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3:50 PM ET, May 9, 2007

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Graham Bowley / New York Times:
Cheney Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad  —  Vice President Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Baghdad today, meeting with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders to pressure them to show more progress in quelling violence in Iraq, and to do so quickly.
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WSJ.com: Washington Wire:
In Iraq, Cheney Sticks to the Script  —  Yochi J. Dreazen reports on the vice president's trip to Baghdad.  —  Vice President Dick Cheney's surprise trip to Baghdad today was meant to deliver a tough message to the Iraqi government - put off your vacation plans and get back to work.
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Bush Would Veto New Iraq Bill  —  President Bush would veto the new Iraq spending bill being developed by House Democrats because it includes unacceptable language restricting funding, White House press secretary Tony Snow said this morning.  —  Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One …
Discussion: New York Times and Booman Tribune
Newsdesk / Chicago Tribune:   Cheney: 'Game time' in Iraq
Liz Sly / Chicago Tribune:
Iraqi Christians flee Baghdad
Discussion: The Sideshow
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Cheney makes unannounced visit to Iraq
Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Iraqi Christians Flee Baghdad
Discussion: CNN
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Giuliani gave to Planned Parenthood  —  Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani in his campaign appearances this year has stated that he personally abhors abortion, even though he supports keeping a legal right to choose.  But records show that in the '90s he contributed money …
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Michael Finnegan / L.A. Times:
Giuliani's foes see abortion as chink in armor
Discussion: TIME and The Carpetbagger Report
Washington Post:
Chance for Reform  —  CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS have been promising since last November's election to reform President Bush's treatment of foreign prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay prison.  There are practical limits to what can be done while this president remains in office …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Democrats bear responsibility for restoring habeas corpus  —  The Military Commissions Act of 2006 is, without question, the single worst law enacted during the Bush presidency, and is one of the most destructive laws passed in the last several decades.  It is not merely a bad law.
Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
Obama Overstates Kansas Tornado Deaths  —  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died.  —  The death toll was 12.  —  "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas.
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Steven Stalinsky / New York Sun:
Islamist-Left Alliance A Growing Force … Over the past year, multiple international conferences have featured leaders of the anti-global left and Islamist groups working together.  Go to any anti-war or anti-globalization demonstration in the West and chances are you will see the flags …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hitler-Stalin For The Terror Age  —  Steven Stalinsky notices a strange trend in international relations in today's New York Sun.  A marriage of convenience has begun to grow between two factions that seem entirely incompatible in all respects but one: … It's the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact for our age.
Marist Poll:
National Poll: Presidential Campaign 2008  —  This WNBC/Marist Poll reports:  —  · Hillary Clinton is not only the Democratic favorite for her party's nomination but, for the first time, she edges both Rudy Giuliani and John McCain: Senator Hillary Clinton still outpaces her Democratic rivals by a wide margin.
Discussion: Pollster.com and First Draft
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Alex Beam / Boston Globe:   President Obama?  Not this time  —  Stop me if you've read this column before.
Opinion Journal:
Axis of Soros  —  The men and motives behind the World Bank coup attempt.  —  Mark Malloch Brown spoke Monday to a crowded auditorium at the World Bank's headquarters, warning that the bank's mission was "hugely at risk" as long as Paul Wolfowitz remained its president.
Talking Points Memo:
Bingo!  I think we have our 9th fired US Attorney — and one replaced in short order by one of the Bush DOJ's prime 'vote fraud' scammers.  —  As noted earlier, there are a handful of other US Attorneys who resigned in 2006 under what now appear suspicious circumstances, especially given who subsequently replaced them.
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www.kansascity.com:
Senator Bond's office faulted Todd Graves
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
DeLay: FBI 'running amok'  —  Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) is calling on the Justice Department either to drop its investigation of his wife and former political associates or else to bring charges quickly.  —  DeLay said he has given the FBI documents exonerating his wife …
David Kopel / The Volokh Conspiracy:
"FRANCE WILL NOT ABANDON THE WOMEN WHO ARE CONDEMNED TO THE BURQA" President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's first speech to the French nation concluded with a wonderful endorsement of human rights.  (Video here.)  —  Sarkozy spoke from a prepared text , which appears on his official campaign websites.
The Hill:
Pelosi threat to sue Bush over Iraq bill  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to take President Bush to court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a carefully crafted compromise Iraq war spending bill.  —  Pelosi recently told a group of liberal bloggers …
 
 
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Guardian:
Two found guilty over Bush-Blair memo leak
Roxanne Cooper / AAN News Feed:
AAN Presents First Annual Molly Ivins Award to Keith Olbermann
Politico.com:
Obey to Kucinich: #$%@!!!  —  Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis.) is at it again.
Discussion: Hot Air and The American Mind
Rick Maze / Army Times:
Appeal for Courage takes petition to Congress
AlterNet.org:
Majority of Iraqi Lawmakers Now Reject Occupation
Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Old media turns combative against new media
The Blotter:
U.S., Germany Fear Imminent Terror Attack
Discussion: Hot Air and JammieWearingFool
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Gonzales: Blame It on The Aide
Discussion: Think Progress
 Earlier Items: 
Richard Blair / All Spin Zone:
Judge Tosses Out Charges Against Posada Carriles
Associated Press:
Hamas Mickey Mouse Teaches Jihad
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Cheney And the Saudis  —  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …
Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
Federal Student Loan Official Is Resigning
Sewell Chan / The Empire Zone:
Hitchens, Sharpton and Faith
Washington Post:
House Bill Ties War Funding to Iraq Benchmarks
Bill Schneider / CNN:
Poll: Most back Congress over Bush in war funding fight
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Commanders in Iraq See 'Surge' Into '08