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Republican Presidential Debate in South Carolina  —  The following is a transcript of the Republican presidential primary debate at the University of South Carolina on May 15, 2007, as recorded by the Federal News Service:  —  Participants: Senator Sam Brownback; former Virginia Governor James Gilmore …
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.
Michelle Malkin:
Liveblogging: The South Carolina debate is on - Video links adds, post-mortem reax  —  The stage will still be crowded.  Elephants soon to be in the room.  —  Hot buttons: Iraq, Iraq, Iraq.  Immigration, immigration, immigration.  —  What do you want to see asked tonight?
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 …
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Gloves come off at second GOP debate  —  Tuesday night's Republican debate in South Carolina turned out to be the Zinger Debate, featuring the sharp exchanges and one-liners that TV producers dream about and crowds applaud.  —  Debates are about theater, and the Fox News debate in Columbia …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Nico / Think Progress:
Romney: 'We Ought To Double Guantanamo'
Discussion: World Public Opinion
Pajamas Media:
South Carolina GOP Debate
Discussion: Austin Bay Blog
Digby / Hullabaloo:   Getting Our Hair Mussed
Aaron Gould Sheinin / The State:
GOP rivals mix it up
Discussion: The Caucus, MSNBC and No Left Turns
National Review:   The Debate  —  For what it's worth, Romney looks stronger and stronger to me.
TigerHawk:
The GOP debate live-blog post
David Johnston / New York Times:
President Intervened in Dispute Over Eavesdropping  —  President Bush intervened in March 2004 to avert a crisis over the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program after Attorney General John Ashcroft, Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I. and other senior Justice Department aides …
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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.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Comey's testimony raises new and vital questions about the NSA scandal  —  The testimony yesterday from James Comey re-focuses attention on one of the long unresolved mysteries of the NSA scandal.  And the new information Comey revealed, though not answering that question decisively, suggests some deeply troubling answers.
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
Discussion: Salon and First Draft
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
 
 
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