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3:30 PM ET, February 17, 2007

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Washington Post:
Not the 'Real Vote'  —  REP. JOHN MURTHA (D-Pa.) has a message for anyone who spent the week following the House of Representatives' marathon debate on Iraq: You've been distracted by a sideshow.  "We have to be careful that people don't think this is the vote," the 74-year-old congressman …
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New York Times:
On to the Hard Part on Iraq  —  President Bush lost touch long ago with Iraq's political reality — not to mention Americans' anguish and disbelief at his mismanagement of the war.  So we welcome the House of Representatives' long-overdue attempt to shake some sense into Mr. Bush …
CNN:
Senate won't vote on rebuke of troop buildup … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Senate Democrats failed to garner the necessary 60 votes they needed to consider a nonbinding resolution that opposes President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq.  —  The vote was 56-34, with seven Republicans crossing …
Discussion: William K. Wolfrum
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Bill Frist, M.D. / Senator Bill Frist:
Expose Democrats' Hypocrisy  —  As many of you, I have watched with interest the new Democrat Majority.  —  Throughout the 2006 campaign, Democrats spoke at great length about the fair mindednesss of Democrat rule.  If Democrats were in the Majority the American people would see a difference.
Discussion: The Mahablog and Oliver Willis
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Next Stop — The Senate
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Antiwar Anger at '02 Vote on Iraq Follows Clinton  —  One of the most important decisions that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton made about her bid for the presidency came late last year when she ended a debate in her camp over whether she should repudiate her 2002 vote authorizing military action in Iraq.
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Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  (Double) standard operating procedure: why "America's Mayor" isn't "America's ex-husband"  —  Two weeks ago, we noted that ABC News' Charlie Gibson asked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she would be in a position to be a "credible" candidate for president were it not for her husband.
Discussion: Mercury Rising
Tina Daunt / Los Angeles Times:   'Can I talk to you about Hillary?'
Joe / AMERICAblog:
Forget Iraq.  McCain wants to be the anti-sex candidate.  He's preaching abstinence now.  —  fark it!  Oh, this is rich.  John McCain can't make the votes on Iraq — the dominant issue of these times.  No, McCain has more pressing matters on his plate.  He's too busy working on his no-sex agenda.
Discussion: The Real McCain
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Liz Sidoti / ABCNEWS:
2008 Hopefuls Shift Plans for Iraq Vote  —  Senate Vote on Iraq Prompts Some 2008 Candidates to Shift Their Campaign Plans  —  Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, a staunch supporter of sending more troops to Iraq, will skip a Senate vote on the war Saturday to campaign in Iowa …
Russell Roberts / Los Angeles Times:
Workers are fine with fewer unions  —  Wealth and productivity have soared while union membership has declined.  —  LABOR UNIONS' importance in the workplace has fallen steadily since 1950, when roughly a third of American workers were unionized.  Today, that number is well below 10% in the private sector.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Matthew Yglesias
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:   HACK OF THE DAY....Today's anti-union harangue in the LA Times …
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
WHILE CONGESS WAS VOTING...  ...this happened in Iraq:  —  Iraqi Government and 1st Iraqi Army Division assumes control … IA Captures Al Qaeda In Iraq Cell Leader, Recovers Weapons Cache … BOMB-MAKING FACILITY DESTROYED … IA, CF target terrorist cells in Muqdadiya
Jeff Bailey / New York Times:
Long Delays Hurt Image of JetBlue  —  Can one very bad week for JetBlue Airways wipe out years of industry-leading customer satisfaction ratings?  —  That was the question hanging over the airline yesterday, as it tried to return its operations to normal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
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Gary Hart / The Huffington Post:
Iraq and Homeland Security  —  Both the U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century and the follow-on  —  Council on Foreign Relations report a year after 9-11 concluded that the backbone of  —  homeland security is the 50-state National Guard.  Properly trained and equipped,
Discussion: TalkLeft
Simon Romero / New York Times:
Chávez Threatens to Jail Price Control Violators  —  Faced with an accelerating inflation rate and shortages of basic foods like beef, chicken and milk, President Hugo Chávez has threatened to jail grocery store owners and nationalize their businesses if they violate the country's expanding price controls.
Washington Post:
Rice Visits Baghdad to Support Joint U.S. and Iraqi Security Effort  —  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad Saturday and hailed early signs of success in a U.S.-Iraqi operation to quell sectarian violence in the embattled capital.
Discussion: Daily Kos and PrairiePundit
Peter Berkowitz / Weekly Standard:
Excommunication for Thee . . .  Alan Wolfe's self-incriminating attack on Dinesh D'Souza.  —  Alan Wolfe is a distinguished public intellectual.  He is professor of political science and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College.
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Dish
 
 
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