memeorandum: Lugar gets a meeting with White House aides on Iraq (John Bresnahan/The Politico)

9:55 PM ET, June 26, 2007

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Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter During Live Television Appearance — Elizabeth Edwards confronted right-wing pundit Ann Coulter during a live interview on MSNBC this afternoon, charging that Coulter's "personal attacks" on former senator John Edwards and others were based on "the language of hate."

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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:

Elizabeth Edwards confronts Ann Coulter — During Hardball's love in with Ann Coulter—Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of John Edwards called in and asked her to stop lowering the bar with personal attacks in our country's political debate. Coulter was not ready for this one... Download (2191) |

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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:

Ann Coulter Attacks John Edwards On Good Morning America — From an e-mail from John Edwards' Campaign: … As you'll see from the clip, the caption read "Republicans Losing Ground?" and we see just why that's happening when Annie opens her trap. Way to go, ABC...

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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Ann Coulter, Dem fundraising superstar

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Michelle Malkin:

Shamnesty document drop: The "Clay Pigeon" amendment Update: Pounding Reid...and getting your RNC refund Update: House GOP passes anti-amnesty resolution — 9:12pm Eastern update. The clay pigeon package is now searchable and linkable, thanks to the indispensable NZ Bear.

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Rick Klein / Political Radar:

Bush Calls Immigration Bill "Amnesty" — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: President Bush has spent a whole lot of time in recent months claiming that the immigration bill isn't "amnesty." — But in describing the measure Tuesday morning, an apparent slip of the tongue suggested otherwise …

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Pajamas Media:
SECRET REID PLAN FOR IMMIGRATION BILL

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National Review:
Bad Vibe — Something about this immigration battle doesn't sit well.

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Michelle Malkin:
Shamnesty on the Senate floor, afternoon edition...Reid invokes 9/11 …

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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters: Doing What Clay Pigeons Do (Updating Through The Evening)

Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:

Lugar Urges Quick Shift in Iraq War Strategy — After offering a bleak assessment of the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq, Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said today that he was urging lawmakers and President Bush …

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John Bresnahan / The Politico:

Lugar gets a meeting with White House aides on Iraq — Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), whose comments on Iraq have caused a huge ruckus in the Capitol today just told reporters that the White House called him to ask for a meeting. Lugar would not say who he is meeting with or when it would happen …

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Sally Quinn / Washington Post:

A GOP Plan To Oust Cheney — The big question right now among Republicans is how to remove Vice President Cheney from office. Even before this week's blockbuster series in The Post, discontent in Republican ranks was rising. — As the reputed architect of the war in Iraq …

ABCNEWS:

Another GOP Senator Urges Pullout — Republican Voinovich Joins Lugar in Calling for a Shift in Strategy in Iraq — Sen. George Voinovich said Tuesday the U.S. should begin pulling troops out of Iraq, joining Richard Lugar as the second Republican lawmaker in as many days to suggest President Bush's war strategy is failing.

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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Voinovich calls for gradual withdrawal from Iraq

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Erik Schelzig / Associated Press:

Fred Thompson defends his lobbying past — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Fred Thompson, a likely Republican presidential candidate, on Tuesday defended his work as a Washington lobbyist, telling The Associated Press that lobbying is an important part of life because "government's got their hands in everything."

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Hindrocket / Power Line:
PUTTING A FACE TO A NAME

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Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:

Ex-Official Sentenced in Abramoff Probe — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department's former No. 2 official was sentenced to 10 months in prison Tuesday for lying to senators in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, the highest administration official sentenced in the probe.

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James V. Grimaldi / Washington Post:
Ex-Official Sentenced in Abramoff Probe

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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:

Shticko — Reason has a good review of the latest Michael Moore movie. Moore is both a practiced liar and not-too-smart. The implication that "free healthcare" run by the government is somehow immune to the laws of economics is classic Moore boilerplate:

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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
AMERICA'S DRUG HABIT....No healthcare system is perfect …

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r blog:

a picture is worth a thousand posts — That is a horrible picture of VIvi!! — KARLA — RO, I AGREE WITH U ON MOSTLY EVERYTHING. BUT SOMEHOW I FOUND THE PICTURE OF VIVI DISTURBING. I DON'T EVEN LET MY CHILDREN PLAY WITH ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THAT. IT'S JUST A COMMENT. BUT OH WELL!!!!!!

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Chris Good / The Hill:

Cheney's office dismisses Dems' outrage on documents — Vice President Cheney's office Tuesday dismissed Democratic claims that Cheney is putting himself above the law because his office refused to grant access to an oversight agency that is tasked with reviewing how classified information is handled.

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Eric Moskowitz / Concord Monitor:

Joe's N.H. supporters still loyal — Lieberman allies distraught at loss — August 13. — hen Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman lost the Democratic Senate primary last week and decided to run as an independent, his old supporters in New Hampshire were watching.

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Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Swett Keeps Running From Lieberman — Donates To Maine's Tom Allen

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The Daily Howler:

AND WHY DIDN'T COHEN KNOW IT? At long last, Fitzgerald expressed his view—and the press corps failed to report it: — EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT WARMING SHE (SIC) LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN: We saw, too late, that our Brother Drum had issued a fatwa about that Post column.

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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America: The Washington Post weeps for Scooter Libby

Dave Kilcullen / SWJ Blog:

Understanding Current Operations in Iraq — I've spent much of the last six weeks out on the ground, working with Iraqi and U.S. combat units, civilian reconstruction teams, Iraqi administrators and tribal and community leaders. I've been away from e-mail a lot, so unable to post here at SWJ …

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