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The Politico:
Democrats remain stalled on Iraq debate — As the congressional session lurches toward a close, Democrats are confronting some demoralizing arithmetic on Iraq. — The numbers tell a story of political and substantive paralysis more starkly than most members are willing to acknowledge publicly, or perhaps even to themselves.
Associated Press:
La. Pol's 'Buckwheat' Remark Sparks Ire — HOUMA, La. (AP) — A white state lawmaker in a runoff election called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," prompting the NAACP to urge voters to kick her out of office. — Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, a Democrat …
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Candidate Apologizes For 'Buckwheat' Remark — HOUMA, La. — A state representative in a runoff election infuriated civil rights leaders after she ended a conversation with the mother of the NAACP's local president by saying, "Talk to you later, Buckwheat."
Holly Ramer / Associated Press:
Edwards announces paid family leave plan — CONCORD, N.H. - When it comes to helping parents take time off from work, Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards is raising the stakes. — The former North Carolina senator on Tuesday will propose spending $2 billion a year …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court takes no action on gun case — The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced no action on a new case testing the meaning of the Second Amendment — an issue the Court has not considered in 68 years. The Orders List contained no mention of either the District of Columbia's appeal (07-290) …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Case Touches a 2nd Amendment Nerve
Case Touches a 2nd Amendment Nerve
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Josh White / Washington Post:
'Hidden Costs' Double Price Of Two Wars, Democrats Say — The economic costs to the United States of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far total approximately $1.5 trillion, according to a new study by congressional Democrats that estimates the conflicts' "hidden costs"— including higher oil prices …
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Note to HRC staffers: Trust your candidate — Does Hillary Clinton really need to plant questions? — Does the Clinton campaign really need to twist a college kid's arm to ask Clinton a question about climate change at a climate change event? — After Clinton toured a biodiesel plant in Newton …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Voters dismiss 'piling on' charge — Most Americans reject the charge that other presidential candidates are "piling on" Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a new Fox 5/The Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports poll. — Only 25 percent of voters said recent criticism …
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Dominic Kennedy / Times of London:
Gays should be hanged, says Iranian minister — Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at a peace conference, The Times has learnt. — Mohsen Yahyavi is the highest-ranked politician to admit …
Alan Krueger / AMERICAN.COM:
What Makes a Terrorist — It's not poverty and lack of education, according to economic research by Princeton's ALAN KRUEGER. Look elsewhere. — In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, policymakers, scholars, and ordinary citizens asked a key question …
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Righting Reagan's Wrongs? — Let's set the record straight on Ronald Reagan's campaign kickoff in 1980. — Early one morning in the late spring of 1964, Dr. Carolyn Goodman, her husband, Robert, and their 17-year-old son, David, said goodbye to David's brother, Andrew, who was 20.
Donald Lambro / Townhall.com:
Dems Tie Up Fiscal 2008 Appropriations Bill in Pork — WASHINGTON — Despite the Democrats' pledge to get control of their addiction to wasteful spending, their mountain of pork-barrel provisions has prevented Congress from passing its appropriations bills for fiscal year 2008.
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Panel May Cut Sentences For Crack — An independent panel is considering reducing the sentences of inmates incarcerated in federal prisons for crack cocaine offenses, which would make thousands of people immediately eligible to be freed. — The U.S. Sentencing Commission …
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:
Dances With Wolves... is the real reason the Dems can't talk about, much less show their support for, the turnaround in Iraq. Happy Feet is how they're working on their kids. Rich points out that the press doesn't want to report improvement in Iraq. Ralph Peters makes the same point …
Fox News:
Gen. Petraeus Meets With Al-Sadr Deputies — WASHINGTON — Top U.S. commander in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus has met with representatives of Muqtada al-Sadr, once one of the top enemies fueling the insurgency against the elected Iraqi government, FOX News has confirmed.
Opinion Journal:
Movin' On Up — A Treasury study refutes populist hokum about "income inequality." — If you've been listening to Mike Huckabee or John Edwards on the Presidential trail, you may have heard that the U.S. is becoming a nation of rising inequality and shrinking opportunity.