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2:25 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 …
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
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
GOP: Grand Obstruction Party  —  Reader Zach wants Harry Reid to do his job — and make the GOP (the Grand Obstruction Party) stand up and filibuster the hard way.  If you agree, call Sen. Harry Reid today: he can be reached at 202-224-3542 in DC and 702-388-5020 in Nevada.
Discussion: Sadly, No!
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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 …
Discussion: Sirotablog
Dan / Daniel W. Drezner:
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: PLEASE LEAVE IRAN IN LIMBO  —  I trust you and yours are doing well.  I'm writing because Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger have this story in the Guardian that says you want to solve Iran by the time you leave office: … This story jibes with what I'm hearing about your mindset as well.
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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.
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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Byron York / The Corner:
Democratic Fiscal Restraint
Discussion: Bloomberg and Salon
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 …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
UPDATE: Second Amendment case headed to Court  —  Local government officials in Washington, D.C., announced Monday they will appeal to the Supreme Court in a major test case on the meaning of the Second Amendment.  The key issue in the coming petition will be whether the Amendment protects …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
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NBC4:
Mayor To Appeal Gun Ban Ruling
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Mahdi Army, Not Al-Qaeda, is Enemy No. 1 in Western Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD — The lights were on in Baghdad.  Something was wrong.  —  Two platoons were creeping through the southwestern neighborhood of al-Amil well past midnight last week.  Headlights snapped off, night vision lenses lowered into place …
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
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?
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Mistrust as Iraqi Troops Encounter New U.S. Allies  —  Abu Azzam says the 2,300 men in his movement include members of fierce Sunni groups like the 1920s Revolutionary Brigade and the Mujahedeen Army that have fought the American occupation.  Now his men patrol alongside the Americans …
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 …
 
 
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John F. Burns / New York Times:
U.S. General in Iraq Speaks Strongly Against Troop Pullout
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The Corner:
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Associated Press:
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Reuters:
Edwards emphasizes morality on poverty tour
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Cunningham report portrays entangled panel
USA Today:
Pentagon balked at pleas from officers in field for safer vehicles
Discussion: Danger Room and MoJoBlog
The Onion:
John Edwards Vows To End All Bad Things By 2011
Kwang-Tae Kim / Associated Press:
IAEA confirms N. Korea has shut reactor
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