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5:20 PM ET, March 22, 2007

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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards to Suspend Campaign  —  John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickened her in 2004, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, an Edwards friend told The Politico.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Getting It Wrong  —  A single, confident source close to John Edwards told me this morning that Edwards was "suspending his campaign," and I posted it to the blog at 11:06 this morning.  —  My source, and I, were wrong.  —  The source, whose anonymity I agreed to respect …
MSNBC:
Wife's illness won't idle Edwards '08 campaign  —  'Campaign goes on,' Democratic hopeful says despite return of wife's cancer  —  WASHINGTON - His wife's cancer has returned, but former North Carolina senator John Edwards says he'll continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Edwards will continue presidential run  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - John Edwards said Thursday his wife's cancer has returned, but said he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  "The campaign goes on.  The campaign goes on strongly," Edwards told reporters, his wife by his side.
New York Times:
Edwards to Continue '08 Bid Despite Wife's Cancer  —  John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat, said today that his wife's cancer had returned, but that his bid for the presidency "goes on strongly."  —  "The campaign goes on, the campaign goes on strongly," he said, with his wife, Elizabeth, at his side.
CNN:
Edwards: Wife's cancer returns, campaign goes on … CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Thursday his wife's cancer has returned but his bid for the White House will go on.  —  "The campaign goes on," John Edwards said at a news conference outside …
Associated Press:
Edwards to continue campaign despite return of wife's cancer  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said today that his wife's cancer has returned and is no longer curable, but is treatable.  —  But he said he will continue his campaign.  —  "We are very optimistic about this," he said.
Jay Carney / Time:
Can Edwards' Campaign Just Go On?  —  "The campaign goes on.
Discussion: Firedoglake and TIME: Swampland
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Edwards Forges On  —  So, despite earlier reports, Edwards will not suspend his campaign.
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
Ezra Klein / TAPPED:   THE EDWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THE POLITICO.  Elizabeth …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:
Senate panel OKs subpoenas for key aides  —  WASHINGTON - A Senate panel, following the House's lead, authorized subpoenas Thursday for White House political adviser Karl Rove and other top aides involved in the firing of federal prosecutors.  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee decided …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Panel Authorizes Subpoenas for Administration Officials
Discussion: New York Times
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
E-mails on attorneys' firings could impact privilege case
Discussion: Washington Post
Think Progress:
Gonzales: I'm Staying For The Kids  —  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced this morning: "I'm not going to resign.  I'm going to stay focused on protecting our kids."  Speaking before a Project Safe Childhood event, Gonzales told reporters he plans "to go up to the Congress …
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Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
What Bush is hiding  —  In the U.S. attorney scandal, Alberto Gonzales gave orders, but he also took them — from Karl Rove, who plotted to turn the federal criminal justice system into the Republican Holy Office of the Inquisition.  —  Alberto Gonzales, right, and Karl Rove at the Jan. 31 …
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Was She Covert?  —  Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra could hardly believe what he heard on television Friday as he watched a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.  Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democratic committee chairman, said his statement had been approved by the CIA director, Michael Hayden.
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Emptywheel / Firedoglake:   Toensing's Little Inaccuracies
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
GOP Forces House Democrats To Pull DC Voting Bill  —  House Democrats pulled a bill to grant voting rights to Washington, D.C., after Republicans offered a motion that would repeal the gun ban for the District.  —  The move is a clear signal that Democrats have lost control of House floor …
Discussion: Redstate and PunditGuy
Ahmed Rashid / Washington Post:
Musharraf at the Exit  —  LAHORE, Pakistan — In the rapidly unfolding crisis in Pakistan, no matter what happens to President Pervez Musharraf — whether he survives politically or not — he is a lame duck.  He is unable to rein in Talibanization in Pakistan or guide the country toward a more democratic future.
CNN:
Man with al-Sadr ties held in attack on U.S. troops … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A man with ties to a radical Shiite cleric is in U.S. custody in connection with an attack that killed five American soldiers in Karbala in January, U.S. officials said.  —  "Over the past several days …
New York Times:
Congress's Challenge on Iraq  —  The House of Representatives now has a chance to lead the nation toward a wiser, more responsible Iraq policy.  It is scheduled to vote this week on whether to impose benchmarks for much-needed political progress on the Iraqi government …
Discussion: Don Surber, TalkLeft and Decision '08
Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
In Utah, an Opponent of the 'Culture of Obedience'  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Rocky Anderson may not be the most liberal mayor in America.  But here in the most conservative state, he might as well be.  —  Just being himself is enough to galvanize, divide or enrage people who have followed …
Jerid / Buckeye State Blog:
Calling BS on De Vellis - It Wasn't Him  —  Phil claims he made it?  I say don't buy everything you read.  —  Those who have been around the Buckeye 'sphere for a while know Mr. De Vellis well.  One of the most unscrupulous Democratic staffers to come to Ohio in quite a while, creative and talented Phil is not.
 
 
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