memeorandum: Pelosi Diplomacy: Legitimizing Terrorism (Confederate Yankee)

3:25 PM ET, April 11, 2007

Top Items:

Fred Thompson / Fox News:

FORMER SENATOR FRED THOMPSON IN REMISSION FOR LYMPHOMA — WASHINGTON — Former Tennessee Republican Sen. Fred Thompson announced Wednesday he's in remission from lymphoma. — Thompson, who is considering a run for the White House in 2008, told FOX News that the illness is treatable.

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Redstate:

What You Need To Know — [Editorial Note: Thompson will be on Neal Cavuto's show at 4pm and with Sean Hannity at 4:30pm today to discuss this news. Given the morning outage, we're going to keep this up top for a while. Please scroll down for newer content.]

Discussion: IMAO

Bill Frist, M.D. / Senator Bill Frist: Fred Thompson Update

Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Fred Thompson Says He Has Cancer

Discussion: The Daily Dish and Ace of Spades HQ

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Fred Has Manageable Cancer (Update: Fred's Showing His Hand)

Discussion: Wizbang

Washington Post:

3 Generals Spurn the Position of War 'Czar' — Bush Seeks Overseer For Iraq, Afghanistan — The White House wants to appoint a high-powered czar to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with authority to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies …

Kevin Drum / Political Animal:

OUT OF GAS....The Washington Post reports that the White House is casting about for a "high-powered czar" who would have authority over both military and civilian operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Only problem is, no one wants the job: … Sheesh. Even Keane doesn't want the job …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, The Next Hurrah, TAPPED, The RBC and The Galloping Beaver

Associated Press:

Iran may be helping Iraqis build bombs — BAGHDAD - Iranian intelligence operatives have been training Iraqi fighters inside Iran on how to use and assemble deadly roadside bombs known as EFPs, the U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday. — Commanders of a splinter group inside …

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Fouad Ajami / Opinion Journal:
Iraq in the Balance — In Washington, panic. In Baghdad, cautious optimism.

Discussion: The Daily Dish and The Influence Peddler

Cernig / NewsHog:
Evolving EFP Hype

Discussion: The Impolitic and CJR Daily

Associated Press:

A.G.'s Statement Dropping Duke Rape Case — Statement from North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper on the Duke University lacrosse rape case. — Good afternoon, everyone. — On Jan. 13 of this year, I accepted the request of the Durham district attorney to take over three Durham cases.

Discussion: Armavirumque

Lara Setrakian / ABCNEWS:
Duke Lacrosse Case Charges to Be Dropped

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Aaron Beard / Associated Press:
Decision in Duke rape case awaited

Discussion: TalkLeft

Martin Stolz / New York Times:

Rare Protests at Brigham Young Over a Planned Cheney Appearance — The invitation extended to Vice President Dick Cheney to be the commencement speaker at Brigham Young University has set off a rare, continuing protest at the Mormon university, one of the nation's most conservative.

Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner, MyDD, The Carpetbagger Report, Matthew Yglesias and Middle Earth Journal

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Pariah — The Bush administration doesn't quite realize it yet …

Discussion: The RBC

Kevin Drum / Political Animal:

HOS AND BITCHES....Now that Don Imus has been universally condemned for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos," the conversation is moving on, as conversations do, to broader questions. In the LA Times today, civil rights attorney Constance Rice joins in the condemnation …

Discussion: Unfogged, Matthew Yglesias, Eschaton and Argghhh!

Atrios / Eschaton:

Black People — This morning on CNN Howard Kurtz pulled the "what about the rappers! that's where the word ho comes from!" stunt. What this has to do with Don Imus calling the Rutgers Women's Basketball team whores for no apparent reason other than the crime of being mostly black I do not know.

Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Confederate Yankee:

Pelosi Diplomacy: Legitimizing Terrorism — When Democrat Presidential candidates Clinton, Obama and Edwards dropped out of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute debate that was going to be co-sponsored by Fox News, many liberals crowed over the decision.

Discussion: protein wisdom, Kesher Talk, GraniteGrok, EricCantor.com, Wizbang and Macsmind

Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Pelosi is open to Iran trip

Discussion: Redstate, Needlenose, Kesher Talk, Dr. Sanity and theneweditor.com

Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
The C.B.C. Stands By Fox

Discussion: Washington Post, TIME and Think Progress

Phillip Rawls / Associated Press:

Republican candidate off the mark on cost of milk, bread — MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani hasn't done a lot of grocery shopping lately — at least based on his answers about the cost of milk and bread. — Campaigning in Alabama on Tuesday …

Discussion: TalkLeft, DownWithTyranny!, Daily Kos, Eschaton, TAPPED, Outside The Beltway, The Impolitic and Political Insider

David Leonhardt / New York Times:

A Word of Advice During a Housing Slump: Rent — A promotional spot for the National Association of Realtors came on the radio the other day. The spot, introduced as something called "Newsmakers," was supposed to sound like a news report, with the association's president offering real estate advice.

Discussion: TAPPED, The RBC, The Big Picture, Outside The Beltway and KnoxViews

This Is London:

I'M SORRY FOR SELLING MY STORY, SAYS IRAN HOSTAGE MR BEAN — Servicemen have rounded on the sailors who sold their stories of being held captive by Iran. — A series of messages on forces' websites ridiculed Arthur Batchelor and Faye Turney, who cashed in after being held prisoner for 13 days.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Neocon Express

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

'Katie's Notebook' Item Cribbed From W.S. Journal — Katie Couric did a one-minute commentary last week on the joys of getting her first library card, but the thoughts were less than original. The piece was substantially lifted from a Wall Street Journal column.