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Musharraf Leaves White House in Lurch — For more than five months the United States has been trying to orchestrate a political transition in Pakistan that would manage to somehow keep Gen. Pervez Musharraf in power without making a mockery of President Bush's promotion of democracy in the Muslim world.
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Molly Ivors / Whiskey Fire:
Idiot Princess™ — Seems like we just did this, doesn't it? — But then, MoDo must be telling herself the same thing. — Yes, the Idiot Princess™ is at it again, sharpening her tools for her paymasters who clearly fear Hillary with a pathology that must be based on some deep Freudian s**t …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Gift of Gall — Girlfriend had a rough week. — First Hillary got brushed back by the boys in the debate. Then some women bemoaned Hillaryland's "Don't hit me, I'm a girl" strategy. — The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus deplored the "antifeminist subtext" of Hillary's campaign playing the woman-as-victim card.
Times of London:
Saudi Arabia is hub of world terror — The desert kingdom supplies the cash and the killers — Nick Fielding and Sarah Baxter, Washington — It was an occasion for tears and celebration as the Knights of Martyrdom proclaimed on video: "Our brother Turki fell during the rays of dawn …
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Rebuts Accusations of Secrecy — As Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton began a four-day swing through Iowa on Saturday, her political camp struck back against accusations that she and her husband were being overly secretive about discussions they had during their White House years.
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:Thompson Adviser Has Criminal Past
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N. Gregory Mankiw / New York Times:
Beyond Those Health Care Numbers — WITH the health care system at the center of the political debate, a lot of scary claims are being thrown around. The dangerous ones are not those that are false; watchdogs in the news media are quick to debunk them. Rather, the dangerous ones …
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Washington Post:
Poll Finds Americans Pessimistic, Want Change — One year out from the 2008 election, Americans are deeply pessimistic and eager for a change in direction from the agenda and priorities of President Bush, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Matt / Think Progress:
Bush 41 Gets His News From Fox News; Warns More Bushes May Run For Public Office — Fox News Sunday launched a new series this week called "American Leaders" that seeks to engage "prominent business, cultural and social figures in candid discussion." The first "leader" featured by Fox …
Mark Oppenheimer / New York Times:
The Turning of an Atheist — Unless you are a professional philosopher or a committed atheist, you probably have not heard of Antony Flew. Eighty-four years old and long retired, Flew lives with his wife in Reading, a medium-size town on the Thames an hour west of London.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
ALL-TIME WINGNUTTIEST BLOG POST CONTEST....While the rest of the blogosphere concerns itself with the worthy task of choosing the all-time best blog posts, I'm keeping my focus where it belongs: on the all-time worst blog posts. And thanks to help from my commenters, plus commenters over at FDL …
Daniel Boffey / Daily Mail:
Passengers revolt after being told to fly on jet with its wing tip missing — An airline crew faced a rebellion when they told passengers they were going to fly on a jet that had lost its wing tip in a runway crash. — The SriLankan Airlines customers had been on the Airbus A340 a day earlier …
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Tina Rosenberg / New York Times:
The Perils of Petrocracy — I. — Who holds the world's oil? You might assume it's in the hands of big private oil companies like ExxonMobil. But in fact, 77 percent of the world's oil reserves are held by national oil companies with no private equity, and there are 13 state-owned oil companies …
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
A hero in Castro's gulag — AT A White House ceremony tomorrow President Bush will honor eight distinguished men and women with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award. Among the recipients will be the longtime civil rights activist Benjamin Hooks; Harper Lee …
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
A Battle Rages in London Over a Mega-Mosque Plan — LONDON — Disputes over mosques have broken out across Europe. Residents from Belgium to France to Germany have expressed unease at minarets competing in the urban landscape with the spires and stones of centuries-old cathedrals.
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