memeorandum: The Man Between War and Peace (Thomas P.M. Barnett/Esquire)

10:55 AM ET, March 6, 2008

Top Items:

Sewell Chan / City Room:

Blast Damages Times Square Recruiting Station — The police have attributed the blast to an improvised explosive device, and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said the device had been placed in an ammunition box like the kind that can be bought at a military supply store.

Discussion: Megan McArdle, Power Line, New York Post, Confederate Yankee, Gawker, On Deadline, Buck Naked Politics, Atlas Shrugs, All Spin Zone, Media Blog, Balloon Juice, The Strata-Sphere and Pirate's Cove

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Breaking: Bombing at Big Apple military recruitment center Update: Kos diarist claims right-wing plot — Given the escalating protests over military recruitment, it seems inevitable that people would bomb those who seek to protect the nation and fight our enemies.

Discussion: TownHall Blog, The Jawa Report and michellemalkin.com

Associated Press:
Feds probe Times Square blast

Discussion: Outside The Beltway and Alternate Brain

Gateway Pundit:
Military Office Bombed!... New York's Times Square Shut Down

Discussion: Associated Press, Sister Toldjah and Roger L. Simon

CNN:
‘Bang’ halts Times Square subways

Discussion: The Corner and American Spectator

Washington Post:

Even in Victory, Clinton Team Is Battling Itself — For the bruised and bitter staff around Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tuesday's death-defying victories in the Democratic presidential primaries in Ohio and Texas proved sweet indeed. They savored their wins yesterday, plotted their next steps and indulged in a moment of optimism.

Discussion: TownHall Blog, The New Republic, Ben Smith's Blogs, The Opinionator, Hullabaloo, Democratic Strategist, Prairie Weather, Blue Crab Boulevard, Marc Ambinder, Below The Beltway, Swampland, Commentary, AMERICAblog and Donklephant

The Politico:

Superdelegates play hardball — Flexing their new power to determine the Democratic presidential nomination, a bloc of Ohio superdelegates is withholding endorsements from Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton until one or the other offers a concrete proposal to protect American jobs, two Ohio Democrats told Politico Wednesday.

Discussion: Buckeye State Blog, Ohio Daily Blog and MyDD

Mark Halperin / The Page:
Obama Memo on Clinton Tax Returns

Discussion: The Fact Hub, CNN and Ben Smith's Blogs

New York Times:
Lesson of Defeat: Obama Comes Out Punching

Discussion: Real Clear Politics

Charles Hurt / New York Post:

ONLY GORE CAN STOP A MELTDOWN — IF AL GORE can pull himself away from saving the planet long enough, he might want to consider rescuing the Demo cratic Party from the clutches of utter self-destruction. — Campaigning against an unpopular war in Iraq, a sputtering economy and a disappearing dollar …

Discussion: The Corner, QandO and Don Surber

New York Times:

Clinton Success Alters Delegate Race's Dynamic — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's victories in the primaries on Tuesday barely dented Senator Barack Obama's lead in delegates, but they seemed to slow the Democratic Party establishment's move in his direction while giving her campaign time to try to turn the race in her favor.

Discussion: The Swamp and MiamiHerald.com

Marc Ambinder:

DNC Lays Out Choice For Florida And Michigan: Rules, Re-Vote — Howard Dean will not bend the party rules to grandfather in the disputed delegates from Michigan and Florida, the Democratic party chairman said in a statement today. — Instead, he put the state parties on notice …

Bloomberg:

Clinton's Primary Wins Halt Movement of Superdelegates to Obama — Hillary Clinton scored more than just three presidential primary victories this week. She also helped freeze a movement of top Democrats set to call on her to concede to rival Barack Obama.

Alexander Panetta / Canadian Press:

‘NAFTAgate’ began with remark from Harper's chief of staff — OTTAWA — If the Prime Minister is seeking the first link in the chain of events that has rocked the U.S. presidential race, he need look no further than his chief of staff, Ian Brodie, The Canadian Press has learned.

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, The Daily Dish, culturekitchen, TPM Election Central, Talking Points Memo, Swampland, Bang the Drum, Political Punch, Donklephant, Below The Beltway, Macsmind, AMERICAblog, Liberal Values and Obsidian Wings

Campbell Clark / Globe and Mail:
PM's top aide set off storm with Obama NAFTA leak

Discussion: Megan McArdle, Marc Ambinder and Democracy in America

Thomas P.M. Barnett / Esquire:

The Man Between War and Peace — As head of U. S. Central Command, Admiral William “Fox” Fallon is in charge of American military strategy for the most troubled parts of the world. Now, as the White House has been escalating the war of words with Iran, and seeming ever more determined …

Discussion: Early Warning, Outside The Beltway, Corrente, DownWithTyranny!, The Newshoggers, Hullabaloo and Think Progress

Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Commander Rejects Article of Praise

Discussion: Thomas P.M. Barnett

Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:

Alive! — Tuesday's exciting presidential primaries were about momentum, delegates and second looks. — In the Republican contest, these factors gave victory to the Lazarus candidate. John McCain's campaign nearly collapsed eight months ago in a mass of debt and missteps.

Discussion: protein wisdom, TigerHawk and Connecting.the.Dots

Washington Post:

Both Obama And Clinton Hold Edge Over McCain — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) kicks off his general-election campaign trailing both potential Democratic nominees in hypothetical matchups, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, ABCNEWS, American Power, New York Times, First Draft, Daily Kos, Truthdig, Real Clear Politics, The New Republic, Matthew Yglesias and Eschaton

Charlotte Allen / Washington Post:

Charlotte Allen on Outlook Article, Reaction — Author, “We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get?” — On Sunday, The Washington Post's Outlook section published a piece by Charlotte Allen under the headline “ We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get?”

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, American Street, Shakespeare's Sister, Lawyers, Guns and Money and The XX Factor

Michael Graham / Boston Herald:

An exercise in discrimination at Harvard … What can a 19-year-old guy in jogging shorts do at Harvard that a rich Saudi sheik who sponsors terrorism can't? — Get banned from the building. — Six times a week, Harvard kicks all the guys out of the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center …

Discussion: The Corner, Power Line, Clayton Cramer's BLOG and Instapundit.com

CNN:

Russian arms dealer arrested in Thailand — BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) — For years, Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has made millions of dollars allegedly delivering weapons and ammunition to warlords and militants. Officials believe many of his activities may be illegal, and on Thursday, Thai police announced his arrest.