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Reuters:
Lieberman may back Republican in '08 race  —  HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent who supports Democrats in Congress despite his backing of the Iraq war, said on Thursday he was not ruling out endorsing a Republican in the White House race.
Discussion: CNN and DownWithTyranny!
Editor and Publisher:
GOP Congressman Joins Sen. Domenici in Breaking With White House on War
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Speaker Pelosi / The Gavel:   Will Senator Domenici and Other Republicans Vote for Change of Course in Iraq?
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   Senior Republican Domenici Calls For Iraq War Policy Change
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Domenici (R-NM) calls for withdrawal of most U.S. troops by March
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Domenici breaks with Bush
Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Domenici Breaks With White House, Calls For Implementing ISG Recommendations
Redstate:
Domenici becomes the latest to dive
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
White House:
Press Briefing by Scott Stanzel  —  Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building  —  MR. STANZEL: Good afternoon, everybody.  Happy July 5th.  Hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day.  I don't have anything off the top, so I'll take your questions.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
White House: "Equal Justice?"  —  Sometimes it's just too easy.  From this afternoon's White House press briefing: … More below....  From the briefing:
Tony Snow / USA Today:
President respects justice
The New Republic:
DOUBLE STANDARDS WATCH:  —  Alan Dershowitz has a regular column in the Jerusalem Post called "Double Standard Watch."  But double standards are not only evident in arguments about the ongoing disputes between the Israelis and Palestinians and among the Arabs.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Marty on Libby II
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:   PERETZ ON PLAME....I suppose if there were a competition …
Charles Bremner / Times of London:
More Rimbaud and less Rambo, critics tell sweaty jogger Sarkozy  —  Read Charles Bremner's weblog  —  President Sarkozy has fallen foul of intellectuals and critics who see his passion for jogging as un-French, right-wing and even a ploy to brainwash his citizens.
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Newt Gingrich / Washington Post:
Sarkozy's Lesson for America
Discussion: Power Line
The Smoking Gun:
Libby Pays The Man  —  Sentence commuted, convicted felon scoots to take care of 250K fine  —  On the same day that President George W. Bush wiped away his 30-month prison sentence, convicted former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby purchased a $250,400 cashier's check to cover fines imposed …
Discussion: Wonkette and The Next Hurrah
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Josh Rogin / wexler.house.gov:
Congressman Wexler to File Resolution Censuring President Bush for Commuting Libby's Prison Sentence  —  (Washington, D.C.) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) has drafted and will file a Congressional resolution censuring President George W. Bush for his egregious and politically motivated commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence.
Discussion: Democrats.com and Needlenose
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Larry Lipman / Q: The Florida Politics Blog:   WEXLER: CENSURE BUSH OVER LIBBY
William E. Odom / NiemanWatchdog.org:
'Supporting the troops' means withdrawing them  —  Gen. William Odom writes that opponents of the war should focus public attention on the fact that Bush's obstinate refusal to admit defeat is causing the troops enormous psychological as well as physical harm.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Media Matters for America:
Will NBC ask Todd about prediction that Bush approval would top 50 percent by July 4?  —  Before the November 2006 midterm elections, NBC News political director Chuck Todd predicted several times that if the Democrats won "control of Congress" and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) became speaker of the House …
Discussion: Think Progress and Strategist
Jonathan Watts / Guardian:
China blames social unrest on pollution  —  The head of China's environmental agency has blamed the rising number of riots, demonstrations and petitions across the country on public anger at pollution.  —  Echoing the language of the Cultural Revolution, Zhou Shengxian called for a "struggle" …
Media Matters for America:
Boortz falsely claimed Clinton was convicted of perjury  —  On the July 5 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, while discussing President Bush's commutation of former vice presidential chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's jail sentence, Neal Boortz falsely claimed that …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Amanda / Think Progress:
Fox News: Universal health care breeds terrorists.  »  —  Today on Fox News's Your World With Neil Cavuto, National Review Online columnist Jerry Bowyer attacked Michael Moore's movie SiCKO and its positive portrayal of the health care in countries such as Britain and France.
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Paper With Strong Military Readership Calls for Iraq Pullout  —  NEW YORK Even though U.S. casualties in Iraq continue to mount — and we have now been there longer than we were involved in World War II — surprisingly few newspaper editorial pages have come out for any kind of withdrawal …
Thomas Fitzgerald / philly.com:
Obama tells teachers he supports merit pay  —  Illinois Sen. Barack Obama today endorsed the idea of merit pay for teachers before an audience hostile to the idea, the giant National Education Association, but he softened the blow by telling the union's national assembly that he would not use …
 
 
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