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Washington Post:
Republican Nomination Most Open in Decades — For the first time in nearly 30 years, there is no breakaway front-runner for the Republican nomination as the first votes of Campaign 2008 loom, and a new Washington Post-ABC News poll underscores how open the GOP race remains.
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Tapscott's Copy Desk:
On polls, it all depends on which numbers you choose — Reading today's edition of The Washington Post, it might appear to casual readers that the American people are depressed, fed up with President Bush and the GOP, and heading rapidly left on the issues.
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Blue Crab Boulevard, The Carpetbagger Report, Think Progress, Democracy Project and Oliver Willis
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.
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Sweetness & Light, The Impolitic, Needlenose, Pollster.com, The Moderate Voice and DownWithTyranny!
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Musharraf Consolidates His Control With Arrests — The government of Gen. Pervez Musharraf, making no concessions a day after seizing emergency powers, rounded up leading opposition figures and said Sunday that parliamentary elections could be delayed for as long as a year.
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:Political Crackdown Continues in Pakistan
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The Body Politik, LeftWord, abu muqawama, BitsBlog, Right Wing News, Informed Comment, New York Times and QandO
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:As Crisis Deepens, White House Endures Diminished Power to Influence Events
New York Times:Musharraf Leaves White House in Lurch
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MSNBC:
'Meet the Press' transcript for Nov. 4, 2007 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Our Meet the Candidates 2008 series continues, an exclusive interview with Republican Fred Thompson. You've seen him as an actor on the big screen and small screen. He's been a lawyer and a lobbyist …
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The Atlantic Online, The Stump, Crooks and Liars, The Volokh Conspiracy, Six Meat Buffet, Fred File and Los Angeles Times
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Bryan / Hot Air:
Video: Fred Thompson on MTP, says he doesn't support the Human Life Amendment — Sen. Fred Thompson appeared on Meet the Press today and, Clintons take note, had to answer some tough questions asked by host Tim Russert. He discussed the crisis in Pakistan, his support for concealed carry laws on university campuses, and other issues.
Jonathan S. Landay / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Experts: No evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons program — WASHINGTON — Despite President Bush's claims that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons that could trigger "World War III," experts in and out of government say there's no conclusive evidence that Tehran has an active nuclear-weapons program.
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NO QUARTER
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Jonathan S. Landay / MiamiHerald.com:
No evidence of Iranian nuclear-weapons program, experts say — WASHINGTON — Despite President Bush's claims that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons that could trigger ''World War III,'' experts in and out of government say there's no conclusive evidence that Tehran has an active nuclear-weapons program.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Missteps on Both Sides Led to Health Bill Veto — They met almost every day in the spring and summer, a handful of powerful senators who had cleared their schedules to forge a bipartisan compromise providing health insurance to 10 million children. — It was a remarkable commitment …
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Garry Wills / Los Angeles Times:
Abortion isn't a religious issue — Evangelicals are adamant, but religion really has nothing to say about the issue. — What makes opposition to abortion the issue it is for each of the GOP presidential candidates is the fact that it is the ultimate "wedge issue" — it is nonnegotiable.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
New Rules — eriposte at The Left Coaster discusses the journalistic malpractice exposed in this exchange from the last debate: … eriposte points out that even though president Clinton subsequently explained that his request (from five years ago) was to speed up the release of documents …
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Crooks and Liars
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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.
Bryan / Hot Air:
Audio: NBC football goes green — Geez. Football used to be one of the few places on earth you could escape moonbattery and politics in general. But not anymore, at least not on NBC. Noooo. First they had to put Keith Olbermann in their coverage. And now the pull a lame green stunt on their pre-game show.
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
FOXNews Sunday: Poppy Bush Gets Emotional Remembering How We USED To Treat Prisoners — On this morning's Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace interviewed former President George H.W. Bush at his Presidential Library in Texas. Bush defends his son's disastrous presidency, but later in the interview …
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Hullabaloo
Sunlen Miller / ABCNEWS:
Obama Walking a Fine Line Engaging Clinton — With Obama Tapping Differences with Clinton: It's a Slow Drip with Flashes of Hot Water — One week ago, over coffee and a Sunday paper, people read that Barack Obama intended to start confronting Hillary Clinton more forcefully, upping the intensity to delineate their differences.
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