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12:00 AM ET, January 29, 2007

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Hindrocket / Power Line:
NICE GOING, JOHN  —  Yesterday we noted John Kerry's disgraceful performance at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.  Today, in the Power Line Forum, Glenn Bowen points out the follow-up from the Middle East.  Click to enlarge:  —  And, from the FARS News Agency: … Thanks, John.
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english.farsnews.com:
Kerry Backs Up Iran's N. Rights  —  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Former US presidential nominee John Kerry voiced full support for the Islamic Republic's right to use civilian nuclear technology on the basis of the rules and regulations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NTP).
Discussion: Power Line
Little Green Footballs:
Davos Video Gold Rush
Associated Press:
Lieberman Might Back Republican in 2008  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 2000 who won re-election as an independent last year, says he is open to supporting any party's White House nominee in 2008.
Discussion: Redstate and The Democratic Daily
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Lieberman says he'll consider voting Republican in '08  —  Does this come as a shock to you?  CT voters should think long and hard about their beloved Holy Joe.  He keeps lying about the November election.  It refuted the GOP completely. but he seems to think it was a call for bi-partisanship...My god..
Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Clinton: U.S. out of Iraq by January '09  —  DAVENPORT, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Bush should withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq before he leaves office, asserting it would be "the height of irresponsibility" to pass the war along to the next commander in chief.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Calls on Bush to 'Extricate' U.S. From Iraq
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Newsweek:
The Man Without Doubt  —  In a rare print interview, Dick Cheney talks about Iraq, Iran, Chuck Hagel, his image as 'Darth Vader' and Bob Woodward.  —  Still Fighting: Cheney in his office, unbowed  —  A man with a reputation for secrecy and seclusion, Vice President Dick Cheney has spent the past few months out in public.
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Newsweek:
Questions for the Vice President  —  Transcript: NEWSWEEK's Richard Wolffe interviewed Dick Cheney on Jan. 25 in the West Wing of the White House.  —  NEWSWEEK: Let's start with Iraq, if I may.  There's a lot of skepticism on the Hill, even inside the administration about the Iraqi prime …
Discussion: Think Progress
Cynthia R. Fagen / New York Post:
POST D.C. BUREAU CHIEF DEBORAH ORIN-EILBECK DIES  —  Deborah Orin-Eilbeck, The Post's longtime D.C. bureau chief whose passion for politics and unrivaled integrity kept Washington on its toes, died yesterday after a battle with cancer.  —  "Laura and I were saddened to learn of the death of Deborah Orin-Eilbeck," President Bush said.
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White House:
President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Death of Deborah Orin-Eilbeck  —  Laura and I were saddened to learn of the death of Deborah Orin-Eilbeck.  Deb had a distinguished, decades-long career as a journalist, covering every Presidential campaign since 1980 and joining the New York Post's Washington bureau in 1988.
Discussion: Power Line
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Jan. 28, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Iraq.  Will more U.S. troops stop the violence?  Will the Iraqis ever be able to secure their own country?  And what kind of country will the U.S. eventually leave behind?  —  With us, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer …
Discussion: PSoTD and Roger Ailes
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Murray Waas / whatever already!:
On Meet the Press this morning, Tim Russert asked former Arkansas …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and ShopFloor.org
Ruth Elkins / Independent:
Muslims urged to refuse 'un-Islamic' vaccinations  —  A leading Islamic doctor is urging British Muslims not to vaccinate their children against diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella because they contain substances making them unlawful for Muslims to take.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Just "evolution in action"  —  (updated below - updated again)
Discussion: Riehl World View
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
Anti-war protesters spray paint Capitol building  —  Anti-war protesters were allowed to spray paint on part of thewest front steps of the United States Capitol building after police wereordered to break their security line by their leadership, two sources toldThe Hill.
Washington Post:
Iraqi Soldiers Clash With Insurgents  —  Iraqi soldiers supported by U.S. helicopters on Sunday clashed with a gathering of insurgents hiding out amid date palm orchards near the southern holy city of Najaf, according to Iraqi officials.  —  For the past several weeks, Sunni insurgents …
StrategyPage:
Myths of the Iraq War  —  January 28, 2007: Top 10 Myths of the Iraq War.  In no particular order.  There are more, but ten is a manageable number.  —  1-No Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).  Several hundred chemical weapons were found, and Saddam had all his WMD scientists and technicians ready.
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush Rallies Conservatives at Summit  —  Non-Candidate Shows Ability to Excite the Party  —  At a time when the conservative movement is looking bereft, humbled by midterm-election defeats and hungering for a presidential candidate to rally around, Jeb Bush delivered yesterday in Washington …
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Sarah Wheaton / The Caucus:
Romney Appeals to Core Audience
Discussion: The Corner and ShopFloor.org
Washington Post:
5 Myths About Suburbia and Our Car-Happy Culture  —  They don't rate up there with cancer and al-Qaeda — at least not yet — but suburban sprawl and automobiles are rapidly acquiring a reputation as scourges of modern American society.  Sprawl, goes the typical indictment, devours open space …
Discussion: Economist's View and TigerHawk
 
 
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Hillary jokes about "evil and bad men" …
Bradford Plumer / The New Republic:
D'SOUZA STRIKES BACK:  —  Dinesh D'Souza whines today that liberals …
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
You Keep Using That Word; I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
RICKIE LEE JONES- Sermon on Exposition Blvd.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:
Rules of Engagement for Conscience and Sense
Discussion: Wizbang
TigerHawk:
Well, somebody's afraid of the surge
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Ginsburg Decries Sexism By Being Sexist
Discussion: The Heretik
 Earlier Items: 
Fernanda Santos / New York Times:
Evidence From Bite Marks, It Turns Out, Is Not So Elementary
Ruth R. Wisse / Opinion Journal:
Gliberalism  —  Universities are among the most cynical institutions in America.
Laura Secor / New York Times:
Whose Iran?  —  The Mahestan mall in South Tehran is sometimes called …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Unfogged
Los Angeles Times:
A deal in the desert for Sen. Reid?
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Grand Delusion  —  It's quite a juxtaposition.
Michael Pollan / New York Times:
Unhappy Meals  —  Eat food.  Not too much.  Mostly plants.
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
Accurate, but Not the Whole Story
Jonathan Darman / Newsweek:
A Reluctant Rebel's Yell
 

 
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