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Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
GOP Senator: Craig should withdraw resignation — (CNN)-The ranking Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee says Idaho Senator Larry Craig should seek to withdraw his guilty plea, and possibly his resignation from the Senate. — "I'd like to see Larry Craig go back to court …
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Chris Good / The Hill:
Schumer: Dems can win Craig's seat — Less than an hour after Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) announced his resignation on Saturday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Democrats can win his seat next year. — Schumer, head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, called the bathroom incident …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
It's Over — Larry Craig Makes Resignation Official
It's Over — Larry Craig Makes Resignation Official
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Talking Points Memo
Ian Schwartz:
Video: Couric Says Military 'Wants' Her To See Only Good — CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric implied the U.S. military fed her propaganda when she was taken to the Allawi market. Couric commented the market "seemed to be thriving" with "a lot of people out and about."
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Couric Admits Her Rosy Report From Iraq Is Based On 'What The U.S. Military Wants Me To See' — CBS News anchor Katie Couric is currently reporting from Iraq. Today she spoke to Bob Schieffer on CBS's Face the Nation and largely reiterated Gen. Petraeus's talking points on Iraq.
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Greatscat!
Laura MacInnis / Reuters:
N.Korea agrees to disable nuclear program in 2007 — GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea agreed in weekend talks with the United States to fully account for and disable its nuclear programs by the end of this year, negotiators said on Sunday. — "We had very good, very substantive talks," …
Horses Mouth:
So who's to blame for the fact that General Petraeus' aggressive PR surge is showing signs of success in advance of the September showdown between the White House and Congress over Iraq? — Kevin Drum has a provocative post up in which he concludes that the liberal blogosphere and liberal establishment …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
7 Questions as the Race for the White House Accelerates — Labor Day is the traditional starting date for presidential campaigns — but Labor Day the year before the election? — That's the reality of the 2008 campaign, a contest that has been barreling ahead since January.
Barnett R. Rubin / Informed Comment Global Affairs:
Administration's Iran, drug policies endanger Afghanistan — The Sunday Times of London reports from Washington a story I have not seen in any U.S. media: that "the Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive air strikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians' military capability in three days."
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David Rohde / New York Times:
Afghan Police Are Set Back as Taliban Adapt
Afghan Police Are Set Back as Taliban Adapt
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Main and Central
Maccabee / Daily Kos:
"We Are Going To Hit Iran. Bigtime" — I have a friend who is an LSO on a carrier attack group that is planning and staging a strike group deployment into the Gulf of Hormuz. (LSO: Landing Signal Officer- she directs carrier aircraft while landing) She told me we are going to attack Iran.
Amanda / Think Progress:
Wallace Brings Up Moyers Dispute, Refuses To Acknowledge His Own Inaccurate Reporting — For the last several weeks, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace has attacked PBS's Bill Moyers for criticizing Karl Rove for cynically invoking Christianity for political purposes while telling others that he is an agnostic.
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The Raw Story
Nazih Siddiq / Reuters:
Lebanon army takes control of camp after battle — NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops on Sunday seized control of a Palestinian refugee camp where they had been battling militants for more than three months, killing at least 31 fleeing fighters, security sources said.
Judith Chevalier / New York Times:
Welcome, Stranger. Here's a Speeding Ticket. — DRIVING through a tiny Vermont town a few weeks ago on my way to drop off my daughter at camp, I saw flashing yellow lights appear in my rearview mirror. — My car had picked up speed coming down a hill, and a police officer pulled me over.
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Democrats to Avoid Fla., Mich. — Four Early-Primary States Get Candidates to Sign Pledge — The Democratic candidates have signed a pledge that would forbid them from campaigning in states such as Michigan and Florida that have sought to move their presidential primaries into January 2008.
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Associated Press:
Colo Springs couple says got threatening call from congressman — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A local couple is complaining that U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn left them two threatening voice mails after they wrote a letter criticizing his fundraising. — Jonathan Bartha and Anna Bartha told …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Wrong...Very, Very Wrong, Part Deux — Last week, I detailed a bit of the background information that I have heard on the Southwick nomination to the 5th Circuit, and the SJC vote that allowed the nomination out of committee. After the piece went up here, I was contacted by no fewer than five sources …
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Mercury Rising
Chicago Sun Times:
The next attorney general? How about our man from Northwestern — Bush would be wise to choose influential conservative theorist Steven G. Calabresi — It is not going to be easy for President Bush to find a replacement for Alberto Gonzales as attorney general of the United States.
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Balkinization