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Associated Press:
Publisher: McClellan doesn't believe Bush lied — Spokesman 'did not intend to suggest' the president purposely misled him — President George W. Bush listens as his Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, announces his resignation at the White House April 19, 2006 in Washington, DC. — Video
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Huckabee: Bush's role in Plame leak should be 'investigated.' — In an interview on MSNBC's Hardball yesterday, former Republican Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee called Scott McClellan's revelation that "the President himself" was involved in the Valerie Plame scandal "stunning."
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Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Publisher Of McClellan Book: Scottie Won't Implicate Bush For Lying About Plamegate, After All — Oh, this is just lovely. The publisher of the forthcoming book by former White House flack Scott McClellan is now walking back the idea that the book will finger President Bush …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
She's No Morgenthau — Most of the time, Barack Obama seems like he's boxing in the wrong weight class. But Monday in Fort Dodge, Iowa, he delivered an unscripted jab that was a beaut. — At a news conference, the Illinois senator was asked about Hillary Clinton's attack on his qualifications.
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John Whitesides / Reuters:Democratic 2008 presidential race tightens: Reuters poll
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Paul Krugman:
They hate me! They really hate me! — Wow. Early in my tenure at the NYT, I was advised that it's a bad idea to devote a column to attacking another columnist — not just at the Times, but anywhere. Why? Because it makes you look small — as if you have nothing better to do than snipe …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Krugman vs. Krugman — In liberal Democratic circles, the debate over Social Security has taken a dangerous "don't worry, be happy" turn. — The argument has two equally dishonest components. The first is to deny that Social Security faces a daunting financing problem …
Mark Thoma / Economist's View:Ruth Marcus Tries to Show Her Beltway Badge of Seriousness
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Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
Latest Column — Let the games begin. — As for FISA: — 1. The bipartisan bill that was being negotiated by House Intelligence Committee members probably would have won a veto-proof majority, and would have included the most crucial civil liberties protections—the "minimization" …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Joe Klein: Both factually false and stuck in the 1980s — For the sake of its own credibility, Time Magazine needs immediately to prohibit Joe Klein from uttering another word about the eavesdropping and FISA controversy. He simply doesn't know what he's talking about and he publishes demonstrably false statements.
Marty Griffin / KDKA-TV:
Military Says Bonus Letter Was A 'Mistake' — A KDKA investigation is getting national attention and results for a wounded soldier from Mt. Lebanon and perhaps thousands of others. — The Army ordered Jordan Fox to return thousands of dollars in bonus money because his injuries prevented him from completing his tour.
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Luke Baker / Reuters:
Resurgent Taliban closing in on Kabul: report — LONDON (Reuters) - The conflict in Afghanistan has reached "crisis proportions," with the resurgent Taliban present in more than half the country and closing in on Kabul, a report said on Wednesday. — If NATO, the lead force operating in Afghanistan …
Boston Globe:
New Hampshire primary date: Jan. 8 — New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner today announced that the Granite State's first-in-the-nation primary will take place on Jan. 8, the earliest date ever for a primary ballot in a presidential election year. — The much anticipated announcement came …
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Tony Perkins / The Politico:
Top conservative slams Rudy on abortion — As the Republican presidential primaries approach early next year, a chorus of voices for former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is consistently telling the public that he would appoint "strict constructionist" judges to the federal bench.
John Stossel / Real Clear Politics:
The Tragedy of the Commons — Every year around this time, schoolchildren are taught about that wonderful day when Pilgrims and Native Americans shared the fruits of the harvest. "Isn't sharing wonderful?" say the teachers. — They miss the point. — Because of sharing, the first Thanksgiving in 1623 almost didn't happen.
Boston Herald:
Victim's father rips Mass. 'stupidity' — Convicted killer freed despite assault rap — The father of a Washington woman slaughtered along with her new husband - allegedly at the hands of a convicted Bay State killer - said his daughter's accused murderer never should have been released from prison here.
Little Green Footballs:
Our Friends the Saudis Explain 200 Lashes for a Rape Victim — As we noted last Thursday, our "allies" in the disgusting religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia have sentenced a gang rape victim to six months in prison and 200 lashes. — Yes, the victim.
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