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9:25 AM ET, August 13, 2007

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Wall Street Journal:
Karl Rove to Resign At the End of August  —  Karl Rove, President Bush's longtime political adviser, is resigning as White House deputy chief of staff effective Aug. 31, and returning to Texas, he said in an interview with Paul Gigot, editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page.
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Paul A. Gigot / Wall Street Journal:
'The Mark of Rove'  —  These are the days of Republican doubt, with President Bush fighting an unpopular war, Congress in opposition hands, and a 2008 presidential field trailing Democrats in nearly every poll.  But don't tell that to Karl Rove, Mr. Bush's political alter ego …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Karl Rove, Top Strategist, Is Leaving the White House  —  Karl Rove, the political adviser who masterminded President George W. Bush's two winning presidential campaigns, is resigning, the White House confirmed today.  —  In an interview published this morning in The Wall Street Journal …
CNN:
Karl Rove to leave White House  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Karl Rove, President Bush's senior political adviser, will voluntarily step down from his White House post at the end of the month, senior administration officials said Monday.  —  "Obviously it's a big loss to us, said deputy White House press secretary Dana Perino. "
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Why Don't Journalists Just Tell Us What They Know?  —  Watching the morning kabuki on television about Rove's resignation is quite something.  They're all taking it at face value and nobody is speculating as to what the truth of the matter might be.  You know that behind …
Washington Post:
Karl Rove, Adviser to President Bush, to Quit  —  Karl Rove, chief architect of the Bush presidency and the premier Republican strategist of the last decade, will step down as White House deputy chief of staff Aug. 31.  —  Rove revealed his plans to the Wall Street Journal …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Obsidian Wings
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés / The Moderate Voice:   Karl Rove Resigning: 'The Symbolic Quit' (for the family's sake)
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Tommy Thompson Is First Victim of Iowa Straw Poll  —  Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson dropped out of the race for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination tonight, a day after he finished a disappointing sixth in the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa.  —  "I have no regrets about running," Thompson said in a statement released by his campaign.
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Washington Post:
Iowans Feel Snubbed, but Will It Matter?
Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Huckabee, Iowa Poll's Real Winner?
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Tommy Thompson drops out of GOP race
Mark Preston / CNN:
Tommy Thompson abandons presidential bid
Discussion: The Debate Link
Associated Press:
Tommy Thompson drops presidential bid
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and BlueHerald
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
The GOP YouTube Debate Is Back On  —  This just in: The Republican CNN/YouTube debate, in limbo for the past few weeks, is on again.  —  But Mitt Romney, who won Saturday's Iowa straw poll and has criticized the debate format, has yet to commit to the Nov. 28 event.
Discussion: Althouse, Donklephant and Wizbang
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New York Times:
Republicans' Debated YouTube Forum Is Back On
Discussion: Threat Level and TVNewser
New York Times:
Wrong Way Out of Iraq  —  As Americans argue about how to bring the troops home from Iraq, British forces are already partway out the door.  Four years ago, there were some 30,000 British ground troops in southern Iraq.  By the end of this summer, there will be 5,000.  None will be based in urban areas.
MSNBC:
'Meet the Press' transcript for Aug. 12, 2007  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: Our issues this Sunday: the future of the Democratic Party.  On a week when the Democratic presidential field courted key elements of the liberal base, there is an intensifying debate within the party about the strategy for success in '08.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Harold Ford vs. Kos — the PJM remix
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Yes, the Fund-Raising Records Fell, Just Not as Far  —  For Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, it was a monumental achievement: Her campaign announced in April that she had raised $26 million in the first quarter of the year, more than any other presidential candidate.
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City Journal:
The Coming Urban Terror  —  Systems disruption, networked gangs, and bioweapons  —  For the first time in history, announced researchers this May, a majority of the world's population is living in urban environments.  Cities—efficient hubs connecting international flows of people, energy …
Discussion: QandO
Burke Hansen / The Register:
Deceased Malayan hit with $218 trillion mobile bill  —  Roaming in the valley of the shadow of death  —  What otherworldly ectoplasms lurk in the oblivion of such an unholy place as accounts receivable?  —  A Malaysian man who paid off a $23 wireless bill and disconnected his late father's cell phone …
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
In Fundraising's Murky Corners  —  Candidates See Little of Millions Collected by Linda Chavez's Family  —  Linda Chavez rose to prominence in the 1980s as a tart-tongued Reagan administration official and candidate for the Senate, eventually becoming a well-known Latina voice on social issues …
Agence France Presse:
Hardline group rallies for world Islamic rule  —  More than 70,000 members of a hardline Muslim group held a rally in Indonesia that heard calls for a caliphate — or Islamic rule — to govern the world.  —  The supporters of the Hizbut Tahrir group filled up most of an 80,000-seat sports stadium …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
SHARIA NOW!  —  Earlier today, 70,000 to 80,000 Indonesians rallied …
Discussion: Take Our Country Back
 
 
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