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Robert F. Bauer / The Huffington Post:
The Progressive Case for a Libby Pardon — All the views expressed in this post are those of the author and not of any client of his firm. — Until a very short while ago, few had heard of Scooter Libby. Today, still not a celebrity with the larger public, he carries on his shoulders …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Bubblicious — Can someone tell me what hold Scooter Libby has on everyone in Washington that he can even get Barack Obama's general counsel to go to bat for him? Pictures? Videos? What? … Well, that's a slick argument — if you happen to be a 12 year old. (General counsel? Really?)
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Obama Opposes Libby Pardon — Via Atrios, Obama campaign general counsel Robert Bauer caused the Senator some trouble today by writing a piece on the Huffington Post blog arguing for a pardon for Scooter Libby. Presumably not a popular position among Dems. — So we just asked the Obama campaign where he stood on a pardon.
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David Stout / New York Times:2 Ex-Bush Aides Subpoenaed in Attorneys Case
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Rasmussen Reports:
Poll: Voters Want Smaller Steps to Immigration Reform With Focus on Enforcement — Just 20% of American voters want Congress to try and pass the immigration reform bill that failed in the Senate last week. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 51% would like their legislators to …
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Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
Most Americans Back Stalled Senate Immigration Bill, Poll Shows — Most Americans support central elements of the legislation overhauling U.S. immigration laws the Senate shelved last week after it failed to gain sufficient support from lawmakers. — A new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll shows …
Charles Malik / Lebanese Political Journal:
Assassination at Nejmeh - I was there — This is the closest I've been. — I was 50m from this attack. — We were in a cafe next to Luna Park enjoying the late afternoon next to the sea after an intense day. — Children were playing on the equipment under the setting sun.
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Abu Kais / From Beirut to the Beltway:Assad regime targets March 14 deputy
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Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Follow-Up Hearing on GSA Misconduct — The Oversight and Government Reform Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Continuing Allegations of Misconduct at General Services Administration." The hearing will examine statements made by GSA Administrator Lurita Doan that impugn the reputation …
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Associated Press:
Iran moves to execute porn stars … TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic movies. — With a 148-5 vote in favor and four abstentions …
CNN:
Iran is arming Taliban, U.S. diplomat says … PARIS, France (CNN) — The United States has "irrefutable evidence" that Tehran is transferring arms to Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, a top U.S. diplomat told CNN Wednesday, noting that NATO forces have intercepted some of the arms shipments.
Agence France Presse:
Iraq surge a failure, top Democrats tell Bush — Top US congressional Democrats bluntly told President George W. Bush Wednesday that his Iraq troop "surge" policy was a failure. — Senate Majority leader Harry Reid and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi challenged the president …
John Harwood / Wall Street Journal:
Bleak Mood Drags Down Support for Bush, Congress — An increasingly gloomy political environment has soured Americans on President Bush and Congress, scrambled the Republicans' 2008 field, and strengthened Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
ABCNEWS:
Music Video Has a 'Crush on Obama' — Risqué YouTube Song Takes Obama Campaign by Surprise — An amusing, risqué music video, featuring a nubile young woman breathlessly singing her love for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., appeared on the Web this week.
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
GOP issues rules to avoid Macaca moments — The Macaca moment has morphed into an official learning tool for the Republican establishment. — It's right there, on pages 18 and 22 of an Internet guide from the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee that its chairman, Sen. John Ensign …
Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
Bush's Suicide Mission on Immigration Policy — Though I've never heard him use the term, my guess is that George W. Bush sees himself as a hacendado, an estate owner in Old Mexico. — That would give him a sense of Southwestern noblesse, duty-bound not just to work "his" people, but to protect them as well.
Tim Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama's letters for Rezko — NOT A FAVOR? As a state senator, he went to bat for now-indicted developer's deal — As a state senator, Barack Obama wrote letters to city and state officials supporting his political patron Tony Rezko's successful bid to get more than $14 million from taxpayers …
Scott Wyman / Sun-Sentinel:
Broward may cancel deal with radio station because it airs Rush Limbaugh — Rush Limbaugh has long been a thorn in the side of liberals, but now, because of him, some Democratic politicians don't even want to join with a local radio station to broadcast hurricane information.
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