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9:00 PM ET, April 19, 2006

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Fox News:
FOX News' Tony Snow Among Possible White House Spokesman Candidates  —  WASHINGTON — With a few personnel shifts going on in the White House, there's speculation that presidential spokesman Scott McClellan may be looking to step down.  —  One of the people the White House has approached …
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Washington Post:
McClellan Out as White House Press Secretary  —  Karl Rove Gives Up Policy Oversight to Focus on 2006 Elections  —  White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan announced his resignation this morning and President's Bush's longtime adviser Karl Rove is scaling back his responsibilities.
The Man / GOP and the City:
Bauer Replaces McClellan as Press Secretary  —  What better way to reign in the White House Press Corps than to install Jack Bauer as Press Secretary?  Let's see if David Gregory has the guts to ask Jack Bauer about "sloppy seconds".  Imagine Jack Bauer trying to sit still while Helen Thomas goes on one of her diatribes.
John O'Neil / New York Times:
Staff Overhaul Continues at White House  —  The overhaul of the White House staff continued today as Scott McClellan stepped down as the president's chief spokesman and Karl Rove gave up his portfolio as senior policy coordinator to concentrate more on politics and November's midterm Congressional elections.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
McClellan Leaves White House Press Office  —  WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday he is resigning, continuing a shakeup in President Bush's administration that has already yielded a new chief of staff and could lead to a change in the Cabinet.
Jason Reed / MSNBC:
Bush changes: Rove shifts, press chief quits  —  Top aide to focus on midterm elections; McClellan parried tough questions  —  White House Deputy Chief of Staff and presidential advisor Karl Rove gestures to hush the crowd as he prepares to speak during the Republican National Committee 2006.
Mike Allen / Time:
Behind the White House Reshuffling  —  The President's Press Secretary Scott McClellan announced that he would resign today, and more Cabinet changes are likely to follow.  Plus, Karl Rove gives up some responsibilities to an up-and-comer  —  The sudden announcement by Scott McClellan …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Wonkette
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
White House Puts Face on North Korean Human Rights
Scott Shane / New York Times:
F.B.I. Is Seeking to Search Papers of Dead Reporter  —  WASHINGTON, April 18 — The F.B.I. is seeking to go through the files of the late newspaper columnist Jack Anderson to remove classified material he may have accumulated in four decades of muckraking Washington journalism.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
FBI Rebuffed on Reporter's Files
Discussion: Secrecy News
Justin Rood / TPM Muckraker:
Trying To Get Muckraker's Papers, Did FBI Trick Widow?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Here's Donny!  In His Defense, a Show Is Born  —  WASHINGTON, April 18 — It has become a daily ritual, the defense of the defense secretary, complete with praise from serving generals, tributes from the president and, from the man on the spot, doses of charm, combativeness and even some humility.
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Sean Wilentz / Rolling Stone:
The Worst President in History?  —  One of America's leading historians assesses George W. Bush  —  George W. Bush's presidency appears headed for colossal historical disgrace.  Barring a cataclysmic event on the order of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, after which the public might rally around …
Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Kill us, but you won't enslave us.  —  Last week we stopped writing for a while and we apologized to our readers saying that we lost a close friend but we didn't want to give more details as we were overwhelmed by an exceptional situation and a huge shock.  We also were afraid from writing …
David Johnston / New York Times:
News Organizations Try to Block Subpoenas for Notes in Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON, April 18 — Lawyers for NBC News, The New York Times and Time magazine filed motions in federal court on Tuesday to quash subpoenas for interview notes, drafts of articles and other records sought …
Tony Judt / New York Times:
A Lobby, Not a Conspiracy  —  IN its March 23rd issue the London Review of Books, a respected British journal, published an essay titled "The Israel Lobby."  The authors are two distinguished American academics (Stephen Walt of Harvard and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago) …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
WHEN MINDLESS SNARK SUBSTITUTES FOR THOUGHT: Jesse Walker quotes something I wrote in 1999 about how "wars initiated essentially on presidential whim" would have horrified the Framers, and it's supposed, I guess, to indicate some change in my views.  —  Er, except that war on Al Qaeda …
Michael Tomasky / American Prospect:
Party in Search of a Notion  —  From our May issue: The opportunity before the Democrats is far bigger than a few House and Senate seats if they can recognize — and seize — this unique historical moment.  —  The Democrats are feeling upbeat these days, and why not?
Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
U.S. Records Drastic Decline in Death Rate  —  ATLANTA - In what appears to be an amazing success for American medicine, preliminary government figures released Wednesday showed that the annual number of deaths in the U.S. dropped by nearly 50,000 in 2004 — the biggest decline in nearly 70 years.
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Tilting at Windmills  —  To my eye, they are lovely: Graceful, delicate, white against green grass and a blue sky.  Last summer my children and I stopped specially to watch a group of them, wheels turning in the breeze.  —  But to those who dislike them, the modern wind turbine is worse than ugly.
NY Daily News:
Gulp!  Try $4.50!  —  Brooklyn gas station floors it  —  With pump prices rising fast, a gas station under the Brooklyn Bridge took a quantum leap into outrageousness - charging a jaw-dropping $4.50 a gallon!  —  That's what the Gulf Station on Old Fulton St. in Brooklyn Heights …
 
 
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