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5:50 PM ET, July 24, 2007

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David Stout / New York Times:
Gonzales Denies Any Attempt to Pressure Ashcroft  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales denied today that he tried as White House counsel in March 2004 to influence then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, who was hospitalized and semi-alert after undergoing gall bladder surgery.
Andrew Cohen / Bench Conference:
Gonzo on the Hill: A Comedic Tragedy  —  Forget about the politicization of the Justice Department.  Forget about the falling morale there.  Forget about the rise in violent crime in some of our biggest cities.  Forget about the events leading up to the U.S. Attorney scandal and the way he has handled the prosecutor purge since.
Discussion: Sadly, No!
The Raw Story:
REPUBLICAN SENATOR HINTS AT IMPEACHMENT
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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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Clinton: Obama 'Irresponsible and Naive'  —  Democratic Front-Runners Tangle After Monday Night's Debate  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., said today that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, her chief rival for the Democratic nomination, made comments that were "irresponsible and frankly naive" …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Collamore out as Thompson manager  —  Tom Collamore, the former Altria lobbyist who had been running Fred Thompson's campaign, has resigned and will be replaced by Randy Enwright.  Enwright is a Florida political hand with ties to former Gov. Jeb Bush.  Also coming on board in a leadership capacity …
Discussion: The Corner
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Rasmussen Reports:
Florida: Giuliani 22% Thompson 21%
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:   Thompson Shakes Up Staff
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.
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Comment by Leslie Bohn on Should the DailyKos be Subject to the Federal Election Commission?  —  Dave: Your grammar was not "more precise."  It was WRONG.  INCORRECT.  I understand the writing problem you faced: how to distinguish between groups that are democratic in nature and groups made up of democrats.
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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 …
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Bush Insists Al Qaeda in Iraq Threatens U.S.  —  President George W. Bush argued forcefully today that an Al Qaeda-affiliated group in Iraq is linked tightly to the central Al Qaeda leadership, and that for American forces to leave Iraq without defeating the terror group would be "dangerous for the world and disastrous for America."
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
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New York Times:
A War the Pentagon Can't Win
Los Angeles Times:
The dirt on farm subsidies  —  A system that is supposed prevent food shortages and farmer poverty does neither.  —  By By Brian M. Riedl  —  Republican and Democratic congressional leaders rarely agree on a major issue.  Yet both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) …
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 …
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 …
White House:
President Bush Discusses War on Terror in South Carolina  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.  Please be seated.  Thank you, Colonel.  Thanks for the hospitality and kind introduction.  I'm proud to be with the men and women of the Air Force, the Navy, the Marines, the Army and the Coast Guard.
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Paula Zahn Will Leave CNN  —  A day after CNN announced that it was hiring Campbell Brown to replace one of its prime-time hosts, presumably Paula Zahn, Ms. Zahn confirmed today that she was leaving the cable channel, effective Aug. 2.  —  The unraveling of "Paula Zahn Now," …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Cliff Schecter
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
 
 
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