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David Espo / Associated Press:
Rep. Boehner Elected House Majority Leader  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. John Boehner (news, bio, voting record) of Ohio was elected House majority leader Thursday to replace indicted Rep. Tom DeLay.  —  Boehner defeated fellow Republican Rep. Roy Blunt (news, bio, voting record) of Missouri …
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Associated Press:
Rep. Boehner Elected GOP Majority Leader  —  WASHINGTON — Republican officials say Rep. John Boehner of Ohio has been chosen House majority leader.  —  Boehner defeated Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, 122-109, after lagging behind his rival in a first, inconclusive ballot.
CNN:
Boehner elected House majority leader  —  Republicans choose Ohio lawmaker to succeed DeLay  —  (CNN) — House Republicans on Thursday elected U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as majority leader.  —  He upset Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri in a 122-109 vote on the second ballot.
New York Times:
Ohio Congressman Wins Majority Leader Race, Replacing DeLay  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — Representative John Boehner, an eight-term Congressman from far west Ohio, defeated Representative Roy Blunt of Missouri today to become House majority leader as Republicans showed their eagerness …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and QandO
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Lobbying Changes Divide House GOP  —  Just two weeks after House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) pledged to pass far-reaching changes to the rules of lobbying on Capitol Hill, House Republican members pushed back hard against those proposals yesterday, charging that their leaders are overreacting to a growing corruption scandal.
Krempasky / RedState:
House Majority Leader Race
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Krempasky / RedState:
Congratulations, Mr. Leader  —  Congressman John Boehner …
Discussion: On Tap and Wizbang
Michelle Malkin:
IN SEARCH OF A BRAVE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER (UPDATED)  —  ***11:20am update...I've just learned that the NYSun published two of the cartoons in today's print edition...will post scans if I can get them...bravo!...scan posted below...***  —  I have contacted several newspaper op-ed editors urging …
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Scott Burgess / The Daily Ablution:
An Awakening Europe Reacts - Spineless UK Press Doesn't  —  In breaking news, the Jerusalem Post is reporting that "Palestinian gunmen" have surrounded the EU Commission's office in Gaza, in protest at the publication in several countries of the celebrated cartoons of Muhammad:
Discussion: BBC, Jihad Watch, lgf and Fausta's Blog
Lorenzo Vidino / The Counterterrorism Blog:
Fabricated cartoons worsened Danish controversy
Associated Press:
Police apologize, drop charge against Sheehan  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police dropped a charge of unlawful conduct against anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan Wednesday and offered apologies to her as well as a congressman's wife after they were ejected from President Bush's State …
Discussion: The American Street and TPRS
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
When does the "self-correcting" blogosphere start to self-correct?
Mark Kleiman / The Reality-Based Community:
Graymail and missing emails  —  Tom Maguire pretends not to understand, but Scooter Libby's demand for information about Valerie Plame's work for the CIA is of a piece with his demand for copies of the Presidential Daily Briefs: graymail, pure and simple.  The idea is to ask …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Fitzgerald - Missing Emails?
Discussion: Associated Press
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Joint Chiefs Fire At Toles Cartoon On Strained Army  —  In a protest with an unusual number of high-level signatures, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and each of its five members have fired off a letter assailing a Washington Post cartoon as "beyond tasteless."
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Washington Post:
Republicans Were Masters In the Race to Paint Alito  —  Democrats' Portrayal Failed to Sway the Public  —  On the night of Sunday, Oct. 30, the White House team charged with getting Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s nomination through the Senate got a first look at the nominee.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Netroots, It's Time to Get Serious About Power
Discussion: The Washington Note and Daily Kos
Benjamin Harvey / aolsvc.news.aol.com:
In Turkish Movie, Americans Kill Innocents  —  Gary Busey, Billy Zane Co-Star in Anti-American Film  —  ISTANBUL, Turkey (Feb. 2) - In the most expensive Turkish movie ever made, American soldiers in Iraq crash a wedding and pump a little boy full of lead in front of his mother.
Neela Banerjee / New York Times:
Evangelical Filmmakers Criticized for Hiring Gay Actor  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — Christian ministers were enthusiastic at the early private screenings of "End of the Spear," made by Every Tribe Entertainment, an evangelical film company.  But days before the film's premiere …
CNN:
Jimmy Carter: Give Hamas a chance  —  Former president says U.S. should not cut off aid to Palestinians  —  (CNN) — Hamas deserves to be recognized by the international community, and despite the group's militant history, there is a chance the soon-to-be Palestinian leaders could turn away from violence …
Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Bush told Blair we're going to war, memo reveals  —  · PM backed invasion despite illegality warnings  —  · Plan to disguise US jets as UN planes  —  · Bush: postwar violence unlikely  —  Tony Blair told President George Bush that he was "solidly" …
Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Iraq, Niger, And The CIA  —  Vice President Cheney and his then-Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby were personally informed in June 2003 that the CIA no longer considered credible the allegations that Saddam Hussein had attempted to procure uranium from the African nation of Niger …

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Daily Kos:
TX-28: Is this really a *Democratic* primary?
Ann Hulbert / Slate:
Will Boys Be Boys?  —  Why the gender lens may not shed light …
Larry Elder / Townhall.com:
The (blue) State of the Union address
Discussion: protein wisdom
Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Alito Splits With Conservatives on Inmate
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
French Newspaper Caves to Muslim Threats of Violence, Fires Editor (Updated)
Algorehasalockbox / huffingtonpost.com:
MURTHA'S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT …
Fausta / Fausta's Blog:
Evo Morales: "Fidel's a democratic man"
Discussion: Dr. Sanity
Guardian:
Iran's message to the west: back off or we retaliate
Discussion: SoCalPundit

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Rogers / Kung Fu Monkey:
Just.  Stay.  Down.  —  I don't often get involved in blog-spats.
Discussion: TBogg and UNCoRRELATED
Times of London:
The President is a dolt - so how can America be such a success story?
New York Times:
The March of the Straw Soldiers
Los Angeles Times:
What isolationism?  — In his speech, the president presented …
Discussion: TAPPED and The Mahablog
Slate:
Is Abortion Bad?  —  Dear Katha,  —  Let's start by explaining …
Discussion: TAPPED and Eschaton
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Court Remade in the Reagan Era's Image
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
'I Hope She Drowns'  —  The implosion of the Democratic Party.
Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
'St. Jack' and the Bullies in the Pulpit
 
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