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Byron York / National Review:
And Immigration is Number Two — Rudy Giuliani has just released a blueprint for his candidacy which he calls his "Twelve Commitments to the American People." And they are:
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Rudy Giuliani's 12 Commitments — Rudy Giuliani gave a speech this afternoon announcing his "Twelve Commitments to the American people, a bold vision aimed at moving America forward through change and reform, overcoming new challenges and increasing accountability in Washington."
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
James Carville, call your agent! — So the Washington Post and New York Times both dutifully printed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's smack-talking assessment of the Republican field yesterday: — "I've learned one thing in listening to all the debates and reading about all these people running …
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Dennis Miller questions relevance of Senate Majority Leader
Dennis Miller questions relevance of Senate Majority Leader
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Steve Benen / Crooks and Liars:
Dennis Miller questions Harry Reid's relevance
Dennis Miller questions Harry Reid's relevance
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Jerusalem Post:
Hamas captures Fatah security HQ — Hamas forces captured the headquarters of the Fatah-allied security forces in northern Gaza, seizing control of a key prize in the bloody power struggle between the sides, Hamas and Fatah officials said. — Hamas attacked the compound with mortars and automatic gunfire …
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Aussie Dave / Israellycool:
Uncivil War — The Hamas-Fatah deathfest continues in Gaza and elsewhere, with 17 people being killed since Monday morning. Today's tally so far: 3 dead, 14 wounded. — Things are happening at a bloodcurdling pace, and it is very hard sometimes to keep track of all the terrorist vs terrorist goings on.
Gen. Wesley Clark / The Huffington Post:
Joe Lieberman Is At It Again — After wrongly supporting George W. Bush's strategic blunder of attacking Iraq, and continuing to support Bush's failed policies after the invasion, Senator Joe Lieberman made irresponsible comments this weekend regarding military action against Iran.
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Leo Standora / NY Daily News:
Dan would Rather not see Katie's changes — WITH KATIE COURIC doing the "Evening News," CBS has been "dumbing it down, tarting it up," Dan Rather said yesterday, bashing his unsuccessful successor in the anchor chair. — When Rather retired two years ago - possibly under pressure - the …
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CNN Political Ticker:
Poll: Romney surges ahead in New Hampshire — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has jumped to the head of the pack of 2008 Republican presidential contenders in New Hampshire, according to a CNN/WMUR poll out Tuesday. — Romney shot past former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Hawks for Thompson — Thompson puts together a foreign policy team. — FRED THOMPSON IS adding more big-name policy talent as his testing-the-waters committee continues to grow into a real presidential campaign. Among the new additions: Mark Esper, national security adviser …
CR McClain / Deep Sea News:
Munitions Dumping at Sea — It is no secret that the U.S. military has used the ocean as trashcan for munitions in the past. Peter discussed at the Old DSN how federal lawmakers were pressing the US Army to reveal everything it knows about a massive international program to dump chemical weapons off homeland and foreign shores.
Steven E. Landsburg / Slate:
How much is an immigrant's life worth, exactly? — How do you justify a border fence? Why is it OK to consign millions of unskilled Mexicans to lives of desperate poverty? I'm told it's because Americans should care more about their countrymen than about a bunch of foreigners. OK, but how much more?
White House:
President Bush Attends Dedication of Victims of Communism Memorial — Washington, D.C. — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. Please be seated. Dr. Edwards, thanks for your kind words. Congressman Lantos — no better friend to freedom, by the way; Congressman Rohrabacher, the same.
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Do away with public schools — Government is inept at running schools. It should subsidize education for needy students, then get out of the way. — HERE'S A GOOD question for you: Why have public schools at all? — OK, cue the marching music. We need public schools because blah blah blah and yada yada yada.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The System at Work — We have become political hypochondriacs. We seem eager to declare that "the system" has come down with some dread disease, to proclaim that an ideological "center" blessed by the heavens no longer exists, and woe unto us. An imperfect immigration bill is pulled …
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
In Parting Shot, Blair Calls Press a 'Feral Beast' — In the land that produced "Scoop," Evelyn Waugh's novel of journalistic ambition and ineptitude, it would seem unsurprising for politicians to criticize reporters on occasion. But was it justified, as Prime Minister Tony Blair did today, to call the press a "feral beast"?
The Coffee House:
Comment viewing options — Don't be shy; tell us how you really feel, Barney! — Barney's absolutely right. — Living in MA all my life, I've been exposed to Republican-Lite Govenors for the past 20 years or so. He was by far the most triangulating, the most shallow, the most, well, everything that Rep. Frank said.