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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy: Deems Him 'More Than Acceptable to People of Faith' — Pat Robertson, one of the most influential figures in the social conservative movement, announced his support for Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid this morning at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. [Watch the video below]
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Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy Giuliani — WASHINGTON — Evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson on Wednesday endorsed former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has struggled to bridge some of his socially moderate policy positions on abortion and gay rights with conservatives.
Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Pat Robertson Endorses Giuliani for President — Rudolph W. Giuliani scored a big coup today by winning the support of Pat Robertson, who, as one of the nation's best-known televangelists, could help Mr. Giuliani reassure Republican voters who have been wary of his support for abortion rights.
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Will / Attytood:Strange bedfellows: Robertson wanted to assassinate one of …
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Election 2008: New Hampshire Democratic Primary — New Hampshire: Clinton Lead Shrinks to 10 Points — Senator Hillary Clinton's lead in the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire Primary has fallen to its lowest level of the season. — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone poll …
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
BUTT OUT, BUBBA! — HILL & BARACK GIVE HIM A 'SWIFT' KICK — Bill Clinton found himself in an unusual and uncomfortable position yesterday - drawing intense fire from Democratic presidential candidates and a brushback from his wife's own campaign. — Barack Obama and Chris Dodd …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Bill Clinton and 2 Democrats Spar Over Comment on Debate — Bill Clinton's suggestion that his wife faced a Republican-style "Swift boat" attack during and after the last Democratic debate drew a rebuke yesterday from Senator Barack Obama, who said, "I was pretty stunned by that statement."
Benazir Bhutto / New York Times:
Musharraf's Martial Plan — NOV. 3, 2007, will be remembered as the blackest day in the history of Pakistan. Let us be perfectly clear: Pakistan is a military dictatorship. Last Saturday, Gen. Pervez Musharraf removed all pretense of a transition to democracy by conducting what was in effect yet another extraconstitutional coup.
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The Atlantic Online:
The Shah of Pakistan — Vali Nasr offers a troubling analogy: … I keep veering between a sense that since this Pakistan business is one of the most important things going on right now I should write about it, and a sense that there's no reason for me to play fake Pakistan expert.
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Alan Dershowitz / Opinion Journal:
Democrats and Waterboarding — The party will lose the presidential race if it defines itself as soft on terror. — I recently had occasion to discuss the Bush administration's war on terrorism with one of the highest ranking former officials responsible for planning that war.
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
GOP turns impeachment resolution against Dems — House Republicans on Tuesday nearly forced Democratic leaders to vote on a resolution to impeach Vice President Cheney. — Anti-war presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced a privileged resolution, used to circumvent the committee process …
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Recession's Hidden Virtues — We are all waiting, it seems, for the next recession. Everyone knows that the business cycle hasn't been repealed, and so another recession is inevitable. Some indicators suggest that it might be sooner rather than later. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index …
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
House Democrats Push Higher Taxes on Housing Sector — Democrats have been making the case for some time that many Americans are hurting economically, no matter what the national data may show about overall economic growth and the low unemployment rate. Many point to trouble in the housing sector …
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Richard Esposito Reports / The Blotter:
Sources: Kerik Tells Friends He Expects Indictment Next Week — Richard Esposito Reports: — Bernard Kerik expects to be indicted by a federal grand jury by next Friday at the latest, two sources close to the investigation tell ABC News. — The sources say Kerik has told his close friends …
Marilyn W. Thompson / New York Times:
Bush Brother's Firm Faces Inquiry Over Purchases — The inspector general of the Department of Education has said he will examine whether federal money was inappropriately used by three states to buy educational products from a company owned by Neil Bush, the president's brother.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
New York Democrats Say License Issue Had Little Effect — Democrats declared yesterday that Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants had not proved to be the electoral boon Republicans had hoped for in local elections, despite the Republicans' aggressive efforts …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Split Over Bill Affecting Backers — In early June, as the Senate Finance Committee began examining how a new breed of Wall Street titan could be paying a special low tax rate on executives' salaries, one of the richest of them, hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors …
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran says it reaches nuclear milestone — BIRJAND, Iran - Iran has reached a milestone in its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday, suggesting that the country now has 3,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges fully operating. — "We have now reached 3,000 machines," …
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Ronny Shaked / Ynetnews:
Thousands of Palestinians apply for Israeli citizenship — Intensive talks over division of Jerusalem has prompted its Palestinian residents to make a move once considered the ultimate treason — Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem calling to set up an appointment with the Interior Ministry …
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