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11:20 AM ET, October 1, 2007

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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Giuliani Inspires Threat of a Third-Party Run  —  Alarmed at the possibility that the Republican Party might pick Rudolph W. Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is threatening to back a third-party candidate.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Christian Conservatives For Hillary  —  When parties fall out of power, they tend to go through a battle between Puritans and Big Tenters.  Inevitably, when Puritans control the debate, they tend to ensure a longer term in the wilderness, and when they don't, they threaten to leave.
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
The religious right's political power ebbs  —  WASHINGTON — Palm Sunday two years ago was a glorious day for Christian conservatives.  —  A president who'd proclaimed Jesus his favorite philosopher was racing back from vacation to sign a bill rushed through a compliant Congress at their bidding …
MySanAntonio.com:
Roddy Stinson: Passenger sitting behind soldier reports 'a very moving moment'  —  THE GOOD  —  Last Wednesday, while flying from Phoenix to the Alamo City on U.S. Airways Flight 207, a San Antonio man, Gil Anderson, witnessed something memorable.  —  Shortly before takeoff …
New York Post:
HILLARY'S $30,000 FANS ARE HER 'CULT' FOLLOWING  —  A purported pyramid-scheme operator who was run out of Arkansas when Bill Clinton was governor has reinvented himself as the head of an upstate group accused of being a "cult" - and his devotees have pumped thousands into Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential run.
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Washington Post:
Sen. Clinton's Empty Table  —  "THERE ARE basically only three options: We can raise taxes again, which no one wants to do because the payroll tax is regressive. . . We can cut benefits. . . Or we can work together to try to find some way to increase the rate of return."
Discussion: Ezra Klein
NY Daily News:
Gotbaum kin's plea before dying: I'm not a terrorist!  —  BY SOO YOUN in Phoenix and ETHAN ROUEN and ADAM LISBERG in New York  —  The daughter-in-law of one of New York's top officials screamed, "I'm not a terrorist!" and fought with security officials in the Phoenix airport before being wrestled …
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CNN:
Mom cuffed, found dead after missing flight  —  (CNN) — An autopsy was planned Monday for a 45-year-old mother of three who died in police custody at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport.  —  Carol Ann Gotbaum was arrested at the airport Friday for alleged disorderly conduct …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and PrairiePundit
Daily Mail:
Burma: Thousands dead in the massacre of the monks dumped in the jungle  —  Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma's ruling junta has revealed.  —  The most senior official to defect so far …
Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
Clarence Thomas: A Silent Justice Speaks Out  —  Since Clarence Thomas joined the Supreme Court 16 years ago, he has largely remained silent, and his silence has become part of his mythology.  He rarely speaks from the bench.  He hasn't responded to legions of critics.
Discussion: Bluey Blog
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Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog:
Qualifications: Setting the Record Straight
Discussion: The Huffington Post
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
HIS GRANDFATHER'S SON  —  A CBS publicist has sent us the link to the CBS News Video site with the terrific two-part profile of Justice Thomas that aired last night on 60 Minutes.  Part 1 is accessible here and part 2 here.  In the profile we are reminded that Justice Thomas is a man who …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Michigan Goes Smoot-Hawley In The Early Morning  —  The economic woes of Michigan appear ready to worsen, thanks to a budget agreement reached this morning as the state government began shutting down.  Michigan residents will see their taxes increase by over a billion dollars …
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Hints of Strong Fundraising Emerge  —  Stronger-Running Candidates May Have Dodged Summer Blues  —  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson announced last night he raised about $5.2 million over the past three months for his Democratic presidential bid, an amount his campaign said would keep …
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Sarah Lai Stirland / Threat Level:
"Internet Candidate," …
Rick Moran / Pajamas Media:
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF TOM FRIEDMAN'S THINKING  —  PJM columnist Rick Moran challenges the veteran New York Times columnist's contention that "9/11 has made us stupid."  What would be truly idiotic, Moran argues, would be trying to pretend that the attacks never happened and forgetting the lessons we learned from it.
National Review Online:
Derbyshire: September Diary  —  A popular theme in the e-mails was the inadequacy of our "-phobia" suffix.  Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon defines phobos as "fear, terror, fright, dismay."  That's not really accurate for the emotions that Islamophobes have about Islam, as a lot of reaers observed.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
High Court won't hear birth control case  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to enter a church-state dispute over whether some religious organizations can be forced to pay for workers' birth-control health insurance benefits, a growing trend in the states.
Discussion: Macsmind
Forkum / Cox & Forkum:
Final Bow  —  With mixed emotions I announce: John and I will no longer be producing editorial cartoons.  John will continue posting his work at his blog, John Cox Art, and he and I will continue working together on various projects, but there will be no more regularly scheduled editorial cartoons.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select Their Favorite People On The Right (2007 Edition)  —  Right Wing News emailed more than 225 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of whom they considered to be their "Favorite People On The Right."  Representatives from the following 50 blogs responded...
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
What We Owe the Burmese  —  An upheaval like the pro-democracy uprising taking place in Burma over the past month tends to shake up certainties that had seemed self-evident.  Certainties such as the primacy of justice.  Or the sanctity of the Olympic Games.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and SWJ Blog
Kevin Peraino / Newsweek:
Death From All Sides  —  An extensive evidence file assembled by the Iraqi National Police after the controversial Blackwater shooting suggests that the private contractors opened fire unprovoked from the ground and the sky.  —  Since the fatal Sept. 16 Blackwater USA shooting in Baghdad's Nasoor Square …
Discussion: At-Largely, On Deadline and BlueNC
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Agence France Presse:
Blackwater guards fired unprovoked: Iraq police evidence
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Campaign Swing Reveals Trouble Spots for Giuliani
Discussion: The Politico
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
U.S. Pays Steep Price for Private Security in Iraq
Byron York / The Corner:
Newt: What Happened? Pt. 2
Noor Khan / Associated Press:
Afghan boy with US dollars hanged
Redstate:
Peace Is Dangerous  —  I stumbled across this a few weeks ago …
Discussion: BartBlog
Sean Lengell / Washington Times:
MoveOn ad raises cash for GOP
Discussion: Don Surber
Sara A. Carter / Washington Times:
Terror database gets plenty of hits
USA Today:
Troop deaths in Iraq drop in September
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Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
US to reward Iran for ending Iraq arms supply
Bill McKibben / Washington Post:
The Race Against Warming  —  It's the oldest and most cliched …
Ben Ryan / Opinion Journal:
Trigger-Happy Journalists
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Enron's Second Coming?
Discussion: Norwegianity and The RBC
CharlesR / Age of Hooper:
"TROOPS OUT NOW" MARCH AND ACTION, WASHINGTON DC: SEPTEMBER 29, 2007
Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
U.S. Embassy rips Senate plan on Iraq
Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post:
Air Force Arranged No-Work Contract
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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