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1:50 PM ET, June 11, 2007

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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Standing by the Wrong Guy  —  Just when it seemed George W. Bush's sinking prestige with his Republican base had bottomed out, his stock hit new lows.  The president's seeming indifference to the sentencing of Scooter Libby was bad enough.  But it coincided with Bush's apparent determination …
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Edwin Chen / Bloomberg:
Bush Calls Vote on Attorney General `Meaningless' (Update1)  —  President George W. Bush dismissed as ``meaningless'' a planned Senate vote today on a resolution of no confidence in U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, America's top law enforcement officer.
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Democrats to Push Vote on Gonzales
Discussion: Macsmind
Washington Post:
Tribal Coalition in Anbar Said to Be Crumbling  —  U.S.-Backed Group Has Fought Al-Qaeda in Iraq  —  A tribal coalition formed to oppose the extremist group al-Qaeda in Iraq, a development that U.S. officials say has reduced violence in Iraq's troubled Anbar province, is beginning to splinter …
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New York Times:
U.S. Arming Sunnis in Iraq to Battle Old Qaeda Allies
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Majority of Republicans Doubt Theory of Evolution  —  More Americans accept theory of creationism than evolution  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The majority of Republicans in the United States do not believe the theory of evolution is true and do not believe that humans evolved over millions of years from less advanced forms of life.
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
THAAAT'S What We Were All Waiting For?  Angry 'Sopranos' Fans Crash HBO Website  —  The line to cancel HBO starts here.  What a ridiculously disappointing end lacking in creativity to The Sopranos saga.  But if you're one of those who found it perversely interesting, then don't bother to read on.
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
The Party of Economic Seriousness  —  The collapse of the immigration bill last week holds a political lesson.  It isn't just Democrats who flunk Globalization 101.  Indeed, Democrats may be supplanting Republicans as the grown-ups on this issue.  —  Anyone who understands Globalization 101 knows …
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Eschaton
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Don Frederick / Los Angeles Times:
New L.A. Times/Bloomberg Poll
Discussion: Associated Press
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Dennis Miller goes nuclear on Harry Reid  —  The e-mails are flooding in.  You want it?  You got it.  —  If Rasmussen's right, this should resonate broadly.  —  Blowback
Discussion: Rasmussen Reports and BLACKFIVE
Howard Berkes / NPR:
Poll: Rural Vote No Longer a Lock for Republicans  —  · A new national poll indicates rural Americans are no longer reliably Republican, and the Bush administration's conduct of the war in Iraq seems mainly to blame.  —  People from the nation's smallest places had the biggest impact in the last two presidential elections.
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Libby's Supporters Who Wrote to Judge Learn That Letters Take on New Life on the Web  —  In what may be a sign of things to come, the lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr. last month invoked the rarely used courtroom tactic: the "bloggers can be mean" defense.  —  The issue was whether to release …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to hear crack vs. powder case; issues five unanimous rulings.  —  The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up at its next Term the long-standing dispute over the wide disparity in punishment for crack cocaine crimes than for offenses involving cocaine powder a 100 to 1 ratio.
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Hilton Calls Barbara Walters from Jail  —  She 'Was Severely Depressed and Felt as if I Was in a Cage,' but now Has 'New Chance'  —  In jail serving out the remainder of her sentence for violating parole on reckless driving charges, Paris Hilton phoned ABC News' Barbara Walters Sunday …
Discussion: Hot Air, Althouse and PerezHilton.com
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Romney's Run Has Mormons Wary of Scrutiny  —  LOGAN, Utah — In this wide valley where the twin spires of the Mormon temple dominate the landscape and some neighborhoods have a Mormon chapel every few blocks, Mitt Romney's bid for president is both a proud sign of progress and a cause of trepidation.
Opinion Journal:
General Retreat  —  Secretary of Defense Levin picks a new war leader.  —  There's a rumor going around that Robert Gates is the Secretary of Defense.  We'd like to request official confirmation, because based on recent evidence the man running the Pentagon is Democratic Senator Carl Levin of Michigan.
The Atlantic Online:
Excuses  —  I have to say that I'm really disappointed in this Ken Baer article.  Back in March, Time ran an article about widespread criticism of Mahmoun Ahmadenijad in Iran.  Ezra Klein did a blog post noting that the existence of such criticism seemed to undermine the narrative that Iran is a totalitarian society:
 
 
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Mudcat / TIME: Swampland:
Go Ahead And Shoot At Me  —  I woke up this morning …
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Dennis Ross / US News:
The Fine Art of Statecraft
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Matt / Think Progress:
Huckabee: 'Most' Prisoners In The U.S. 'Would Love' To Be In Guantanamo
Laura Blumenfeld / Washington Post:
The Sole Survivor  —  A Navy Seal, Injured and Alone …
Discussion: Defense Tech and BLACKFIVE
Daniel Finkelstein / Comment Central:
Compulsory marriage: Saying "I do" even when you don't
Mike Carney / On Deadline:
Today's photo: Palestinians use armored vehicle marked 'TV' to attack Israeli troops
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
States Finding Fiscal Surprise: A Cash Surplus
Discussion: National Review and Bill Hobbs
Ian Traynor / Guardian:
Wealth gap grows across EU
 Earlier Items: 
Joseph Menn / Los Angeles Times:
An awkward ad by Fred Thompson
Discussion: MSNBC
Washington Post:
CIA Plans Cutbacks, Limits on Contractor Staffing
Stacey Stowe / New York Times:
Marijuana Law in Connecticut Gains Ground
Discussion: Reason Magazine and TalkLeft
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: Authentic? Never Mind
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Thousands Hail Bush in Visit to Albania
Marcus Baram / ABCNEWS:
Free Porn Threatens Adult Film Industry
Robert Stacy McCain / Washington Times:
Reagan's famous line nearly clipped from Berlin speech
Discussion: Opinion Journal and Power Line
Liz Lightfoot / Telegraph:
'Political meddling' ruining learning in schools
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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