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3:40 PM ET, July 16, 2007

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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.
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.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
GOP: Grand Obstruction Party
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Sadly, No!
Miles Mogulescu / The Huffington Post:
Sen. Reid: Force Republicans to Stage an Old-Fashioned Filibuster …
Discussion: Sirotablog
Taylor Marsh:
BREAKING NEWS: Joseph Wilson Endorses Hillary Clinton  —  The blogs got it first. … A conference call announcing the endorsement of Hillary Clinton by Joseph Wilson was just held with bloggers to hear the breaking news.  This is a huge deal for Candidate Clinton and a big endorsement for her candidacy.
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Joe Wilson Endorses Hillary!  —  Joe Wilson just endorsed Hillary during an ongoing conference call with liberal bloggers.  —  Wilson just said that "she is the one candidate in my judgment who understands the need to get America out of harm's way," and into a "political process."
Discussion: MyDD
Taylor Marsh / The Huffington Post:   BREAKING: Joseph Wilson Endorses Hillary Clinton
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Hillary's Latest Endorsement: Joseph Wilson
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 …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Salon
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
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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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Bill Kristol: On the Train to Delusionville  —  I know it's a pretty high bar, but Bill Kristol, the founder of the Project for a New American Century that spawned the Iraq war, the man whose editorials often seem to be inserted directly into the president's speeches, and who once boasted that …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Washington Times
 
 
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