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12:00 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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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:   Democrats to Push Vote on Gonzales
Edwin Chen / Bloomberg:   Bush Calls Vote on Attorney General `Meaningless' (Update1)
Laura McGann / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read
Discussion: Firedoglake
Carl Hulse / The Caucus:
The Senate Confronts a Gonzales Vote
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Norwegianity
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  —  With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups …
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Tensions Within the Sunni Coalition Against al-Qaeda  —  Is the U.S.-allied Sunni tribal alliance against al-Qaeda in Iraq fracturing?  —  One of the bright spots in Iraq has been the recent tribal shift in Anbar Province against al-Qaeda.  Started after al-Qaeda declared an "Islamic State of Iraq" …
Robert Tanner / Associated Press:
Studies say death penalty deters crime  —  Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and progress toward outright abolishment in New Jersey.
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:   IQ debate unsettled in death penalty cases
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
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
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: PerezHilton.com and Althouse
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.
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.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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.
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.
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.
 
 
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
States Finding Fiscal Surprise: A Cash Surplus
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Joseph Menn / Los Angeles Times:
An awkward ad by Fred Thompson
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Washington Post:
CIA Plans Cutbacks, Limits on Contractor Staffing
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Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
GOP threatens to slow appropriations process
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Marijuana Law in Connecticut Gains Ground
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Chris Barge / Rocky Mountain News:
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
From the Local News To a Higher Calling
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Liz Lightfoot / Telegraph:
'Political meddling' ruining learning in schools
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. relies on Sudan despite condemning it
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