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10:25 AM ET, June 8, 2007

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A Failure of Leadership in a Flawed Political Culture  —  The collapse of comprehensive immigration revision in the Senate last night represents a political defeat for President Bush, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), the bill's most prominent sponsors.
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New York Times:
Immigrant Bill, Short 15 Votes, Stalls in Senate  —  The sweeping immigration overhaul endorsed by President Bush crumbled in the Senate on Thursday night, leaving the future of one of the administration's chief domestic priorities in serious doubt.  —  After a day of tension and fruitless maneuvering …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Inside Story Of How The Senate Immigration Bill Died  —  A GOP Aide, who's one of my sources in the Senate, gave me the rundown on what happened to the Senate bill today.  —  After the 2nd cloture vote failure at noon on Thursday, Harry Reid could not get unanimous consent to call …
Michelle Malkin:
Kill The Bill...Update: Down, but not quite dead 8:55pm Cloture vote fails: 45-50; Roll added Reid vows to "put aside hurt feelings" - sniffle Post-debate thoughts: Yes, this was Bush's bill  —  Wire stories coming in: AP calls the cloture vote failure a "stunning setback."  Reuters: "A major legislative setback."
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Two Years of Humble Pie  —  In Britain, Canada and other civilized places, national elections are often called, run and concluded within six weeks.  In America, election campaigns go on forever.  It used to be one year, now it's two.  No one planned this, but like other evolutionary artifacts …
Telegraph:
US agrees to join global warming battle  —  President George W Bush dramatically changed his stance on the environment yesterday by agreeing for the first time to include America in a global campaign against climate change.  —  The agreement reached at the G8 summit in Germany includes the goal of …
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
G-8 Leaders Back 'Substantial' Cuts In Gas Emissions
Discussion: Firedoglake, The Reaction and MSNBC
New York Times:
U.S. Compromise on Global Warming Plan Averts Impasse at Group of 8 Meeting
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Reaction
New York Times:
It's Subpoena Time  —  For months, senators have listened to a parade of well-coached Justice Department witnesses claiming to know nothing about how nine prosecutors were chosen for firing.  This week, it was the turn of Bradley Schlozman, a former federal attorney in Missouri, to be uninformative and not credible.
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Jill Gardiner / New York Sun:
Peace Corps Is Edwards Terror Plan  —  Senator Edwards is outlining a new national security strategy that hinges on the creation of a 10,000-person civilian peace corps to stem the tide of terrorism in weak and unstable countries.  —  Mr. Edwards's plan, which he presented in Manhattan yesterday …
Discussion: Muckraked and JammieWearingFool
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Next Children's Crusade
Discussion: The American Mind
Fouad Ajami / Opinion Journal:
Fallen Soldier  —  Mr. President, do not leave this man behind.  —  Mr. President, some weeks ago, I wrote a letter of appeal, a character reference, to Judge Reggie B. Walton, urging leniency for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.  Scooter, I said, has seen the undoing of his world, but he comes before a …
Guardian:
Attorney-general knew of BAE and the £1bn.  Then concealed it  —  Goldsmith hid secret money transfers from international anti-corruption organisation  —  British investigators were ordered by the attorney-general Lord Goldsmith to conceal from international anti-bribery watchdogs …
Discussion: Telegraph and Talking Points Memo
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Muckraked:
Turning the Page: The Real Che?  —  He's the ultimate symbol of radical chic but was Che Guevara really a homophobic, racist square who personally ordered the jailing and executions of innocent men, women and children?  —  That's according to Humberto Fontova, the author of …
Discussion: Hot Air
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Rise in China's Pork Prices Signals End to Cheap Output  —  Few things are as essential to the Chinese as their pigs.  —  From pork spare ribs and mu shu pork to char siu bao — barbecued pork buns — pork is a staple of the Chinese diet.  So in this Year of the Pig, an acute shortage …
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Defections to Fred Thompson Pose a Major Threat to McCain  —  John Dowd represented Sen. John McCain in his darkest hour, the "Keating Five" scandal.  He supported McCain the first time he ran for president in 2000 and signed up to be a major fundraiser for him in this year's presidential race.
Discussion: MSNBC, TIME, Townhall.com and On Deadline
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Careful Strategy Is Used to Derail Immigration Bill  —  Two weeks ago, when the immigration bill landed on the Senate floor, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) voted against an amendment that targeted one of its key provisions: a guest-worker program that President Bush and many U.S. companies have sought for years.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Light shines on authors of earmarks  —  Members of the House Armed Services Committee have requested millions of dollars in federal earmarks for companies that have contributed thousands of dollars to their reelection funds, according to a review of funding requests made publicly available for the first time.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
America's Most Flaunted  —  Warning: This is a column about Paris Hilton.  Those who are trying to ignore the travails of the famous-for-being-famous hotel heiress might want to avert their eyes.  The rest of you, join me in honorable surrender.  We have no choice but to pay attention.
 
 
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