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9:50 AM ET, March 17, 2007

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CBS News:
Will Gonzales Fall For Attorney Firings?  —  Sources: AG's Ouster Is Inevitable; Fired Attorney Blames Partisan Politics  —  (CBS/AP) One of the eight recently fired U.S. attorneys at the center of a growing political scandal tells CBS News that he lost his job because he "did not play ball" with powerful Republicans.
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Real Cities:
Gonzales apologizes to prosecutors  —  WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales apologized to the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys in a conference call Friday as he tried to hold on to his job amid the scandal over the firings of eight federal prosecutors.  —  In another move to repair …
Discussion: MyDD and Talking Points Memo
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Memo to Gonzales  —  Was it arrogance or ignorance that led …
Discussion: Power Line and CorrenteWire
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
White House murky on prosecutor firings
Discussion: All Spin Zone
Nico / Think Progress:   Bush 'Pugnacious,' 'In Deep Denial,' As White House Allies Press …
Boston Globe:
Alberto Gonzales should go  —  IT IS customary for newly elected …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and TalkLeft
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Waxman v Toensing  —  Henry Waxman grills Victoria...  Download (4981) |  Play (5130) Download (1810) |  Play (3027)  —  It seems she has a problem with Gen Hayden calling Valerie a covert agent..And where has her wingnut husband Joe DeGenova been?  I haven't heard or read anything about him in a long while...
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The Raw Story:
Plame hearing transcript
Discussion: JustOneMinute and The BRAD BLOG
Nico / Think Progress:
CIA Director Hayden: 'Wilson Was Covert'
Discussion: Donklephant and Rising Hegemon
Think Progress:
Top Bush Official Reveals White House Never Investigated Plame Leak
Discussion: Firedoglake
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
FBI: Extremists Driving School Buses  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Suspected members of extremist groups have signed up as school bus drivers in the United States, counterterror officials said Friday, in a cautionary bulletin to police.  An FBI spokesman said, "Parents and children have nothing to fear."
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Terry McDermott / Los Angeles Times:
Blogs can top the presses  —  New York — IN a third-floor Flower District walkup with bare wooden floors, plain white walls and an excitable toy poodle named Simon, six guys dressed mainly in T-shirts and jeans sit all day in front of computer screens at desks arranged around the oblong room's perimeter …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
When The Hobby Becomes The Profession  —  Just a little over three and a half years ago, I began this blog as a creative writing outlet and a chance to hone my skills.  When I launched Captain's Quarters, I had no idea how it would grow, that it would attract this wonderful community of readers …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   The "New" Media Gets Top Blogger As Blog Talk Radio Grows
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Okay, I think I've unearthed the Barack Obama quote that Bill Clinton is criticizing The New York Times for not giving more attention to.  It's from July of 2004.  —  As reported below, Clinton sharply criticized The Times at a private fundraiser the other day.
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
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Joe Conason / Salon:   Blame Bill  —  Former President William Jefferson Clinton
Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
McCain Stumbles on H.I.V. Prevention  —  SOMEWHERE in NORTHERN IOWA — The unthinkable has happened.  Senator John McCain met a question, while sitting with reporters on his bus as it rumbled through Iowa today, that he couldn't - or perhaps wouldn't - answer.
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Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
General seeks another brigade in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — The top US commander in Iraq has requested another Army brigade, in addition to five already on the way, as part of the controversial "surge" of American troops designed to clamp down on sectarian violence and insurgent groups, senior Pentagon officials said yesterday.
Washington Post:
'Swift Boat' Figure Joins Romney  —  The primary funder of an independent group that raised questions about the résumé of Sen. John F. Kerry during the 2004 presidential election has signed on to raise money for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's GOP presidential campaign.
Echidne / ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES:
Hillary-Bashing in the Media  —  It's boring for me, because it's very early days in this game and I can't quite see what cards the Hillary-bashers might be holding up their sleeves.  Maybe the idea is to get us so used to the misogyny and the Bill-hating that we would never, ever push the button for her.
Discussion: TAPPED
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Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Trump has harsh words for Bush Administration
Richard Brookhiser / Time:
Conscientious Objectors  —  Congressional Democrats are struggling to find the right formula for ending the war in Iraq.  "This is a campaign," said New York Senator Charles Schumer, looking forward to a series of hearings and resolutions.  "We are going to continue this discussion …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Keep Off The Hippies  —  Ron Brownstein and Matt Cooper were on Hardball today (a refreshingly excellent show when it's hosted by David Gregory instead of you-know-who) discussing the Plame hearing.  Brownstein is a good reporter who usually gets it right, but today he betrayed a little bit …
Discussion: The Sideshow and Alternate Brain
Rocky Mountain News:
Rosen: Public school bondage  —  The state of Utah has just passed a landmark educational voucher program under which every family, depending on its income, will be reimbursed between $500 and $3,000 per child for annual tuition paid to the private school of their choice.
Discussion: Dean's World
William Kristol / Time:
Newt's Disappointing Admission  —  Who cares whom Newt Gingrich was sleeping with when?  James Dobson, head of Focus on the Family, cares.  He thinks we should all care.  He asked Gingrich about it recently on his radio show.  —  Did Gingrich object to Dobson's effrontery?  Au contraire.
 
 
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Exclusive Inclusion  —  The University of California at Berkeley …
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R2D2 Mailbox On The Corner
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 Earlier Items: 
Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
McCain Apologizes for 'Tar-Baby' Moment
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Romney's words grow hard on immigration
Discussion: The Caucus
Nitpicker:
Dance, Foxholes, Dance!  —  In the light of Fox News scrambling …
 

 
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