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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
A Scandal-Scarred G.O.P. Asks, 'What Next?' — Scott Reed, a Republican strategist, was at a dinner in Philadelphia on Monday night when his cellphone and Internet pager began beeping like crazy. Only later did he learn why. His party was buzzing with news of a sex scandal involving a Republican United States senator — again.
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Matt / Think Progress:
BREAKING: Sens. Coleman And McCain Call For Craig To Resign — Sens. Norm Coleman (R-MN) and John McCain (R-AZ) have become the first members of the Senate to call for Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) to resign over his arrest for alleged "lewd conduct" in an airport bathroom.
CNN Political Ticker:
Craig stripped from committee assignments — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate Republican leadership said in a statement Wednesday embattled Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has agreed to temporarily step down from his committee assignments: — "Senator Larry Craig has agreed to comply with Leadership's request …
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Gay Patriot:
Senator Craig... For the Love of God... Shut Up! — So I've been traveling since 4am on Tuesday. So as I spent yesterday away from TV and the internet, the most I knew about the world was that both Sen. Larry Craig and QB Michael Vick had admitted guilt for respective crimes. End of story (for now), I assumed.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read — Jack Abramoff is in prison. Ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA) is in prison. Ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) is in prison. Ex-Reps. Mark Foley (R-FL), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Curt Weldon (R-PA), and Ex-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), all either lost or did not seek reelection.
David Stout / New York Times:
Party Leaders Oust Idaho Senator From Leadership Posts — The political career of Senator Larry Craig of Idaho appeared to be collapsing today as fellow Republicans called for his resignation and party leaders ousted him from his committee leadership posts amid the fallout over his arrest …
CNN:GOP lawmakers call on Craig to resign
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Media Matters for America:
Carlson claimed that after incident in a public bathroom, he assaulted the man who "bothered" him — On the August 28 edition of MSBNC Live, hosted by MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams, Tucker Carlson, host of MSNBC's Tucker, asserted, "Having sex in a public men's room is outrageous.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Tucker's Traumatic Bathroom Experience [Steve Clemons] — I will avoid today discussion of the reasons why so many men chose to look for sex partners in public bathrooms, gyms, and the like over the last few decades. Most engaged in this kind of sex would probably have preferred socially supported venues …
fec.gov:
FEC To Collect $775,000 Civil Penalty From America Coming Together — WASHINGTON -The Federal Election Commission (FEC/Commission) announced today that it has reached a settlement with America Coming Together (ACT) regarding violations of federal campaign finance laws during the 2004 Presidential election.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Soros-linked group hit with huge fine — The Federal Election Commission has fined one of the last cycle's biggest liberal political action committees $775,000 for using unregulated soft money to boost John Kerry and other Democratic candidates during the 2004 elections.
Associated Press:
Edwards: Americans should sacrifice their SUVs — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles. — The former North Carolina senator told a forum …
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Barack Obama / Financial Times:
Fine unscrupulous mortgage lenders — T he implosion of the subprime lending industry is more than a temporary blip in our econ-omic progress. It is a cancer that, given today's integrated financial markets, threatens to spread with devastating impact to housing and to our economy as a whole, unless we act to contain it.
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Clinton to give away fundraiser's cash — WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will give to charity the $23,000 in donations she has received from a fundraiser who is wanted in California for failing to appear for sentencing on a 1991 grand theft charge.
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Los Angeles Times:Democratic fundraiser is a fugitive in plain sight
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Karl / protein wisdom:
The Big Picture(s) — In the midst of the still-lingering controversy over the truthiness of The New Republic's "Baghdad Diarist," more than a few people suggested that war supporters, unable to discredit the real bad news coming from Iraq, targeted the Scott Thomas Beauchamp stories as a weak link.
Bassem Mroue / Associated Press:
Iraqi cleric: militia in `freeze' — BAGHDAD - Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took his Mahdi Army out of action for up to six months Wednesday to overhaul the feared Shiite militia — a stunning move that underscores the growing struggles against breakaway factions with suspected ties to Iran.
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Treat us fairly, Mr. President — Nobody wants to have to compete for disaster relief. — But that is what Louisianians have had to do in the two years since Hurricane Katrina struck. — Despite massive destruction caused by the failure of the federal government's levees during Katrina …
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
MoveOn targets pro-surge Democrat — Rep. Brian Baird's (D-Wash.) recent conversion on the Iraq war is beginning to affect more than the national dialogue. On Wednesday, liberal group MoveOn.org announced an ad campaign against the congressman in his own district.
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