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1:00 PM ET, February 26, 2007

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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.
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CNN:
Gore uses Oscar speech to plug environmental cause … LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Sure, the White House slipped from former Vice President Al Gore's grasp, but how many politicians end up on stage at Oscar night?  —  "An Inconvenient Truth," which turned Gore's lectures on the threat …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
New York Times:
Bush to Warn Pakistan to Act on Terror  —  President Bush has decided to send an unusually tough message to one of his most important allies, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan, warning him that the newly Democratic Congress could cut aid to his country unless his forces become far …
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Carter Rips Cheney's "Abymsal" Record on Iraq
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
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.
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Nico / Think Progress:   POLL: Americans Strongly Support Murtha's Iraq Plan
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 …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Meanwhile, Back at the Courthouse...  I'm at the courthouse, and as Christy said in her update, one of the jurors was exposed to media coverage of the trial.  Nobody really expected anything early this morning, so everyone is scrambling into the media room to try and figure out what's going on.
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Looseheadprop / Firedoglake:   Libby Trial: What Is An Allen Charge?
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 …
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Thers / Whiskey Fire:
Can't Hear the Revolution (Thank Christ)
Discussion: TAPPED and The Fix
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 …
Discussion: QandO and Betsy's Page
Jennifer Viegas / Discovery News:
Jesus Family Tomb Believed Found  —  New scientific evidence, including DNA analysis conducted at one of the world's foremost molecular genetics laboratories, as well as studies by leading scholars, suggests a 2,000-year-old Jerusalem tomb could have once held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth and his family.
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Marshall Thompson / Associated Press:   Scholars Criticize New Jesus Documentary
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Giuliani And CQ At CPAC  —  Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani has garnered some mild criticism for maintaining a fairly safe appearance schedule since forming his exploratory committee for his Presidential campaign.  Conservatives have wondered when he would begin making appearances at events targeted at the conservative community.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Rudy To Attend CPAC
Discussion: Redstate
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Dan Rather warns Hillary not to come off as a "chickenhawk"  —  Portrait of a man using a term he's clearly heard used before and just as clearly never quite grasped the definition of.  But watch how quick Matthews is to ask him to clarify.  You'd better believe he knows what it means.
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:   Chris Matthews and Dan Rather Discuss Hillary the Chickenhawk
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
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Panel: Military Health System Needs Help  —  WASHINGTON — Many Iraq war soldiers, veterans and their families are not getting needed psychological help because a stressed military's mental health system is overwhelmed and understaffed, a task force of psychologists found.
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
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 …
Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics:
Interview With Mitt Romney  —  (Editor's note: I sat down with Governor Romney at this headquarters in Boston on Friday.  I asked to record the interview and Governor Romney agreed without hesitation, and as I turn the recorder on Romney is in the middle of commenting on the fact …
Discussion: Power Line
New York Times:
U.S. Says Raid in Iraq Supports Claim on Iran  —  A raid on a Shiite weapons cache in the southern city of Hilla one week ago is providing what American officials call the best evidence yet that the deadliest roadside bombs in Iraq are manufactured in Iran, but critics contend …
 
 
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Matt Singer / Left in the West:
The Awful Budgeting Approach
The Rothenberg / The Rothenberg Political Report:
Are Democrats Kidding that Iraq Vote Was 'Bipartisan?'
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Baghdad Plan Has Elusive Targets
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
Why Have So Many U.S. Attorneys Been Fired?  It Looks a Lot Like Politics
Washington Post:
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Nation of Islam at a Crossroad as Leader Exits
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Joseph Williams / Boston Globe:
Name changes define Clinton's various career stages
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Another Friday at Walter Reed
Edward Cody / Washington Post:
Mild Weather Takes Edge Off Chinese Ice Festival
Discussion: The Peking Duck
Associated Press:
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