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3:30 PM ET, March 27, 2007

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Associated Press:
Tests Show Snow's Cancer Has Returned  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential spokesman Tony Snow's surgery to remove a small growth showed that his cancer has returned, the White House said Tuesday.  —  Snow, 51, had his colon removed in 2005 and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Tests Show Snow's Cancer Has Returned  —  White House press secretary Tony Snow, who has become the face of the Bush presidency over the last year, has cancer again.  —  Snow's deputy, Dana M. Perino, broke into tears at an off-camera briefing this morning as she announced that the cancer has spread to his liver.
Tony Snow / Fox News:
WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN TONY SNOW HAS CANCER AGAIN
Discussion: Hot Air and Macsmind
Ron Hutcheson / Real Cities:
Who is Monica Goodling?  —  WASHINGTON - Monica Goodling, the Department of Justice official who said Monday that she'll invoke the Fifth Amendment rather than talk to lawmakers, is a frequent figure in department e-mails released so far as part of the congressional investigation into the firings and hirings of U.S. attorneys.
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Neal Katyal / New York Times:
Prosecution Complex  —  IN 1999, when the Independent Counsel Act …
Discussion: Law Blog and ACSBlog
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Republicans to Rely on President Bush's Veto to Block Troop Withdrawal Plan  —  As the Senate opened debate Monday on a $122 billion Iraq spending bill, Republicans vowed not to allow Congress to impose a withdrawal date for American troops, but said they would rely on President Bush's veto pen rather …
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Charles Hurt / Examiner:
Senate war bill features $20B in pork  —  WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Like their counterparts in the House, the Senate has larded its version of an "emergency" war spending bill with nearly $20 billion in pork-barrel outlays, including $100 million for the two major political parties' 2008 presidential conventions.
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Hacking John McCain  —  politics, humor, myspace, gay-marriage, mccain, john-mccain, hacks  —  If you visit John McCain's MySpace page (as of 9am PST Tuesday morning), you will notice an interesting announcement from him.  He's apparently reversed his position on gay marriage as well as revealed a bias towards attractive lesbians.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
John McCain's MySpace Page "Enhanced"  —  Someone on Presidential hopeful John McCain's staff is going to be in trouble today.  They used a well known template to create his Myspace page.  The template was designed by Newsvine Founder and CEO Mike Davidson (original template is here).
Discussion: Wonkette and Political Radar
Sydney Morning Herald:
US captures car-bombing ring in Iraq  —  The US military has captured the leaders of a car-bombing ring blamed for killing hundreds of Iraqis.  —  The news came as the departing US ambassador said Americans are in ongoing talks with insurgent representatives to try to persuade them to turn against al-Qaeda.
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Jules Crittenden:
By The Way, It's Official ...  ... we can win in Iraq, we are winning in Iraq, and George Bush's surge strategy is responsible for it.  Not even the AP can ignore it* anymore: … * The AP here grudgingly leaves out the kind of helpful interpretive graphs that usually are added to explain …
Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line
Ryan Sager / New York Sun Politics:
McCain-Feingold: Five Years of Failure  —  Five years ago today, President Bush signed into law the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.  Today, American politics is so clean you could eat off it — except for the mud-slinging, back-scratching, favor-trading, influence-peddling, bald-faced lying, indictments, and convictions.
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Allison Klein / Washington Post:
Webb Aide Tried To Take Gun Into Senate Building, Capitol Police Say  —  A top aide to Sen. James Webb was charged yesterday with trying to carry a loaded pistol and extra ammunition into a Senate office building, U.S. Capitol Police said.  —  The staffer, Phillip Thompson …
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Jeff Coen / Chicago Tribune:
Attorney general coming here, expects questions  —  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is likely to face questions about the allegedly mediocre status of U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald when he arrives here Tuesday for a scheduled round table discussion and press conference.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:   But Will They Be Serving Toast?
Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
Exclusive: Report Charges Broad White House Efforts to Stifle Climate Research  —  Justin Rood Reports:  —  Bush administration officials throughout the government have engaged in White House-directed efforts to stifle, delay or dampen the release of climate change research that casts …
Ross Douthat / The American Scene:
The Problem With Fred Thompson: Wait - I'm gone a week and Fred Thompson makes some noises about running for President and immediately jumps to third in the GOP primary polls?  Now the easy thing would be to crack wise about this development, but Matt Yglesias, Daniel Larison and (especially) …
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Kelly McCormack / The Hill:
Fifty percent of adults would not vote for Clinton  —  Half of voting-age Americans say they would not vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) if she became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008, according to a Harris Interactive poll released Tuesday.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Drudge and The Politico — poisonously joined at the hip  —  The new online political magazine, The Politico, is a pernicious new presence in our media landscape.  As I noted the other day, it really is nothing more than the Drudge Report dressed up with the trappings of mainstream media credibility.
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
Democrat Proposes Making Withdrawal Date Secret  —  Only Congress, White House and Iraqi Government Would Know Plan  —  In one of the more unusual proposals to emerge in the Senate debate on Iraq withdrawal, Sen. Mark Pryor wants to keep any plans for bringing troops home a secret.
 
 
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Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily:
Embattled AG now accused in teen sex scandal 'cover-up'
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Bush family hedges bets
Discussion: Redstate and The Corner
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Mideast Leaders Agree to Meet Biweekly
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
New HuffPost Project: The Wisdom of the Crowd Hits the '08 Campaign Trail
CBC News:
Charest keeps seat as Liberals cling to power in Quebec
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Obama's Back Story  —  While I was whiling away my youth …
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Hirsi Ali under threat in US
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Is Obama all style and little substance?
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USA Today:
Poll backs subpoenas of Bush aides
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Heat Invades Cool Heights Over Arizona Desert
Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
Romney offers student fundraisers money
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Plea of Guilty From Detainee in Guantánamo
John Solomon / Washington Post:
FBI Provided Inaccurate Data for Surveillance Warrants