memeorandum: The Fantasy of Ron Paul's Military Support (Michael Goldfarb/Weekly Standard)

10:35 PM ET, October 18, 2007

Top Items:

House Fails to Override Child Health Bill Veto — Supporters of a bill to provide health insurance for 10 million children failed this afternoon, as expected, to muster enough support in the House to override President Bush's veto. — The vote to override the veto was 273 to 156 …

Discussion: The Gavel, CNN, The Swamp, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Redstate, DownWithTyranny!, Kiko's House, Comments from Left Field, the talking dog, The Politico, MyDD, The Democratic Daily, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, Buckeye State Blog, Chuck Adkins and Wake up America

Amanda / Think Progress:

Rep. King's new name for SCHIP. — Today on the House floor, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) introduced a new name for the acronym SCHIP — "Socialized Clinton-style Hillarycare for Illegals and their Parents": — For the record, SCHIP stands for the "State Children's Health Insurance Program" and does not cover undocumented immigrants.

Discussion: About.com U.S. Politics, Salon, Daily Kos, Brave New Films blog, The Impolitic, The Daily Background and The Rachel Maddow Show

Martin Kady II / The Politico:
House fails to muster SCHIP veto override

Discussion: The Swamp and Truthdig

Michelle Malkin:
House showdown: The S-CHIP veto override vote; Update: Crazy Pete …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Yahoo! News, Captain's Quarters, Associated Press, The Carpetbagger Report, Firedoglake, Power Line, Bluey Blog, BitsBlog, Crooks and Liars, Outside The Beltway, Macsmind, Gateway Pundit, Riehl World View and Don Surber

Washington Post:
House Fails to Overturn Bush Veto on Children's Health Insurance

Discussion: Daily Kos and Connecting.the.Dots

Greg Sargent / Election Central:

Exclusive: Senator Chris Dodd Will Put A Hold On Telecom Immunity Bill — Senator Chris Dodd plans to put a hold on the Senate FISA renewal bill because it reportedly grants retroactive immunity to telephone companies for any role they played in the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program, Election Central has learned.

Manu Raju / The Hill:
Leahy: Intel panel about to 'cave' on surveillance

Discussion: Think Progress, Salon, Firedoglake, Open Left and Chris Dodd National Blog

Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
CQ: Surveillance Bill Will Go to Senate Floor Next Month

Discussion: Firedoglake, Booman Tribune, MyDD and Comments from Left Field

MSNBC:

Blasts aimed at Bhutto kill more than 100 — Ex-prime minister not hurt, but at least 115 others killed, 248 injured — DEVELOPING STORY — KARACHI, Pakistan - A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed at least 115 people Thursday night …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Captain's Quarters, PoliBlog (TM), GINA COBB, Gateway Pundit, Rook's Rant, Chuck Adkins, Central Sanity, Blue Crab Boulevard and The American Street

Sky News:

Bhutto's Return Rocked By Explosions — Dozens of people have been killed in two explosions near to where former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was being welcomed home. — Ms Bhutto's truck had just passed when the blasts happened in Karachi, only hours after she ended her eight-year exile.

Discussion: A Blog For All

CNN:
Blasts kill 124 at Bhutto homecoming

Discussion: Counterterrorism Blog, The Jawa Report and Human Voices

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Welcome back, Bhutto: Dozens dead in jihadi assassination attempt …

Discussion: USA Today, Little Green Footballs and Associated Press

Associated Press:
Blasts near Bhutto kill 126 in Pakistan

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Syed Saleem Shahzad / Asia Times:
Pakistan plans all-out war on militants

Discussion: Right Wing Nut House, ThreatsWatch, PrairiePundit and The American Street

Michelle Malkin: Bloody (un)welcome: Assassination attempt on Bhutto

Houston Chronicle:

Paul, Obama draw support from military voters — WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, the congressman from the Houston area who opposes the Iraq war, has gotten more contributions than any other White House contender from donors identified as affiliated with the military.

Discussion: The Van Der Galiën Gazette, The Atlantic Online, Outside The Beltway, Middle Earth Journal and Donklephant

Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard: The Fantasy of Ron Paul's Military Support

Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:

Mukasey: President Can Break Some Laws — While Mukasey doesn't think there's an inherent presidential right to torture — which he said is explicitly prohibited by the Constitution — that's not to say he doesn't take a broad interpretation of the president's Article II authority.

Discussion: New York Times, Balkinization, Think Progress, Comments from Left Field, Prairie Weather and The Heretik

Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:

Is Waterboarding Torture? Mukasey: Yes, if It's Torture — Mukasey has firmly established that he's against torture — yesterday he even compared it to the Holocaust (see also here). — But what exactly does that mean? Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) asked Mukasey if he thought waterboarding was Constitutional.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Balloon Juice and The American Street

CNN Political Ticker:

Clinton blasted over 'hippie museum' — WASHINGTON (AP) — Hippies used to say if you remember Woodstock, you weren't really there. Republicans say presidential contender Hillary Clinton can forget about getting $1 million in taxpayer funds for a Woodstock museum.

Discussion: The Swamp, The Politico, Conservative Belle and Hot Air

Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:

Rush Limbaugh eBay Auction, Anti-Conservative Smear Campaign — SMASHING EXPECTATIONS — Reid Smear Letter Bidding Reaches Shocking Level — *** FLASH - $851,000! When bidding reached $10,000, we were amazed. And when it ratcheted up to $45,000, many were astounded.

Discussion: A Blog For All, Salon, NewsBusters.org, Blue Crab Boulevard, Little Green Footballs and Gateway Pundit

Ideas Primary:

ENDING THE STALEMATE ON IRAQ — President Bush's approval rating is in the low 30s. Congress's is even lower. Voters want a new strategy in Iraq, and they are clearly disgusted at the inability of the President and Congress to agree on one. — The logjam in Congress on the most pressing issue …

Discussion: Done With Mirrors, democracyarsenal.org, Think Progress and TPMCafe blogs

Ian Swanson / The Hill:

Lawmakers blast DHS for building border fence with Chinese steel — House members allied with the domestic steel industry blasted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday for building a fence on the Mexican border with Chinese steel. — "By allowing the use of Chinese pipe …

Discussion: The Newshoggers and Cliff Schecter

Mike Potemra / The Corner:

Does Israel Have to Be a Convent? — Anti-Iraq War blogger Mark Shea is trying to drive a wedge between U.S. evangelicals and Israel, by posting a video on his website that he hopes will shock us into realizing that Israel is just another "secular nation-state."

Scott Shepard / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Clinton Pollster Predicts Defection Of GOP Women — Mark Penn, the pollster and senior strategist of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, predicted Thursday that nearly a quarter of Republican women would defect from the GOP if the New York senator is the Democratic presidential nominee in 2008.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, MSNBC, The Strata-Sphere and Macsmind