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11:30 AM ET, April 10, 2007

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Gwen Ifill / New York Times:
Trash Talk Radio  —  LET'S say a word about the girls.  The young women with the musical names.  Kia and Epiphanny and Matee and Essence.  Katie and Dee Dee and Rashidat and Myia and Brittany and Heather.  —  The Scarlet Knights of Rutgers University had an improbable season …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
It's Hard Out Here Fo A Pimp  —  I've been listening to alleged journalists falling all over themselves on television to assure all of us that Don Imus is a really great guy underneath all the ugliness and that he's really, really, really sorry.  Even David Gregory is vouching for him like a brother …
Discussion: FAIR, Firedoglake and Democrats.com
MSNBC:
MSNBC, CBS Radio suspend Imus show  —  But charity event will air as scheduled Thursday and Friday  —  NEW YORK - After a career of cranky insults, radio star Don Imus was fighting for his job Monday following one joke that by his own admission went "way too far."
Washington Post:
Shocked Jock  —  Don Imus takes his lumps.  He deserves every one of them.
Discussion: mediabistro.com
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The McCain Tragedy  —  John McCain's 2000 campaign for president failed, but it was an unruly and joyous romp.  His campaign this time feels quite different: carefully planned, meticulously calculated — and a tragedy.  —  Tragedy, not a word to be invoked lightly, typically involves …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Giuliani Leads GOP Field; McCain Support Down in Latest Trial Heat  —  Thompson maintains third-place showing  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll of rank-and-file Republicans' preferences for their party's 2008 presidential nomination shows Rudy Giuliani continues to lead the large field of candidates.
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Hillary Clinton Remains Dominant Front-Runner Among Democrats  —  Obama and Edwards close in second place  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Sen. Hillary Clinton remains the dominant presidential front-runner among Democrats nationally, with twice the support as her nearest challenger.
Johanna Neuman / Los Angeles Times:
Bush unveils new immigration proposal  —  Details are vague, but fines and a circuitous path to legal status are included.  The goal is to attract GOP support.  —  YUMA, ARIZ. — President Bush unveiled the basics of his latest immigration proposal Monday, a mix of tougher border enforcement …
Discussion: The Swamp
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San Francisco Chronicle:
FIELD POLL  —  State favors path to legality for illegals
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Bush Ties Drop in Illegal Immigration to His Policies
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Moving Immigration Reform To The Right
Discussion: Cadillac Tight
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Six U.S. Attorneys Given 2nd Posting in Washington  —  A half-dozen sitting U.S. attorneys also serve as aides to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales or are assigned other Washington postings, performing tasks that take them away from regular duties in their districts for months or even years at a time …
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Senators Press for More Files on Removing Prosecutors
Discussion: politburo diktat 2.0
Politics / Washington Post:
Clinton, Obama to Skip Fox-Sponsored Debate  —  Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) yesterday joined former North Carolina senator John Edwards (D) in deciding to skip a debate scheduled for September that Fox News is co-sponsoring with the Congressional Black Caucus.
Discussion: The Politico, Redstate and Hot Air
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Huge Protest in Iraq Demands U.S. Withdraw  —  Protesters waved Iraqi flags as they marched in Najaf, south of Baghdad, to demand the withdrawal of U.S. forces.  Event security was handled by Iraqi troops and police officers, and there were no reports of violence.  More Photos >
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
GET REAL, RUDY  —  YOU'RE BLOWING YOUR WHITE HOUSE RUN  —  I'm writing this open letter to you because I'm worried you're blowing it.  —  I still think you stand the best chance among the candidates in the Republican field of winning the general election in 2008, and I think you have it in you to be a great president.
Caroline Glick / Jerusalem Post:
Our World: The next grand bargain  —  Shoshana Amos, Aviel Atash, Vitaly Brodsky, Tamara Dibrashvilli, Raisa Forer, Larisa Gomanenko, Denise Hadad, Tatiana Kortchenko, Rosita Lehman, Karine Malka, Nargiz Ostrovsky, Maria Sokolov, Roman Sokolovsky, Tiroayent Takala, Eliyahu Uzan, Emmanuel Yosef (Yosefov).
Discussion: Scotsman and Atlas Shrugs
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Candor?  Call the Special Prosecutor!  —  Monica Goodling is not my kind of gal.  A graduate of two schools not known for partying (Messiah College and Pat Robertson's Regent University Law School), she would not be my ideal seatmate on a long airplane flight.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
The Big Six Make Political Fixes  —  Surprising fundraising totals, combined with a couple of notable gaffes last week, have reshuffled the presidential field and prompted top-tier candidates in both parties to make at least minor — and in some cases more substantial — alterations to their strategies.
Mirror.co.uk:
ARTHUR: FAYE SAVED ME  —  BRAVE COLLEAGUE GOT ME THROUGH MY KIDNAP HORROR  —  EXCLUSIVE: By Chris Hughes, Security Correspondent And Robert Stansfield 09/04/2007  —  FELLOW captive Faye Turney was instrumental in getting Arthur Batchelor through their terrifying 13-day kidnap ordeal, the 20-year-old said yesterday.
Joel Seidman / MSNBC:
NBC: Abramoff could get reduced sentence  —  Judge grants request for new hearing, rewarding lobbyist for cooperating  —  WASHINGTON - Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff may be getting out of jail earlier than he expected, NBC News learned on Monday.  A federal judge Monday granted …
Gary Kamiya / Salon:
Iraq: Why the media failed  —  Afraid to challenge America's leaders or conventional wisdom about the Middle East, a toothless press collapsed.  —  President George W. Bush addresses the nation aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003.  —  It's no secret that the period of time between 9/11 …
Discussion: The Mahablog
 
 
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Time for A Bargain On the War  —  In the continuing battle between …
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