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11:05 AM ET, May 4, 2007

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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
An Incomplete Field  —  First impressions of the GOP's 2008 candidates.  —  They stood earnestly in a row, combed, primped and prepped, as Nancy Reagan gazed up at them with courteous interest.  But behind the hopeful candidates, a dwarfing shadow loomed, a shadow almost palpable in its power …
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Chris Matthews / MSNBC:
Candidates:  —  Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, R-N.Y.C.  —  Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R- Ark.  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.  —  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.  —  Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas  —  Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R- Mass  —  Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Col.  —  Former Gov. Tommy Thompson, R-Wis.
Redstate:
Who Won & Who Lost — First Take  —  THE GUY WHO WASN'T THERE AND ADVANTAGE MCCAIN  —  John McCain won.  Let's not dance around this.  Mitt Romney shined, he stood out, he did well.  Rudy Giuliani imploded.  Rudy totally and utterly self-destructed tonight.
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Who Doesn't Believe in Evolution?  —  A show of hands please... Let me remind you this is the only top vote-getting question asked.  —  Download (9446) |  Play (16842) Download (4334) |  Play (11360)  —  (That's Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee with their hands up.)
Alex Johnson / MSNBC:
Republicans walk tightrope over war in Iraq  —  In first debate, 2008 hopefuls say conflict mismanaged, but worthwhile  —  Presidential contenders Mitt Romney, Sam Brownback and Ron Paul line up Thursday on stage before the first Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Debate Analysis: Romney Wins  —  The first Republican debate has finished, and the analysis and spin will begin in earnest.  I'm sure that by morning, my e-mail will be filled with messages insisting on promoting one candidate over another, but I already have a few conclusions to share …
Discussion: Right Wing Nut House
Michelle Malkin:
The 1st GOP debate  —  Man, is it crowded.  —  HA thread here.  PJM reaction coming Bear are at the Reagan Library.  Power Line coverage here.  Heading Right live-blogging here.  —  Rich Lowry: "They're all talking too fast..."  —  Can't blame them.  What do they have each— 6 minutes total?
Washington Post:
GOP Field United On War, Divided On Social Issues
Deacon / Power Line:
SOME IMPRESSIONS OF TONIGHT'S DEBATE. . .
Discussion: Althouse and Heading Right
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:   A Quickie Debate Recap
Ryan Sager / New York Sun Politics:
Who Won? Who Lost?
Discussion: Ross Douthat
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
McCain Wins
Discussion: Central Sanity
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Former Supervisor Extols Fired Prosecutors  —  A former deputy attorney general lavished praise yesterday on most of the eight U.S. attorneys who were fired after he left the job, testifying that only one of them had serious performance problems.  —  James B. Comey, the Justice Department's second …
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Adam Cohen / New York Times:
The U.S. Attorney, the G.O.P. Congressman and the Timely Job Offer  —  There is yet another United States attorney whose abrupt departure from office is raising questions: Debra Wong Yang of Los Angeles.  Ms. Yang was not fired, as eight other prosecutors were, but she resigned under circumstances …
Gene Johnson / Seattle Times:   McKay made firing list in March '05; was Wales killing a factor?
CBN.com:
Brody File Exclusive: Rudy Giuliani is Against Hate Crimes Bill  —  I file this story from the GOP Presidential debate here in Simi Valley, California.  I just finished an interview with Bill Simon, one of Rudy Giuliani's top campaign advisors.  He told me that Rudy Giuliani …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
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Randy Hall / CNSNews:
Bush Expected to Veto 'Hate Crimes' Bill
Discussion: The Daily Dish
CNN:
Military: New Iraqi school had bombs built in … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — American soldiers discovered a girls school being built north of Baghdad had become an explosives-rigged "death trap," the U.S. military said Thursday.  —  The plot at the Huda Girls' school in Tarmiya was a …
Discussion: Hot Air and NewsBusters.org
New York Post:
BILL'S HARD DRIVE  —  MICROSOFT EYES SEARCH GIANT IN PROPOSED TAKEOVER  —  Stung by the loss of Internet advertising firm DoubleClick to Google last month, Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal with Yahoo!, asking the company to re-enter formal negotiations, The Post has learned.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Newsdesk / The Swamp:
Durbin concerns lead to Obama's Secret Service detail  —  Concerned about the safety of Sen. Barack Obama on the presidential campaign trail, Sen. Dick Durbin two weeks ago went to the Senate's top Democrat to point out the danger he thought his fellow Illinois Democrat might be in.
Discussion: TIME
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Obama's Secret Service Code Name Is...
Discussion: WorldwideStandard.com and CNN
Senator Bill Frist:
General Dave Petraeus . . . A Small World  —  I received a number of e-mails this morning asking for more information about Lois Romano's piece in today's Washington Post subtitled "Petraeus's Lifesaver," which describes emergency surgery I performed on Gen. David Petraeus …
Discussion: Power Line
Lawrence Auster / Front Page Magazine:
The Truth of Interracial Rape in the United States  —  Like Ahab's search for the Great White Whale, liberals' search for the Great White Defendant is relentless and never-ending.  When, in 1988, Tawana Brawley's and Al Sharpton's then year-old spectacular charge that several white men …
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Rangel charges GOP with backtracking on trade deal  —  House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) Thursday accused Republicans of backing out of a trade deal that he said appeared to be in hand at one point.  —  Rangel told reporters that Republicans "have serious reservations …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
 
 
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Bush Wants Phone Firms Immune to Privacy Suits
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The Blotter:
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Discussion: Vox Popoli
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Projectile Bomb Attacks Hit Record High in Iraq
Discussion: On Deadline
Garance Franke-Ruta / Opinion Journal:
Age of Innocence Revisited
Discussion: Silflay Hraka
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
Thompson and his ideas are now online
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Debate: Muddy Field
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
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Lawrence F. Kaplan / New York Post:
CONGRESS' WILLFUL IGNORANCE ON IRAQ
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Power Line
Washington Post:
News Flash!  (Make It Two, Actually.)  Norah O'Donnell Prepares for Twins.
Ben Lando / UPI:
ANALYSIS: IRAQ OIL LAW AUTHOR NOW A CRITIC
Discussion: Informed Comment
Haaretz:
Roughly 100,000 people rally in Tel Aviv to call on PM, Peretz to quit
Nico / Think Progress:
Fineman: 'A Lot Of Voters' Find 'Hierarchical' 'Male' Qualities …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 

 
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