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6:30 PM ET, September 20, 2007

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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Reso Condemning MoveOn Passes Overwhelmingly, With Lots Of Dems  —  The GOP-introduced resolution condemning MoveOn just passed by a huge margin, 72-25.  Roughly half the Democrats in the Senate supported it.  —  A couple of the more interesting votes: Jim Webb, who just yesterday was a Netroots hero …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
25 Senate Democrats Support "Betray Us", Including Hillary  —  The Senate passed the Jon Cornyn amendment condemning the MoveOn.org ad that called General David Petraeus a liar and potential traitor, 72-25.  All 25 Senators who voted in support of these smears against an American military commander …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama opts out  —  The empty, symbolic fight over the MoveOn ad also appears to be testing something that was, from the beginning, a central question in the primary: Do Democrats want somebody who will be above partisan fighting (Obama), or do they want a partisan fighter (Clinton)?
Todd Beeton / MyDD:
Senate Votes To...Condemn An Ad?  —  Today, the toothless, useless sense of the senate resolution introduced by Republicans condemning the MoveOn.org "General Petraeus or General Betray Us" ad passed 72-25.  This is depressing for so many reasons.  From TPM: … First Read has some of the text of the resolution:
Paul Begala / The Huffington Post:
Democrats Should Attack Bush, Not MoveOn
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Byron York / The Corner:
Senate Condemns MoveOn Ad, Still More
Discussion: A Tiny Revolution and Open Left
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama walks on anti-MoveOn.org Senate vote
Discussion: The Politico
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Hey All You Anti-War Crazies....  Just shut up already, and let the Senate deal with it: … Or not.  You can sign the MoveOn petition: … Hagel, by the way, voted to condemn MoveOn.  —  I guess that's his right.  He's a Senator, after all.  —  Update: Hello!
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Michael Roston / Huffington Post:
Bush Claims He "Got A B In Econ 101"  —  In a Thursday morning morning press conference at the White House, the President engaged in a little bit of grade inflation about his academic record.  —  "You need to talk to economists," he answered when asked if there was a risk of recession in the US economy.
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Drudge Report:
AHMADINEJAD SAYS HE WILL NOT PUSH TO VISIT GROUND ZERO; 'AMAZED' GESTURE WOULD INSULT AMERICANS  —  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not press his plan — just denied by New York City Police for security reasons — to visit Ground Zero in New York City, he tells 60 MINUTES' Scott Pelley …
Michael Kinsley / Time:
How Dare You!  —  Goodness gracious. oh, my paws and whiskers.  Some of the meanest, most ornery hombres around are suddenly feeling faint.  Notorious tough guys are swooning with the vapors.  The biggest beasts in the barnyard are all aflutter over something they read in the New York Times.
Horses Mouth:
Okay, this is a fun postcript to the whole battle over John Bohner's "small price" remark, which this blog first reported on a couple of weeks ago.  —  Boehner has finally responded personally on television for the first time to all the criticism of his remark, a sign that the beating he's taking …
Discussion: Think Progress
White House:
Press Conference by the President  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  In just 10 days the State Children's Health Insurance Program, known as S-CHIP, is set to expire.  This important program helps children whose families cannot afford private health insurance, but do not qualify for Medicaid to get coverage they need.
Pam / Pam's House Blend:
Progressive blogosphere MIA on Jena 6  —  [My god.  The depth of ignorance and denial over the lack of progressive blogging on this story is displayed in full flower at Chris's diary at DKos, where he cross posted — and some of the excuses are mind-boggling.]
Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
Top Hillary Clinton backer rips Rudy Giuliani's personal life  —  Hillary Clinton has avoided taking potshots at Rudy Giuliani's personal life - but one of her top boosters last night showed no such restraint.  —  Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack went off on Rudy Giuliani's family foibles …
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Grand jury targets ex-DeLay adviser  —  A federal grand jury has subpoenaed payroll records from the House for Ed Buckham, former chief of staff to ex-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas).  —  The subpoena, issued by a grand jury in Washington, D.C., is the first formal notification …
Jeffrey Rosen / New York Times:
The Dissenter  —  The last Supreme Court term, which ended in June, was the stormiest in recent memory, with more 5-to-4 decisions split along ideological lines than at any time in the court's history.  In a series of controversial cases about abortion, racial integration in schools …
Newsweek:
Terror Watch: A secret lobbying campaign  —  The secret lobbying campaign your phone company doesn't want you to know about  —  The nation's biggest telecommunications companies, working closely with the White House, have mounted a secretive lobbying campaign to get Congress to quickly approve …
Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Lieberman open to climate change compromise  —  As acceptance of the reality of global climate change has grown, so too has support for some type of capping of carbon emissions combined with a mechanism to trade carbon credits on an open market.  —  A potentially trillion-dollar question …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
 
 
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David Stout / New York Times:
Bush Assails Democrats Over Child Health Bill
Thomas B Edsall / Huffington Post:
Questioning Petraeus: Squandered Opportunities, Longwinded Monologues
Discussion: MSNBC and Hullabaloo
Mondoreb / Death By 1000 Papercuts:
GOOD THING AHMADINEJAD DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE GOLDEN RULE
Discussion: The Corner and Kesher Talk
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: Ahmadinejad should be "physically restrained" …
Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:
Hirsh: Blackwater and the Bush Legacy
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
'Dream' for illegals gets a wake-up call
Discussion: The Corner and The Swamp
CNN:
U.S.: Iranian commando nabbed in Iraq
Discussion: The Newshoggers and The Corner
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Columbia University: Ahmadinejad Yes, ROTC No
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DownWithTyranny!:
STUNNING ABOUT FACE! …
Tula Connell / Firedoglake:
'They Got Walter'  —  Thousands of immigrant workers gathered …
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Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:
What Does Bin Laden Want?
Bruce Reed / Slate:
Banned in Boston  —  DON'T MISS THE NEW AD THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE!
Discussion: Reason Magazine
Paul Krugman:
The Straight and Not Narrow
Faiz / Think Progress:
Fox's goddamn hypocrisy.
Discussion: MoJoBlog, The Sideshow and QandO
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Rather Strikes Back  —  I was extremely surprised by Dan …