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8:20 PM ET, January 16, 2007

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama Forms Presidential Exploratory Committee  —  Illinois Sen. Barack Obama (D), one of the Democratic Party's brightest young stars, jumped into the 2008 race for the White House today, establishing a presidential exploratory committee that is expected to lead immediately into a full-blown campaign for president.
Discussion: The Reaction and OxBlog
David Corn:
Obama Explores  —  There is no doubt: Barack Obama is intelligent, dynamic, charismatic, articulate, and progressive.  The junior senator from Illinois is authentic.  He is values-driven.  And he resonates.  The Great Black Hope for all of America (or, at least, 50.1 percent)?  Perhaps.
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Campaign: Illness, Not Obama, Delayed News Conference
Discussion: The Fix, Swampland and New York Post
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Feinstein Speaks out on U.S. Atty Firings  —  As Justin mentioned in his previous post, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) hit the administration hard on the floor of the Senate this morning for its unexplained "forced resignations" of federal prosecutors around the country.  —  Here's the video:
Discussion: Hullabaloo and This Modern World
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
What's the White House Doing to Prosecutors?
Discussion: Left in the West and Balloon Juice
Anne Applebaum / Slate:
Legalize It  —  HOW TO SOLVE AFGHANISTAN'S DRUG PROBLEM.  —  The British Empire once fought a war for the right to sell opium in China.  —  In retrospect, history has judged that war destructive and wasteful, a shameless battle of colonizers against colonized that in the end helped neither side.
Laura Rozen / Washington Monthly:
Rumsfeld is gone, but the veep's other loyalists remain.  —  With the departure of his longtime friend Donald Rumsfeld, John Bolton's resignation as U.N. ambassador, and Democrats taking over Congress, times seem grim for the Dick Cheney wing of the Bush administration.
Discussion: Classical Values
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Choice of Martinez sparks GOP rebellion  —  Rebellion is brewing among conservatives on the Republican National Committee over President's Bush's attempt to "impose" Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida as "general chairman" of the party, who favors "amnesty" for illegal aliens.
Faiz / Think Progress:
ABC's The Note: Bush Gave His 'Best TV Performance In Years' On 60 Minutes  —  President Bush appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday night.  A host of media and conservative blogs were not terribly impressed with his performance:  —  New York Times blog: … Houston Chronicle blog:
Discussion: Blue Bayou and Yahoo! News
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rushlimbaugh.com:
Why Does the White House Deal with CBS?
Discussion: CBS News and NewsBusters.org
David Corn:
Libby Trial, Day One: Can You Trust Cheney?  —  From my "Capital Games" column at www.thenation.com....  "Would any of you have any difficulty fairly judging the believability of former or present members of the Bush Administration?"  —  In a Washington courtroom on Tuesday morning …
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MSNBC:
Jury selection ends for day in Libby perjury trial
Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft
Fox News:
FORMER U.N. OIL-FOR-FOOD CHIEF BENON SEVAN INDICTED OVER BRIBES FROM SADDAM'S REGIME  —  Benon Sevan.  —  Former U.N. Oil-for-Food chief Benon Sevan has been indicted in New York federal court for allegedly taking bribes under the program from Saddam Hussein's regime, U.S. authorities announced Tuesday.
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse  —  For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.  —  In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse …
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Rice Speaks Softly in Egypt, Avoiding Democracy Push  —  In the days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with officials in Egypt, the news media here were filled with stories detailing charges of corruption, cronyism, torture and political repression.
Sharon Theimer / Associated Press:
AP: Iran Gets Army Gear in Pentagon Sale  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middlemen for countries - including Iran and China - who exploited security flaws in the Defense Department's surplus auctions.
Examiner:
Yeas and Nays: Tuesday, Jan. 16  —  WASHINGTON - Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin cover people, power and politics in the beltway each weekday.  Email them at yan@dcexaminer.com .  —  Little to head WHCA's big night  —  He does a mean Ronald Reagan impersonation and his imitation of Richard Nixon is legendary.
Natasha Pearlman / Daily Mail:
A crowded womb  —  A twin leans over and kisses the cheek of her sister in a heart-warming picture that would not be out of place in any family home.  —  Yet these siblings are a not even born and the astonishing images have been captured on a new 'four-dimensional' ultrasound scan of the womb.
progressivestates.org:
Stop the Escalation in Iraq  —  To: Legislators, Staff, and Interested Parties  —  From: Progressive States Network  —  Re: Preventing Escalation in Iraq  —  This LegAlert discusses the President's proposed escalation in Iraq, its implications for states and the nation …
Cliff Schecter:
McCain Was Against War In Iraq Before He Was For It  —  So I began looking through some old newspaper clippings on the Gulf War for some research I have been doing, and you just wouldn't believe what I happened across.  Featured prominently in one article from August of 1990 …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Campos Heap  —  Evidently, "if chutzpah was a crime," Glenn Reynolds, Tom Friedman, and Bill Kristol would be serving life sentences—ostensibly for slandering true patriots like University of Colorado Law professor Paul Campos (and those like him) who have for years now been endeavoring …
Discussion: Rocky Mountain News
 
 
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Jim Davenport / Associated Press:
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Mary Anastasia O'Grady / Opinion Journal:
The Poor Get Richer  —  Incomes in the developing world start to catch up.
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Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Romenesko
Alex Koppelman / Salon:
Iranian regime change: "Faster, please!"
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Pit bulls vs. stalwarts in House GOP
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Some at Guantanamo Mark 5 Years in Limbo
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