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1:50 AM ET, August 24, 2007

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Horses Mouth:
Okay, it's admittedly not hard to have fun at Joe Lieberman's expense, but this one's too good to pass up.  —  This morning Lieberman and his chief flack Marshall Wittmann put out a press release containing Lieberman's usual attacks on Democrats over Iraq.  The duo faulted "Congressional critics" …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
NIE: Iraq 'Unable to Govern' Itself Effectively  —  Iraq remains "unable to govern" itself effectively and hobbled by the absence of strong leadership, and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's inability to broker political accord continues to make him vulnerable, according to a new U.S. intelligence report released today.
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
Here Are the Key Judgments of the NIE (Sorry for the Long Post)
Discussion: Wake up America
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Report Raises Strong Doubt About Iraqi Government
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Poll: Majority Of Iowa Republicans Wants Out Of Iraq In Six Months
Discussion: Donklephant, MyDD and Open Left
USA Today:
Candidates snub Indian forum in Calif.
Discussion: QandO
James L. / Swing State Project:
AZ-01: Under Fire, Renzi Will Retire  —  With the retirements of Reps. Hastert (IL-14), Pryce (OH-15), and Pickering (MS-03) last week, the Republican caucus has been bracing itself for more surprises.  Today brings another retirement: embattled Rep. Rick Renzi (AZ-01).  From Roll Call:
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Charles Babington / Associated Press:   Arizona's Rep. Rick Renzi to Retire
CNN Political Ticker:
Arizona Republican congressman to retire
Discussion: The Politico
John Edwards for President:
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: "To Build One America, End the Game"  —  Hanover, New Hampshire  —  August 23, 2007  —  This election is unlike any we have faced before.  The stakes are higher.  And the challenges we face as a nation are greater than at any time in memory.
Associated Press:
Mexican Senate sides with mom deported from USA  —  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican Senate committee passed a measure Wednesday urging President Felipe Calderon to send a diplomatic note to the United States protesting the deportation of an illegal migrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year.
Juan Cole:
Military Coup Planned for Iraq?  —  A rumor is circulating among well-connected and formerly high-level Iraqi bureaucrats in exile in places like Damascus that a military coup is being prepared for Iraq.  I received the following from a reliable, knowledgeable contact.
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Daily Show: Three Generations of "America to the Rescue"  —  In perhaps the most brilliant segment on "The Daily Show" I've ever seen, last night Jon ran through the last three decades of United States intervention in the Middle East to show how incoherent, ass-backwards and counter-productive it has been.
Discussion: Thought Theater and The Impolitic
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
NYC Muslim Calls Korean Hostages "Terrorists", Smiles at thought of Daniel Pearl Style Beheading  —  American Muslim convert and New York City native Yousef al-Khattab outdoes himself and compares the Korean hostages to "terrorists" and suggests that because they are guilty of the "crime" …
Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:
Why America's Pullout From Vietnam Worked  —  The truth behind Bush's mangling of Cold War history.  —  The Soviet Union was in its final days of existence when I visited Vietnam in late December of 1991.  The cold war was about to end forever with the collapse of one of the two adversaries that had kept it going for 40-odd years.
Associated Press:
Giuliani hires controversial image firm  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani has a new team of media consultants with a strong record of electing GOP candidates, sometimes using controversial ads.  —  The team is led by Heath Thompson and his Dallas-based firm, Scott Howell & Company.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Associated Press:
Arizona School Suspends 13-Year-Old Boy for Drawing Gun  —  MESA, Arizona — Officials at an Arizona school suspended a 13-year-old boy for sketching what looked like a gun, saying the action posed a threat to his classmates.  —  The boy's parents said the drawing was a harmless doodle and school officials overreacted.
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Two General Election Maps  —  Taking the most recent poll from each state in the country from sources like Polling Report, Rasmussen and Survey USA, I have been able to piece together maps showing the state by state general election between both Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, and also between Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney.
Patrick Poole / Front Page Magazine:
CAIR Goes Back to School  —  As children all over the country prepare for the annual American rite of the beginning of school, hundreds of school children and their parents from the Columbus, Ohio Somali refugee community may be getting far less than they bargained for, as well as Ohio taxpayers.
Discussion: Right Voices and Atlas Shrugs
 
 
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New York Times:
More Iraqis Said to Flee Since Troop Rise
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Bill Maher On The Factor: "I want to see the crossdresser …
Gary Rivlin / New York Times:
Gambling Dispute With a Tiny Country Puts U.S. in a Bind
CNN:
Major Republican firm lobbying to undermine Maliki
Massimo Calabresi / Time:
Bush's Risky Vietnam Gambit
David Eggert / Associated Press:
Mich. Senate minority leader to challenge Walberg
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
ABA Urges Sentencing Commision to Make Crack Cocaine Penalty Reductions Retroactive
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Bizarre message discipline at the NHTSA
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Senior DoJ Official Resigns from Civil Rights Post
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
George Bush Meets Graham Greene
Discussion: Alternate Brain
Matt / Think Progress:
Vitter Needs Only 10 Hours In Iraq To Declare 'The Surge Is Working Very, Very Well'
Discussion: WBRZ-TV and MoJoBlog
Al Baker / New York Times:
New Construction Accident at the Deutsche Bank Building
USA Today:
Giuliani out to win a state 'made for him'
Pajamas Media:
MANO A MANO: SPENCER V DERBYSHIRE
Discussion: protein wisdom and Hot Air
Atrios / Eschaton:
Today's Moment of Zen
Associated Press:
Atlanta considers banning baggy pants