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9:40 AM ET, September 26, 2007

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Quinnipiac University News and Events:
September 26, 2007 - Clinton, Giuliani Neck And Neck In New Jersey Pres Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; More See Giuliani As More Principled Than Democrat  —  New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, the Republican front-runner …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Why Hillary will say no to Obama
William Douglas / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Bush astounds activists, supports human rights  —  UNITED NATIONS — President Bush implored the United Nations on Tuesday to recommit itself to restoring human decency by liberating oppressed people and ending famine and disease.  —  Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly …
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Bush, at U.N., Announces Stricter Burmese Sanctions
Mr. Lee Bollinger / Fars News Agency:
Iranian University Chancellors Ask Bollinger 10 Questions  —  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Seven chancellors and presidents of Iranian universities and research centers, in a letter addressed to their counterpart in the US Colombia University, denounced Lee Bollinger's insulting words …
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Lee Bollinger / Salon:
My questions for President Ahmadinejad
Discussion: New York Times
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Reports from U.S: Iranians left to fill in blanks
Discussion: The Hill
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
New Train Wreck Coming on FISA  —  I just got off the phone with Caroline Fredrickson from the ACLU, and the news is about what you'd expect if you have witnessed Democratic House behavior over the past six months.  The bottom line is that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are disorganized and giving …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:   Senate Panel to Consider Shield Bill for Reporters
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
NPR Rebuffs White House On Bush Talk  —  Radio Network Wanted To Choose Its Interviewer  —  The White House reached out to National Public Radio over the weekend, offering analyst Juan Williams a presidential interview to mark yesterday's 50th anniversary of school desegregation in Little Rock.
Richard Fernandez / Pajamas Media:
THE SAFFRON REVOLUTION  —  Could the protesters in Myanmar actually succeed in peacefully overthrowing Burma's military government?  PJM Sydney editor Richard Fernandez asks whether the marching monks are in for a bloodbath or a Buddhist miracle.  —  Support Pajamas Media; Visit Our Advertisers
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Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés / The Moderate Voice:
Burma Dharma: What is the Sound of 20,000 Monks Marching?
Hofstra University:
Hofstra Law School Hosts Sixth Biannual Legal Ethics Conference "Lawyering at the Edge: Unpopular Clients, Difficult Cases, Zealous Advocates"  —  Hofstra Law School, Hempstead, NY: Hofstra Law School is pleased to announce its upcoming 2007 Legal Ethics Conference, Lawyering at the Edge …
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Washington Post:
House Passes Children's Health Bill  —  A broad House majority gave final approval last night to a $35 billion expansion of the popular children's health insurance program, with members from both parties brushing aside a stern veto threat from President Bush to vote their support, 265 to 159.
The Corner:
Paulnuts and Giuliani  —  The behavior of the Paulnuts on the Mackinac ferry, noted by David, is a common consequence of pacifism and extreme libertarianism.  Both think the state at war is the worst thing in the world.  (Extreme libertarians think the state doing most everything else is also bad.)
Alisa Tang / Associated Press:
165 insurgents killed in Afghanistan  —  KABUL, Afghanistan - Two battles killed more than 165 Taliban fighters and a U.S.-led coalition soldier in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday as President Hamid Karzai prepared to discuss the escalating violence with President Bush in New York.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Opinion Journal:
Calling Rudy  —  For Mr. Giuliani, it's more than his wife that's on the line.  —  Most Americans understand it takes an extra chromosome to run for President, but there are some limits on odd behavior.  Which makes us wonder what Rudy Giuliani was thinking last Friday when he accepted …
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Hsu raised big money for Clinton supporters  —  Candidates she courted benefit  —  Disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu did a lot more than just pump $850,000 into Hillary Clinton's campaign bank account: He also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local, state, and federal candidates …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SPAIN OPENS THE BOOKS ON BUSH?  —  My ability to bring you the full details on this are, to put it charitably, limited by my inability to accurately translate Spanish.  But it seems someone in the Spanish government has leaked to El Pais transcripts of conversations between President Bush …
Ilya Somin / Opinion Journal:
Uncle Sam Wants You, Gramps  —  How come "national service" proponents never talk about drafting the old?  —  One of the most interesting (and in my view sinister) aspects of proposals for mandatory "national service" is that they virtually always target only the young, usually 18- to 21-year-olds.
Discussion: Althouse and Betsy's Page
Rick Perlstein / commonsense.ourfuture.org:
Bed-wetter Nation  —  Here's a big question that I want to start addressing in upcoming posts: what is conservative rule doing to our nation's soul?  How is it rewiring our hearts and minds?  What kind of damage are they doing to the American character?  And can we ever recover?
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
MoveOn Pays The Times $77,508 for Ad Cost  —  MoveOn.org said yesterday that it paid The New York Times $77,508 after the newspaper revealed that its advertising department had undercharged the organization for an advertisement that ran two weeks ago and proved controversial.
Discussion: The Corner
Frederic J. Frommer / Associated Press:
Kline says he sees 'amazing' progress in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. John Kline, returning from his fifth trip to Iraq, said Tuesday he saw "amazing" progress in the security situation there, and a sense of normalcy returning among Iraqi people.  —  Kline, R-Minn., traveled to Iraq …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Power Line
 
 
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James Bone / Times of London:
Mix-up reveals what President George Bush must do when words fail him at UN
Ynetnews:
Goldwasser recounts confrontation with Ahmadinejad
USA Today:
Political ads likely to run up $100 million tab
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
Matthew Bunn / Washington Post:
Thwarting Terrorists: More to Be Done
Discussion: SWJ Blog
New York Times:
Towns Rethink Laws Against Illegal Immigrants
Reed Walters / New York Times:
Justice in Jena  —  THE case of the so-called Jena Six has fired …
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Pre-Gaming Tomorrow's Larry Craig Hearing
Agence France Presse:
Myanmar military shot at protesters: French diplomat
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Candidates Battle the Slow Season for Fund-Raising
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Islamist 'leader' wants revolution
MSNBC:
UAW, GM reach tentative deal
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Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Inspector Finds Broad Failures in Oil Program
Bmathey / The Van Der Galiën Gazette:
Saudi Arabia to take action on the Dollar's continued slide.
Discussion: Donklephant
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
IF HENRY AIN'T HAPPY, AIN'T NOBODY HAPPY
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
House Panel Approves a Trade Pact With Peru
Los Angeles Times:
Hollywood reporting for duty?
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