memeorandum: Democratic Response of Senator Jim Webb To the President's State … (Drudge Report)

4:50 AM ET, January 24, 2007

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Embargoed: State of the Union Text — We'll start respecting White House embargoes when they start telling the truth. — Embargoed Until Delivery of the State of the Union Address at 9:01 PM EST — January 23, 2007 — STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS — As Prepared For Delivery

Discussion: The Mahablog, TAPPED, The New Republic, Gun Toting Liberal ™, CorrenteWire, Angry Bear and No More Mister Nice Blog

Drudge Report:

EXCLUSIVE: FULL STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH — Madam Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: — This rite of custom brings us together at a defining hour - when decisions are hard and courage is tested.

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, A Blog For All, Elocutio and The Jawa Report

Drudge Report:

Democratic Response of Senator Jim Webb To the President's State of the Union Address — Good evening. — I'm Senator Jim Webb, from Virginia, where this year we will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown - an event that marked the first step in the long journey …

Discussion: Obsidian Wings, Don Surber, Brilliant at Breakfast, Gateway Pundit and Right Voices

Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:

Webb Offers Blunt Challenge to Bush — Va. Senator Urges Change in Direction for Economy, Iraq War — Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) delivered a blistering eight-minute response to President Bush's State of the Union address last night, promising an aggressive challenge to Bush's Iraq …

Discussion: The Democratic Daily

Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:

Sen. Webb's Democratic Response to the SoTU: The war's costs to our nation have been staggering — Jim Webb of Virginia was selected to give the Democratic response to Bush's SoTU, and boy, did they make the right choice. Webb hit all the right notes, his points impressive and unassailable.

Discussion: MyDD, Shakespeare's Sister, The Anonymous Liberal, Jesus' General and Gun Toting Liberal ™

White House:

President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address — Washington, D.C. — State of the Union 2007 — State of the Union 2007 Policy Initiatives — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. And tonight, I have a high privilege and distinct honor of my own — as the first President to begin …

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Washington Post:

Bush Urges Congress, Nation To Give His Iraq Plan a Chance — Domestically, He Makes Overtures To Democrats — President Bush implored lawmakers and the nation last night to give him one more chance to win the war in Iraq and avoid the "nightmare scenario" of defeat while presenting …

Discussion: the talking dog and The Democratic Daily

Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
State Of The Union: Live Blog

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Atrios / Eschaton:
State of the Union — Jay Carney is all agog about the Jim Webb response.

Discussion: Swampland and DownWithTyranny!

Hindrocket / Power Line:
A RETURN TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS

Discussion: Sadly, No!

Stephen Green / VodkaPundit:
SOTU Drunkblogging - LIVE!

Discussion: Instapundit.com, Classical Values and One Hand Clapping

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
State of the Union: The biggest non-event of the year; Update …

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Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
FAQ - The State of the Union Address!

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Robert Mayer / Publius Pundit: DEMOCRACY AS FOREIGN POLICY DYING, BUT NOT DEAD

Dale Franks / QandO:
SOTU LIVEBLOG 2007 — And, we're off for another SOTU Liveblog!

Discussion: Drumwaster's Rants

Dan / Riehl World View:
Webb's Disappointing Rebuttal

Discussion: Instapundit.com

Think Progress:

BREAKING: Libby Destroyed Evidence Prior To Testifying, Cheney 'Deeply Involved' — Under oath, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff Scooter Libby told a grand jury that he first learned that Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA agent from conversations with the media.

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Washington Post:

Defense Attorney Paints Libby as Scapegoat — I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was "put through the meat grinder" by the White House shortly after the Iraq war began, scapegoated to cloak the leak of a CIA officer's identity to the media by presidential adviser Karl Rove, Libby's lawyer contended today as Libby's perjury trial began.

Discussion: New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Firedoglake, Power Line, The Democratic Daily, TPMmuckraker, Middle Earth Journal and On Deadline

MSNBC:

Prosecutor: Libby 'wiped out' Cheney memo — Defense in CIA leak trial counters that White House tried to set up Libby — WASHINGTON - Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald used his opening statement in the CIA leak trial Tuesday to allege that Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff lied …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Attytood, The Caucus, The Washington Note, Crooks and Liars, TalkLeft, Liberal Values, Media Blog, ACSBlog, NO QUARTER, Outside The Beltway, Washington Post, Tennessee Guerilla Women and Democratic Underground

Digby / Hullabaloo:
Holy Moly — Norah O'Donnell is asking Andy Card and Leon Panetta …

Discussion: Slate, Crooks and Liars, Balloon Juice, Democrats.com, Political Animal, Wonkette, The Impolitic, Daily Kos and Shakespeare's Sister

Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Liveblog: Wells' Opening Statement, Part Two

Discussion: JustOneMinute, TAPPED and TalkLeft

Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Libby Trial: Openings And On To Witnesses

Discussion: TalkLeft and JustOneMinute

Ynetnews:

Iran: Israel, US will soon die — Ahmadinejad: Be assured that the US and Israel will soon end lives — Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria's foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a report.

Discussion: Clayton Cramer's BLOG, Hot Air, Blogs of War and The Strata-Sphere

Washington Wire:

From the President, a Two-Letter Jab at the Democrats — President Bush departed from the prepared text of his State of the Union address to graciously congratulate Nancy Pelosi on her history-making selection as the first female Speaker of the House. Then he departed from the prepared text …

Discussion: Liberal Values, The Agonist, Angry Bear, Blue Crab Boulevard and The Reaction

New York Times:

The State of the Union — The White House spin ahead of George W. Bush's seventh State of the Union address was that the president would make a bipartisan call to revive his domestic agenda with "bold and innovative concepts." The problem with that was obvious last night — in six years …

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Washington Post:
A Healthy Initiative — Tax the rich to help others buy health insurance?

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Alex Eckelberry / norwichbulletin.com:

Column: Teacher in porn case victim of own ignorance — In response to your editorial "Reason needed in teacher porn case sentencing," I can only say I am shocked and dismayed at what is such a clear miscarriage of justice. — There is no question in my mind, and those of many other experts …

Discussion: Network Performance Daily, The Huffington Post, SunbeltBLOG and Majikthise

Con Coughlin / Telegraph:

N Korea helping Iran with nuclear testing — North Korea is helping Iran to prepare an underground nuclear test similar to the one Pyongyang carried out last year. — Under the terms of a new understanding between the two countries, the North Koreans have agreed to share all the data …