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3:30 PM ET, September 14, 2007

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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 …
New York Times:
No Exit, No Strategy  —  This was the week in which Americans hoped they would get straight talk and clear thinking on Iraq.  What they got was two exhausting days of Congressional testimony by the American military commander, hours of news conferences and interviews, clouds of cut …
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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The Corner:
Hire Back Chemerinksy  —  I don't know why or how UC Irvine could get away with the almost instantaneous hiring and firing of Professor Chemerinsky on apparently political grounds.  No one has questioned either his competence or the conditions under which he was first hired (he wasn't passed over in the selection process).
The Big Trunk / Power Line:   A WORD ON ERWIN CHEMERINSKY
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Eric Johnston / New York Times:
Anti-Roe and Pro-Rudy  —  TO the disbelief of the political class …
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
MoveOn rolls out second provocative ad  —  Anti-war group MoveOn.org is clearly embracing the maxim that there's no such thing as bad publicity.  —  Just days after the group's political action committee caused a firestorm with a full page New York Times advertisement calling Gen. David Petraeus …
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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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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.
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Fred won't debate until October  —  CELEBRATION, FL — Fred Thompson strongly suggested tonight that he would not take part in either of the two remaining debates scheduled this month, meaning that he won't appear on stage with any of his GOP rivals until October 9th at the very earliest.
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USA Today:
Smiley: GOP candidates ignore minorities
Discussion: Brave New Films blog and MSNBC
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.
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.
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
More Than Ever, Impeachment Is the Cure  —  Last night we heard the President of the United States declare that he would refuse to allow US troops to come home from Iraq until they achieved "success" as he and only he defined success.  "Return on success," he told the troops, adding that …
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 …
Discussion: The Corner
 
 
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
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