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4:45 PM ET, July 24, 2007

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REPUBLICAN SENATOR HINTS AT IMPEACHMENT  —  Gonzales focused his opening statement on questions relating to the PATRIOT Act and the government's Terrorist Surveillance Program.  He emphasized the need to modernize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.  —  "This situation is unacceptable …
Discussion: At-Largely
TPMmuckraker:
Senators Signal Gonzales Perjury Inquiry over Spying Testimony
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Faiz / Think Progress:   Schumer Rips Gonzales Over Contradictory Reponses On Spying Program
Ed Tibbetts / Quad City Times:
Clinton takes Obama to task over statements  —  TODAY: (Updated 12:25 p.m.) Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton today called rival Barack Obama's statement that he would meet with the leaders of several countries antagonistic to the United States "irresponsible" and "naive."
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Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Most Top Seed Pairings in 2008 Presidential Election Are Too Close to Call  —  Obama versus Thompson produces only clear-cut lead, with Obama ahead  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A recent Gallup Poll assessed the 2008 general election with various pairings of the top two candidates for each party.
Rasmussen Reports:
Florida: Giuliani 22% Thompson 21%  —  The Republican Presidential Primary in Florida is looking a lot like the race nationally.  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is on top in the Sunshine State with 22% support and former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson is close behind at 21%.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Further politicization of the U.S. military's public statements  —  In light of the decision last week by Gen. David Petraeus to choose Hugh Hewitt, of all people, to interview him, and in light of the post I wrote concerning Gen. Petraeus' three-year history of dubious and seemingly partisan claims …
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Atrios / Eschaton:
The Trouble With Our Discourse
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Blogcritics Comments:
Comment by Vadept on Should the DailyKos be Subject to the Federal Election Commission?  —  And if the shoe were on the other foot?  I cannot countenance trying to silence my political opponents simply because they are my political opponents.  Perhaps next we should try muzzling Michael Moore and his ilk!
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Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Outsourcing the Picket Line  —  Carpenters Union Hires Homeless to Stage Protests  —  The picketers marching in a circle in front of a downtown Washington office building chanting about low wages do not seem fully focused on their message.  —  Many have arrived with large suitcases …
Michael J. Totten:
In the Wake of the Surge  —  BAGHDAD - 82nd Airborne's Lieutenant William H. Lord from Foxborough, Massachusetts, prepared his company for a dismounted foot patrol in the Graya'at neighborhood of Northern Baghdad's predominantly Sunni Arab district of Adhamiyah.
New York Times:
Spitzer Aides Cited for Use of Police to Tarnish Bruno  —  Gov. Eliot Spitzer's aides, including one of his closest advisers, improperly used the State Police to gather information about the governor's chief rival, Joseph L. Bruno, the State Senate majority leader, in an effort to plant …
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 …
Robert Dreyfuss / The Huffington Post:
Another Cheney-Linked Hawk Down  —  Vice President Cheney is losing a trusted aide: David Wurmser, Cheney's chief adviser on Middle East affairs and perhaps the Bush administration's most radical hawk.  According to multiple sources, Wurmser will leave the office of the vice president (OVP) …
Discussion: The Washington Note
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Dems crush GOP in money game  —  From almost any angle, Republicans are facing a Democratic financial tsunami in 2008.  —  In the first six months of this year, Democratic federal candidates and the party's three national committees raised $381 million compared with the $291 million their counterparts collected.
Discussion: QandO and theneweditor.com
 
 
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