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5:50 PM ET, September 25, 2007

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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Queen Hillary, Empress of Mesopotamia  —  My friend, David Brooks, does his best to reinforce the Hillary-Is-Inevitable consensus in Washington right now.  He may regret this, though: … Then we hear this from a right-wing reporter with access to Bush:
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Center Holds  —  In the beginning of August, liberal bloggers met at the YearlyKos convention while centrist Democrats met at the Democratic Leadership Council's National Conversation.  Almost every Democratic presidential candidate attended YearlyKos, and none visited the D.L.C.
CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton pulling away from Obama in New Hampshire  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has significantly increased her lead over rival Barack Obama in the crucial early-voting state of New Hampshire, according to a CNN/WMUR poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire released Tuesday.
Richard T. Cullen / The Politico:
Anti-Hillary Facebook site tops Obama
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Wake up America
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
The Ugly Side of the G.O.P.  —  I applaud the thousands of people, many of them poor, who traveled from around the country to protest in Jena, La., last week.  But what I'd really like to see is a million angry protesters marching on the headquarters of the National Republican Party in Washington.
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Iraqi Prime Minister Says That Civil War Has Been Prevented  —  Maliki Also Plays Down Iran's Influence  —  Civil war has been averted in Iraq and Iranian intervention there has "ceased to exist," Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday.  —  "I can't say there is a picture …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Blogger files complaint over Giuliani ad  —  A liberal blogger has jumped into the New York Times-MoveOn.org-Rudy Giuliani fracas, filing a complaint against the former New York City mayor's presidential campaign.  —  Lane Hudson, who in recent weeks has sought to carve out a niche as something …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Rudy Campaign Distances Itself From Supporter's $9.11-Themed House Party
The Washington Post / The Trail:
Was Giuliani's MoveOn Deal Unfair?
Washington Post:
GOP Senator Says Bush Should Put Health Bill Before Policy Goal  —  A senior Senate Republican accused President Bush yesterday of holding a bipartisan expansion of the popular State Children's Health Insurance Program hostage to his broader policy goals of using tax deductions to help people afford private health insurance coverage.
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Tom Van Riper / Forbes:
The Top Pundits In America  —  What exactly is a pundit?  According to the dictionary, it's "a person who makes comments or judgments, especially in an authoritative manner; critic or commentator."  —  There's certainly no shortage of that in the media these days.  —  Call the past decade the era of the talking head.
New York Sun:
Teaching Moment  —  President Bollinger ended his remarks to President Ahmadinejad at Morningside Heights yesterday with these words: "I am only a professor, who is also a university president, and today I feel all the weight of the modern civilized world yearning to express the revulsion at what you stand for.
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Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
And another thing...  The morning after the Columbia spectacle two things bother me.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Ezra Klein:
Ahmadinejad Gets Laughed At  —  Watch Ahmadinejad's face here.  —  He's not being feared.  He's being laughed at.  Imagine how the Iranian people feel seeing these clips (and they're seeing them).  Imagine how the rest of the Iranian government feels being made to look so foolish …
Atlantic Community RSS-Feed:
Europeans Want America to Stay in Iraq  —  The Atlantic Community Editorial Team asked European policy experts for their opinions on proposed ways forward in Iraq.  Respondents from ten different countries provided some surprising results.  —  Against Troop Withdrawal
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Associated Press:
Actor Kevin Spacey meets with Chavez  —  CARACAS, Venezuela - Actor Kevin Spacey met privately Monday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of Washington's most outspoken critics in Latin America.  —  Neither Spacey — who has won Academy Awards for roles in "The Usual Suspects" and …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
LIVE BY THE GOTCHA, DIE BY THE GOTCHA  —  You don't have to get into the appropriateness of the MoveOn ad or the intricacies of the NYT's ad rate schedule to conclude the obvious: The GOP is engaged in another round of cynical, exploitative caterwauling to change the subject from their party's Iraq debacle.
Mike Carney / On Deadline:
White House upset over copy of Bush speech posted to U.N. website  —  Apparently, a marked-up draft of the president's speech popped up on the U.N.'s website as President Bush delivered his remarks this morning before the General Assembly, USA TODAY's David Jackson reports.
Discussion: FP Passport and Think Progress
 
 
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Salon:
SEN. CLINTON: Tim, I am saying that. . . .
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to Consider Lethal Injection
Dawson Bell / Detroit Free Press:
Paul officials deny involvement in Giuliani Mackinac ferry taunting
Chris Brady / Christian Science Monitor:
WHY I WANT TO KEEP FIGHTING IN IRAQ
Discussion: SWJ Blog and Wake up America
Stars & Stripes:
New AFRICOM staff to be mainly situated outside Africa
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Spacey to star in HBO's 'Recount'
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Wonkette
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
What Defines a Killing as Sectarian?
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Did Al Wynn Just Openly Lie About the League of Conservation Voters?
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CNN:
24 die in Iraq peace meeting blast
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McConnell Reiterates Claim That Debate Will Kill Americans
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Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Wes Clark Interview, Part Two: Iran, Clinton, Residual Forces
Fausta / Fausta's blog:
Two girls, the Saudi Religious Police, a mobile phone and a can of pepper spray
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
GOP expects to lose more House seats
Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
Columbia's Conceit
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