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4:22 AM ET, April 1, 2007

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Ex-Aide Details a Loss of Faith in the President  —  In 1999, Matthew Dowd became a symbol of George W. Bush's early success at positioning himself as a Republican with Democratic appeal.  —  A top strategist for the Texas Democrats who was disappointed by the Bill Clinton years …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
"Base" Motivation  —  So President Bush's former pollster, Matthew Dowd has publicly repudiated his old boss in an intereview in the New York Times because he is so dissapointed that bush has not been the kind of uniter he thought he would be: … Boy, aint it the truth.
Discussion: Sisyphus Shrugged
Cagle Cartoons / The Moderate Voice:
Ex-Bush Aide Dowd Says He "Misplaced" Faith In Bush  —  Note: This was put up under the wrong byline.  Since it's already on the web we'll leave it and put the byline under this.  —  By Joe Gandelman  —  You know a Presidency is in trouble with former — and trusted — aides begin to break prominently from their former boss.
Zuzu / Feministe:
Outrage comes cheap these days, and death threats come cheaper … My God!  What could it be?  What could be making the little vein throb in the forehead of anti-Semite and professional pearl-clutcher Bill Donahue now?  ONE OF THE WORST ASSAULTS ON CHRISTIAN SENSIBILITIES EVER???
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CNN:
ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES  —  Pope John Paul II One Step Closer to Sainthood?  ; Church Using Sex to Sell God; Keeping Your Pets Safe; Confectionary Christ Raises Controversy; Selling Religion With Sex?  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
The Daily Donohue: The Violent Rantings of a lunatic bully over a Chocolate Jesus  —  Donohue is a typical right wing bully.  I have to figure that many Catholics are offended as I am by this man and I wish they would come out and say it.  All he does is name call and spew hatred and violence …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Piss Donohue  —  I'm sorry to have to say this because I am generally pretty tolerant of religion and try to be respectful of others' beliefs.  But until the Catholic Church steps up and says that this screaming nutcase Bill Donohue and his band of freaks don't speak for them …
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iranian Official: Sailors May Be Tried  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's ambassador to Russia renewed a threat Iranian officials made earlier this week, saying 15 British sailors held by Iran could be tried for violating international law, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported Saturday.
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Telegraph:
Ministers seek deal with Iran for captives  —  Ministers are preparing a compromise deal to allow Iran to save face and release its 15 British military captives by promising that the Royal Navy will never knowingly enter Iranian waters without permission.  —  The Sunday Telegraph has learnt …
Telegraph:
If the Iranians hate us, let them also fear us
Discussion: At-Largely
Telegraph:
Paraded on TV again, their ordeal goes on
Discussion: Power Line
Nicola Boden / Sydney Morning Herald:
Iran will punish 'guilty' British sailors: diplomat
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
Pelosi Plans Trip to Syria Next Week  —  White House Says Speaker's Damascus Visit Sends the Wrong Message  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will visit Syria next week, her office announced yesterday, prompting the White House to call the trip "a really bad idea."
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Feed A Foe, Starve A Friend
Warren P. Strobel / Real Cities:   U.S. steps up campaign against Syrian government
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
House Silent on British Hostage Crisis
New York Times:
The Rovian Era  —  Turn over a scandal in Washington these days and the chances are you'll find Karl Rove.  His tracks are everywhere: whether it's helping to purge United States attorneys, coaching bureaucrats on how to spend taxpayers' money to promote Republican candidates …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Prairie Weather
White House:
President's Radio Address  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  In recent days, the House and Senate each passed emergency war spending bills that undercut our troops in the field.  Each of the Democrats' bills would substitute the judgment of politicians in Washington for that of our generals on the ground.
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan and Daily Kos
Phoenix Woman / Firedoglake:
2001: A Timeline of What Could Have Been  —  (This is an updated version of an old post of mine over at the old version of my blog; it lost all its formatting and links when Blogger switched formats.  I decided that with all the talk of President Gore lately, it was time to revive and revisit it.)
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
The Crier Wire: If George Were King!  —  Catherine Crier has some really good monologues at the end of her show and this was one of them.  She takes a look at Bush's abuse of power  —  Download (2039) |  Play (1899) Download (844) |  Play (1169)
David Schraub / The Moderate Voice:
Small Blogs, The Long Tail, and Building The B-List Community  —  It's tough being a small-to-middle-sized blogger.  You streak after elusive crumbs from the big boys and girls, but never really can break to the top.  That's not so bad-I don't think I'd want the stress of becoming a big time blogger.
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Cernig / NewsHog:   Yet More On Blogroll Purges
 
 
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Pajamas Media:
Sanity Squad: High Stakes Hold'em
Terry Jones / Guardian:
Call that humiliation?
Discussion: Hot Air and Cliff Schecter
New York Times:
Army's War Funds Can Last Through July, Report Says
Edward Barnes / Fox News:
FOX NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 'SOCKS, SCISSORS, PAPER: THE SANDY BERGER …
Discussion: The Corner
Jules Crittenden:
Around two in the morning, I lay awake on my cot under the Bradley's bustle rack.
IBD Editorials:
Mugabe's Mess  —  Africa's Ills: Famine, disease …
Tom Baldwin / Times of London:
EU refuses to back Britain over call to threaten exports freeze
Discussion: Samizdata.net
Lambert / CorrenteWire:
Rove spotted in Chattanooga with brochure for gwb43.com nameserver host.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and The Impolitic
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Camp Turns to a Star in Money Race
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
An American Conscience
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Olmert Rejects Right of Return for Palestinians
WSJ.com: Washington Wire:
'A Very Spartan Operation'  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee …
Discussion: Donklephant
Matthew Kaminski / Opinion Journal:
Joschka Fischer's Strange Trip
Pajamas Media:
BAGHDAD DISPATCH: MIDNIGHT COMPANY
Discussion: Roger L. Simon and Wizbang
The Age:
Govt denies it sweetened Hicks' sentence
Bob Geiger:
The Saturday Cartoons  —  We have an added treat today …
Discussion: Firedoglake
 

 
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