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3:05 PM ET, March 11, 2007

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New York Times:
The Failed Attorney General  —  During the hearing on his nomination as attorney general, Alberto Gonzales said he understood the difference between the job he held — President Bush's in-house lawyer — and the job he wanted, which was to represent all Americans as their chief law enforcement officer …
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Nico / Think Progress:
Sen. Schumer Calls For Alberto Gonzales To Resign  —  Today on CBS's Face the Nation, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign.  Schumer said Gonzales has "been even more political than his predecessor, Attorney General Ashcroft," and that Gonzales …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
After Tough Week, Gonzales Says He Remains Focused
Discussion: The Swamp
LAW.com:
DOJ Goes Into Damage Control Over Firing of U.S. Attorneys
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
The 'Surge' Is Succeeding  —  A front-page story in The Post last week suggested that the Bush administration has no backup plan in case the surge in Iraq doesn't work.  I wonder if The Post and other newspapers have a backup plan in case it does.  —  Leading journalists have been reporting …
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
TRANSCRIPT: FORMER SEN. FRED THOMPSON ON 'FOX NEWS SUNDAY'  —  The following is a partial transcript of the March 11, 2007, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace":  —  "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: Well, chances are you've never heard of U.S. President Charles Ross …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Friends Of Ali Reza Asgari, Part II  —  The defection of Iranian intelligence officer Ali Reza Asgari did not represent a recent flip of a spy chief as first presumed.  The Times of London reports that Asgari worked as a mole for years, passing information to the West, until he could get his family out of Iran and escape:
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Telegraph:
Iran votes to impose petrol rationing  —  Iranians are bracing themselves for a fresh round of belt tightening after their government voted to impose petrol rationing coupled with sharp rises in the price of fuel.  —  The rationing system will limit Iranians to 22 gallons (100 litres) …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Iran Economic Decline Accelerates
Associated Press:
Report: Rove was urged to oust U.S. attorney  —  N.M. GOP chief says he complained about prosecutor, was told 'he's gone'  —  WASHINGTON - The chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party was quoted Saturday as saying he urged presidential adviser Karl Rove and one of his assistants to fire the state's U.S. attorney.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
New John Edwards Sells Less Biography, More Liberal Issues  —  When he first ran for president, then-Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) was the fresh face in the Democratic Party, a perpetually buoyant campaigner who built his candidacy around his own biography and whose success in the primaries earned him a place on the 2004 Democratic ticket.
Associated Press:
Poll: Character trumps policy for voters  —  WASHINGTON - For all the policy blueprints churned out by presidential campaigns, there is this indisputable fact: People care less about issues than they do about a candidate's character.  —  A new Associated Press-Ipsos poll says 55 percent …
Observer:
Climate scientist 'duped to deny global warming'  —  A Leading US climate scientist is considering legal action after he says he was duped into appearing in a Channel 4 documentary that claimed man-made global warming is a myth.  Carl Wunsch, professor of physical oceanography …
Discussion: Liberal Values and NewsHog
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Little Green Footballs:   The Great Global Warming Swindle
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Warming Report to Warn of Coming Drought
Discussion: Liberal Values and Maggie's Farm
Benedict Carey / New York Times:
Lotto Makes Sense, Even for Losers  —  AT least poker tables have some atmosphere, a jingle of highball glasses, a hint of 1990s menthol smoke in the armchairs, the sweet musk of nearby cash.  The same goes for playing the horses: there are characters, scandals, competition, not to mention real payoffs.
Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
HILL: I'M THE JFK OF 2008  —  VOWS TO BEAT ODDS  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton invoked the campaign of the nation's lone Catholic president, John Kennedy, last night as she talked about her challenge in becoming the first female commander-in-chief.  —  "He was smart, he was dynamic, he was inspiring and he was Catholic.
Discussion: The Corner and The Strata-Sphere
Faiza Saleh Ambah / Washington Post:
Episode at Guantanamo Leaves Family at a Loss  —  MEDINA, Saudi Arabia — Mishal al-Harbi's brain was deprived of oxygen for several minutes on the evening of Jan. 16, 2003, while he was in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  As a result, he cannot stand, his speech is slurred …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Crossroads Arabia
Telegraph:
Iraq four years on  — Video: Julian Simmonds and Colin Freeman on the streets of Iraq  —  Mohammed Mumtaz al-Duleimi shows me the ring on his third finger, set with a heavy stone in a dark-red colour that is known in Iraq as gazelle's blood.  For the superstitious Shias of the south …
Discussion: The Corner and Angry Bear
Test / The Daily Acts:
Clinton Says Bush Ignores 'Invisible Americans'  —  NASHUA, NH-In a speech to over 1,000 enthusiastic Democrats at the Sheraton Nashua Hotel, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) tonight signaled a change in focus in her campaign for the presidency.  The event was the New Hampshire Democratic Party's annual "100 Club" dinner.
 
 
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
LIBERAL AMERICA?....James Joyner reports today on a new Gallup …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Pardon Libby Now  —  It will be good for Bush and good for the country.
Tracie Rozhon / New York Times:
To Have, Hold and Cherish, Until Bedtime
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush seeks 8,200 more troops for wars
Discussion: AMERICAblog
2007.sxsw.com:
SXSW Interactive  —  Attracting digital creatives as well as …
Discussion: MyDD
Chrish / News Hounds:
FOX chooses article carefully to outsource condemnation of Nevada Dems' cancellation
Marcelle Clements / ambivablog.typepad.com:
The Best-Kept Secret: The Antidote to "The Secret"
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sunday Talking Head Thread
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 Earlier Items: 
Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
Romney courts South Florida voters
Discussion: The American Mind
Observer:
Scandal of treatment for wounded Iraq veterans
Telegraph:
Cameron considers tax hikes on air travel
Washington Post:
Iran's Dissenters  —  HERE'S HOW International Women's …
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
WNBC:
Caught On Tape: Mugger Attacks 101-Year-Old Woman In Queens
Discussion: Riehl World View
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Crisis Looms in Mortgages
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: UPI reporter gets emotional over Iraq; Update: Clip added
Colin Freeman / Telegraph:
Iran tells US to set timetable for Iraq exit