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9:10 AM ET, October 24, 2006

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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush's New Tack Steers Clear of 'Stay the Course'  —  President Bush and his aides are annoyed that people keep misinterpreting his Iraq policy as "stay the course."  A complete distortion, they say.  "That is not a stay-the-course policy," White House press secretary Tony Snow declared yesterday.
Discussion: State of the Day and AMERICAblog
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
GOP Senator Say Iraq Is Near Chaos  —  Under election-year pressure to change course in Iraq, the Bush administration said Monday there are no plans for dramatic shifts in policy or for ultimatums to Baghdad to force progress.  —  Just two weeks before the Nov. 7 elections …
New York Times:
Bush Abandons Phrase 'Stay the Course' on Iraq  —  The White House said Monday that President Bush was no longer using the phrase "stay the course" when speaking about the Iraq war, in a new effort to emphasize flexibility in the face of some of the bloodiest violence there since the 2003 invasion.
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Analysis: Republicans fear war fallout
Discussion: CorrenteWire
New York Times:
Trying to Contain the Iraq Disaster
Discussion: BuzzMachine and TalkLeft
Washington Post:
Independents Favor Democrats Over Republicans  —  Poll Finds Votes Motivated by War Pessimism, Dissatisfation With GOP  —  Two weeks before midterm elections, Republicans are losing the battle for independent voters, who now strongly favor Democrats on the major issues facing the country …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Midterm Election: Referendum on War
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Dominic Kennedy / Times of London:
MoD bans TV news access to warzones  —  THE Ministry of Defence has banned Britain's biggest commercial news broadcaster from frontline access to the nation's forces, The Times has learnt.  —  In an unprecedented move that risks accusations of censorship, the Government has withdrawn co-operation …
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Milton R. Copulos / Washington Times:
A Jim Webb fib?  —  There's a lot to admire about Jim Webb.  He's a bonafide war hero who parlayed his wartime experiences into a successful career as a novelist and movie producer that made him millions.  He even managed to wrangle a load of Republican political appointments to enhance his stature.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
James Webb, Meet Al Gore
Discussion: USS Neverdock
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann's Special Comment on GOP Fearmongering  —  Keith issued arguably his most powerful Special Comment yet tonight.  This time he takes on the GOP's newest fearmongering ad which quotes Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri superimposed over pictures of explosions with the sound of a ticking bomb in the background.
Discussion: Jesus' General
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Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
Special Comment: Advertising terrorism
Discussion: Hot Air
ABCNEWS:
Chicago Voter Database Hacked  —  Civic Group Claims It Could Have Tampered With Voter Roles  —  As if there weren't enough concerns about the integrity of the vote, a non-partisan civic organization today claimed it had hacked into the voter database for the 1.35 million voters in the city of Chicago.
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U.S. Newswire:
New AARP Survey Shows Public Strongly Opposes Social Security Private Accounts
Warren Fiske / content.hamptonroads.com:
New poll shows Allen with narrow lead over Webb  —  RICHMOND — U.S. Sen. George Allen has ended a two-month freefall in voter support and regained a narrow lead in his re-election bid against Democrat Jim Webb, according to a new poll.  —  Allen drew 47 percent support and Webb received 43 percent …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Debate Madness  —  The debate was very high temperature from the get — take a look at the YouTube of Lamont supporters marching with the Kiss Float beforehand.  There were people in the debate hall who were singing and distrupting both Lieberman and Lamont, and they were evidently Lyndon LaRouchites …
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Spanning the Web  —  1) I WILL BE RETAKING New England's airwaves tonight to discuss political advertising on Jim Braude's "News Night" at 7:00 p.m. on New England Cable News.  I mention this only for New England-area readers who might need a break from Shep or "Seinfeld."
Ali Bubba / Alabama Liberation Front:
RNC anti-Ford ad, deconstructed  —  A Republican National Committee ad has got Harold Ford Jr.'s campaign screaming "racism" in Tennessee.  They wouldn't be screaming if the ad wasn't so effective — and funny:  —  Here's the script (H/T Hotline), highlighting the blond bimbo's comments.
Jenny Hope / Daily Mail:
Men who use mobile phones face increased risk of infertility  —  Men who use mobile phones could be risking their fertility, warn researchers.  —  A new study shows a worrying link between poor sperm and the number of hours a day that a man uses his mobile phone.
Judd / Think Progress:
Bush says he uses "the Google."  —  Watch it:  —  Digg It!  —  Transcript:
Discussion: Wonkette and Majikthise
Life Style Extra:
Peace activist jailed for attack on singer  —  A smirking peace activist who left a rising rock star fighting for his life after a row over his girlfriend was jailed for eight months today.  —  Christiaan Briggs, 30, attacked 19-year-old singer Billy Leeson and left him in a coma …
broadcastingcable.com:
Women Scarcer On Evening News  —  B&C Contributing Editor Andrew Tyndall analyzed the first six weeks of Katie Couric's tenure atop the CBS Evening News and found that woman have gotten fewer assignments.  —  When former Today host Katie Couric arrived at the anchor chair of the CBS Evening News …
Discussion: TVNewser
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
NYT-ea culpa: Times mouthpiece acknowledges error  —  What do you call it when the ombudsman of the New York Times admits he made a mistake?  —  A good start.  —  New York Times ombudsman Byron Calame has initiated what we can only hope will be a trend in America's holier-than-thou media …
Redstate:
Spending Is The Problem  —  RedState is pleased to welcome Virginia's Senator George Allen to the front page.  We'll be keeping this up top for a while.  You can scroll down for more recent content.  —  "Congress doesn't have a revenue problem.  It has a spending problem."
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
 
 
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Angry Joe Lieberman, Iraq'd
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
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Discussion: Angry Bear and Ezra Klein
Bill Dedman / MSNBC:
Gitmo interrogations spark battle over tactics
MEMRI:
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Tom Heneghan / Reuters:
European Muslims worry about frank new Islam debate
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