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9:00 AM ET, June 8, 2007

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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Inside Story Of How The Senate Immigration Bill Died  —  A GOP Aide, who's one of my sources in the Senate, gave me the rundown on what happened to the Senate bill today.  —  After the 2nd cloture vote failure at noon on Thursday, Harry Reid could not get unanimous consent to call …
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Michelle Malkin:
Kill The Bill...Update: Down, but not quite dead 8:55pm Cloture vote fails: 45-50; Roll added Reid vows to "put aside hurt feelings" - sniffle Post-debate thoughts: Yes, this was Bush's bill  —  Wire stories coming in: AP calls the cloture vote failure a "stunning setback."  Reuters: "A major legislative setback."
New York Times:
Immigrant Bill, Short 15 Votes, Stalls in Senate  —  The sweeping immigration overhaul endorsed by President Bush crumbled in the Senate on Thursday night, leaving the future of one of the administration's chief domestic priorities in serious doubt.  —  After a day of tension and fruitless maneuvering …
Bloomberg:
Senate Refuses to Limit Debate on Immigration Plan (Update6)  —  The Senate's proposed overhaul of U.S. immigration law failed a critical test vote as Democrats urged President George W. Bush to rally Republicans to rescue the legislation.  —  The 33 votes to limit debate were 27 short …
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Careful Strategy Is Used to Derail Immigration Bill
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
(Bumped With Audio)  —  UPDATE: Here is the audio file …
Discussion: Power Line
Fouad Ajami / Opinion Journal:
Fallen Soldier  —  Mr. President, do not leave this man behind.  —  Mr. President, some weeks ago, I wrote a letter of appeal, a character reference, to Judge Reggie B. Walton, urging leniency for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.  Scooter, I said, has seen the undoing of his world, but he comes before a …
Discussion: Power Line, Eunomia and Jon Swift
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A.L. / The Anonymous Liberal:
No Amnesty! (Unless it's for Scooter)
Andy McCarthy / National Review:
Re: Libby, Ctd.
Jill Gardiner / New York Sun:
Peace Corps Is Edwards Terror Plan  —  Senator Edwards is outlining a new national security strategy that hinges on the creation of a 10,000-person civilian peace corps to stem the tide of terrorism in weak and unstable countries.  —  Mr. Edwards's plan, which he presented in Manhattan yesterday …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Next Children's Crusade
Discussion: The American Mind
Guardian:
Attorney-general knew of BAE and the £1bn.  Then concealed it  —  Goldsmith hid secret money transfers from international anti-corruption organisation  —  British investigators were ordered by the attorney-general Lord Goldsmith to conceal from international anti-bribery watchdogs …
Discussion: Telegraph and Talking Points Memo
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
Saudi Reportedly Got $2 Billion for British Arms Deal
Discussion: War and Piece and Booman Tribune
New York Times:
It's Subpoena Time  —  For months, senators have listened to a parade of well-coached Justice Department witnesses claiming to know nothing about how nine prosecutors were chosen for firing.  This week, it was the turn of Bradley Schlozman, a former federal attorney in Missouri, to be uninformative and not credible.
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Greg Sargent / The Coffee House:
Edwards: If Rudy Embraces Bush, Then "He'll Never Be President"  —  Another interesting moment from John Edwards' press conference after his terrorism speech today.  Check out how tightly Edwards — responding to a question — yoked Rudy to our sinking President: … Simple as simple can be.
Discussion: Fact-esque
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New York Times:
U.S. Compromise on Global Warming Plan Averts Impasse at Group of 8 Meeting  —  The United States agreed Thursday to "consider seriously" a European plan to combat global warming by cutting in half worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, averting a trans-Atlantic deadlock at a meeting here of the world's richest industrial nations.
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Reaction
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
G-8 Leaders Back 'Substantial' Cuts In Gas Emissions
Discussion: Firedoglake, MSNBC and The Reaction
David Burge / iowahawk:
LONDON'S SWINGING AGAIN - LIKE A SCIMITAR!  —  [ed. - found in a trashbin in Trafalgar Square: first draft of Time Out London's suck-up to their new religious overlords]  —  By Michael Hodges, Time Out London  —  Islam — it's the capital's hottest lifestyle trend!
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Time Out:
Is London's future Islamic?
Discussion: The Reaction, Hot Air and QandO
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Immigration dead  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just pulled the immigration overhaul bill from the floor after it failed to clear a procedural hurdle.  —  "We bent over backwards" to accomodate Republicans who disliked the bill, Reid said.  "We have to figure out a way to get this bill passed."
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Sen. Johnson Expected to Return in Sept.
Discussion: Ankle Biting Pundits
HillaryClinton.com:
Clinton Names Florida Reps. Wasserman Schultz, Hastings National Campaign Co-Chairs  —  Clinton to Hold Conference Call Announcing Additional Florida Endorsement Today  —  The Clinton Campaign today announced that Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Congressman Alcee Hastings have been named national Campaign Co-Chairs.
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Rise in China's Pork Prices Signals End to Cheap Output  —  Few things are as essential to the Chinese as their pigs.  —  From pork spare ribs and mu shu pork to char siu bao — barbecued pork buns — pork is a staple of the Chinese diet.  So in this Year of the Pig, an acute shortage …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and EconoPundit
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
America's Most Flaunted  —  Warning: This is a column about Paris Hilton.  Those who are trying to ignore the travails of the famous-for-being-famous hotel heiress might want to avert their eyes.  The rest of you, join me in honorable surrender.  We have no choice but to pay attention.
Robin Toner / New York Times:
For 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' Split on Party Lines  —  The presidential candidates are dividing starkly along party lines on one of the signature fights of the 1990s: whether the 14-year-old policy of "don't ask, don't tell" should be repealed and gay men and lesbians allowed to serve openly in the military.
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Actor's Risque Past Halts 'Adam' Film  —  The man who plays Adam in a video aired at a Bible-based creationist museum has led a different life outside the Garden of Eden, flaunting his sexual exploits online and modeling for a clothing line that promotes free love.
Discussion: Shakesville
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Two Years of Humble Pie  —  In Britain, Canada and other civilized places, national elections are often called, run and concluded within six weeks.  In America, election campaigns go on forever.  It used to be one year, now it's two.  No one planned this, but like other evolutionary artifacts …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
 
 
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William Kristol / Time:
Lincoln's Wisdom  —  In the old days, historians …
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Michael Weissenstein / Associated Press:
Iran to release 3 Finns detained in Gulf
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Targeting the Iranian "Secret Cells"
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Jonathan Turley Slams Bush, Republicans On Habeas Corpus
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Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
GOP may not win DeLay's old seat
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Putin Presents Bush With Plan on Missile Shield
Stephen Grey / Guardian:
Secret CIA prisons confirmed by Polish and Romanian officials
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Nothing New About It  —  Kagro X over at Kos responds …
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