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9:30 PM ET, May 5, 2007

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New York Times:
For Queen and First Lady, Bush Will Try White Tie  —  How does George W. Bush, a towel-snapping Texan who puts his feet on the coffee table, drinks water straight from the bottle and was once caught on tape talking with food in his mouth prepare for a state dinner with the queen?
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   The Sneering Snobs Of Sulzberger's Salon
Robert Farley / Lawyers, Guns and Money:   Because Ordinarily He's Out Clearing Brush!
Faiz / Think Progress:
AP Uncritically Reports Giuliani Campaign's Efforts To Marginalize Olbermann  —  Last week, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann delivered a special comment criticizing Rudy Giuliani for his recent partisan fearmongering.  This week, he hosted MSNBC's coverage of the Republican presidential debate.
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Associated Press:
Can Keith Olbermann straddle the line between news and opinion?  —  NEW YORK - In an angry commentary on April 25, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann accused Rudolph Giuliani of using the language of Osama bin Laden with "the same chilling nonchalance of the madman" to argue that Republicans would keep Americans safer than Democrats from terror.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Olbermann Watch
MSNBC:   Pre-GOP Candidates Debate Coverage for May 3, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin  —  Evolution has long generated bitter fights between the left and the right about whether God or science better explains the origins of life.  But now a dispute has cropped up within conservative circles, not over science, but over political ideology …
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Peggy Harris / Associated Press:
Huckabee Explains Evolution View
Discussion: The Newshoggers
dougfeith.com:
AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM  —  Echoes of "slam dunk" so vex former Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet that he has written a book.  Had he never blurted those words to the president, Mr. Tenet tells us, he might not have written it.  He wants to explain what the words meant …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
New Story for Firing Emerges  —  Ex-U.S. Attorney Clashed With Bosses Over Murder Probe  —  A U.S. attorney in Seattle was singled out for dismissal in part because he clashed with senior Justice Department officials over the investigation of a federal prosecutor's murder …
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Taylor Marsh / Firedoglake:
Chat with Rand Beers on Iraq  —  SPECIAL RADIO INTERVIEW with RAND BEERS … TODAY: 12:05 p.m. eastern - 3:05 pacific  —  Afterwards, Rand Beers will join the conversation in the comment section.  —  There are disturbing stories out of Iraq every day, but this one is more alarming than most.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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Jim Martin / The Impolitic:
They'll Fight This War To The Last Man  —  There is this AP article out about how republican support for the war will probably hurt them in 2008.  In the article there are the usual statements about September this and the support is wavering that.  It's the republican's war and they better win it blah, blah, blah.
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Pete Abel / The Moderate Voice:
Center of Attention  —  A round up of recent reporting …
Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
A Welcome Face — and A Question  —  Some months after Richard Nixon resigned, my husband and I decided to go away.  We wanted to get as far from Washington and Watergate as possible, so we headed to Bahia, in northern Brazil, for Carnival.  —  Bahia is a sort of melting pot for all races, a mix of cultures and colors.
Discussion: Political Animal
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Liberal Case for Gun Rights Helps Sway Judiciary  —  In March, for the first time in the nation's history, a federal appeals court struck down a gun control law on Second Amendment grounds.  Only a few decades ago, the decision would have been unimaginable.
Discussion: Redstate
Alan S. Blinder / Washington Post:
Free Trade's Great, but Offshoring Rattles Me  —  I'm a free trader down to my toes.  Always have been.  Yet lately, I'm being treated as a heretic by many of my fellow economists.  Why?  Because I have stuck my neck out and predicted that the offshoring of service jobs from rich countries …
Washington Post:
Troops at Odds With Ethics Standards  —  Army Also Finds More Deployment Means More Mental Illness  —  More than one-third of U.S. soldiers in Iraq surveyed by the Army said they believe torture should be allowed if it helps gather important information about insurgents, the Pentagon disclosed yesterday.
Fred Dalton Thompson / ABC Radio Networks:
Excerpt: Prepared Remarks for Speech to Lincoln Club Annual Dinner  —  So we meet again, and I'm honored, because I know we're here for the same reasons: Love of our country and concern for our future.  —  A lot of Americans have these concerns tonight.  They are concerned about the way things are going in our country right now.
David Shribman / Real Clear Politics:
NH's Leftward Turn May Change National Politics  —  LEBANON, N.H. — Good newspapers answer questions, but very good newspapers ask them, and the Valley News, which is published in the central area of the Connecticut River Valley hard by the Vermont border, is a very good newspaper.
Discussion: The Corner
Gateway Pundit:
Milblog Conference: "Supporting the Troops"  —  The final panel at the 2007 Milblogger Conference discussed the different ways that the troops in the field are being supported by the American public.  —  "Support is more than just a Bumper Sticker"  —  The panelists included (Left to Right):
Discussion: Wizbang, Bluey Blog and Doc in the Box
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Gateway Pundit:
President Bush Addresses the 2007 Milblog Conference
Discussion: Op For, Pundit Review and QandO
Matthew Yglesias:
Misfortune?  —  According to Christopher Hitchens, Karl Rove says "I'm not fortunate enough to be a person of faith."  Jon Chait comments: … Ross Douthat replies: … I see Ross's point, but at the end of the day I think Chait's right and it's pretty condescending.
CBS News:
Iranian Walks Out Of Dinner With Condi  —  Claims Female Violinist Was Dressed Too Revealingly; Also Blames U.S. For Iraq Turmoil  —  (CBS/AP) Iran's foreign minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …
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Ken Silverstein / Harper's:   Six Questions for Laura Rozen on Iran
 
 
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Was that equal justice for Paris Hilton?
Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Giuliani flips on Schiavo case
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jesse Harlan Alderman / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton warns of looming disasters
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Rangel, McCrery, USTR bury hatchet
Hussein Kadhim / Real Cities:
Roundup of violence in Iraq - 4 May 2007
Discussion: Informed Comment
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Iraq Reimposes Freeze on Medical Diplomas In Bid to Keep Doctors From Fleeing Abroad
Mcq / QandO:
FROM THE HOME FRONT  —  It is hard enough on the battle front …
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Guardian:
France heads to right as political showman delivers final performance of campaign
Mudville Gazette:
The Fine Print  —  The Milblogs site has multiple authors.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Argghhh!
Bob Geiger:
The Saturday Cartoons
David Neiwert / Orcinus:
Obama and the Race Zombies
William J. Kole / Associated Press:
Activists Want Chimp Declared a 'Person'
Jennifer Parker / ABCNEWS:
Banned From YouTube?  —  Conservatives Perceive YouTube Bias …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Dozens of Heads Were Bowed
 

 
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