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1:30 PM ET, July 4, 2007

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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Bill Clinton Criticizes Bush on Libby Move  —  Former President Bill Clinton criticized President Bush on Tuesday for commuting the prison sentence of I. Lewis Libby Jr. and tried to draw a distinction from his own controversial pardons.  —  In Iowa to promote the presidential candidacy of his wife …
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Washington Times:
The Libby affair  —  President Bush's commutation of the 30-month prison sentence for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, is neither wise nor just.  It is clearly within the president's executive powers, but that is beside the point.
New York Times:
Bush Is Said to Have Held Long Debate on Decision  —  Before commuting the prison sentence of I. Lewis Libby Jr., President Bush and a small circle of advisers delved deeply into the evidence in the case, debating Mr. Libby's guilt or innocence and whether he had in fact lied to investigators …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Bush Rationale on Libby Stirs Legal Debate
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
A Stark Edge in Race for '08 Cash  —  New Numbers Heavily Favor The Democrats  —  Campaign contributors to the 2008 presidential candidates heavily favored Democrats in the three-month period that ended Saturday, giving three dollars to the party's leading contenders for every two dollars they gave to the top Republican candidates.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
IN THE MONEY, PART II....I had an item earlier this week …
Discussion: Eschaton
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Republicans Trail Democrats in Fund-Raising
Discussion: The Hill and Wonkette
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
McCain is on the ropes  —  Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) …
Discussion: Strategist and The Corner
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Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
Bush, Cheney should resign  —  'I didn't vote for him, but he's my president, and I hope he does a good job.'  —  Special Comment: Bush, Cheney should resign  —  July 3: Keith Olbermann questions Bush's actions in commuting the sentence of Scooter Libby.  —  Countdown  —  SPECIAL COMMENT
Rasmussen Reports:
Washington, Lincoln Most Popular Presidents: Nixon, Bush Least Popular  —  Seven American Presidents are viewed favorably by at least 80% of all Americans.  Those esteemed seven are led by the first President George Washington.  The Father of our Country is viewed favorably by 94% of Americans.
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Joyce Lee Malcolm / Opinion Journal:
'Wonderfully Spared'  —  Our Founders were talented men—and lucky ones too.  —  "You and I have been wonderfully spared," Thomas Jefferson wrote John Adams in 1812.  "Of the signers of the Declaration of Independence I see now living not more than half a dozen on your side of the Potomak, and, on this side, myself alone."
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
LIVEBLOGGING THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS - JULY 3, 1776
Discussion: The American Street and Wizbang
CNN Political Ticker:
Al Gore's son arrested on drug charges  —  LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Former Vice President Al Gore's son, Albert Gore III, was arrested early Wednesday morning in Orange County, California on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs, the Orange County Sheriff's Department told CNN.
Discussion: Rook's Rant
Sandra Stokley / PE Angels Baseball:
Grand jury finds Jurupa agency violated laws  —  Download story podcast  —  The Press-Enterprise  —  RIVERSIDE - The Jurupa Community Services District violated state law when it sold 4 acres of public land to Rep. Ken Calvert and his investment partners without first offering …
Discussion: Think Progress
Reuters:
BBC Gaza journalist Alan Johnston freed  —  GAZA (Reuters) - Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist held hostage in Gaza, was freed early on Wednesday after a late-night deal between the ruling Hamas Islamists and the al Qaeda-inspired clan group that kidnapped him in March.  —  "It is just the most fantastic thing to be free.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Los Angeles Times:
Mayor reveals romantic link with TV newscaster  —  Both seek privacy but the admission raises questions about ethics.  —  At 4 p.m. on June 8, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa issued a terse statement announcing that he and his wife, Corina, were separating after 20 years of marriage.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Technology Eases the Ride to Higher Tolls  —  There is a stretch of the Garden State Parkway that used to feel like the tollbooth capital of America.  In a span of 100 miles — from Pascack Valley, in northern New Jersey, to Barnegat, along the coast — eight different toll plazas greeted drivers.
Wes Allison / St. Petersburg Times:
Bush's reprieve for Libby is ammunition for Democrats … WASHINGTON - Once again, President Bush has shown tremendous loyalty to a member of his administration.  —  Once again, Republicans in Congress may suffer because of it.  —  The president's decision to erase the two-and-a-half-year …
Times of London:
Website bomb-making lessons to be outlawed across Europe  —  David Charter, Europe Correspondent and Jonathan Richards  —  Placing instructions on how to make a bomb on the internet will become a criminal offence across Europe under plans outlined by Brussels yesterday.
Discussion: Tim Worstall
 
 
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