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1:45 PM ET, August 9, 2006

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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Lamont Defeats Lieberman in Primary  —  Ned Lamont, left, celebrated after winning the Connecticut primary.  Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, right, waved to supporters after conceding the race.  More Photos >  —  Ned Lamont, a Connecticut millionaire whose candidacy for the United States Senate soared …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
A Referendum on Iraq Policy  —  The victory of Ned Lamont over Joseph I. Lieberman, a three-term senator and former vice presidential candidate, was a vivid demonstration of how the Iraq war is buffeting American politics and of the deep hostility toward President Bush among Democrats.
John McIntyre / Real Clear Politics:
Dems Move Closer to McGovern's Losing Formula  —  Democrats lost the 2004 presidential election over leadership on national security.  Last night's win by anti-war Ned Lamont over pro-war Joe Lieberman, while joyous for the far-left netroots crowd, is a bad harbinger for future Democratic Party prospects nationally in 2008 and beyond.
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Exit Poll Results  —  Political Wire obtained a copy of the exit poll last night done by CBS News and the New York Times that provides some interesting insight into the views of Connecticut Democrats who voted in the primary yesterday.  —  Key findings:  — As expected, the war …
Hartford Courant:
Lamont Leads Senate Race In Early Returns
New York Post:
LIEBERMAN'S LOSS: JOE WILL RISE AGAIN
Discussion: Austin Bay Blog and Power Line
John / AMERICAblog:
Lieberman attacks Democratic party as full of "extremists" …
Discussion: Sirotablog
Kos / Daily Kos:
CT-Sen: Lieberman to go indy
New York Post:   TUMBLE LETS THE NUTS IN
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Lamont Relied On Net Roots — And Grass Roots
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New York Times:
Bloggers Drive Inquiry on How Altered Images Saw Print  —  A photographer has been accused of doctoring a photo of an Israeli air raid on Beirut.  The manipulated image, left, and the original picture, right.  —  As of yesterday afternoon, Adnan Hajj was the most-searched term on the Technorati Web site …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Incumbents McKinney, Schwarz Fall in Primaries  —  In the shadow of the Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut, angry voters in three states showed their discontent last night by unseating two incumbents and choosing a candidate who campaigned against his primary opponent's bipartisan past.
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11alive.com:
McKinney Supporters, Media Scuffle  —  Outgoing Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney returned to her campaign headquarters to address her supporters after midnight Tuesday, soon after some of her staffers scuffled with news photographers.  —  During her concession speech, McKinney said her mother …
michaelmoore.com:
It's All About Who You Sleep With ... a Cautionary Note from Michael Moore  —  Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war.
CNN:
Poll: 60 percent of Americans oppose Iraq war  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sixty percent of Americans oppose the U.S. war in Iraq, the highest number since polling on the subject began with the commencement of the war in March 2003, according to poll results and trends released Wednesday.
Discussion: IntoxiNation and Say Anything
Fouad Siniora / Washington Post:
End This Tragedy Now  —  Israel Must Be Made to Respect International Law  —  A military solution to Israel's savage war on Lebanon and the Lebanese people is both morally unacceptable and totally unrealistic.  We in Lebanon call upon the international community and citizens everywhere …
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
War Crimes Act Changes Would Reduce Threat Of Prosecution  —  The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners …
Bernard Lewis / Opinion Journal:
Does Iran have something in store?  —  During the Cold War, both sides possessed weapons of mass destruction, but neither side used them, deterred by what was known as MAD, mutual assured destruction.  Similar constraints have no doubt prevented their use in the confrontation between India and Pakistan.
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Left or Right, Israelis Are Pro-War  —  As Israel's war with Hezbollah finishes a fourth difficult week, domestic criticism of its prosecution is growing.  Yet there is a paradoxical effect as well: the harder the war has been, the more the public wants it to proceed.
 
 
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Germanm / TheWorldNewser:
George Stephanopoulos: Can Karl help Joe?
Joshua Micah Marshall / Time:
Lieberman Lost the Old-fashioned Way
CNN:
Egyptian students disappear in U.S.
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Boston Herald:
$tingy thanks for Iraq duty: Funds for tuition waivers MIA
Discussion: Hot Air, Wizbang and Say Anything
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Muslim Charities Say Fear Is Damming Flow of Money
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
The Lieberman Lesson  —  IF you asked Senator Joseph I. Lieberman …
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Worst Press Conference Ever
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 Earlier Items: 
USA Today:
Center for war-related brain injuries faces budget cut
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Robert Cox / Examiner:
Dancing on Fidel's grave
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
New York Times:
Excerpts: Lieberman's Concession Speech
Discussion: AGITPROP
David Keyes / Jerusalem Post:
Report: US sailor spied for Israel
Peter Wehner / Opinion Journal:
Democracy an Its Discontents  —  Birth pangs of freedom in the Middle East.
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Blogs for Bush
New York Times:
A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749
Discussion: Blinq and TechCrunch
Spc. Rick Rzepka / mnf-iraq.com:
Iraqi divisions halfway there