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3:40 AM ET, May 19, 2007

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Paul Kane / Capitol Briefing:
McCain, Cornyn Engage in Heated Exchange  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hasn't spent much time in the Capitol this year as he seeks the GOP presidential nomination.  But one of his rare appearances this week provided a pretty salty exchange with a fellow Republican.
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Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Adversaries praise a relentless Kennedy  —  As clock ticked, senator pressed sides for a pact  —  Jubilant yesterday, Senators Mel Martinez (left), Lindsey O. Graham, and Edward M. Kennedy had spent hours in sometimes heated negotiations to craft a compromise bill on immigration.
Nico / Think Progress:
McCain Drops F-Bomb On Senator When Confronted With Recent Absences
Discussion: myfoxny.com
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Fox News: McCain drops the F-bomb on Cornyn in nasty amnesty blow up …
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
White House:
Press Gaggle by Tony Fratto  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. FRATTO: Good morning, everyone.  The President had his normal briefings this morning; taped the radio address — as you can imagine, it's on comprehensive immigration reform, so look forward to that.
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
House Dem Staffer: Liberals Are Worried That Leadership Will Cave On Iraq  —  Today the White House said No to all of Dems' offered concessions on Iraq, effectively telling the Dem Congressional leadership to take its "surrender date" and shove it deep into its posterior.  So now what?
Discussion: All Spin Zone and Daily Kos
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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Democrats press for Iraq progress
Discussion: Donklephant, All Spin Zone and TalkLeft
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Talks Between White House And Congressional Dems Breaking Down
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Faiz / Think Progress:
Troop Pay Raise That Bush May Veto Amounts To $6/Month To Average Soldier In Iraq
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Brian Beutler:
Brooksian wrongism  —  I'm not sure what the point here is.  Brooks leads his column with a pretty big claim: that the Iraq war will devastate international governments for years to come.  But then, rather than backing up said claim, he proceeds to write a glowing review of a book called Brave …
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Lewis Z. Koch / Firedoglake:
One of these is not like the other? … What?  A "form?"  A piece of paper Padilla may or may not have signed linking him to al-Qaeda?  That's it?  What happened to the radioactivity from the exploding device that was going to engulf us?  What about all those gas stoves exploding high rise apartment buildings?
Discussion: Washington Post and TalkLeft
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
President Bush to Replace Wolfowitz Quickly  —  The Bush administration promised today to find someone quickly to succeed Paul D. Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, and bring management skills to the job of healing an institution battered by the turmoil over Mr. Wolfowitz's tenure.
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Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  Lawlessness ... and fecklessness  —  Yesterday, Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald wrote: … As we have long noted, it is the "So now what?" that is the problem.  —  For all the cheerleading the Post's editorial page has done for various Bush administration blunders …
CNN:
Four arrested in Iraq 'honor killing' … BAGHDAD, IRAQ (CNN) — Authorities in northern Iraq have arrested four people in connection with the "honor killing" last month of a Kurdish teen — a startling, morbid pummeling caught on a mobile phone video camera and broadcast around the world.
John F. Kennedy / Washington Post:
Am I Doing God's Work?  —  "Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."  —  January 20, 1961  —  I was ten years old when I heard those words.  They still resonate with me nearly a half century later.
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
GOP Target Murtha Over Spending Exchange  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans will seek a House vote next week admonishing a senior Democrat who they say threatened a GOP member's spending projects in a noisy exchange in the House chamber, Minority Leader John Boehner said Friday.
Phoenix Woman / Firedoglake:
Smilin' Tim Pawlenty: John McCain's New Best Friend  —  (Image inspired by the clever work of Sir John Tenniel, and of Tild at Tildology.com)  —  No matter how much he tries to pretend he's Not Like Bush, the governor of the North Star State, Minnesota's own Smilin' Tim Pawlenty …
ABCNEWS:
Two ABC News Journalists Killed in Iraq  —  Two Iraqi ABC News broadcast journalists were killed in Iraq, ABC News President David Westin announced this morning.  —  Cameraman Alaa Uldeen Aziz, 33, and soundman Saif Laith Yousuf, 26, were returning home from work at the ABC News Baghdad …
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
House Democratic Leaders Write to President Bush on  —  Troop Pay Raises, Widows' Benefits  —  May 18th, 2007 by Jesse Lee  —  As noted yesterday, the White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy (pdf) declaring their opposition to a 3.5% pay raise for the troops …
Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Center of Attention … The Gun Toting Liberal: "Bush Amnesty For Illegal Aliens Bill Passes Senate As President Lures Border Agents To Iraq With Six-Figure Salary Offers"  —  Andrew Sullivan quotes a reader who describes todays republican right-wing as being fascist.  Libby Spencer responds (and agrees with Andrew).
 
 
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NY Daily News:
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The Atlantic Online:
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Jerusalem Post:
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Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Nicole Gaouette / Los Angeles Times:
Senators, administration craft immigration compromise
Discussion: Ezra Klein and TAPPED
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