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1:05 PM 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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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.
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.
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster:
Tag Clouds for the Republican Debate  —  Having posted a set of tag clouds last week on the Democrats comments during last weeks' MSNBC debate, we naturally wanted to do the same for last night's Republican debate.  So we once again turned to Janet Harris (president of the media analysis firm …
Discussion: DonkeyRising and On Politics
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
Redstate:
Who Won & Who Lost — First Take  —  THE GUY WHO WASN'T THERE AND ADVANTAGE MCCAIN
Washington Post:
GOP Field United On War, Divided On Social Issues
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
A Show Where Candidates Are More Prop Than Player
Discussion: On Politics
Ryan Sager / New York Sun Politics:
Who Won? Who Lost?
Discussion: Ross Douthat and NewsBusters.org
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 …
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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 …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Have Bill Frist and right-wing bloggers plagiarized their new Iraq plan?  —  After having created "The Victory Caucus" two months ago only to stand by helplessly as it died a rapid and painful death, right-wing bloggers have now joined forces with former Senator Bill Frist to create a new Victory website …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Where Do You Stop?  —  The Los Angeles Times reports on the suddenly veto-happy White House, which warned Congress yesterday that its expansion of the federal hate-crimes law would not survive if brought to the Oval Office.  The House passed the bill yesterday anyway, leaving it to the Senate …
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CBN.com:
Brody File Exclusive: Rudy Giuliani is Against Hate Crimes Bill
Discussion: The Daily Dish
David Stout / New York Times:
House Votes to Expand 'Hate Crime' Protections
Discussion: Alas, a blog and TalkLeft
Patterico's Pontifications:
I Guess the Word "Immediately" Has a Different Meaning When Used by Old Media  —  The L.A. Times asks: Will Fred Thompson's racist role have political repercussions? … The paper mulls over the meaning of this — and looks to conservative blogs! … Which conservative blogs?  I'm so glad you asked!
Discussion: Redstate and The Right Angle
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
Thompson and his ideas are now online
Lawrence F. Kaplan / New York Post:
CONGRESS' WILLFUL IGNORANCE ON IRAQ  —  WHEN Nancy Pelosi confessed last year that she felt "sad" about President Bush's claims that al Qaeda operates in Iraq, she seemed to be disputing what every American soldier in Iraq, every al Qaeda operative and anyone who reads a newspaper already knew to be true.
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Power Line
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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.
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 …
Josephine Hearn / The Politico:
Dems Outline Plans for Iraq Bill  —  Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis.) outlined a new plan for an Iraq funding bill in private meetings Thursday afternoon, congressional aides said.  —  The plan would split the now vetoed supplemental spending bill into two bills, one that would provide two months …
Neely Tucker / Washington Post:
The Colorful Case of A Well-Named Lawyer  —  Montgomery Blair Sibley's Current Client Isn't the Juiciest Part of His Story  —  Montgomery Blair Sibley, attorney for the morally impugned and legally challenged, is first and foremost Montgomery Blair Sibley, which is to say a descendant …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Bush Wants Phone Firms Immune to Privacy Suits  —  The Bush administration is urging Congress to pass a law that would halt dozens of lawsuits charging phone companies with invading ordinary citizens' privacy through a post-Sept. 11 warrantless surveillance program.
Discussion: Discourse.net
Spencerackerman / toohotfortnr:
REAL CHILD OF HELL:  —  Behold!  Mitt Romney rides a pale horse.  From last night's debate: … Bin Laden is a singular figure, but, you know, fair enough; there will be a successor to bin Laden.  But where might Romney be going with this? … Mitt Romney's War: the total conflation of all Islamist movements.
 
 
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Another Round Of Duck-Duck-Responsibility
Kim Bell / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards' Hancock was legally drunk
David Whitney / Real Cities:
Congressman in Abramoff probe says he won't resign
Newsdesk / The Swamp:
Durbin concerns lead to Obama's Secret Service detail
Discussion: TIME
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Projectile Bomb Attacks Hit Record High in Iraq
Garance Franke-Ruta / Opinion Journal:
Age of Innocence Revisited
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Silflay Hraka
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Rangel charges GOP with backtracking on trade deal
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Debate: Muddy Field
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