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Ian Bishop / New York Post:
BUBBA GOES BALLISTIC ON ABC ABOUT ITS DAMNING 9/11 — MOVIE — INSISTS NET PULL DRAMA — A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series "The Path to 9/11" grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network "pull the drama" if changes aren't made.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Three From Clinton Administration Urge Disney to Cancel or Revise 9/11 Mini-Series — Three members of the Clinton administration have written the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, ABC's parent, to complain that the network's coming two-part miniseries "The Path to 9/11" is fraught with factual errors and fabrications.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Clinton Administration Officials Assail ABC's 'The Path to 9/11' — Top officials of the Clinton administration have launched a preemptive strike against an ABC-TV "docudrama," slated to air Sunday and Monday, that they say includes made-up scenes depicting them as undermining attempts to kill Osama bin Laden.
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Associated Press:
U.S. Senate panel postpones vote on Bolton nomination as U.N. ambassador — WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate panel postponed a vote scheduled for Thursday on the nomination of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador. — Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, a Republican …
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Richard Simon / Los Angeles Times:
Senate Republicans Say `No' to a Vote on Rumsfeld — Democrats, hoping to focus voters' attention on discontent with the Iraq war, float a resolution urging Bush to oust the Defense chief. — WASHINGTON — The Senate's Republican majority on Wednesday blocked a no-confidence vote …
Washington Times:
Democrats say U.S. less safe since 9/11 — Democrats are going toe to toe with Republicans on national security in the final months before November's elections, calling for the ouster of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and claiming that America is less safe today than before the September 11 terrorist attacks.
BBC:
Blair confirms plan to stand down — Tony Blair has confirmed he will be stepping down as prime minister within the next 12 months. — Mr Blair said the Labour conference in two weeks' time would be his last. — He did not set a precise date but said he would do so in the future - when it was in the best interests of the country.
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James Wolcott:
AND THEN THERE WAS ONE — Tom Watson's transatlantic doppleganger—Tom Watson, Labour Member of Parliament and Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence—may go down in history as the man who drove the fatal blade into Tony Blair's toga. Watson resigned from Blair government …
The Hill:
Senators: Welcome back, Joe — If Sen. Joe Lieberman's Democratic colleagues are anxious to get rid of him, they gave no indication of it in their first gathering since Lieberman lost a Connecticut primary to Ned Lamont last month and launched an independent bid.
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
One Leak and a Flood of Silliness — Conspiracy theories flourish in politics, and most of them have no more basis than spring training hopes for the Chicago Cubs. — Whenever things turn dicey for Republicans, they complain about the "liberal media" sabotaging them.
Newt Gingrich / Opinion Journal:
Bush and Lincoln — Echoes of the past in today's strategic mistakes. … WASHINGTON—Five years have passed since the horrific attack on our American homeland, and, still, there is one serious, undeniable fact we have yet to confront: We are, today, not where we wanted to be and nowhere near where we need to be.
Rasmussen Reports:
Michigan Governor: In Competitive Race, It's Now DeVos by 2 — DeVos (R) 48%; Granholm (D) 46% — Michigan's edge-of-the-seat battle for Governor remains as competitive as ever, with Republican challenger Dick DeVos now edging out Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm 48% to 46% (see crosstabs).
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Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
New Poll: 43% Still Believe Saddam Had Something To Do With 9/11 — Wolf Blitzer and Bill Schneider discussed this latest poll and the unchanged trend it has seen over the past couple of years. — Video - WMV Video - QT — Even after Bush says that Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11 …
Shannon McCaffrey / Associated Press:
War turns southern women away from GOP — MACON, Ga. - President Bush's once-solid relationship with Southern women is on the rocks. "I think history will show him to be the worst president since Ulysses S. Grant," said Barbara Knight, a self-described Republican since birth and the mother of three.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
BREAKING: THE LAST "TRUE" CONSERVATIVE (WELL, IF YOU DON'T COUNT GLENN GREENWALD, THAT IS) DUSTS OFF THE "GOB SMACKING," ENCOURAGES VOTERS TO PULL THE LEVER FOR DEMOCRATS — Turns out Andy Sullivan wasn't all too thrilled with the President's speech yesterday—which, in true recent-vintage Sullivan fashion …
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CBS News:
Poll: Many Americans Feel Less Safe — Five Years After 9/11, Many Feel Terror Threat Has Grown — (CBS) Do Americans feel safer now than before 9/11? For many, the answer is no, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll. — Fifty-four percent of Americans say they generally feel safe …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
New Group Is Racing To Slow Down GOP — A new independent political organization made up of former Democratic members of Congress and high-level party operatives has begun running television ads targeting two Republican incumbents. — The group, Majority Action, is sponsoring commercials …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Remember Abu Zubaydah? — Probably the most important moment in the president's speech yesterday dealt with his defense of torture. It was, perhaps, Bush at his most twisted. … The president was particularly fond of the Zubaydah anecdote. Bush went on to explain that when Zubaydah stopped talking …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Weldon seeks plan for Iraq withdrawal — The second-ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, who is a strong supporter of the U.S. military mission in Iraq, has drafted a resolution that would give military commanders — instead of President Bush or Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld …
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