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3:05 PM ET, February 8, 2007

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John Edwards '08 Blog:
Statement on Campaign Bloggers  —  The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte's and Melissa McEwan's posts personally offended me.  It's not how I talk to people, and it's not how I expect the people who work for me to talk to people.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Edwards' Bloggers Regret Critical Posts  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Thursday he was personally offended by the provocative messages two of his campaign bloggers wrote criticizing the Catholic church, but he's not firing them.
Matt Browner Hamlin / The Huffington Post:
End of The Standoff and Pointing Our Guns At The Right  —  We all know the scene from the end of Reservoir Dogs.  The main chararcters are holed up in a dingy warehouse, half-dead with guns pointed at each other.  Each man is set to do fatal violence to the other and as the scene develops …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Patriarchy thwarted!  Edwards to retain Marcotte, McEwan  —  He doesn't explicitly say so, but if they're on their way out, why bother with this?  —  Not since the Trump/Miss USA press conference have I felt so moved by redemption: … It wasn't their intention to malign anyone's faith?
John Edwards '08 Blog:   About My Personal Blog  —  My writings on my personal blog Pandagon …
Edward Epstein / San Francisco Chronicle:
GOP makes much ado about the size of Pelosi's plane  —  The House speaker has had the use of a government jet since the Sept. 11 attacks  —  (02-08) 04:00 PST Washington — The way Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel home to San Francisco and on official business is the latest tempest to hit the House of Representatives.
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Outside The Beltway
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MSNBC:
Pelosi: I'll fly commercial  —  Speaker says politics behind whispers she wants a bigger plane  —  WASHINGTON - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hinted her opposition to the war in Iraq is behind the storm over her desire to fly non-stop from Washington to her home in San Francisco.
Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Pelosi calls for 'mandatory action' to control greenhouse gases, hopes for Energy Independence Day  —  Republican says plan will cost US jobs  —  Citing "a growing chorus of voices," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called Thursday for "mandatory action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution …
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Russert on the Hot Seat in Libby Trial  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — NBC's Tim Russert got the sort of "Meet the Press" interrogation he usually gives to his guests as attorneys Thursday flashed excerpts of his previous statements on a video monitor and asked him to explain inconsistencies.
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Swopa / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: Tim Russert, Four
Discussion: JustOneMinute and TalkLeft
Swopa / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: Tim Russert, Five
Discussion: Maine Web Report and Macsmind
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Tim Russert, on The Uncomfortable Side of a Question
Discussion: New York Times
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Al Qaeda in Iraq Crumbling: al Masri on the run  —  Coalition forces in Iraq have delivered a series of stunning blows to al Qaeda in Iraq in the last 48 hours.  —  A key aide to Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the man who replaced Abu Musab al Zarqawi as the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, has been south of Baghdad.
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Nibras Kazimi / New York Sun:   Blackout of the Press  —  Abu Omar al-Baghdadi made his grand …
Multi-National Force:
Suspected senior IED cell leader detained, terrorist safehouse …
Discussion: Mudville Gazette
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Allied With Democrats, Lieberman Easily Aligns With Republicans  —  It came as little surprise that when Senate Republicans blocked debate Monday on a resolution that would have opposed President Bush's plan to increase troop levels in Iraq, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, erstwhile Democrat, sided with them.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Sirotablog
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
7 GOP Senators Back War Debate
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Reckless Caution  —  Edwards vs. Clinton: Indecision 2008.  —  When NBC's Tim Russert asked John Edwards on Sunday if he, as president, would accept a nuclear-armed Iran, the silver-tongued lawyer got tongue-tied: "I—there's no answer to that question at this moment.
Matthew Yglesias:
Jonah Goldberg Day!  —  Two years ago today, Jonah Goldberg threw down the following challenge to Juan Cole: … Since Goldberg enjoys throwing a little smear-job in with his punditry, he also offered this: … Got it.  So we have a prediction, along with the insinuation that Professor Cole …
Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Bush Wants Funding Jump for Anti-Drug Ads Rated as Useless  —  President Bush has proposed a significant jump in funding for an anti-drug advertising campaign that government-funded research shows is at best useless and at worst has increased drug use among some teens.
Reuters:
Hillary Clinton should ditch the trousers: Versace  —  BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should tap into her feminine side and wear dresses and skirts instead of trousers, fashion designer Donatella Versace was quoted as saying on Thursday.
 
 
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