposed by Sens — Computerworld — WASHINGTON — Companies that lay off workers …
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
AP Poll: Bush Approval Hits Low Point — Bush Approval Hits All-Time Low in AP-Ipsos Poll, With Discontent Over Iraq, Terror War — Public approval of the job President Bush is doing now matches its all-time low, with widespread discontent over how he is handling the war in Iraq …
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