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9:00 AM ET, October 8, 2006

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Walter F. Roche Jr. / Los Angeles Times:
Ex-Page Tells of Foley Liaison  —  The young man says the then-congressman eyed males in the program.  He says he was 21 when he and the Florida Republican had sex.  —  A former House page says he had sex with then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) after receiving explicit e-mails …
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Media Matters for America:
Echoing Drudge and Savage, Dobson and Henninger claimed Foley scandal is "sort of a joke" and a "prank[ ]" by pages … Commenting on the congressional page scandal surrounding former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) on the October 6 broadcast of Focus on the Family, James Dobson …
Digby / Hullabaloo:   Focus On The Hucksters  —  James Dobson is not just an average run of the mill preacher.
Washington Post:
Foley Consuming GOP As Elections Draw Near  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-Fla.) was trying to talk about security Friday at bustling Port Everglades, but with planes roaring overhead and containers slamming onto trucks, nobody could hear him.
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John Yang / ABCNEWS:
Source Undercuts Hastert on Foley Timeline  —  House Staffer Seems to Back Earlier ABC News Source on When House Speaker's Staff Had Information  —  House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's chief of staff met with disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley to discuss the time and attention Foley …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:   Joe Liarman Strikes Again
B.A. / Connecticut Bob:
Lieberman on the Hastert question
Discussion: LamontBlog
Little Green Footballs:
Democratic Party Fauxtoshops Veteran  —  I guess The Democratic Party couldn't find a photograph of a US veteran that had the right attitude for their web site's page slamming the Bush administration for not supporting the troops enough.  —  So they found a picture of a Canadian soldier …
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Florida Cracker:
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?  —  Looks like the DNC is incapable of distinguishing foreign soldiers from American ones.  Via Michelle Malkin comes this photo from their website illustrating our troops and the GOP's supposed mistreatment of them:  —  This guy looks odd.  Is he one of ours?
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
U.S. Casualties in Iraq Rise Sharply  —  Growing American Role in Staving Off Civil War Leads to Most Wounded Since 2004  —  The number of U.S troops wounded in Iraq has surged to its highest monthly level in nearly two years as American GIs fight block-by-block in Baghdad to try to check …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
STAR TRIBUNE SUCKER-PUNCHES REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE  —  The Minneapolis Star Tribune has finally done a front-page investigative report on a Congressional candidate in Minnesota's Fifth District.  Aha, you say, finally!  At last, the Strib has gotten around to reporting that DFLer Keith Ellison …
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Karen Tumulty / CNN:
The end of a revolution  —  Editor's note: The following is a summary of this week's Time magazine cover story.  —  (Time.com ) — Every revolution begins with the power of an idea and ends when the only idea left is power.  —  The epitaph for the movement that started when Newt Gingrich …
Associated Press:
Jeb Bush Seeks Refuge From Pa. Activists  —  PITTSBURGH — Protesters greeted Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on his way to a campaign event for a Pennsylvania senator, and he briefly took refuge in a subway station supply closet to avoid the anti-Republican demonstrators.
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Mark Sundeen / New York Times:
The Big-Sky Dem  —  It's fun being governor of Montana.  Just watch Brian Schweitzer bouncing around the streets of Helena in the passenger seat of the state's official S.U.V., fumbling with wires, trying to stick the flashing police light on the roof.  When he spots some legislators on the sidewalk …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Sirotablog
Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
America ponders cutting Iraq in three  —  AN independent commission set up by Congress with the approval of President George W Bush may recommend carving up Iraq into three highly autonomous regions, according to well informed sources.  —  The Iraq Study Group, co-chaired by James Baker …
Giraldus Cambrensis / Western Resistance:
France: Schoolgirl Stoned In Playground For Not Observing Ramadan  —  With a hat-tip to reader Peter C, a truly horrific sign of the times comes from Lyon in the south of France, where a schoolgirl was stoned by Muslim students on Wednesday (October 4), for not following Ramadan.
Discussion: Riehl World View
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Democratic Lead Holding, As Is My Paranoia  —  From the always excellent Political Arthimetik, here is Charles Franklin's graph of the average generic congressional ballot during this election cycle:  —  The current Democratic advantage of just over 11% is within 1% of being as good for Democrats as it has ever been this cycle.
NEWS.com.au:
Muslim cabbies refusing the blind and drinkers  —  MUSLIM taxi drivers are refusing to carry blind passengers with their guide dogs or anyone carrying alcohol.  —  At least 20 dog-aided blind people have lodged discrimination complaints with the Victorian Taxi Directorate.  Dozens more have voiced their anger.
Onell R. Soto / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Wife admits wrongdoing but won't be prosecuted  —  Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's wife forfeited her rights to the proceeds from the $2.55 million Rancho Santa Fe house she and her husband bought with the bribes that toppled him from office and sent him to prison.
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
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Discussion: The Belmont Club
Pajamas Media:
The Battle of November, 21 (October 7, 2006) …
Discussion: Beltway Blogroll
Richard Engel / MSNBC:
Soldiers question when Iraqis will take the lead
James Poniewozik / Time:
What Hath Fox Wrought?
David Johnston / New York Times:
Report on Possible Abuses by Former Member of Intelligence Panel Is Held Up
Dallas Morning News:
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
The Boring Fabulist  —  "State of Denial" amazes me.
Associated Press:
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood denounces what it calls 'new Danish insults' to Islam
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Bush Balks at Criteria for FEMA Director
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Foley Case Upsets Tough Balance by Capitol Hill's Gay Republicans