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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Bidding Over $2M for Dems Anti-Rush Letter — ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf Reports: Who says the political fingerpointing in Washington is all for naught? — Back in September, when Democrats and Republicans were sniping at each other over the Iraq war, Republicans passed a nonbinding resolution …
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Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
Limbaugh Sells Critical Letter for $2.1 Million — After Rush Limbaugh referred to Iraq war veterans critical of the war as "phony soldiers," he received a letter of complaint signed by 41 Democratic senators. He decided to auction the letter, which he described as "this glittering jewel …
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Betty Casey Wins Smear Letter at $2,100,100; Rush Matches Bid; MC-LEF Will Get a Total of $4.2M — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: Well, we have a winner. The auction is over. The final bid remained at $2,100,100. The winning bidder, the high bidder: Betty Casey. More about Betty Casey in due course.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Ring Wing goes bonkers over Rep. Pete Stark's comments: Take the C&L Poll … After Rep. Pete Stark made his harsh statements against the Republicans and Bush over the SCHIP veto, the right wingers are trying to change the subject again by feigning outrage against him. Stark also didn't fall for the MoveOn ad outrage also.
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Hullabaloo, All Spin Zone, The Democratic Daily, The American Street, Big Brass Blog, Chuck Adkins, Republican Whip, The Corner and HazZzMat
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Zachary Coile / San Francisco Chronicle:
Pelosi backs away from Rep. Stark's criticism of Bush — (10-20) 04:00 PDT Washington — Rep. Pete Stark may be Congress' foremost expert on health care, but on Capitol Hill the Fremont Democrat is better known for his explosive remarks that drive his critics - and sometimes his allies - crazy.
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Power Line
David M. Herszenhorn / The Caucus:
Stark's Remarks Set Off G.O.P. Lawmakers — A day after successfully sustaining President Bush's veto of a bill to provide health insurance to 10 million children, Congressional Republicans remained in an uproar over comments made by Representative Pete Stark, Democrat of California …
Karen Tumulty / TIME: Swampland:
Chris Dodd: The Netroots Show the Love — Senator Dodd's campaign communications director Hari Sevugan tells me that $150,000 in small contributions have poured into Dodd's campaign in the past 24 hours, since his announcement that he will put a hold on—and may even filibuster …
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Alternate Brain, CNN, The Anonymous Liberal, Daily Kos, The Trail and The Poor Man Institute
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Plainly, a Justice Department Pick of Like Mind — The senators questioning Michael B. Mukasey, President Bush's nominee for attorney general, seemed so pleased at first to be receiving direct and unadorned answers that they appeared to be barely taking in what he was saying.
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The Heretik
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Satyam / Think Progress:
Fox News anchor slams Bush's SCHIP double standard. — Yesterday, on Fox News' All Star Panel, conservative Roll Call editor Mort Kondracke slammed President Bush's SCHIP "compromise," which "cut[s] off about a million children from the rolls." Kondracke called Bush out on making …
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: The Case for Israel's Strike on Syria — Official: Air Attack Targeted Nascent Nuclear Facility Built With North Korean 'Expertise' — Israeli officials believed that a target their forces bombed inside Syria last month was a nuclear facility, because they had detailed photographs taken …
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The Newshoggers, Jules Crittenden, Washington Monthly, The American Street, Hot Air and The Raw Story
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The Nose On Your Face:
The New York Times' Employee Entrance Exam — This is a simple test we use at The New York Times to ensure that our employees reflect a variety of social, political, and economic beliefs. Please read each question thoroughly, and then select your answer with a number 2 pencil.
Martin Hodgson / Guardian:
Activists send underwear to Burmese embassies — Activists exasperated at the failure of diplomacy to apply pressure on Burma's military regime are resorting to a new means of protest against the regime's recent crackdown: sending female underwear to Burmese embassies.
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The Newshoggers, Wake up America, Salon, The Garlic, Sweetness & Light, Jules Crittenden, JammieWearingFool, Hot Air and Chuck Adkins
Radley Balko / Reason:
Tomorrow's Neocon Today — Why Clinton II wouldn't offer much change from Bush II — Polls show Hillary Clinton has now opened up a striking 33-point lead over Barack Obama in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. The latest poll shows that likely Democratic primary voters favor her in every major policy area.
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Judith Warner / NYT:The Clinton Surprise — The shocks just keep on coming:
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GregsOpinion.com
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Romney: Won't beat Clinton by acting like Clinton — Mitt Romney, who has a lot of selling to do among the Christian conservatives meeting in Washington this weekend, faced a ballroom full of voters interested in knowing the sincerity of his conversion from abortion-rights to a "pro-life'' stance.
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The Politico
Chris Achorn / My Two Sense:
Did Michael Graham Admit To Pedophilia On Glenn Beck Show? — A very weird statement was made last night on the Glenn Beck television show. One of the guests Glenn Beck brought on to talk about birth control in a Maine middle school was Michael Graham who is a radio talk show host …
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