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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
BUSH'S APPALLING IRAQ SPEECH. — President Bush's TV address tonight was the worst speech he's ever given on the war in Iraq, and that's saying a lot. Every premise, every proposal, nearly every substantive point was sheer fiction. The only question is whether he was being deceptive or delusional.
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Washington Post:
The Least Bad Plan — PRESIDENT BUSH'S explanation of his latest plans for Iraq last night was marred by a couple of important omissions. First, the president failed to acknowledge that, according to the standards he himself established in January, the surge of U.S. troops into Iraq has been a failure …
Sonya Geis / Washington Post:
Scholars Decry Law School's About-Face on New Dean — Scholars across the political spectrum protested what they called an assault on academic freedom after the University of California at Irvine withdrew a job offer from a liberal professor who wrote an op-ed criticizing the Bush administration.
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CNN Political Ticker:
MoveOn.org moves from 'betray us' to 'betrayal' ad — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Five days after MoveOn.org set off a political firestorm by publishing an ad in the New York Times attacking the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, the liberal advocacy group has set its sights on President Bush.
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The Swamp
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:Giuliani attacks Clinton in campaign ad
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Sweetness & Light
The Prowler / American Spectator:The New York Times MovesOn
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Bill / INDCJournal:
A Meeting with President Bush — President Bush met with a group bloggers today in an almost hour-long discussion of the war on terror. Eight individuals attended the meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, while Bill Roggio and I video conferenced in from Camp Victory in Baghdad.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: Rudy Giuliani Preferred President Over Hillary Clinton If Terrorists Attack America — NEW YORK — A majority of Americans say they would feel more comfortable with Rudy Giuliani in the White House than Hillary Clinton if another terrorist attack were to happen in the United States, according to a new FOX News poll.
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Eric Johnston / New York Times:Anti-Roe and Pro-Rudy — TO the disbelief of the political class …
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Lawyers, Guns and Money
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Sunnis: "al-Qaeda is the enemy of Allah" — al-Qaeda has broken the faith with Muslims. al-Qaeda propaganda and the attacks on the US in the 90's and culminating with 9-11 made it seem to be a force to take on America and Western values. It promised to return the Arab world to the pinnacle of world power.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
A Humbled President — He seemed almost broken to me. His voice raspy, his eyes watery, his affect exhausted, his facial expression almost bewildered. I thought I would feel angry; but I found myself verging toward pity. The case was so weak, the argument so thin …
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David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Shays Says He'll Not Run Again If Denied Chairmanship — WASHINGTON - Rep. Christopher Shays said today he will not seek another congressional term unless House Republican leaders support his bid for the job of top GOP member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Redstate:
What If MoveOn.org Existed 65 Years Ago? — How NOT To Understand The Reconstruction Effort In Iraq — Comments (9) » — Had MoveOn.org and their ilk been around 65-years ago this conversation would likely be taking place in German. — And our beer might be better.
William Saletan / Slate:
RIGGING A STUDY TO MAKE CONSERVATIVES LOOK STUPID. — Are liberals smarter than conservatives? — It looks that way, according to a study published this week in Nature Neuroscience. In a rapid response test—you press a button if you're given one signal, but not if you're given a different signal …
David Stout / New York Times:
After Speech, Bush Seeks to Overcome Doubts on Iraq — President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney offered upbeat views of Iraq before friendly audiences today as they sought to build on momentum from the president's Thursday prime-time address to the country.
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The Swamp
USA Today:
Smiley: GOP candidates ignore minorities — WASHINGTON — Three of the four leading Republican presidential candidates turned down invitations to a PBS debate this month at a historically black college in Baltimore, leading moderator Tavis Smiley on Thursday to accuse them of ignoring minority voters.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: A Surge, and Then a Stab — President Bush's actions have been what you'd expect from a man whose plan is to keep up appearances for the next 16 months.
ConservativeHome com / ConservativeHome's ToryDiary:
All so predictable — The Gummer-Goldsmith report has, as ConservativeHome feared, done the party a lot of damage. It risks making us look like a high-tax party out of touch with ordinary families. And for what benefit? Nothing Britain does on its own will make a difference to climate change.
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The Corner
Jim Nichols / Plain Dealer:
Michigan GOP activist gets 5 years for sex assault — A Michigan lawyer who sexually attacked a 21-year-old woman at a Young Republicans convention here said Thursday that he disgraced himself, his family and his political party. — Michael Flory, 33, of Jackson, Mich. …
James Pindell / Boston Globe:
Shaheen to enter NH Senate race today — Former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, will enter the US Senate race in New Hampshire today in the form of a letter to supporters. — When she gets in she will shake up already one of the most competitive US Senate races in the country.
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