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Bob Geiger:
Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday — Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture motion on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and …
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Memo to Senate Democrats: Force Republicans To Actually Filibuster — In an interview with the Young Turks on Friday, Senator Kent Conrad indicated that there was "growing consensus" in the Democratic Senate caucus to actually make Republicans stand in the well of the Senate and filibuster popular Democratic legislation.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sen. Reid: Do Your Job And Make Them Stand And Filibuster — I have had it. Giving the Republicans in Congress a pass to do as they please, obstruct whatever legislation they like and pay no penalty for doing so has to stop. — Harry Reid must do his job and make the Senate GOP physically stand up and filibuster.
Miles Mogulescu / The Huffington Post:
Sen. Reid: Force Republicans to Stage an Old-Fashioned Filibuster …
Sen. Reid: Force Republicans to Stage an Old-Fashioned Filibuster …
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The Atlantic Online:
It's Official: McCain's Press Staff Resigns — Sen. John McCain's top three press aides resigned this morning, Republicans close to the campaign said and one of those aides confirmed. — The campaign's research director and two other press staffers also stepped down.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
More Departures From McCain '08 — In a widely expected move, Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) press department resigned en masse today. — Communications director Brian Jones stepped down, along with deputies Matt David and Danny Diaz. Research director Brian Rogers and South Carolina …
Rick Klein / Political Radar:
McCain Press Staff Quits — ABC News' Rick Klein and John Berman report: The bleeding continues at John McCain's presidential campaign. — On Monday, five McCain press aides — including his three top communications officials — quit en masse, just days after the campaign lost …
Guardian:
Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran — Ewen MacAskill in Washington and Julian Borger — The balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has shifted back in favour of military action before President George Bush leaves office in 18 months, the Guardian has learned.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Bill Kristol: On the Train to Delusionville
Bill Kristol: On the Train to Delusionville
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CNN:
GOP senator to Rove: Bush legacy on the line in Iraq — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A Republican senator says he warned top White House aide Karl Rove that President Bush quickly needs to craft a workable plan to withdraw U.S. troops fom Iraq in order to salvage his legacy.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Voinovich: Bush Has 'F—ed' Up The War, Needs To Start Thinking About His Legacy — Last week, in a conversation with senior White House political aide Karl Rove, Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) warned that conservative support is quickly eroding for the war, and to stem the tide …
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
What John Yoo Says — The Daily Kos FP on what John Yoo says and how this means President Bush can attack Iran without Congressional authorization: … John Yoo is, of course, full of it, as Yale Law Professor Bruce Ackerman explained: … More. — Which reminds me, as Glenn Greenwald noted …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
D.C. to Appeal Handgun Case to High Court — D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced today that the city will appeal to the Supreme Court to uphold a long-time ban on handguns that was overturned by a lower court in March. — "The handgun ban has saved many lives and will continue …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
UPDATE: Second Amendment case headed to Court
UPDATE: Second Amendment case headed to Court
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The Volokh Conspiracy
Fox News:
Giuliani to Reveal Five-Star Conservative Judicial Advisory Panel — WASHINGTON — GOP frontrunner Rudy Giuliani will unveil his "Justice Advisory Committee" this week on a two-day swing through heavily Republican western districts of Washington, D.C., home of the first presidential caucuses in 2008.
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Pace: Another troop buildup possible — BAGHDAD - The U.S. military's top general said Monday that the Joint Chiefs of Staff is weighing a range of possible new directions in Iraq, including, if President Bush deems it necessary, an even bigger troop buildup.
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Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Cunningham report portrays entangled panel — The still-unreleased findings say intelligence committee aides were used by the California congressman, now in prison for bribery. — WASHINGTON — An internal investigation that the House Intelligence Committee has refused to make public portrays …
Dan Gilgoff / US News:
Thompson Reaches to the Right — Laying the groundwork for evangelical support — For months, conservative evangelical activists have been fretting over a Republican presidential field whose front-runners are the pro-abortion rights Rudy Giuliani, the formerly pro-gay rights Mitt Romney …
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Frank Luntz / Los Angeles Times:
A GOP comeback strategy — Way behind in the polls, the party should exploit the anti-politician mood and offer a hopeful message. — ALL THE BIG questions for 2008 are on the Democratic side: Can Hillary Clinton show her humanity? Does Obama have enough experience? Will Edwards find a cheaper barber?
Rasmussen Reports:
51% Say Wait Till September for Iraq Policy Change — Fifty-one percent (51%) of American voters say that the United States should wait for the September progress report before making major policy changes in Iraq. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 38% disagree.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: The Waiting Game — The opponents of universal health care appear to have run out of honest arguments.