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David Stout / New York Times:
Idaho Senator Loses Committee 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 and guilty plea …
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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.
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.
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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Idaho Statesman:
Our View: Craig has only himself to blame for political mess — During a brief — and largely defiant — public appearance Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Larry Craig apologized for bringing "a cloud over Idaho." — We're sorry, senator. — This cloud does not belong to the people who have elected you for the past 27 years.
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
David Shuster Breaks Down President Bush's Bad Week — And it's only Wednesday. — Today on Hardball, David Shuster gave a scathing rundown of what has been a horrific week for President Bush and the Republican Party. Starting with the president's awkward visit to New Orleans to mark …
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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Rich Karlgaard / Forbes.com:
Obama Steals A Page From FDR — "Fine the lenders!" writes Barack Obama here. — Hoping to prop up his poopy presidential primary campaign, Obama says we should round up "the unlicensed, unregulated, fly-by-night mortgage brokers who are hoodwinking low-income borrowers into taking on loans …
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Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Good news, but not for Democrats — IT'S A WAR, and it's the Middle East, so glad tidings can go sour and there are never any guarantees. But for all the caveats, the news from Iraq has been heartening. — For months, observers have been crediting General David Petraeus's "surge" with remarkable progress on the ground.
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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.
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
WYOMING TO HEAD OF PACK, FOR NOW — From NBC's Domenico Montanaro — In another sign the presidential selection process may be headed for 2007, Wyoming Republicans voted to move their conventions to Jan. 5, leapfrogging Iowa and New Hampshire. — "We're first in the nation," …
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.
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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Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Campaign Will Give Hsu Money to Charity — Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign announced this evening that it was donating $23,000 to charity after one of its leading donors, Norman Hsu, who had given an equivalent amount to Mrs. Clinton over the years, acknowledged today that there appeared to be an outstanding
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