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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Wallace: Dems are 'fools' to boycott Fox — When Chris Wallace replaced Tony Snow as the host of "Fox News Sunday" in December 2003, the network appeared to take a more moderate approach to Sunday talk. — Unlike Snow, a former Republican speechwriter, Wallace's broadcasting résumé …
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Drudge Report:
DEMS HOLD FIRE ON HUCKABEE; SEE 'EASY KILL' IN GENERAL ELECTION — Democrat party officials are avoiding any and all criticism of Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee, insiders reveal. — The Democratic National Committee has told staffers to hold all fire, until he secures the party's nomination.
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Poll: Huckabee would lose to leading Dems by double digits — WASHINGTON (CNN) — While presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is surging in new polls of GOP candidates, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Tuesday shows he would lose to all three leading Democratic candidates by double digits in hypothetical contests.
The Corner:
Edwards the Conqueror — Forgive me for thinking this new CNN poll is a little weird. It shows Democrats winning a lot of presidential matchups, which is not weird, but it shows the strongest Democrat against any Republican candidate is...John Edwards. Which is a little weird.
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New York Times:
Destruction of C.I.A. Tapes Cleared by Lawyers — Lawyers within the clandestine branch of the Central Intelligence Agency gave written approval in advance to the destruction in 2005 of hundreds of hours of videotapes documenting interrogations of two lieutenants from Al Qaeda …
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Washington Post:
Waterboarding Recounted — Ex-CIA Officer Says It 'Probably Saved Lives' but Is Torture
Waterboarding Recounted — Ex-CIA Officer Says It 'Probably Saved Lives' but Is Torture
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
More Tapes of Interrogations? — One more thing from today's must-read …
More Tapes of Interrogations? — One more thing from today's must-read …
The Politico:
Liberal views could haunt Obama — When Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was seeking state office a dozen years ago, he took unabashedly liberal positions: flatly opposed to capital punishment, in support of a federal single-payer health plan, against any restrictions on abortion …
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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Dropping Oppo — Circulating among Iowa labor circles …
Dropping Oppo — Circulating among Iowa labor circles …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Democrats Pull Budget Offer — The GOP Is Negotiating In Bad Faith, Obey Says — A Democratic deal to give President Bush some war funding in exchange for additional domestic spending appeared to collapse last night after House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey (D-Wis.) …
Barry Hertz / network.nationalpost.com:
Teen girl in critical condition after alleged dispute over hijab — A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after being choked by a man believed to be her father, apparently after a dispute with her family over her refusal to wear the hijab, the Islamic headscarf worn by some Muslim women.
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Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
NRCC props up its pummeled Ohio candidate — Republicans are facing a surprisingly fierce fight in a Tuesday special election to hold on to a conservative northwestern Ohio seat that has been under the party's control for the past 70 years. — The GOP expects to win another special election set …
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Abolish the CIA — DESTROYING THE INTERROGATION TAPES AMOUNTS TO MUTINY AND TREASON. — It seems flabbergastingly improbable that President George W. Bush learned of the National Intelligence Estimate concerning Iranian nuclear ambitions only a few days before the rest of us did …
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Wall Street Journal:
Group Says Iran Resumed Weapon Program — The Iranian opposition group that first exposed Iran's nuclear-fuel program said a U.S. intelligence analysis is correct that Tehran shut down its weaponization program in 2003, but claims that the program was relocated and restarted in 2004.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Labor Unions Support WGA, Fire Union Busting Consultant Chris Lehane — SEIU Local 99 in Los Angeles — education workers who include teacher's aids, cafeteria workers and crossing guards — have fired former Clinton spokesman Chris Lehane from a consulting contract in support of the WGA .
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Ex-Pentagon Aide Says U.S. Abandoned Quick Iraq Transition — A former top Pentagon official blamed the Bush administration's top official in Iraq for abandoning a plan for a quick transition to Iraqi leadership in the summer of 2003 and instead keeping the U.S. government in control of the country for more than a year.
The Corner:
Road to Damascus — Jonah: I have pretty much decided for Ron Paul myself. I am sympathetic to many of the reservations you have posted, but every piece of serious policy analysis I read confirms to me that our country has gone too far down a wrong path—a path that leads to nothing I recognize as conservatism.