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11:10 AM ET, February 26, 2007

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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Al Gore Takes Home the Statue!  —  Frankly, I'm thrilled but not surprised.  An Inconvenient Truth was a teriffic documentary, plus, let's face it, politics plays a role in the selection process.  Congrats, Al!  Here's a little video compilation of the Vice President's big night.  —  Download (2572) |
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Gore's Oscar Fuels Call for Late Run  —  Former Vice President Al Gore's triumph at the Oscars is already stoking activists' pleas for him to make a dramatic late entry into the fractious presidential race, and some key strategists insist he could announce as late as September or October and still win the nomination.
Discussion: Wonkette and Washington Post
CNN:   Gore uses Oscar speech to plug environmental cause
John Donnelly / Boston Globe:
Amid Oscar buzz for Gore, backers talk political encore
Brian Lowry / Variety:   The 79th Annual Academy Awards
New York Times:
Cheney Warns Pakistan to Act on Terror  —  Vice President Dick Cheney made an unannounced trip to Pakistan on Monday to deliver what officials in Washington described as an unusually tough message to Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, warning him that the newly Democratic Congress could cut aid …
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:   Carter Rips Cheney's "Abymsal" Record on Iraq
Joseph Lieberman / Opinion Journal:
The Choice on Iraq  —  "I appeal to my colleagues in Congress to step back and think carefully about what to do next."  —  Two months into the 110th Congress, Washington has never been more bitterly divided over our mission in Iraq.  The Senate and House of Representatives are bracing …
USA Today:
War critic speaks from heart of Bush country  —  KEARNEY, Neb. — Jeff Strong, a recently retired National Guardsman and "rock-ribbed Republican," churned with conflicting emotions as he sat in an auditorium at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, waiting for Sen. Chuck Hagel.
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Deauthorizing Iraq  —  Democratic senators face trouble this week trying to cleanse themselves of the stain of voting for President Bush's Iraq war resolution.  Republican senators who have turned against the U.S. military intervention in Iraq are not interested in bailing out Democrats …
Discussion: QandO and Betsy's Page
bradenton.com:
Wells says boy was kidnapped for ransom  —  SAMOSET - Camouflaged sheriff's office SWAT Team members swarmed the home of the alleged kidnapper of 13-year-old Clay Moore just before daybreak this morning.  —  The suspect, however, was still on the loose.  —  Manatee County Sheriff's Office …
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Adrian Sainz / Associated Press:   Man Sought in Foiled Florida Kidnapping
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Growing A Third Party  —  Somewhere in America, there are 35,000 people looking at the preliminaries to the 2008 presidential race from a different perspective than that of millions of their fellow citizens.  —  They are the people who have signed up so far to participate in Unity08 …
Discussion: CorrenteWire
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Thers / Whiskey Fire:
Can't Hear the Revolution (Thank Christ)
Discussion: TAPPED and The Fix
Jeffrey White / Chicago Sun Times:
'Star wars' looks good to Europe now  —  PRAGUE, Czech Republic — U.S. plans to extend its ''star wars'' missile-defense program to Europe, which once dismissed the technology as unproven and unneeded, are gaining acceptance among governments here.  —  Despite Russia's mounting opposition …
Smash / The Indepundit:
Another Friday at Walter Reed  —  "SUPPORT THE TROOPS."  For some people, it's second nature.  For others, it's just an empty political slogan.  —  On Friday, Tantor and I went to Walter Reed to visit some friends.  But first, we stopped in front of the main gate to visit the seven remaining members …
Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
More Americans Trust Congress Over Bush on Iraq, Poll Finds  —  Congressional Democrats still hold a sizeable advantage over President Bush in who the public trusts to handle the Iraq war, though the gap has narrowed somewhat since Bush's State of the Union speech, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Looseheadprop / Firedoglake:
Libby Trial: What Is An Allen Charge?  —  (Photo by Reuters/Jason Reed.  I absolutely love this shot — the juxtaposition of Congress and the view of Libby through the darkened window of the SUV that Wells' office has been using for morning transport from their office is pitch perfect …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Joseph Williams / Boston Globe:
Name changes define Clinton's various career stages  —  WASHINGTON — What's in a name?  Plenty, if you're running for president.  —  Just ask George W. Bush, who had to distinguish himself from his father of nearly the same name, and Senator Barack Hussein Obama, whose staff worries about confusion with similar-sounding US enemies.
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Giuliani Has Uniquely Broad Based Political Appeal  —  Clinton's popularity concentrated with Democrats  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Recent USA Today/Gallup presidential heats measures indicate the 2008 election is not going to be easy for either party.  Various pairings of the leading Republican …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
 
 
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