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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Bush's Troubles Weigh Heavily as Republicans Meet to Showcase Candidates — MEMPHIS, March 11 — Republicans gathered here this weekend acutely concerned with the elections ahead and distressed by the White House's performance since President Bush's re-election.
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Drudge Report:
MCCAIN IN REPUBLICAN STRAW POLL EMBARRASSMENT — Facing a loss at a 2008 straw poll event this weekend, Senator John McCain of Arizona told his supporters to write in President Bush [?] as a sign of support, leaving many sputtering. — "For the next three years, with our country at war …
Washington Post:
Money's Going to Talk in 2008 — 'Entry Fee' for Presidential Race Could Be $100 Million — Michael E. Toner, the chairman of the Federal Election Commission, has some friendly advice for presidential candidates who plan to be taken seriously by the time nominating contests start in early 2008: Bring your wallet.
Tom Bevan / The RCP Blog:McCain At The SRLC — Last night at the SRLC, John McCain drew …
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Decision '08
CNN:
Milosevic: Architect of Balkans carnage — Serb leader presided over ethnic cleansing in Bosnia — (CNN) — Former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic was regarded as the chief architect of the carnage unleashed during the breakup of Yugoslavia. — Milosevic, who died at the age …
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CNN:
Milosevic found dead in cell — (CNN) — Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been found dead in his cell in The Hague, Netherlands where he was being tried on war crimes charges, according to the United Nations war crimes tribunal. He was 64.
Associated Press:Slobodan Milosevic Found Dead in Cell
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Blinq, The Strata-Sphere, PunditGuy, The Glittering Eye, Gina Cobb, Sister Toldjah, Street Prophets and The Big Pharaoh
Washington Post:
Virginian Taken Hostage in Iraq Is Found Dead — Peace Activist Was Missing From Video That Showed Fellow Captives This Week — Tom Fox, the Virginia peace activist who was taken hostage last year in Iraq, has been found dead, a State Department spokesman said last night.
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Jeanne / Body and Soul:
"The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God" — You all know by now, I'm sure, that Tom Fox's body was found in Iraq yesterday. As far as I can tell, the Washington Post is the only major paper to put the story on the front page. The WaPo website also carries an AP story …
New York Times:
Even as U.S. Invaded, Hussein Saw Iraqi Unrest as Top Threat — As American warplanes streaked overhead two weeks after the invasion began, Lt. Gen. Raad Majid al-Hamdani drove to Baghdad for a crucial meeting with Iraqi leaders. He pleaded for reinforcements to stiffen the capital's defenses …
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National Review:
The Great Stampede — In recent weeks prominent conservatives — William F. Buckley, Niall Ferguson, Francis Fukuyama, George Will, to a name only a very few — have, in various ways, suggested that the war in Iraq was either a mistake or unwinnable, or both.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Why Not To Expect Any Changes In The White House Style — If you've been holding your breath for the battering of recent events since Hurricane Katrina to lead to some changes in White House staffing or style, then you're going to turn blue: … The most damning quote in the New York Times piece come at the end:
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Doug Ireland / DIRELAND:
Another Bush 'Family Values' Hypocrite: CLAUDE ALLEN ARRESTED FOR THEFT AND FRAUD — Former Bush domestic policy czar Claude Allen (right) has been arrested in Maryland on charges of swindling at least $5000 out of Targets and Hecht's stores in a refund scam, the Washington Post reports this morning.
Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Kerry takes another look at presidency — Says loss in 2004 made him tougher — Senators John F. Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy were in Boston yesterday at an event promoting a construction job training program for veterans. (AP Photo) — WASHINGTON — As Senator John F. Kerry prepared …
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The Moderate Voice, The Heretik, The Democratic Daily Blog, Decision '08 and Hotline On Call
Dymphna / Gates of Vienna:
Respect Must Be Earned — One of the recurring themes of the Great Cartoon Caper is exemplified by this article in today's Daily Telegraph of Australia: … The keyword here is "respect" (or the antonym, "disrespect"). Other examples of the theme can be found here, here, and here.
Souad Mekhennet / New York Times:
Muslims Express Anger and Hope at Danish Conference — COPENHAGEN, March 10 — Denmark sought Friday to tamp down the fierce Muslim protests over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad at a conference with Muslim preachers and scholars that produced calls for dialogue but also fresh protests …
John Crewdson / Chicago Tribune:
Internet blows CIA cover — It's easy to track America's covert operatives. All you need to know is how to navigate the Internet. — WASHINGTON — She is 52 years old, married, grew up in the Kansas City suburbs and now lives in Virginia, in a new three-bedroom house.
Jeanne / Body and Soul:
Faces — I hate cameras. I don't think I have more than a dozen pictures of myself taken in the past twenty years, and not many more before that, because I hate posing, and hate looking at myself. So I sympathize with Bettie Page, the old pinup, who is stretching her '50s fame …
Nick Britten / Telegraph:
The accelerator has jammed, the brakes have burned out and I'm trapped in my BMW doing 130mph — A motorist was trapped in his car driving at almost 130mph for 60 miles after the accelerator jammed. — Kevin Nicolle, 25, was unable to stop the automatic BMW going at top speed after the malfunction on the A1.
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