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10:40 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.
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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.
New York Times:
Trying to Contain the Iraq Disaster  —  No matter what President Bush says, the question is not whether America can win in Iraq.  The only question is whether the United States can extricate itself without leaving behind an unending civil war that will spread more chaos and suffering throughout …
New York Times:
Lieberman's Words on the War Show Some Shifts Over the Years
Discussion: MyDD
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:   GOP Senator Say Iraq Is Near Chaos
MSNBC:
Polls: Democrats closer to taking Senate control  —  But polls show no evidence of a national Democratic 'tidal wave' … Today show  —  NBC News Election Unit  —  NEW YORK - Two weeks out from the midterm elections, a second round of MSNBC/McClatchy polls, conducted by Mason-Dixon in eight states …
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Steven Thomma / Real Cities:
GOP holds narrow lead in must-win Senate races  —  WASHINGTON — Republican Senate candidates have fought back to regain an edge in two key races, pivotal battlegrounds that could determine which party controls the Senate, according to a series of new McClatchy-MSNBC polls.
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Dogwood Pundit
USA Today:
War, economy sway race
Discussion: The American Street
Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Cash Lieberman Spent In Primary Draws Complaint  —  Ned Lamont's campaign filed an elections complaint Monday that says Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman failed to properly account for nearly $400,000 in cash during the last days of the Democratic primary.  —  Lamont's campaign asked …
Discussion: LamontBlog and Associated Press
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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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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 …
Garrett Therolf / Los Angeles Times:
O.C. candidate defends letter scaring immigrants  —  Tan Nguyen, a Republican seeking to unseat Rep. Sanchez, says he won't quit the race despite mounting pressure.  —  At a chaotic sidewalk news conference Sunday, Orange County congressional candidate Tan Nguyen defended a letter …
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Los Angeles Times:
Candidate reportedly bought voter list for controversial letter
Discussion: Election Law
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:
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats Urge Their Flush Candidates to Share the Wealth  —  The balance in the campaign account of Representative Martin T. Meehan, Democrat of Massachusetts, is $4,886,325.  It is a muscular sum for a member of the House, and ordinarily it would be hailed as an exhibit of fund-raising savvy.
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Use It Or Lose It: Republicans Using It More  —  OK, considering how often I have been told about the huge amounts of money safe Dems are giving to Democratic challengers and the DCC, now I'm actually getting a little enraged.  CQ politics has the September transfers to the DCCC and the NRCC of over $100,000 from safe incumbents.
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 …
Opinion Journal:
The Don't Show Me State  —  The liberal assault on voter ID laws.  —  People in the good state of Missouri need photo identification to cash a check, board a plane or apply for food stamps.  But the state Supreme Court has ruled that a photo ID requirement to vote is too great a burden on the elderly and the poor.
Discussion: protein wisdom
W. Gardner Selby / Austin American-Statesman:
Perry and GOP to welcome President Bush election eve  —  Chris Bell might be hosting President Clinton.  —  The biggest political guns in the land could be coming to Texas to stump for GOP Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic challenger Chris Bell.  —  President Bush, Perry's predecessor as governor …
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Michael J. Fox Records TV Ad for Cardin  —  Actor Questions Steele's Stance on Funding for Stem Cell Research  —  Appearing grimly unsteady from his long bout with Parkinson's disease, actor Michael J. Fox is inserting his halting voice into the campaign for the U.S. Senate …
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 …
 
 
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Redstate:
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
HOW KUDLOW CAN YOU GO:  —  At National Review Online …
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Bill Dedman / MSNBC:
Gitmo interrogations spark battle over tactics
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
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