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12:10 PM ET, April 7, 2007

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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
McCain to Stake Bid On Need to Win in Iraq  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will launch a high-profile effort next week to convince Americans that the Iraq war is winnable, embracing the unpopular conflict with renewed vigor as he attempts to reignite his stalling bid for the presidency.
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Editor and Publisher:
McCain Regrets Remarks to Press on Baghdad Safety, But 'That's Just Life'  —  NEW YORK Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in a '60 Minutes' segment coming on Sunday says he misspoke in comments he made about security in Baghdad earlier this week and admitted that heavily armed troops …
Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
McCain Seeks to Regain Footing After a Bad Week  —  In short order, John McCain has gone from Republican presidential front-runner to political death watch.  On Wednesday, the Arizona senator kicks off a month of high-profile events, seeking a resurrection of sorts.  —  He badly needs it.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
The Heretik:   The Hole Truth
Cain Burdeau / Associated Press:
Forecaster Blasts Gore on Global Warming  —  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore "a gross alarmist" Friday for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming.  —  "He's one of these guys that preaches the end of the world type of things.
Discussion: Say Anything
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
MEDIA BIAS: HOW IT WORKS  —  Sometimes media bias is blatant and grotesque; it can extend to flat misrepresentations, use of fake documents, etc.  Much more often, it is relatively subtle, as reporters push their version of a story in small ways, day after day.  Here is a textbook example, via Power Line News.
Los Angeles Times:
Earth faces a grim future if global warming isn't slowed, U.N. report says
Discussion: The Poor Man
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
HAS AL GORE BEEN TO CINCINNATI LATELY?  Because I'm visiting …
Discussion: Unfogged
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Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Britons Say They Feared for Lives in Iran Captivity
Cernig / NewsHog:   Brits Told Bush To Back Off
David Johnston / New York Times:
Deputies to a U.S. Attorney Step Down  —  Rachel K. Paulose's swearing in on March 9 as the United States attorney in Minneapolis stirred debate in local legal circles because of the ceremonial trappings, including a performance by a municipal choir and a Marine Corps color guard …
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Justice official is expected to help U.S. attorney's office  —  John Kelly had tried to resolve differences with three attorneys who left management posts.  —  A Justice Department official in Washington is expected to return to Minneapolis next week to help run the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:   Counselor To Gonzales Announces Resignation
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Democrats' Rise Has Pluses, Say G.O.P. Centrists  —  If the Democratic ascendance on Capitol Hill was supposed to usher in dark days for Republicans, it is hard to tell from talking to moderate ones like Mike Ferguson, who represents a suburban district in central New Jersey.
New York Times:
The Real Fumble in Damascus  —  There is at least one point on which we and the critics of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Damascus can agree: It is the White House, not the speaker of the House, that should be taking the diplomatic lead.  But the Bush administration has far more appetite …
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Associated Press:
FATHER'S COMPLAINT PROMPTS U.S. MILITARY TO CHANGE HOW IT BRINGS FALLEN SOLDIERS HOME  —  In an about-face by the U.S. government four years into the war in Iraq, America's fallen troops are being brought back to their families aboard charter jets instead of ordinary commercial flights …
Discussion: NewsHog and Little Thom's Blog
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Giuliani Says Nation at War Requires Him  —  As Rudolph W. Giuliani introduced himself to primary voters this week, he rarely talked about the details of New York's darkest day.  —  But Sept. 11 was a constant backdrop, and as Mr. Giuliani promoted his vision of a forceful foreign policy …
Discussion: The RBC
Howie Klein / Firedoglake:
Blue America: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) — Released From Purgatory  —  [FDL is thrilled to welcome Rep. Jerry Nadler to chat with us this morning.  As with all Blue America chats, please stay on topic and be polite — any off-topic conversations should be taken to the prior thread.
John Hinderaker / News Bloggers Blog:
Malpractice or Malice?  —  Yesterday the Washington Post reported on the declassification of a report by the Inspector General of the Defense Department as though it were a scoop, in an article headlined "Hussein's Prewar Ties to Al-Qaeda Discounted."  The casual reader would get the impression …
Discussion: Power Line and Firedoglake
 
 
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Dealing with Leftists who "Support the Troops"
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