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11:05 AM ET, March 29, 2007

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New York Times:
Gonzales Draws Strong Criticism of Prosecutors  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales endured blunt criticism Tuesday from federal prosecutors who questioned the firings of eight United States attorneys, complained that the dismissals had undermined morale and expressed broader grievances …
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New York Times:
E-Mail Shows Rove's Role in Fate of Prosecutors  —  Almost every Wednesday afternoon, advisers to President Bush gather to strategize about putting his stamp on the federal courts and the United States attorneys' offices.  —  The group meets in the Roosevelt Room and includes aides …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Former Key Aide Testifies Today on Gonzales's Statements  —  D. Kyle Sampson, point man for the removal of eight United States attorneys, has spent almost seven years at the right hand of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.  —  And over time, friends and former colleagues say …
Washington Post:
Ex-Aide to Say Others at Justice Knew of Firings
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Kennedy: Justice firings are keyed to '08 vote
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Real Cities:
Justice Dept. apologizes for inaccuracies in early letter to Democrats
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Attorneygate in Guam
Discussion: War and Piece
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Democrats Are Building on Unity Over Iraq Pullout  —  No one has seemed more surprised by the Democrats' success in pushing an exit strategy for Iraq than the Democrats.  —  Their aggressiveness and unity on a major foreign-policy challenge to the president is a striking change for a party that has …
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Washington Post:
Bush Derides Iraq War Measure  —  He Says Democrats Will Be Blamed if Funds Are Held Up  —  In his most combative comments yet, President Bush mocked Democratic lawmakers yesterday for including a deadline for troop withdrawals and "pork" projects in an Iraq spending bill, declaring that …
Discussion: TAPPED, The Gavel and TalkLeft
Sam Rosenfeld / TAPPED:   THE POST-VETO FIGHT.  I think it's safe to say that Democrats exceeded …
New York Times:   Bush Rules Out Bid by Congress for Iraq Pullout
Matthew Yglesias:   The Yglesias Plan  —  What to do if Bush vetos the supplemental …
Nico / Think Progress:
Video: Rove raps at correspondents dinner.  —  At tonight's Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner, Karl Rove said he likes to "tear the tops off of small animals" in his spare time, then rapped about it as "MC Rove."  Watch it:  —  At the same event, President Bush said of the U.S. Attorney scandal …
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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Bush, Rove, Crack Up Press Corp  —  White House adviser Karl Rove boogied, backed by NBC's David Gregory, Brian Wiliams burped the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the President cracked wise, all to the general delight, and occasional gales of laughter, of journalists gathered …
Discussion: FishBowlDC, On Politics and Public Eye
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
Correspondents' dinner features fun, frolicking, and MC Rove
Discussion: The Swamp
Associated Press:
Bush serves jokes at broadcasters' dinner
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Washington Post:
The Myth Of Voter Fraud  —  As Congress probes the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, attention is centering on who knew what, and when.  It's just as important to focus on "why," such as the reason given for the firing of at least one of the U.S. attorneys, John McKay of Washington state …
Discussion: Political Animal
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Democrats say McCain nearly abandoned GOP  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was close to leaving the Republican Party in 2001, weeks before then-Sen. Jim Jeffords (Vt.) famously announced his decision to become an Independent, according to former Democratic lawmakers who say they were involved in the discussions.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Culture Of Corruption, Democrat Style
Discussion: QandO and the nose on your face
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
A 'Law & Order' Presidential Candidate?  —  "Law & Order" star and former U.S. senator Fred Dalton Thompson is considering a bid for the White House that would test whether Hollywood can once again launch a Republican to the world's premier political stage.  —  His interest, confirmed …
BBC:
US 'no longer technology king'  —  The US has lost its position as the world's primary engine of technology innovation, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.  —  The US is now ranked seventh in the body's league table measuring the impact of technology on the development of nations.
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
As Forbes Endorses Giuliani, Giuliani Endorses a Flat Tax  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani accepted the endorsement of Steve Forbes yesterday and embraced Mr. Forbes's signature issue, saying he liked the idea of a flat tax — something Mr. Giuliani denounced when Mr. Forbes was running for president.
Nicole Gaouette / Los Angeles Times:
White House works behind the scenes for immigration reform  —  The administration has been meeting with key Republican senators to devise a consensus plan aimed at garnering wide GOP support.  —  WASHINGTON — With President Bush looking to counter a legacy increasingly marred by the war in Iraq …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Lonewacko
Media Matters for America:
BREAKING: Drudge links to Politico 45 times during its two-month existence  —  As Media Matters for America has noted, Politico chief political correspondent Mike Allen's March 27 article, "Rookie Mistakes Plague Obama," was apparently flagged by Matt Drudge's website, The Drudge Report …
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Moderate American Muslim gives a challenging response to the six imams  —  Dr. Zuhdi Jasser of Phoenix was deeply troubled after 9/11.  A Muslim, he saw his faith threatened by extremists seeking to hijack it for political ends.  "Islam is a spiritual path," he says.
Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line
Washington Post:
Md. Senate Advances Bill To Dodge Electoral College  —  Maryland is poised to become the first state to agree to bypass the electoral college and effectively elect U.S. presidents by national popular vote under legislation moving briskly toward the desk of Gov. Martin O'Malley (D).
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
 
 
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Sky News:
Scottish Firm In The Poo
Washington Post:
Strikes on Baghdad's Green Zone on the Rise
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
Income Gap Is Widening, Data Shows
Discussion: ParaPundit
TBogg:
Witness the death of vlogging
Reuters:
Iraq official confirms police in reprisal killings
Discussion: Mia Culpa
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Senate's Bold Proposal for Iraq: Sugar Beets and Rural Schools — in the U.S.
Michael H. Cognato / FP Passport:
U.N. Human Rights Council is now officially a joke
Daily Mail:
Iranians parade captured navy woman in a hijab
Discussion: Power Line, GINA COBB and USA Today
David Miliband / Telegraph:
I'm in tune with the 'I can' generation
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Blogging with Bush  —  In trying to win support for his escalation …