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9:10 AM ET, February 13, 2007

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Amanda Marcotte / Pandagon:
Announcement  —  I was hired by the Edwards campaign for the skills and talents I bring to the table, and my willingness to work hard for what's right.  Unfortunately, Bill Donohue and his calvacade of right wing shills don't respect that a mere woman like me could be hired for my skills …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
A Blogger for Edwards Resigns After Complaints  —  Days after Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards decided against firing two liberal bloggers with a history of inflammatory writing, one resigned last night with a blast at "right wing shills" for driving her out of the campaign.
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Oliver Willis
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Marcotte Resigns  —  Amanda Marcotte has resigned from the Edwards campaign (h/t Jeff G.): … I am genuinely, sincerely saddened.  I have said on many occasions that I didn't want Marcotte to lose her job.  I explained part of the reason I felt that way in this post:
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Targeted Blogger Quits Edwards Campaign  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One of the chief campaign bloggers for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards quit Monday after conservative critics raised questions about her history of provocative online messages.  —  Amanda Marcotte posted …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Breaking: Marcotte Resigns (updated.  And updated again)  —  Ms Marcotte blames the Catholic League's Bill Donohue for her troubles, but in truth, her anti-religious screeds (she calls them "anti-theocracy"—though the distinction seems rather disingenuous, given that her attacks tend …
Bryan / Hot Air:
Potty mouth fembigot down
Discussion: Riehl World View
Danny / Beltway Blogroll:
Edwards' Campaign Blogger Resigns
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Marcotte Quits, Sun To Rise In East In The Morning
Discussion: QandO
Lorraine / culturekitchen:   Jesus Did Not Say: "Shut Your Pie Hole"
Taylor Marsh:   Edwards Blogger Resigns
New York Times:
In Shift, Accord on North Korea Seems to Be Set  —  The United States and four other nations reached a tentative agreement to provide North Korea with roughly $400 million in fuel oil and aid, in return for the North's starting to disable its nuclear facilities and allowing nuclear inspectors …
Discussion: BBC, TigerHawk and The Moderate Voice
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Edward Cody / Washington Post:
Tentative Nuclear Deal Struck With North Korea  —  Steps to Disarmament Drafted in 6-Party Talks  —  Envoys from six nations reached a tentative agreement early Tuesday on the first steps toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament, a potential breakthrough in talks that have faltered repeatedly since 2003.
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Pace Demurs on Accusation of Iran  —  General Says He Knows Nothing Tying Leaders to Arms in Iraq  —  Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday that he has no information indicating Iran's government is directing the supply of lethal weapons to Shiite insurgent groups in Iraq.
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CNN:
Purported al Qaeda message: Unite with Taliban … (CNN) — In a message released Monday, al Qaeda's No. 2 leader called on Muslims to unite under Taliban leader Mullah Omar, stop trying to form secular governments and instead follow strict Islamic Sharia law.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Iranian Smoking Guns Found ... Literally  —  The Telegraph reports this morning that rifles imported from Austria by Iran have surfaced among insurgents in Iraq.  Steyr-Mannlicher exported 800 of its high-powered HS50 models, capable of piercing body armor, to the National Iranian Police Association for their anti-narcotics efforts:
Discussion: Instapundit.com
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Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
Iraqi insurgents using Austrian rifles from Iran
Discussion: The Bullwinkle Blog
Michelle Malkin:
Obama: Soldier deaths = "Wasted" lives  —  Sen. Barack Obama's nutroots are showing.  RedStateLady has the video of Obama arguing that each and every member of the military who volunteered to serve and died in Iraq wasted his/her life:  —  Transcript: … The audience roared with cheers and applause.
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Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:   OBAMA WASTES HIMSELF
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
With Campaign Underway, Obama Now Must Show More Than Potential  —  The opening days of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign have displayed all the promise of his candidacy, with large crowds, pulsating energy and a charismatic leading man.  But the Illinois Democrat faces several serious challenges …
Discussion: TIME
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:   Not Sold On Clinton  —  The buzz in Democratic circles …
Financial Times:
Too late to halt Iran's nuclear bomb, EU is told  —  Iran will be able to develop enough weapons-grade material for a nuclear bomb and there is little that can be done to prevent it, an internal European Union document has concluded.  —  In an admission of the international community's failure …
 
 
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Year of the Rat  —  HILLARY CLINTON SCURRIES AWAY FROM HER OLD LINE ON IRAQ.
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Beck: Obama is "colorless ... he might as well be white"
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Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
McCain Fears 'Tet Offensive' in Iraq
Discussion: The Corner
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Car Bombs Blast Baghdad Marketplace
Daniel Finkelstein / Times Online:
A new competition - the Chomsky Prize
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Teflon Don / Acute Politics:
The Road To Hell  —  The DOD has officially announced the deaths of our guys.
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Why Movements Move Me  —  During the fight with the Republican …
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Greg Robb / MarketWatch:
Federal surplus widens to $38.2 billion in Jan.
Discussion: The RBC
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