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12:30 PM ET, July 16, 2007

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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 …
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:   McCain Loses More Staff
USA Today:
McCain's latest political strategy: Survival
Washington Post:
Campaigns Raise, Burn More Cash, More Quickly  —  Rapid Spending Puts Some in Jeopardy Early  —  Candidates for the White House are not only raising far more than ever before, many are also spending that money as fast as they get it, leaving some close to being forced from the race almost six months before the first votes are cast.
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New York Times:
Democrats Continue to Beat Republicans at the Donor Box
Discussion: St. Petersburg Times and TIME
Byron York / The Corner:
Democratic Fiscal Restraint
Discussion: Bloomberg and Salon
Yoonrob / CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton, Obama, Edwards bank almost $100 million
Discussion: ABCNEWS
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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Jules Crittenden:
The Trouble About Tehran  —  UK Guardian: Cheney wants to whack Iran.  Apparently there is concern that Iran, as a partner for peace, is full of it, and Bush doesn't want to leave the mullahs and their efforts to dominate the region with nuclear weapons and terrorism unaddressed.
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Gateway Pundit
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Rice Losing Internal "War" With Cheney Over Iran Military Action
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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Duncan Mansfield / Associated Press:
Interest flares for Thompson's papers
Peter Brown / Real Clear Politics:
Dems Apparently Fear Thompson
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
Discussion: My Left Nutmeg
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hamas Support Melting Away  —  The degree of the self-inflicted catastrophe that Hamas created with its rebellion has come into clearer focus after polling Gaza voters.  The territory used to serve as Hamas' political power base, but now a plurality of voters support their rival, Fatah.
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Associated Press:
Poll: In Gaza, Hamas popularity wanes
Discussion: Secular Blasphemy
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?
USA Today:
Pentagon balked at pleas from officers in field for safer vehicles  —  Pfc. Aaron Kincaid, 25, had been joking with buddies just before their Humvee rolled over the bomb.  His wife, Rachel, later learned that the blast blew Kincaid, a father of two from outside Atlanta, through the Humvee's metal roof.
Discussion: Danger Room and MoJoBlog
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Execution Of Ga. Man Near Despite Recantations  —  SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Tuesday for killing a police officer in 1989, even though the case against him has withered in recent years as most of the key witnesses at his trial have recanted …
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.
Juston Jones / New York Times:
Young Adults Are Giving Newspapers Scant Notice  —  With the United States military fighting a protracted war in Iraq and a wide-open presidential campaign already making headlines daily, Americans of all ages are interested in current affairs and are consuming news like never before, right?
The Onion:
John Edwards Vows To End All Bad Things By 2011  —  AMES, IA—In an effort to jump-start a presidential campaign that still has not broken into the top Democratic tier, former Sen. John Edwards made his most ambitious policy announcement yet at a campaign event in Iowa Monday …
 
 
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
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O'Hanlon's 'Soft Partition' Plan Envisions Long-Term Occupation Of Iraq
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Musgrave, liberals agree
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 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
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Associated Press:
Iraq Study Group co-chair doubts Iraqi PM
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Newsweek:
Dilemma: How does U.S. get out of Iraq?
Washington Post:
Pakistan Truce Appears Defunct
City Journal:
On the Front Line in the War on Terrorism
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Kwang-Tae Kim / Associated Press:
IAEA confirms N. Korea has shut reactor
Robin Toner / New York Times:
New Populism Is Spurring Democrats on the Economy
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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