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9:50 AM ET, July 24, 2007

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CNN:
Part I: CNN/YouTube Democratic presidential debate transcript  —  This is part one of the transcript for the CNN/YouTube presidential debates.  To see the transcript of part two click here.  —  CHARLESTON, South Carolina (CNN) — The eight candidates vying to be the Democrat nominee …
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New York Times:
Novel Debate Format, but Same Old Candidates  —  The Democratic presidential debate last night was unlike any that had come before: two hours of questions conveyed on homemade videos from Americans who were by turns tough talking and highly emotional, mixing pathos and bathos with the simply offbeat.
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Most Think Clinton Won Debate
Discussion: Pollster.com and Open Left
CNN:
Part II: CNN/YouTube Democratic presidential debate transcript
Discussion: Althouse
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Video kills the old-media stars
Discussion: New York Times
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:   Congrats, CNN  —  I'd say it was a big success as a concept …
Louise Story / New York Times:
Doubts Raised on Magazine's 'Baghdad Diarist'  —  Just who is the "Baghdad Diarist"?  —  It is a question that many people are asking The New Republic, the Washington political magazine that has been running articles attributed to an American soldier in Baghdad.
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
FRANKLIN FOER TALKS AGAIN
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
(Updated) More From FOB Falcon
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Is Seen in Iraq Until at Least '09  —  While Washington is mired in political debate over the future of Iraq, the American command here has prepared a detailed plan that foresees a significant American role for the next two years.  —  The classified plan, which represents …
David Freddoso / The Corner:
Dangerous Attack on Free Speech  —  The proprietor of this blog claims that he has filed an FEC complaint against Daily Kos.  Supposedly, this won't fly, based on earlier FEC rulings, but this is nonetheless an outrage against the First Amendment that every conservative should fight vigorously.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
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Blogcritics Comments:
Comment by Michelle K. on Should the DailyKos be Subject to the Federal Election Commission?  —  It's bad enough that conservative talk show hosts are under attack from the politicians on Capitol Hill, but for a WRITER to file a complaint against the Daily Kos regarding a FREE SPEECH issue seems to me to be absurd.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Diplomats Received Political Briefings  —  White House aides have conducted at least half a dozen political briefings for the Bush administration's top diplomats, including a PowerPoint presentation for ambassadors with senior adviser Karl Rove that named Democratic incumbents targeted …
Discussion: MSNBC, Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Obama wows hedge fund crowd  —  NANTUCKET, Mass. — At a dark-shingled mansion, one of many tucked along Washing Pond Road on this island's north shore, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) met a couple hundred of the nation's wealthiest Democrats at a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser on Friday to explain …
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Opinion Journal:
Cheese Headcases  —  Wisconsin reveals the cost of "universal" health care.  —  When Louis Brandeis praised the 50 states as "laboratories of democracy," he didn't claim that every policy experiment would work.  So we hope the eyes of America will turn to Wisconsin, and the effort …
Discussion: Democracy Project, QandO and BizzyBlog
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The Atlantic Online:
In Soviet Russia, Line Waits You
Discussion: Marginal Revolution and EconLog
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Not the Retiring Kind  —  As a retiree, Cindy Sheehan was the Michael Jordan of the peace movement.  —  "I am going to take whatever I have left and go home," she announced in her May 29 "resignation letter" as antiwar activist.  "Good-bye America."  —  The retirement — and Sheehan's attempt to …
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan
Joe / Cold Fury:
Christiana Hendrix, 1974-2007  —  Mike's wife Christiana was killed Friday afternoon while riding her Sportster.  Mike was on his own bike and wasn't injured.  Stunned and heartbroken doesn't begin to cover this.  Words always feel so useless and empty when someone you love dies …
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  Press Briefing Slide (PDF, 1.5 mb, 1 page)  —  MR. SNOW: Good afternoon.  First we'll begin with an announcement about the President's health.  Microscopic evaluations of the polyps discovered and removed during the President's colonoscopy confirmed the preliminary diagnosis, tubular adenoma.
Boston Globe:
With new ads, Giuliani not ceding N.H., Iowa  —  Who says Rudy Giuliani is going to cede New Hampshire and Iowa?  —  That's the message the former New York mayor is sending in unveiling three new radio ads yesterday that will run in the first two primary states.
Discussion: San Francisco Chronicle and MSNBC
Washington Post:
Poll Finds Democrats Favored On War  —  But Bush, Congress Both Get Low Ratings on Iraq  —  Most Americans see President Bush as intransigent on Iraq and prefer that the Democratic-controlled Congress make decisions about a possible withdrawal of U.S. forces, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE CIA SPEAKS, WITH FORKED TONGUE  —  We've previously noted the new book Sabotage by Rowan Scarborough.  Scarborough's book explores the CIA's efforts to undermine the Bush administration.  It is a subject that we have written about here frequently over the past several years.
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Giuliani Says His Energy Plan Would Aid Planet, Fight Terror  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor Giuliani is promising that his plan to wean America from foreign oil would aid the planet and curtail funding for terrorism, though some of his energy-related prescriptions could be a tough sell for environmentally conscious California voters.
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
Rumor romp  —  What is the difference between news and gossip?
Ron Coleman / Likelihood of Success:
Ever again  —  James Taranto (and others) got exercised last week …
Dean Baker / American Prospect:
David Brooks Sets Record for Most Economic Errors in An Oped Column!
Sophie Masson / The Australian:
Rowling deep in forums of fantasy
Veselin Toshkov / Associated Press:
Medics jailed in Libya arrive home
Jonny Paul / Jerusalem Post:
UK parliamentarians soften on Hamas
Phila / Bouphonia:
The Monkey's Paw  —  It was a dark and stormy night.
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Little Green Footballs:
Hate Speech at Wonkette
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Guest Voice: "Oh Please, Mr. TV... Tell Me What to Think"
The Columbus Dispatch:
E-mails show '02 lobbying for U.S. attorney post in Ohio
Politics Central:
THE GLENN AND HELEN SHOW: MICHAEL YON REPORTS FROM IRAQ
Discussion: Instapundit.com and Dr. Helen
Bill Roggio / Weekly Standard:
Iraq Report: Taji Tribes Turn on Mahdi Army and al Qaeda
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Spitzer's Staff Misused Police, Report Finds
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Majikthise
AWhitneyBrown / Daily Kos:
I Support The Troops
 

 
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