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11:45 AM ET, October 8, 2007

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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Top Iraqis Pull Back From Key U.S. Goal  —  Reconciliation Seen Unattainable Amid Struggle for Power  —  BAGHDAD — For much of this year, the U.S. military strategy in Iraq has sought to reduce violence so that politicians could bring about national reconciliation, but several top Iraqi leaders …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
RECONCILIATION IN IRAQ....Joshua Partlow reports that Iraqi leaders …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Bill Sammon / Examiner:
He's back: Sandy Berger now advising Hillary Clinton  —  WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Sandy Berger, who stole highly classified terrorism documents from the National Archives, destroyed them and lied to investigators, is now an adviser to presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Discussion: Hot Air, Macsmind and PrairiePundit
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Des Moines Register:   Yepsen: Campaigns must move to derail front-runners
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Discussion: The Politico
James Carroll / Boston Globe:
A troubling turn in American history  —  IF COLUMBUS is the beginning of the story, and, say, Lincoln is the middle, what is the end?  Each episode of the American narrative surfaced a problem, which prompted attempts to resolve it, which led in turn to a new problem.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Jules Crittenden:   Happy Columbus Day  —  James Carroll at Boston Globe …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Same Old Party  —  There have been a number of articles recently that portray President Bush as someone who strayed from the path of true conservatism.  Republicans, these articles say, need to return to their roots.  —  Well, I don't know what true conservatism is, but while doing research …
Susan Saulny / New York Times:
He Can Act, but Can He Debate?  Untested Thompson Faces Rivals for First Time  —  In an unusual political season that seems to offer up a presidential debate every week or so, the Republican debate tomorrow is expected to offer something new: Fred D. Thompson.
Discussion: MSNBC
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Amy Schatz / Wall Street Journal:
Thompson Turns to Taxes
Discussion: TIME and The Caucus
Michael J. Totten:
The Best Police Force in Iraq  —  RAMADI, IRAQ - In late July when I visited a police station in the town of Mushadah just north of Baghdad I worried that Iraq was doomed to become the next Gaza.  As many as half the police officers, according to most of the American Military Police who worked …
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Republicans Remain Deeply Distrustful of News Media  —  Democrats much more positive  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans in America today remain deeply distrustful of the national news media — in sharp contrast to Democrats, who have a great deal more trust in the media's accuracy.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select Their Least 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 "Least Favorite People On The Right."  Representatives from the following 45 blogs responded...
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Way Primaries Work  —  We seem to have people who still misunderstand the primary system, both in our CapQ community and in the national political movements on the Right.  Over the last couple of weeks, we have had grand ultimatums from a couple of factions which have demanded a particular type …
Discussion: Born Again Redneck
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Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Iowa Caucuses As Smoke-Filled Room
Discussion: D-Day
Omar Fadhil / Opinion Journal:
Al Qaeda's War of Villages  —  Signs that the terrorists are losing in Iraq.  —  BAGHDAD—The latest chapter in al Qaeda's war manual in their war against the Iraqi people and the Coalition is this: raiding remote peaceful villages, burning down homes and slaughtering both man and beast.
Opinion Journal:
Another U.N. Power Grab  —  What would Reagan do?  On the Law of the Sea Treaty, we know the answer.  —  It is an impressive testament to the abiding affection and political influence of former President Ronald Reagan that the fate of a controversial treaty now before the U.S. Senate …
Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Al Gore tipped to win Nobel  —  THE environmental campaigner Al Gore is being tipped as a favourite to win the Nobel peace prize in Oslo this Friday in a controversial move that could place saving the planet above saving people from war and conflict.  —  Gore, a former American vice-president …
Rebecca Dana / Wall Street Journal:
Can Ailes Outfox CNBC?  —  Invoking Stonewall Jackson,  —  Fox Business Chief Prepares  —  To Battle Entrenched Rival  —  During a long and colorful career, Roger Ailes has dug ditches, advised Richard Nixon on his 1968 presidential campaign, produced off-Broadway shows — and started cable networks, notably Fox News Channel.
Discussion: Gawker, Townhall.com, TVNewser and Romenesko
Philip Klein / American Spectator:
Hillary Slaps Iowa Voter  —  NEW HAMPTON, Iowa — Hillary Clinton is working hard to counter her image as an arrogant Ice Queen.  At campaign stops, she laughs at her own jokes and regales the audience with tales of herself as a little girl who stared into the sky with binoculars hoping to catch a glimpse of Sputnik as it passed by.
Discussion: BBC and Reason Magazine
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Senate Bill Aims to Define Who Is a Journalist  —  The Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 is the grand title attached to the bill that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee last week with bipartisan support.  It is better known as the reporter's shield law.
Kate Kelland / Reuters:
Report says war on terror is fueling al Qaeda  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Six years after the September 11 attacks in the United States, the "war on terror" is failing and instead fueling an increase in support for extremist Islamist movements, a British think-tank said on Monday.
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
A Dutch Retreat on Speech?  —  And now we come to what may be a truly fundamental test, maybe even a turning point, for that part of the world generally known as the West.  —  The test is this: Are prominent, articulate critics of radical Islam, critics who happen to be citizens …
 
 
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CBS News:
Lynne Cheney On The VP, Gays And Her Book
Dick Morris / The Hill:
Hillary Will Trigger Stock Crash
Paul Krugman:
Why not single-payer?  —  A number of people, including Atrios …
Julian Guthrie / San Francisco Chronicle:
1,000-plus war protesters in Berkeley spell out opposition to Bush
Discussion: Moonbattery
The Atlantic Online:
New Years In Des Moines: We'll Know By October 15
Discussion: eyeon08.com
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
For Google, Advertising and Phones Go Together
Discussion: CBS News, Telegraph and TechCrunch
David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
Giuliani candidacy sparks pride among Italian-Americans
Discussion: MSNBC
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The Atlantic Online:
God Forbid We Tell Them!
Helen Smith / Pajamas Media:
ASK DR. HELEN: FIGHTING FOR MEN'S RIGHTS
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Immigration, Black Sheep and Swiss Rage
New York Post:
QAEDA ON THE RUN  —  SYRIA SLAY IS LATEST SETBACK
New York Times:
U.S. Renews Bid to Destroy Opium Poppies in Afghanistan
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
As War Dragged On, Coverage Tone Weighed Heavily on Anchors
Washington Times:
Mexican 'House of Death
Discussion: Reason Magazine
 

 
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