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10:35 PM ET, April 19, 2007

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White House:
President Bush Pleased with Attorney General's Testimony  —  President Bush was pleased with the Attorney General's testimony today.  After hours of testimony in which he answered all of the Senators' questions and provided thousands of pages of documents, he again showed that nothing improper occurred.
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Deacon / Power Line:
AT THE CIRCUS  —  Alberto Gonzales isn't exactly winning rave reviews on our Forum or, it seems, around the conservative blogosphere generally.  However, the main concession his interrogators seem to have gained so far is that Gonzales approved the termination recommendations with little or no scrutiny.
David Stout / New York Times:
In Testimony, Gonzales Says Firings Were Justified  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales encountered anger and skepticism from senators today as he insisted that he had nothing to hide in the dismissals of eight United States attorneys, an episode that has cast a shadow on the Justice Department and brought calls for his resignation.
Agence France Presse:
Iraq war is 'lost': US Democrat leader  —  The war in Iraq "is lost" and a US troop surge is failing to bring peace to the country, the leader of the Democratic majority in the US Congress, Harry Reid, said Thursday.  —  "I believe ... that this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything …
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Agence France Presse:
"War in Iraq lost": US Democrat leader  —  The war in Iraq "is lost" and a US troop surge is failing to bring peace to the country, the leader of the Democratic majority in the US Congress, Harry Reid, said Thursday.  —  "I believe ... that this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything …
Lynn M. Paltrow / American Prospect:
Miscarriage of Justice  —  The federal "partial-birth" abortion ban has grave implications for all pregnant women, not only those seeking to end pregnancies.  —  Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the first federal law that bans an abortion procedure for all women and all doctors in all states.
Discussion: a bird and a bottle
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Balkinization:
The Big News About Gonzales v. Carhart— It's the Informed Consent, Stupid
Nathan Newman / The Coffee House:
Supreme Ct Kills Range of State Banking Laws in Gift to Predatory Lenders
Martin Lewis / The Huffington Post:
Abortion Ban & Virginia Massacre: Don't Forget To Thank The Nader Voters
Discussion: Wizbang and Hot Air
John Edwards '08 Blog:
I'm Signing On  —  I really thought that the 2004 presidential campaign would be the last I would be involved in.  I have always wanted to make a difference, but for me I thought those days were over.  —  A few weeks ago, John and Elizabeth Edwards made their decision to continue …
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Hotline On Call:
More On Joe Trippi And John Edwards  —  Some points about Joe Trippi and John Edwards:  —  # Trippi remains a hero to the Netroots.  Justifiably.  Opinions diverge when his fellow political strategists are polled, but many veteran strategists agree that Trippi is among the most brilliant, creative thinkers in politics.
Discussion: Patrick Ruffini
Scott Harper / zwire.com:
McCain visits Murrells Inlet  —  Even though he was nursing a cold, Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain spent nearly 90 minutes talking to nearly 500 people who crammed into the Murrells Inlet VFW Hall Wednesday morning.  —  The "Straight Talk" tour, as it's called, included stops in Summerville and Charleston.
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Political Radar:
American Idol for Politicians?
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
'Accommodations' could open door to more demands  —  Last week, I wrote about Minneapolis Community and Technical College's proposal to install ritual washing facilities to facilitate Muslim prayer.  Is this a tempest in a teapot, as some have suggested?  —  Canada, our neighbor to the north …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Power Line
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:   Sharia Coming to Canadian Universities
TMZ.com:
Alec Baldwin's Threatening Message to Daughter  —  An enraged Alec Baldwin unleashed a volcanic tirade of threats and insults on his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, calling her a "thoughtless little pig," and bashing her mother Kim Basinger — and TMZ has obtained the whole thing unfiltered and raw.
David Maraniss / Washington Post:
'That Was the Desk I Chose to Die Under'  —  The roommates crossed paths near the bathroom door at 5 in the morning.  In the Monday darkness, another school week at Virginia Tech was about to begin.  Karan Grewal had pulled an all-nighter to finish his accounting paper.
Jim Carney / Akron Beacon Journal:
Rove warns of threat of terrorism  —  Political strategist raises specter of attacks in U.S. if military pulls back abroad  —  ALLIANCE - Presidential confidant Karl Rove painted a bleak picture Wednesday of what would happen if the United States walked away from the global war on terror.
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Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Senate plot stirs Bruning, adds Kerrey  —  The plot not only thickened in the 2008 Senate race Wednesday night, it threatened to spin out of control.  —  Attorney General Jon Bruning is ready to enter the 2008 Republican primary whether Sen. Chuck Hagel seeks re-election or not.
Discussion: Swing State Project
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Robynn Tysver / Omaha World-Herald:
Bruning may yet take on Hagel in '08
Discussion: The Fix and On Politics
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Gonzales: Criticism Damages DoJ Employees  —  Under questioning from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Gonzales cautioned against criticizing the good employees of the Justice Department: "when there are attacks against the department, you're attacking the career professionals."
Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Embattled lawmaker gives up panel seat  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. John Doolittle (news, bio, voting record) has decided to temporarily give up his House Appropriations Committee seat after FBI agents searched his house in a congressional influence-peddling investigation.
 
 
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