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Jerid / Buckeye State Blog:
Romney on 9/11: "Lighten Up" — UPDATE: I'm available for comment on my experience with Romney at Jerid@buckeyestateblog.com — I got up late; it was a Tuesday in Cleveland and I only had early morning swim practice MWF's. Showering, I heard Steve, another guy on the third floor of the "Tyler" dorm yell from his room, "holy s**t!"
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Associated Press, Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos, Ian Schwartz, Shakespeare's Sister, Blue Hampshire, MyDD and Hot Air
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Natasha T. Metzler / Associated Press:
Sheehan Arrested in Impeachment Protest — ARLINGTON, Va. — Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Monday moved another step _ actually several thousand of them _ toward carrying out her promise to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi because the California Democrat won't consider impeachment proceedings against President Bush.
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Cindy Sheehan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Let's get away from usual party politics — Peace activist voices her independent streak — The feedback I have been receiving since I announced that I would challenge U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, for her House seat — unless she gives impeachment the go-ahead — has been running about 3-to-1 positive.
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
A teacher with faith and reason — DID YOU hear about the religious fundamentalist who wanted to teach physics at Cambridge University? This would-be instructor wasn't simply a Christian; he was so preoccupied with biblical prophecy that he wrote a book titled "Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John."
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James Kirchick / The New Republic:
VERY SUPERSTITIOUS: — In Sunday's Boston Globe …
VERY SUPERSTITIOUS: — In Sunday's Boston Globe …
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The Mahablog
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Daily Kos Founder Issues Warning Concerning 'Nasty Rhetoric' — Is Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas growing weary of the vitriol being expressed at his blog? — It appears so, as without explaining what incidents precipitated the need for such, Moulitsas posted a warning …
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Hot Air, Little Green Footballs, michellemalkin.com, Balloon Juice, rubber hose and Sadly, No!
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Rasmussen Reports:
Associated Press, MSNBC and CNBC Seen as Having Liberal Bias — In the final poll of a series measuring perceptions of media bias, the Associated Press, local television stations, MSNBC, and CNBC are all perceived as tilting to the left when reporting the news.
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Happy Furry Puppy Story …, Wake up America, Sister Toldjah, Don Surber, Iowa Voice and QandO
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Quinnipiac University News and Events:
July 23, 2007 - Bloomberg Boosts Democrats' Fortunes In Florida, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; McCain Fades In Republican Primary Race — If New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg runs for President as an independent candidate, it helps Democrats in Florida, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
A Family Meets Today to Hear the Complexities of a Bid for Dow Jones — As it assembles at the Boston Hilton today to consider selling Dow Jones & Company and its main prize, The Wall Street Journal, to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, the controlling Bancroft clan faces some stark choices.
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TVNewser
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Bill Kristol, Highly Recommended — Bill Kristol's the-war-is-being-won piece in The Washington Post brought him plenty of ridicule, but at least one person liked it. — President Bush read the July 15 Outlook article that morning and recommended it to his staff.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Weekly Standard's "9/11 Generation" — This week's issue of The Weekly Standard features a cover story by Hugh Hewitt blogger Dean Barnett. Entitled "The 9/11 Generation," it argues that America's current youthful generation is courageous and noble because it has answered the call of military service …
Richard McIntire / Zogby:
Report Card on Prejudice in America — New Zogby/GSN Survey Reveals That: — A Racist Lives Next Door - Most Americans believe they don't make decisions based on race...but think their neighbors do — They also think most Americans believe: — Most Americans believe …
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Reid's Anti-Reform Maneuvers — When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid picked up his ball and went home after his staged all-night session last week, he saved from possible embarrassment one of the least regular members of his Democratic caucus: Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska.
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
I call bullsh*t on TPM's defense of its bullsh*t video. — TPM Café's Greg Sargent tries to respond to various bloggers, including me, who wrote about his blog post featuring a video clip of Giuliani supposedly "unhinged" and "screaming" the word "bulls**t." Here's Greg in his new post:
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alicublog, Reason Magazine, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Classical Values, New Pairodimes, bustardblog, Ian Schwartz and INSTAPUTZ
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Politico Playbook: First date — Good Monday Morning. — YOU were the TIME person of the year (great resume fodder) and now YOU (or some of you, at least) get to help out host Anderson Cooper and electronically ask the Democratic candidates questions during the two-hour CNN/YouTube debate at 7 Eastern tonight.
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MyDD
John Washburn / The BRAD BLOG:
EXCLUSIVE: Milwaukee Election Records Indicate Apparent Forgery, Ballot Box Stuffing in 2004 Presidential Election … After a two year interruption, I am beginning to go through the copies of November 2, 2004 election records which were provided to me in the settlement of my lawsuit with the City of Milwaukee Election Commission.
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Captain's Quarters
CNN:
You be the political analyst — The CNN/YouTube presidential debate is all about you. You're asking the questions and driving the discussion. But that's just the beginning. We want you to give us your take on the candidates and issues during and after the debates.
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
The Dems, the 'John Does' and the blogosphere — Public pressure is mounting on Capitol Hill Democrats to include the "John Doe" provision into a written conference report of the final 911 Commission bill. — The provision would protect the public for reporting suspicious behavior …