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11:05 AM ET, January 23, 2007

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New York Times:
Bush, at Low Point in Polls, Will Push Domestic Agenda  —  Carrying some of the worst public approval ratings of any president in a generation, President Bush is heading into his State of the Union address on Tuesday night seeking to revitalize his domestic agenda but facing stiff resistance …
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Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Guest Voice: Governor Schwarzenegger's Office on Health Care  —  Shortly after I published a post on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's health care plan, I received an e-mail from his office.  After e-mailing back and forth, the office of Governor Schwarzenegger agreed to write an op-ed …
Discussion: Polimom Says
Jay Carney / Swampland:
The Clinton Playbook  —  When George W. Bush takes the podium …
Discussion: Eschaton and The Caucus
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Mike Dorning / Chicago Tribune:   Big bucks needed to wage presidential campaign
Josephine Hearn / politico.com:
Black Caucus: Whites Not Allowed  —  Freshman Rep. Stephen I. Cohen, D-Tenn., is not joining the Congressional Black Caucus after several current and former members made it clear that a white lawmaker was not welcome.  —  "I think they're real happy I'm not going to join," said Cohen …
Discussion: Redstate, Right Wing News and Hot Air
Los Angeles Times:
Scant evidence found of Iran-Iraq arms link  —  U.S. warnings of advanced weaponry crossing the border are overstated, critics say.  —  BAQUBAH, IRAQ — If there is anywhere Iran could easily stir up trouble in Iraq, it would be in Diyala, a rugged province along the border between the two nations.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Investigating, rather than reciting, Bush claims re: Iran  —  (updated below)  —  Something odd occurred this week: Fox News — spewing filth churned out by the lowest depths of right-wing innuendo swamps — was "reporting" the two-pronged falsehood that Barak Obama attended a "madrassa" …
Liz Cheney / Washington Post:
Retreat Isn't an Option  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton declared this weekend, " I'm in to win."  Anyone who has watched her remarkable trajectory can have no doubt that she'll do whatever it takes to win the presidency.  I wish she felt the same way about the war.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Headmaster Disputes Claim That Obama Attended Islamic School  —  Fresh doubt was cast yesterday on a magazine's allegation that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) attended a madrassah, or religious school that teaches a fundamentalist version of Islam.  —  Hardi Priyono, deputy headmaster …
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Ben Smith / politico.com:
Clinton Woos Black Vote, Targets Obama
Discussion: Attytood
New York Times:
Key Republican Senator Offers Bipartisan Call to Reject Bush Plan for More Troops in Iraq  —  Senator John W. Warner of Virginia, one of Congress's leading authorities on the military, presented a bipartisan proposal on Monday that soundly rejected President Bush's plan to send more American troops …
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Haaretz:
1 dead, 10 hurt as opposition moves to topple Lebanon gov't  —  At least 11 men were wounded Tuesday in clashes during the first hours of a Lebanese general strike called by the Hezbollah-led opposition to try to topple Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's Western-backed government.
Discussion: Blogs of War and Pajamas Media
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CBS News:
Poll: Bush Approval Rating At New Low  —  On Eve Of State Of Union, President's Approval Rating Falls To 28%, A New Low  —  (CBS) President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night to a nation that's strongly opposed to his plan for increasing troops in Iraq …
PJM / Pajamas Media:
The State of the Union is a Disaster:  —  The Speech George Bush Should Make Tuesday Night  —  Don't bother standing up or clapping, any of you.  I already know who won the election, and I know how you feel.  —  I come before you tonight not to make amends, not to make it good, curry any favor or find any middle ground.
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Suicide Strike on Pakistani Army in North Waziristan  —  Around 40 masked gunmen claiming to be members of al-Qaida stormed an empty beach resort and blew up a reception hall on Tuesday.  They said they were sending a message to Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan, a close ally of President Abbas.
Nadine Elsibai / Bloomberg:
Bush Poll Ratings Before Speech Fall to Nixon's Level (Update2)  —  Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush's approval ratings are now the lowest for any president the day before a State of the Union speech since Richard Nixon in 1974, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Discussion: All Spin Zone and TalkLeft
David Kopel / The Volokh Conspiracy:
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT: If you take Second Amendment issues into account when deciding whom to support, or if you simply are interested how the candidates will likely fare with an important bloc of voters, here's a preliminary assessment of some of the people who have been listed as likely or definite candidates.
USA Today:
Lawmakers have loved ones in combat zone  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., lost his nephew, Philip, in Iraq.  Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., says his son, Alan, had two close calls: one from an improvised explosive device, the other from a sniper.  —  Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo. …
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
US, Canada Clash over Former Detainee  —  The plight of former terror detainee Maher Arar led Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) to erupt at Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at a hearing last week, calling it a "black mark on us."  —  But despite the fact …
 
 
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Sen. McCain running for president in 2008
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White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
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Daniel Freedman / New York Sun:
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Emily Heil / The Hill:
Drudge, global warming shut down Senate site
Reuters:
MP says Iran bars 38 atomic inspectors: agency
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Faulted for Inaction in Foley Scandal
Discussion: The RBC and TPMmuckraker
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Nearly two-thirds in U.S. have given up on Iraq
Discussion: Daily Kos and Oliver Willis
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
New Coalition Aims to Keep Dems in Check
Discussion: Daily Kos and Swampland