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Charles Hurt / New York Post:
EDWARDS IN A BIZ HATE & $WITCH — John Edwards, who yesterday demanded Democratic candidates return any campaign donations from Rupert Murdoch and News Corp., himself earned at least $800,000 for a book published by one of the media mogul's companies. — The Edwards campaign …
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Washington Post:
Three Top Democrats Share Lead In Iowa Poll — Less than six months before Iowa voters open the 2008 presidential nomination battles, the Democratic contest in the Hawkeye State is a deadlock, with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards in a virtual tie for first place, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
'Net Roots' Event Becomes Democrats' Other National Convention — Last month, in a straw poll on the popular liberal blog Daily Kos, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), the front-runner for her party's presidential nomination, won only 9 percent of the vote, lagging far behind former senator John Edwards …
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The Caucus, The Moderate Voice, The Gun Toting Liberal™, QandO, The Washington Note and D-Day
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Clinton Demurs On Obama's Nuclear Stance — She Says It Is Unwise to Rule Out Using the Arms Against Terrorists — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton drew another distinction between herself and Sen. Barack Obama yesterday, refusing to rule out the use of nuclear weapons against Osama bin Laden …
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
House erupts in chaos — In a massive flare-up of partisan tensions, Republicans walked out on a House vote late Thursday night to protest what they believed to be Democratic maneuvers to reverse an unfavorable outcome for them. — The flap represents a complete breakdown in parliamentary procedure …
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
What Happened in the House Last Night? — I just heard Pete Hoekstra, outraged, on the Bennett show about this, which a House aide explains via e-mail: … Here's what it looked like: — Here's Cantor: … From Politico: … That's the last time I fall to sleep early.
Eric Cantor:
An Outrage on the House Floor — High drama on the house floor tonight. Dems brought an Agriculture appropriations bill to the floor greatly expanding government programs, yet again. Republicans moved to recommit the bill to committee, in order to add language prohibiting any taxpayer funds under …
Washington Post:
Ruling Limited Spying Efforts — Move to Amend FISA Sparked by Judge's Decision — A federal intelligence court judge earlier this year secretly declared a key element of the Bush administration's wiretapping efforts illegal, according to a lawmaker and government sources …
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Evil Fizz / Feministe:
Chris Dodd nails Bill O'Reilly in the latter's Daily Kos jihad — With Yearly Kos going on in Chicago right now, Bill O'Reilly is *obsessed* with Kos, ranting and raving about how it's a far left website that spews hate and all sorts of horrors hereto unknown on the internet.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Dodd Smacks Down O'Reilly about Daily Kos: The VIDEO
Chris Dodd Smacks Down O'Reilly about Daily Kos: The VIDEO
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Althouse, techPresident, Hot Air, skippy the bush kangaroo, MyDD and The Huffington Post
Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Romney: Hezbollah role model for U.S. — Urges emulating welfare projects used by terror group against Israel — JERUSALEM - Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney has cited the social welfare network of the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group as a role model the U.S. should copy to help promote …
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Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
Romney Didn't, did he? — Did Mitt Romney really say that the U.S …
Romney Didn't, did he? — Did Mitt Romney really say that the U.S …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Judge Backs C.I.A. in Suit on Memoir — Valerie Wilson may be the best known former intelligence operative in recent history, but a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that she was not allowed to say how long she worked for the Central Intelligence Agency in the memoir she plans to publish this fall.
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Matthew Sanchez / Matt Sanchez:
BEACHAMP INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED — After a thorough investigation that lasted nearly a week the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division has concluded that the allegation made by Private Thomas Scott Beauchamp, the "Baghdad Diarist", have been
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Confederate Yankee, michellemalkin.com, Townhall.com, Hot Air, Villainous Company and The New Republic
Pajamas Media:
KOS: "WE ARE THE CENTER!" — Is left-wing blog entrepreneur Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, AKA "Kos," the new liberal king maker of the Democratic Party? At his opening day press conference for the annual YearlyKos Convention in Chicago, Kos told the assemblage: "There is no Jesse Jackson wing of the Democratic Party anymore.
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Mike Madden / Arizona Republic:
Documents show Kyl's opposition to attorney oustings — WASHINGTON - Documents released Wednesday by the House Judiciary Committee show that Sen. Jon Kyl, a Republican, was upset with Bush administration officials who forced Arizona's top federal prosecutor to resign late last year.
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Daniel Finkelstein / Comment Central:
Take your pick — a. This is a brilliant idea, providing an unknown candidate with a cut-through gimmick that helps him be remembered. The campaign strategist is a genius. — b. This is a lamentable idea, making a no-hope candidate look ridiculous, diminish his effectiveness …
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Maliki's Impact Blunted By Own Party's Fears — Hussein-Era Secrecy Persists, Analysts Say — BAGHDAD — As the U.S. military attempts to pacify Iraq so its leaders can pursue political reconciliation, Iraqi and Western observers say Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his inner circle …
Counterterrorism Blog:
CAIR Executive Director Placed at HAMAS Meeting — The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Nihad Awad, participated in a three-day summit of U.S.-based HAMAS members and supporters in 1993. — Until now, he had been identified only as Nihad LNU (last name unknown) in FBI reports and analyses.
Roger Simon / The Politico:
DNC shares oppo game plan with netroots — CHICAGO — It is not true that Democrats don't listen to Republicans. They do. — The Democrats are listening to every word the Republican presidential candidates say, writing it down and even videotaping them whenever possible.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Doesn't Sound Like A Funding Issue — MnDOT officials had concerns about the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River last winter, focusing on the same fatigue and potential cracking that has grabbed the focus of the post-collapse coverage. Engineers debated whether to apply patches …
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Middle Earth Journal, Blog of the Moderate Left, The Lede, Power Line, New York Times and Blue Crab Boulevard