memeorandum: Swamp Gas, September 7, 2007 (Frank James/The Swamp)

9:20 AM ET, September 7, 2007

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Fugitive fundraiser captured in Colorado tonight — (09-06) 20:52 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Fugitive political fundraiser Norman Hsu, who skipped out on San Mateo County authorities this week rather than face sentencing in a fraud scheme, was apprehended tonight by federal and local lawmen in Grand Junction, Colo.

Discussion: Associated Press, Right Wing Nut House, Los Angeles Times, TalkLeft, Blue Crab Boulevard, Gateway Pundit and Take Our Country Back

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Breaking: Norman Hsu captured in Colorado; Update: Hospitalized after falling ill on train — In Grand Junction. No details yet, but it sounds like he may have been injured somehow: … Stand by for updates. — Update: The feds are going to drop the interstate fugitive charge against him when they turn him over to California?

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Gateway Pundit, GINA COBB, Wizbang, Patterico's Pontifications and The American Pundit

Washington Post:

Ex-Fugitive's Fundraising Talent Put Him on Democrats' A-List — Last week, before his world came crashing down, Norman Hsu helped organize a breakfast meeting in San Francisco with prospective donors. The featured attraction was Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Classical Values and Sister Toldjah

Daily Sentinel:

Disgraced Democratic donor arrested in Grand Junction — Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was taken into federal custody Thursday night at St. Mary's Hospital after he fell ill on an Amtrak train passing through Grand Junction. — FBI agents took Yung Yuen "Norman" Hsu, 56 …

Discussion: JammieWearingFool and Sweetness & Light

Mercury News:
Fugitive Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu arrested in Colorado

Discussion: Wizbang and Blogs of War

New York Times:

Petraeus, Seeing Gains in Iraq as Fragile, Is Wary of Cuts — Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq, has told President Bush that he wants to maintain heightened troop levels in Iraq well into next year to reduce the risk of military setbacks, but could accept the pullback …

Discussion: Slate, On Deadline, Balloon Juice, INTEL DUMP, Daily Kos, Pat Dollard, The Peking Duck, THE CUNNING REALIST, CQPolitics.com and Think Progress

Washington Post:

Petraeus Open to Pullout of 1 Brigade — Top General in Iraq Said to Favor Caution — Army Gen. David H. Petraeus has indicated a willingness to consider a drawdown of one brigade of between 3,500 and 4,500 U.S. troops from Iraq early next year, with more to follow over the next months based …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Wall Street Journal, RADAMISTO and MSNBC

Frank James / The Swamp:

Swamp Gas, September 7, 2007 — A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important or interesting (or both) Washington-related stories. — President Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun had an open, prickly moment at the end of the Asian Pacific Economic summit when Roh insisted …

Discussion: The Hill

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: Time to Take a Stand — Gen. David Petraeus has a history of making overoptimistic assessments of progress in Iraq that happen to be convenient for his political masters.

Discussion: Prairie Weather, SWJ Blog, Brilliant at Breakfast, Time and Bark Bark Woof Woof

Jurassicpork / Pottersville:

Paul Krugman: Time to Take a Stand — Here's what will definitely happen when Gen. David Petraeus testifies before Congress next week: he'll assert that the surge has reduced violence in Iraq — as long as you don't count Sunnis killed by Sunnis, Shiites killed by Shiites …

Discussion: The Gavel

Lee Keath / Associated Press:

Groups: Bin Laden plans video on 9/11 — CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden will release a new video in the coming days ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in what would be the first new images of the terror mastermind in nearly three years, al-Qaida's media arm announced Thursday.

CNN:
Bin Laden to issue video as 9/11 anniversary approaches

Discussion: Central Sanity

The Big Trunk / Power Line:

HATE TALK FROM THE HEARTLAND — Ed Schultz is the Fargo-based left-wing radio talk show host who was at one time a Republican. He touts himself as providing straight talk from the heartland. Over the weekend he was at the bar of the venerable Shoreham Hotel in Detroit Lakes …

Discussion: IN-FORUM and Captain's Quarters

Rob / Say Anything:
More On Ed Schultz's Bar Fight

Discussion: NewsBusters.org

Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:

Thompson Runs to The Right — Fred D. Thompson took his bid for the White House to the campaign trail Thursday, vowing to compete aggressively for the support of Iowans and pitching steady, experienced and conservative leadership. — "I still have the same common-sense conservative beliefs …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Truthdig

CNN Political Ticker:
Senior Thompson aide no fan of Iowa's ethanol

Discussion: New York Times, Democratic Strategist, The Democratic Daily and The Politico

Andrew Norfolk / Times of London:

Hardline takeover of British mosques — Almost half of Britain's mosques are under the control of a hardline Islamic sect whose leading preacher loathes Western values and has called on Muslims to "shed blood" for Allah, an investigation by The Times has found.

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Theo Spark

Walter Shapiro / Salon:

Killing her softly with his song — Barack Obama wants to transform politics. But can he defeat Hillary Clinton by casting her as the divider and himself as the uniter? — Barack Obama speaks with local residents in Storm Lake, Iowa, on Sept. 5. — Barack Obama has long been searching …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:

BURIED LEDE ALERT....Fred Kaplan has a good piece in Slate today about the upcoming Petraeus report and what Congress needs to ask about it. But I was more taken by an astonishing statement at the end of the piece from Stephen Biddle, a member of Petraeus's advisory panel.

Discussion: Slate and Corrente

Jim Moore / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

Go 2 Guy: Seahawks duo blitzed by Bush backlash — KIRKLAND — Are you still fans of Matt Hasselbeck and Mack Strong after they visited President Bush last week in Bellevue? Or have their political leanings turned you against them? — The Seahawks quarterback and fullback gave …

Discussion: Don Surber