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Jacob Gershman / New York Sun:
Aide: Spitzer May Defy Calls To Step Down — Governor Huddles With Lawyers at Home — ALBANY — A top aide to Governor Spitzer said today Mr. Spitzer has not made up his mind about whether to step down from office despite mounting calls for his resignation amid allegations that he arranged …
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Revelations Began in Routine Tax Inquiry
Revelations Began in Routine Tax Inquiry
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GOP Pol: Resign Or Else
GOP Pol: Resign Or Else
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New York Post:
SPITZER HAS USED HOOKERS FOR 6 YEARS: SOURCES — Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been soliciting high-priced hookers for at least six years and possibly for more than a decade, sources tell The Post. — The revelation yesterday that the crusading governor was in fact “Client 9” …
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Amid Charges of Spitzer Tryst, Embattled Prostitute “Kristen” Expected to Resign — New York - At a hastily scheduled morning press conference at the headquarters of New York's exclusive Emperors Club prostitution ring, high priced call girl “Kristen” announced that she would temporarily step aside …
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
Obama adviser says Clinton must ‘repudiate’ backer's comments — (CNN) — A senior adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign called on Hillary Clinton to “repudiate” a comment by one of her top fundraisers that Barack Obama would not be a major presidential contender if he were not black.
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Agence France Presse:
Obama fury over Clinton backer Ferraro's race remark
Obama fury over Clinton backer Ferraro's race remark
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Disagreeing with Ferraro — Between the Spitzer story …
Disagreeing with Ferraro — Between the Spitzer story …
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Byron York / The Corner:
Axelrod: An “Insidious Pattern” In The Clinton Campaign
Axelrod: An “Insidious Pattern” In The Clinton Campaign
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Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Sinbad Unloads on Hillary Clinton — Finally, the Barack Obama campaign has found a big gun to help shoot down Hillary Rodham Clinton's self-proclaimed foreign policy experience. And he may be the wackiest gun of all: Sinbad, the actor, who has come out from under a rock to defend Obama in the war over foreign policy credentials.
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Jim Miklaszewski / MSNBC:
A PENTAGON PROBLEM - LOOSE LIPS — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon sharks are circling CENTCOM Commander Adm. William “Fox” Fallon for a magazine interview in which he appears to openly criticize President Bush on the administration's Iran policy. The very public comments raised speculation Fallon …
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New York Times:
Top U.S. Commander in Mideast to Retire Early — WASHINGTON — Adm. William J. Fallon, the top American commander in the Middle East whose views on Iran and other issues have seemed to put him at odds with the Bush administration, is retiring early, the Pentagon said Tuesday afternoon.
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CNN:
Fallon resigns as chief of U.S. forces in Middle East — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Adm. William Fallon has resigned as chief of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia after more than a year in the post, citing what he called an inaccurate perception that he is at odds with the Bush administration over Iran.
Orlando Patterson / New York Times:
The Red Phone in Black and White — ON first watching Hillary Clinton's recent “It's 3 a.m.” advertisement, I was left with an uneasy feeling that something was not quite right — something that went beyond my disappointment that she had decided to go negative. Repeated watching of the ad on YouTube increased my unease.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Memo: “No Support For Claim That Clinton Has Passed ‘Commander-In-Chief Test’” — Signaling a sustained and more aggressive counterattack against Hillary's “commander-in-chief test” assault, the Obama campaign has a new memo out from foreign policy adviser Greg Craig that goes …
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Byron York / The Corner:
Former Clinton Loyalist: Don't Believe Hillary's Claims
Former Clinton Loyalist: Don't Believe Hillary's Claims
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Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam and al Qaida — WASHINGTON — An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Pelosi: No ticket — Nancy Pelosi tells Boston TV that a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket is “impossible.” — “I think that the Clinton administration (sic) has fairly ruled that out by proclaiming that Senator McCain would be a better Commander in Chief than Obama.
Michael O'Hanlon / USA Today:
Reality and the Iraq war — Is the progress today the first glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel? Maybe, maybe not. But the Democrats shouldn't act as though it's an oncoming train. — Most Democrats — in fact, most Americans — believe that the Iraq war has been a huge mistake for this country.
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Paul Kiel / TPMMuckraker:
House Surveillance Bill Contains Provision to Aid Telecom Suits — As The New York Times reports this morning, the House leadership's draft proposal for a surveillance bill contains a provision that would reject giving retroactive immunity to the telecoms. Instead, it would give …
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White House:
President Bush Attends National Religious Broadcasters 2008 Convention — Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you all. Please be seated. Thank you for the warm welcome. Nothing better than being introduced by a fellow Texan.
The Politico:
Obama backer revives Clinton sex scandals — Another sign of the anger in Obamaland at the Clinton campaign: an email from a member of Obama's LGBT leadership council, Maxim Thorne, to a couple of listservs: — “We cannot tolerate her lies and stolen election,” Thorne wrote of Clinton, revisiting familiar themes:
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