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3:20 PM ET, March 22, 2006

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Washington Post:
Mr. Bush Unvarnished  —  PRESIDENT BUSH should hold more news conferences.  In his hour-long exchange with reporters at the White House yesterday, he was considerably more effective in explaining and defending his commitment to the war in Iraq than in the three carefully worded speeches he has delivered in the past week.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Bush Concedes Iraq War Erodes Political Status  —  President Bush at his White House news conference yesterday.  He said he was convinced that the United States would succeed in Iraq.  —  WASHINGTON, March 21 — President Bush said Tuesday that the war in Iraq was eroding his political capital …
Opinion Journal:
What if We Lose?  —  The consequences of U.S. defeat in Iraq.  —  The third anniversary of U.S. military action to liberate Iraq has brought with it a relentless stream of media and political pessimism that is unwarranted by the facts and threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophesy if it goes unchallenged.
Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bush says war could outlast his presidency
Thomas B. Edsall / Washington Post:
Grants Flow To Bush Allies On Social Issues  —  Federal Programs Direct At Least $157 Million  —  For years, conservatives have complained about what they saw as the liberal tilt of federal grant money.  Taxpayer funds went to abortion rights groups such as Planned Parenthood to promote birth control …
Larry Ribstein / Ideoblog:
The Dabit opinion  —  The Supreme Court held in Dabit that holders of securities can't bring securities fraud class actions in state court.  Peter Lattman has the story.  —  As I have discussed, the basic problem in this case is that when Congress, in the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act …
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Larry Ribstein / Ideoblog:
Second thoughts on Dabit
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: Aw Shucks, Brady, You Shouldn't Have  —  Update: They are having some fun with Bughouse Ben already over at the post.blog.  Ben seems to be yet another home school Intelligent Design afficionado, a barking Yellow Elephant, and as Red Dan mentioned, the blogger "Augustine" over at Red State Racists.
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Roger Mahony / New York Times:
Called by God to Help  —  I'VE received a lot of criticism for stating last month that I would instruct the priests of my archdiocese to disobey a proposed law that would subject them, as well as other church and humanitarian workers, to criminal penalties.  The proposed Border Protection …
Discussion: Feministe and Penraker
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Myth-making and excuse-making on the Feingold Resolution  —  In order to generate further support for the Feingold Censure Resolution, numerous bloggers are encouraging everyone to pay an actual physical visit to their Senators' local offices in order to urge support for censure.
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
I Am Very Worried About 2006  —  The Democratic primary in the IL-06 was not supposed to be close.  I travel to DC often these days (in fact, I am about to leave for DC now), and from everyone I had talked to down there, I was told more or less the same thing: Duckworth will win this primary, and win it huge.
Chad Evans / In the Bullpen:
U.S. Officials Concerned Iran and Al Qaida are Cooperating  —  The Los Angeles Times reports U.S. intelligence is trying to determine what relationship, if any, there is between the Iranian leadership and the known Al Qaida leaders that reside in the nation.
Financial Times:
Fears grow over new Dubai revolt  —  By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and James Boxell in London  —  Arab and US officials are growing nervous at the prospect of a second congressional uprising against the acquisition of American assets by a Middle Eastern-controlled company in the wake of the Dubai Ports World debacle.
Online NewsHour:
Assessment of President Bush's optimism  —  MARGARET WARNER: So just how realistic was the president's assessment today of the situation in and prospects for Iraq?  We get two views of that from two former national security officials with bipartisan credentials.
Jeff Gelles / Philadelphia Inquirer:
IRS plans to allow preparers to sell data  —  Critics said the proposed regulation could lead to a loss of privacy for clients.  —  The IRS is quietly moving to loosen the once-inviolable privacy of federal income-tax returns.  If it succeeds, accountants and other tax-return preparers …
National Review:
To Hell with the "To Hell With The 'To Hell With Them' Hawks" Hawks  —  Just kidding there — actually, making the point that "The 'To Hell With Them' Hawks" is a really clunky way of identifying a faction.  It used to be said of the mathematician Camille Jordan, whose papers were famously unreadable …
Proud Kaffir / redstate.com:
Lies, Damn Lies, and (MSM) Statistics  —  On the third anniversay of the Iraq war, the MSM keeps bombarding us with stories and statistics trying to compare this war to the carnage in Vietnam, trying to make us think that US soldiers are dying at an alarming number due to Bush's failures.
Harry / Harry's Place:
Blair is right  —  For a long while, since his speech in Chicago in 1999 in fact, it has been clear that Tony Blair's foreign policy is based upon internationalist-interventionism and since September 11 he has been one of the few political leaders who has fully grasped the real nature of Islamist terrorism.
Chicago Tribune:
Blagojevich to face Topinka  —  Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich accepted his party's nod for re-election Tuesday and will face Judy Baar Topinka, who took advantage of a split among conservatives to win the Republican nomination for governor.  —  The primary election was notable for its low voter turnout …
Vanessa Arrington / Associated Press:
U.S., Iraqi Forces Capture 50 Insurgents  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents attacked a police station Wednesday for a second day in a row, but U.S. and Iraqi forces captured 50 of them after a two-hour gunbattle.  —  About 60 gunmen attacked the police station in Madain, south of Baghdad …
Vanessa Arrington / Associated Press:
Iraqi Cameraman for CBS Faces Trial  —  An Iraqi cameraman working for CBS News when he was wounded and detained by the U.S. military will be tried next month, CBS officials said Wednesday.  —  Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein's trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday, but an Iraqi judge postponed …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
POLITICAL INSIDER: Legislature 2006: Poll: Reed a drag on GOP ticket  —  A tough race for Sonny could be even tougher with Reed at his side.  Or so sayeth the pollster.  —  On Monday, pollster Matt Towery raised Republican blood pressure with the news that President Bush's approval ratings in Georgia had dropped significantly.
Scott Shields / MyDD:
Exposing The Machinery Of The Corporate Right  —  Up in Wyoming, the local Casper Star-Tribune decided to take a look at the machinery that pushes conservative laws in the state's legislature.  Many here at MyDD may be well aware of ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council …
Discussion: Seeing the Forest and Sirotablog
Associated Press:
Afghan Convert May Be Unfit to Stand Trial  —  KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity may be mentally unfit to stand trial, a state prosecutor and presidential adviser said Wednesday.  —  Abdul Rahman, 41, went on trial last week in Kabul.
Ben Domenech / Red America:
Sackcloth and Ashes: What's Wrong With Infanticide?  —  [Note: Sackcloth and ashes were a sign of deep mourning, among other things, in the Torah...nowadays, there are plenty of reasons to bring them back.  When we run across those reasons, we'll feature them in a continuing series, of which this is the first installment.]
 
 
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