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9:50 AM ET, September 28, 2007

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Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
BREAKING NEWS: Electoral initiative backers give up  —  Plagued by a lack of money, supporters of a statewide initiative drive to change the way California's 55 electoral votes are apportioned, first revealed here by Top of the Ticket in July, are pulling the plug on that effort.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:   ELECTORAL COLLEGE HIJINKS....Remember that cute little piece …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Distances Himself From Clinton, on Her Turf  —  Senator Barack Obama implored thousands of admirers who gathered last night in New York City to set aside their distrust in politics and believe in the long-term possibility of his presidential candidacy even though, he conceded, "there are easier choices to make in this election."
Discussion: The Daily Politics
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Edwards to Accept Public Financing for Primaries  —  Former Senator John Edwards said Thursday that he would accept public financing for the Democratic primaries, reversing his previous plans to raise and spend money without being subject to the public system's spending limits.
Michael Falcone / The Caucus:
G.O.P. Candidates Criticize Absent Rivals  —  Four empty lecterns.  —  They loomed large over tonight's Republican presidential debate at Morgan State University in Maryland, an historically black college, where four of the leading candidates for their party's presidential nomination were nowhere to be found.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Debate welcomes 'home viewers:' GOP candidates
Discussion: Wonkette and Outside The Beltway
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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
'Citizen Journalists' Evade Blackout On Myanmar News
Discussion: Associated Press
Guardian:
The Islamic Reformation  —  Those who call for an Islamic 'Reformation' are missing the point: it has already happened, unfortunately.  —  Since 2001 a plethora of writers have made calls for an Islamic "Reformation".  Many hopes (and careers) are pinned on the idea, but there is no such thing coming.
Tom Humphrey / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Cigarette surveillance program begins today  —  Motorists bringing large numbers of smokes into state will be charged  —  NASHVILLE — Starting today, state Department of Revenue agents will begin stopping Tennessee motorists spotted buying large quantities of cigarettes in border states …
CNN:
Mistake costs dishwasher $59,000  —  MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — For 11 years, Pedro Zapeta, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, lived his version of the American dream in Stuart, Florida: washing dishes and living frugally to bring money back to his home country.
William Tucker / American Spectator:
The Nuclear Renaissance Begins  —  If you're tracking the nuclear power revival in America, last Tuesday, September 25, was a milestone.  For the first time since 1973, a new application for building a reactor was placed before the federal government.  —  The applicant was NRG Energy …
Washington Post:
Showdown Looms as Child Health Bill Passes  —  The Senate, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote yesterday, sent President Bush a $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, setting up the biggest domestic policy clash of his presidency and launching a fight that will reverberate into the 2008 elections.
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CNN:   Kids' health bill passes despite veto threat
Greg Simmons / Fox News:
Washington, D.C., Judge Issues Bench Warrant for Cindy Sheehan  —  WASHINGTON — A bench warrant was issued Thursday for antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan, who did not appear for arraignment Thursday in a Washington, D.C., courtroom to face charges related to her Sept. 10 disorderly conduct arrest on Capitol Hill.
Michael Medved / Townhall.com:
Six inconvenient truths about the U.S. and slavery  —  Those who want to discredit the United States and to deny our role as history's most powerful and pre-eminent force for freedom, goodness and human dignity invariably focus on America's bloody past as a slave-holding nation.
Discussion: Sadly, No! and Crooked Timber
Guardian:
Struggling alone  —  The international community's failure to act means watching helplessly as victims of repression in Burma are consigned to their fate.  —  In the coming days - perhaps even hours - the destiny of Burma (also known as Myanmar), and the fates of over 50 million Burmese, will be decided.
Andrew J. Bacevich / The American Conservative:
Sycophant Savior  —  General Petraeus wins a battle in Washington—if not in Baghdad.  —  In common parlance, the phrase "political general" is an epithet, the inverse of the warrior or frontline soldier.  In any serious war, with big issues at stake, to assign command to a political general …
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
US News:
Capital Commerce  —  Home > Money & Business > Capital Commerce > Forget Clintonomics—This Is Mondalenomics
Discussion: Power Line and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Democrats Blast Limbaugh For Saying That Antiwar Troops Are "Phony Soldiers"  —  As we reported earlier today over at The Horse's Mouth, Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show that soldiers who favor U.S. withdrawal from Iraq are "phony soldiers."  —  The assertion — reminiscent of MoveOn's attack …
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U.S. to Allow Key Detainees to Request Lawyers
Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:
France Flips While Congress Shifts
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
2 Clintons, 2 Stories — But Just 1 To See Print
Ray Robison / American Thinker:
A Quiet Triumph May be Brewing
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Senate approves Lieberman resolution on Iran
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Miller Beer steps in it again: The Folsom Street Fair fiasco
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MY ANALYSIS OF THE OREGON FISA DECISION: Yesterday …
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Heroes are not Replicable
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