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11:10 PM ET, September 5, 2007

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Daniel W. Reilly / The Politico:
McConnell: Craig wants full term
Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Thompson Declares His Candidacy for President  —  After months of false starts, staff shake-ups, and questions about the seriousness of his intention to run for president, Fred Thompson rolled out his presidential candidacy this evening with a two-pronged, guerrilla-style entry into the race …
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National Review:
The Fallout From Jim Mills' Departure May Really Hurt Thompson  —  Jim Mills' departure from the Thompson campaign is actually even bigger than it looks.  Not that Thompson couldn't function without Mills — he only been in the office for a week, I understand — but the aftershocks are huge.
Fox News:
Thompson, Immigration Top Questions at Republican Primary Debate  —  WASHINGTON — The eight Republican presidential candidates took some light-hearted jabs at Fred Thompson on Wednesday night, saying they welcome him into the contest for the GOP nomination but wondered why he chose to join the race now.
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
Staging Nukes for Iran?  —  Why the hubbub over a B-52 taking off from a B-52 base in Minot, North Dakota and subsequently landing at a B-52 base in Barksdale, Louisiana?  That's like getting excited if you see a postal worker in uniform walking out of a post office.
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USA Today:
Nuclear warheads mistakenly flown on B-52  —  A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with at least five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, resulting in an Air Force-wide investigation, according to three officers who asked not to be identified …
Fox News:
Dems Dirty Donor Norman Hsu Fails to Show for Bail Reduction Hearing Leading to Speculation He's On the Run  —  DEVELOPING STORY: California businessman Norman Hsu, a former New York apparel executive and major contributor to Democratic candidates and causes, failed to appear …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Demo fundraiser skips court hearing, whereabouts unknown
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
Rep. Gillmor dies  —  Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio) passed away suddenly Tuesday night, according to his office.  He was 68.  —  According to an inter-conference email obtained by The Hill, Gillmor did not show up to the office this morning causing his staff to become concerned.
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Sydney Morning Herald:
Don't count the man out: President  —  John Howard and George Bush yesterday.  The US envoy to Australia, Robert McCallum jnr, and his Australian counterpart in the US, Dennis Richardson, are at left.  —  THE US President, George Bush, has rallied to the cause of John Howard by backing …
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Tparty / My Left Nutmeg:
Shays: Surge Is "A Huge Success!"
Discussion: Firedoglake
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Jones Report: Iraqi Security Forces Not Ready  —  Logistical Self-Sufficiency Is at Least Two Years Away  —  Iraq's Interior Ministry is "dysfunctional," filled with sectarianism and corruption, according to an independent assessment of the Iraqi security forces to be published tomorrow.
Discussion: Hot Air, Truthdig and Prairie Weather
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Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:
Megachurch Leader D. James Kennedy Dies  —  MIAMI — The Rev. D. James Kennedy, a pioneering Christian broadcaster and megachurch pastor whose fiercely conservative worldview helped fuel the rise of the religious right in American politics, died Wednesday.  He was 76.
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Pam Spaulding / AMERICAblog:
Ohio U.S. Rep. Gillmor and anti-gay megachurch pastor D. James Kennedy …
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The Atlantic Online:
Travel Much  —  Richard Cohen sure is weird.  In the course of a totally unfunny satirical column, one item is "A survey of political bloggers showed that 94 percent of them had never been out of the country or read anything other than a Harry Potter book."  —  This seems like a curious premise for a joke.
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Atrios / Eschaton:   Outsourcing All My Work To Big Media Matt
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn dies at 66  —  Jennifer Dunn, a former six-term member of Congress, former chairwoman of the Washington State Republican Party and one of the state GOP's most respected members, died Wednesday, her family announced.  She was 66.
Amanda / Think Progress:
Bush 'Still Believed Saddam Possessed WMD' In April 2006  —  In Oct. 2004, President Bush finally admitted that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction: "Iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were there."  —  Yet according to former White House chief of staff Andy Card …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats Newly Willing to Compromise on Iraq  —  With a mixed picture emerging about progress in Iraq, Senate Democratic leaders are showing a new openness to compromise as they try to attract Republican support for forcing at least modest troop withdrawals in the coming months.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Peterhamby / CNN Political Ticker:
Richardson to bloggers: 'I make no apologies'  —  FLORENCE, South Carolina (CNN) — At a campaign stop Wednesday at Horne's Country Buffet, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson struck back at prominent liberal blogs that yesterday called Richardson a "buffoon" …
 
 
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