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4:20 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.
John Edwards '08 Blog:
About My Personal Blog  —  My writings on my personal blog Pandagon on the issue of religion are generally satirical in nature and always intended strictly as a criticism of public policies and politics.  My intention is never to offend anyone for his or her personal beliefs …
Discussion: Don Surber
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 …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Okay, so maybe a few more words on this whole Marcotte dustup.  Because Oprah tells me I need closure, and because, well, it dovetails nicely with some of my site themes (UPDATED)  —  Via Bumperstickerist, here is word from the Edwards campaign, which has decided to keep Marcotte and McEwan onboard the Edwards Express:
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: Outside The Beltway and ABCNEWS
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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 …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Swopa / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: Tim Russert, Three  —  Good morning, my friends, and welcome back to the cross-examination that never ends ... we're due to see more of NBC's Tim Russert being raked over the coals by Scooter Libby's attorney, Ted Wells.  Yesterday afternoon's grilling raised several questions that Jane Hamsher …
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Washington Post:
Prosecution Rests in Libby Perjury Trial
Discussion: FishBowlDC
Swopa / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: Tim Russert, Four
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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Multi-National Force:
Suspected senior IED cell leader detained, terrorist safehouse …
Discussion: Mudville Gazette
Nibras Kazimi / New York Sun:   Blackout of the Press  —  Abu Omar al-Baghdadi made his grand …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Sign Up  —  The Edwards campaign is standing by their bloggers as they came under assault by the rightwing noise machine and good for them.  —  But this is going to be the pattern unless the news media recognises that they have a substantial number of readers who will not tolerate a reprise …
Casey Ross / Boston Herald:
Mitt changes tax-cut tune  —  After refusing to endorse President Bush's tax cuts when he was governor, Mitt Romney has now made them a central part of his presidential campaign, stirring accusations that he is changing his position to appeal to GOP primary voters.
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Donklephant
Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
The Pentagon's not-so-little secret  —  As the president and Republicans continue to hype the surge — and stifle debate about it — Bush's own war planners are preparing for failure in Iraq.  —  Composite photo of George W. Bush and soldiers from the 1st Infantry at Fort Riley, Kan. …
Discussion: The Heretik, QandO and The Left Coaster
Daniel Woolls / Associated Press:
Gore: Nations Must Take Lead in Warming  —  MADRID, Spain (AP) — Emerging economies such as China are justified in holding back on fighting greenhouse gas emissions until richer polluters like the United States do more to solve the problem, former Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday.
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.
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 …
 
 
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The Snake Eater  —  Give our troops the tools our cops have.
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Kim Murphy / Los Angeles Times:
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Washington Post:
Veterans Group Speaks Out on War
Discussion: AMERICAblog and First Read
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