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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Did Biden, Dodd and Edwards Kill Bhutto Too? — Obama Campaign Chief Political Strategist David Axelrod — What the hell is Obama chief political strategist David Axelrod doing? — Nearly all of the major papers and a good slug of blogs have noted with some surprise his comment …
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
John Edwards: Obama 'Living in Never-Never Land'?
John Edwards: Obama 'Living in Never-Never Land'?
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Friday Line: Unforeseen Events Intrude
The Friday Line: Unforeseen Events Intrude
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
THE BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: NOT WHAT SHE SEEMED TO BE — FOR the next several days, you're going to read and hear a great deal of pious nonsense in the wake of the assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. — Her country's better off without her.
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Michael Yon:
News flash for Osama bin Laden — Here's a news flash for Osama bin Laden, who earlier today released a call " to guerrilla forces in Mesopotamia. “ — I have directly observed how more and more Iraqis have grown to hate al Qaeda as much as Americans do.
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
New bin Laden Video on Islamic State of Iraq (Update: bin Laden MURDERED?) — A banner on jihad websites yesterday announced that as Sahab video, the propaganda arm of al Qaeda in Pakistan/Afghanistan, will soon be releasing a message from Osama bin Laden. — The title of the message indicates …
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Dems protest Bush's veto of defense bill — At the behest of the Iraqi government, President Bush has vetoed the annual defense authorization bill, saying an obscure provision in the legislation could make Iraqi assets held in U.S. banks vulnerable to lawsuits.
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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Bush rejects defense bill by pocket veto — CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush on Friday used a “pocket veto” to reject a sweeping defense bill because he dislikes a provision that would expose the Iraqi government to expensive lawsuits seeking damages from the Saddam Hussein era.
Office of the Speaker / The Gavel:
Pelosi and Reid Condemn Bush Plan to Veto of Defense Authorization Bill
Pelosi and Reid Condemn Bush Plan to Veto of Defense Authorization Bill
John Dickerson / Slate:
A SNEAK PREVIEW OF JOHN MCCAIN'S SECRET ANTI-ROMNEY AD. — On Thursday, Mitt Romney put up a television ad knocking John McCain for not supporting tax cuts and offering amnesty to illegal aliens. The ad asks “John McCain, an honorable man. But is he the right Republican for the future?”
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Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
McCain to Romney: ‘Try to relax, Mitt’
McCain to Romney: ‘Try to relax, Mitt’
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Jesus H Christ / The Huffington Post:
atrios.blogspot.com(2) — Page: 1 2 3 Next › Last » (3 pages total) — part frog. — The amazing frogman prognosticator. — poorotis — This is a sure sign the Times are a propaganda organ. My goodness, this is truly beyond the pale. — No more illusions where the NYT is concerned.
New York Times:
Huckabee Sees Pakistan as Reason for Border Fence — DES MOINES — Mike Huckabee used the volatile situation in Pakistan Friday to make an argument for building a fence on the American border with Mexico and found himself trying to explain a series of remarks about Pakistanis and their nation.
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Giuliani Campaign Official: Rudy Is The Only Candidate Who Can Chase “The Muslims"..."Back Into Their Caves" — From the Guardian UK via TPM: (h/t SteveAudio) — Winning hearts and minds the world over... John Deady, Co-Chair for New Hampshire's Veterans for Rudy:
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Dan Gearino / Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier:
New Lee poll: Edwards moves into 3-way tie — A new Iowa caucus poll from Lee Enterprises newspapers shows the Democratic race is a virtual three-way tie, with John Edwards rising to tie Barack Obama for the lead and Hillary Clinton rising to just one point behind.
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Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
Bolton denies he is a Huckabee adviser — In recent days, Mike Huckabee has tried to answer long-standing questions about who is on his foreign policy team. On Friday morning, he listed former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton as someone with whom he either has “spoken or will continue to speak.”
Kagro X / Daily Kos:
Bush claims Senate's pro forma sessions don't count — That veto George W. Bush threatened of the Defense authorization bill? The one with the troops' pay raise in it? — He hasn't even got the stones to put his signature to it: … That's right, civics fans: Bush is claiming this is a …
Washington Times:
Inside the Ring — State Department spokesman Tom Casey told reporters yesterday that the department favors the idea of Pakistan going ahead with planned elections in the next few weeks “as the best way, as the president said, to honor former Prime Minister Bhutto's memory." — Hurting morale
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P.J. O'Rourke / Weekly Standard:
Dear Diary, I Think I'm in Love — The confessions of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. — Journals — This is a bad, vain, dull, repulsive book. Don't read it. I didn't. — Oops, have I committed the previous sentence to print? I've just broken the most sacred vow of book reviewers.
Ronald Bailey / Reason Magazine:
Is Ron Paul an Evolution Denier? Apparently Yes. — Remember when three Republican presidential hopefuls raised their hands to declare their disbelief in biological evolution? Well, we can now add a fourth—Ron Paul. Republicans seem anxious to prove they are the party of scientific ignoramuses.