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9:50 AM ET, May 16, 2007

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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Palmetto Punditry  —  The debate took a while to gain any traction, but there were some clarifying moments for me.  The questions were often excellent - especially the tough ones at the beginning about the war.  The Republicans, we learned, have absolutely no idea what to do about Iraq.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Rudy blasts Ron Paul's apology for 9/11  —  Ahem.  —  The smartass reply would have been to ask Paul whether, if in fact conditions in Iraq precipitated 9/11, it wasn't perfectly appropriate then to take extreme measures to try to remedy those conditions afterwards.
Roger Simon / The Politico:   Gloves come off at second GOP debate
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The GOP debate live-blog post
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Pre-Spin Room Thoughts: McCain, Rudy, Romney
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South Carolina GOP Debate
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National Review:   The Debate  —  For what it's worth, Romney looks stronger and stronger to me.
Washington Post:
Mr. Comey's Tale  —  JAMES B. COMEY, the straight-as-an-arrow former No. 2 official at the Justice Department, yesterday offered the Senate Judiciary Committee an account of Bush administration lawlessness so shocking it would have been unbelievable coming from a less reputable source.
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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Pentagon General to Be 'War Czar'  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush has chosen Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the Pentagon's director of operations, to oversee the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as a "war czar" after a long search for new leadership, administration officials said Tuesday.
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Bush Taps New 'War Czar'
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Picks Army General to Coordinate War Policy
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
GOP Debate II: Romney - "Double Guantanamo"  —  During the second GOP debate, Fox News' Brit Hume sets up a hypothetical situation where three terrorist attacks occur at shopping malls in major cities.  A fourth attack is thwarted and that would-be attacker, who we know has information about an impending …
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Nico / Think Progress:
Romney: 'We Ought To Double Guantanamo'
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Digby / Hullabaloo:   Getting Our Hair Mussed
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA....The Commonwealth Fund has released its latest comparison of healthcare performance among various countries, and you can read all about it here.  However, since I know you're all busy people, I'll just cut to the chase: we suck.  Despite the fact that we see doctors less often …
Discussion: Angry Bear
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commonwealthfund.org:   Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An International Update on the …
Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
We must attack Iran before it gets the bomb  —  Iran should be attacked before it develops nuclear weapons, America's former ambassador to the United Nations said yesterday.  —  John Bolton, who still has close links to the Bush administration, told The Daily Telegraph that the European Union had to …
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Peter S. Goodman / Washington Post:
White House Support for Wolfowitz Wavers  —  The Bush administration softened its support for World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz yesterday, signaling a willingness to replace him if the bank's executive board resolves an ethics controversy without firing him.
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Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Bush Pick Gets Extra Payment From Old Job  —  A senior lobbyist at the National Association of Manufacturers nominated by President Bush to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission will receive a $150,000 departing payment from the association when he takes his new government job …
Bernard Lewis / Opinion Journal:
Was Osama Right?  —  Islamists always believed the U.S. was weak.  Recent political trends won't change their view.  —  During the Cold War, two things came to be known and generally recognized in the Middle East concerning the two rival superpowers.  If you did anything to annoy the Russians, punishment would be swift and dire.
One Jerusalem:
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE::  Semi-protected Schools, Damaged Homes and Kassam Rockets: A Day in the Life of Sderot  —  Yesterday I had the privilege of visiting the city of Sderot.  Sdert is a city of 20,000 people located directly east of Northern Gaza.  In the last seven years …
Norman Podhoretz / Commentary:
The Case for Bombing Iran  —  Although many persist in denying it, I continue to believe that what September 11, 2001 did was to plunge us headlong into nothing less than another world war.  I call this new war World War IV, because I also believe that what is generally known as the cold war …
 
 
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