memeorandum: Public Opinion Snapshot: The Verdict on the Surge (Ruy Teixeira/Center for American Progress)

7:45 PM ET, June 30, 2007

Top Items:

Two Held As Burning Jeep Strikes Airport — Two people have been arrested after a burning Jeep smashed through the terminal building at Glasgow airport. — Holidaymakers reported hearing a series of loud "bangs" and saw two men - one of whom was on fire - emerge from the vehicle.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, BBC, Hot Air, Blogs of War, Don Surber, The American Mind and Macsmind

Ian Stewart / Associated Press:

Glasgow attack seen tied to London bombs — GLASGOW, Scotland - A Jeep Cherokee trailing a cascade of flames rammed into Glasgow airport on Saturday, shattering glass doors just yards from passengers at the check-in counters. Police said they believed the attack was linked to two car bombs found in London the day before.

Discussion: AMERICAblog, Brian Beutler and Dr. Sanity

Ian Stewart / Associated Press:

Flaming Car Rams U.K. Airport; 2 Arrests — GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Two men rammed a flaming sport utility vehicle into the main terminal of Glasgow airport Saturday, crashing into the glass doors at the entrance and sparking a fire, witnesses said. Police said two suspects were arrested.

Discussion: Redstate and Gay Patriot

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Breaking: Car on fire drives into Glasgow airport terminal; Update: Gas cylinders in Jeep? Update: Suspect in critical condition; Update: Scottish cops believe incident is linked to car bomb plot — Just breaking on CNN. No idea how serious or unserious this is, but supposedly there are no injuries reported.

Discussion: Pajamas Media, The Jawa Report, Gateway Pundit, Riehl World View, BLACKFIVE, JammieWearingFool, The Reaction and Blue Crab Boulevard

Philip Gould / Times of London:

Blazing car driven into Glasgow Airport terminal — Glasgow Aiport has been closed until further notice after a blazing car crashed into the main terminal building around 3.15pm today. — The incident occurred just a day after a car bomb attack on central London was foiled.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Agonist

CNN:

UK on highest alert after airport attack — LONDON, England (CNN) — The United Kingdom raised its terrorism threat level to critical, the highest level possible, Saturday after a vehicle plowed into the terminal building at Scotland's busiest airport and burst into flames.

Discussion: Scotsman, Guardian, The Moderate Voice, Redstate and The World Wide Rant

New York Times:

Britain on Edge After Car Slams Into Airport — One day after the British police discovered what they called a double car-bombing plot in London, two men slammed a Jeep S.U.V. that caught fire into the departure doors at Glasgow Airport as thousands of people awaited flights on the first day of school summer vacations.

Discussion: ParaPundit

Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:

Glasgow's Burning—Run For Your Lives — Preliminary, unconfirmed reports indicate a nuclear blast has occurred at Glasgow's international airport. No one has seen the mushroom cloud or heard the blast, but something by God is happening and it must be terrible. There is smoke and fire.

Atrios / Eschaton:
Terrorpalooza — I never understood the whole "blow up car at an airport" idea.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Right Wing Nut House

Telegraph:
Blazing car crashes into Glasgow airport

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard

MSNBC:
Glasgow attack, U.K. plots linked

Discussion: On Deadline and The Mahablog

The Independent: Blazing 4x4 rammed into airport terminal

Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Constable's Presser in Scotland

Discussion: TigerHawk

Scott McCulloch / Scotsman: Britain's security alert raised to 'critical' following terror attack …

Daily Mail:
Two held as blazing jeep crashes into British airport

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Third UK Attack At Glasgow Airport Also Fails

Discussion: Reuters

The Blotter:

US Warned of Glasgow Threat Two Weeks Ago — Richard Esposito and Rhonda Schwartz Report: — U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago warning of a possible terror attack in Glasgow against "airport infrastructure or aircraft," a senior US law enforcement officials tells the Blotter on ABCNews.com.

Discussion: CNN and Hot Air

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Another Terror Attack? (Update & Bump)

Discussion: TMQ2

CBS News:

Poll: Calls To Get Out Of Iraq Escalate — 77% In CBS News Poll Say War's Going Badly, 40% Urge Withdrawal Of All U.S. Troops — (CBS) A CBS News poll shows Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the Iraq war, President Bush and the Congress, as well as the overall direction of the country.

Discussion: Think Progress, Firedoglake, Corrente, The Moderate Voice, The Reaction, Middle Earth Journal, The Democratic Daily, protein wisdom, Pollster.com and Talking Points Memo

Ruy Teixeira / Center for American Progress:

Public Opinion Snapshot: The Verdict on the Surge — A number of key Republican Senators—Richard Lugar of Indiana, George Voinovich of Ohio, and John Warner of Virginia—notably expressed skepticism of their own administration's plans in Iraq this week. Lugar said the military escalation …

Discussion: The Democratic Daily and QandO

Think Progress:
REPORT: Public Expresses Solid Opposition To Bush On Iraq

Discussion: The Next Hurrah

StrategyPage:

Japanese Propaganda and American Mass Media — U.S. troops have been mystified at how differently the war they fight in Iraq is portrayed by the U.S. media back home. Most just shrug it off as "politics," and yet another reason to not trust what the mass media presents as reliable reporting.

Discussion: BLACKFIVE

Confederate Yankee:
DeCapiGate — The Associated Press, Reuters, and a small Iraqi …

Discussion: Agence France Presse and Gateway Pundit

Ken Silverstein / Los Angeles Times:

Undercover, under fire — The Washington press corps is too busy cozying up to the people it covers to get at the truth. — EARLIER THIS YEAR, I put on a brand-new tailored suit, picked up a sleek leather briefcase and headed to downtown Washington for meetings with some of the city's most prominent lobbyists.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Carpetbagger Report, Rising Hegemon, Economist's View, Cliff Schecter and Unfogged

Media Matters for America:

Will Wash. Post reconsider its Supreme Court endorsement criteria after Roberts, Alito? … In September 2005 and January 2006, The Washington Post editorial board endorsed the nominations of John G. Roberts Jr. and Samuel A. Alito to the Supreme Court, asserting in both instances that Democrats …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Ezra Klein and Grasping Reality …

Linda Greenhouse / New York Times: In Steps Big and Small, Supreme Court Moved Right

New York Times:

Questions About a Governor's Fall — It is extremely disturbing that Don Siegelman, the former governor of Alabama, was hauled off to jail this week. There is reason to believe his prosecution may have been a political hit, intended to take out the state's most prominent Democrat …

Discussion: The Locust Fork Journal, JammieWearingFool and Outside The Beltway

James M. Taylor / Chicago Sun Times:

Alarmist global warming claims melt under scientific scrutiny — In his new book, The Assault on Reason, Al Gore pleads, "We must stop tolerating the rejection and distortion of science. We must insist on an end to the cynical use of pseudo-studies known to be false for the purpose …

Discussion: Roger L. Simon, Blue Crab Boulevard and QandO