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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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Washington Post:
Public Voice Adds Edge to Debate — Democrats Face Questions from Internet Users in Unorthodox Format — Democratic presidential candidates shared the spotlight Monday night with ordinary citizens from around the country in a two-hour debate that featured sharp and sometimes witty video questions …
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New York Times:
Novel Debate Format, but Same Old Candidates
Novel Debate Format, but Same Old Candidates
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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 …
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
U.S. sets 2008 goal for Iraq security — BAGHDAD - A revised U.S. military plan envisions establishing security at the local level in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq by summer 2008, leading one year later to security conditions nationwide that Iraqi forces are capable of sustaining, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
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First Draft
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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Blogcritics Comments:
Comment by DRew on Should the DailyKos be Subject to the Federal Election Commission? — What a tool. Where on the Kos website does it say its main objective is to elect Democrats. Its a political website for Progressives and liberals who of course will want to elect Democrats for the most part.
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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.
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 …
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 …
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Mike Tobin / Plain Dealer:
DEA cases in question after informant said he lied — Informant who admits he lied jeopardizes convictions, lawyers say — The decision by U.S. Attorney Greg White to release a woman from prison and drop charges against two men could be the tip of the iceberg in a federal perjury investigation.
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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 …
Bob Geiger:
Bond Continues Misleading Constituents About Iraq — If Missouri really does pride itself on being "the show-me state," you have to wonder how long it's going to be before Missourians demand that Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) show them the truth. — Bond, who has been one of George W. Bush's …
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Cliff Schecter
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Storm brewing over auto-milage standards — Republican Reps. Joe Barton of Texas and Fred Upton of Michigan, two senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, along with former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), huddled with committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) …
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The Influence Peddler
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.