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11:00 AM ET, June 13, 2007

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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Rivals try to deflate F. Thompson campaign  —  Fred Thompson has had a relatively easy ride as he has flirted with a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.  His strategists have found traction promoting him as the heir to Ronald Reagan — and a conservative alternative to the top tier of the GOP field.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Parsing the Polls: Who's a Fred Voter?  —  A series of national polls conducted in the last few weeks show that former Sen. Fred Thompson (Tenn.) is a force to be reckoned with in the coming fight for the 2008 Republican nomination.  —  A new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey put Thompson second …
Discussion: Don Surber and ParaPundit
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Open thread: Fred on "The Tonight Show"; Update: Video added; Update: GOP oppo researchers start digging  —  If Karol's staying up for this, it must be a capital-"e" Event.  Likelihood of a surprise announcement: 20%.  His aides were whispering about early July, but that could have been a smokescreen to set up a surprise tonight.
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Thompson Wants to Be President
Discussion: Don Surber
Edward / Heading Right:
The Problem With Primary Oppo
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
CNN:
U.S. official: Mosque attack may have been inside job … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Authorities have evidence that Wednesday's bombing of the Askariya Mosque in Samarra was an inside job, and 15 members of the Iraqi security forces have been arrested, a U.S. military official said.
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Graham Bowley / New York Times:
Minarets on Shiite Shrine in Iraq Destroyed in Attack  —  Left, a file photo from Dec. 2003 shows intact the two minarets and the Golden Dome of the al-Askari mosque in Samarra.  At right, the mosque today after the attack on the minarets.  The dome was destroyed in the 2006 attack.
Discussion: Hot Air
Washington Post:
Blasts Destroy Remnants of Samarra Shiite Shrine  —  Early morning blasts Wednesday destroyed two minarets at the same Shiite shrine in Samarra where an attack last year demolished the mosque's gilded dome and plunged the country into a wave of deadly sectarian violence.
Washington Post:
Big Boost In Iraqi Forces Is Urged  —  A Top General Sees Years Before U.S. Ends Security Role  —  A senior U.S. military commander said yesterday that Iraq's army must expand its rolls by at least 20,000 more soldiers than Washington had anticipated, to help free U.S. troops from conducting daily patrols …
Nico / Think Progress:
New Justice Dept. Emails Reveal Top Rove Aides' Involvement In Attorney Scandal  —  Justice Department documents released tonight include new emails linking Karl Rove's top aides — former White House political director Sara Taylor, who resigned last month, and her deputy Scott Jennings — to the U.S. attorney scandal.
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Officials: Subpoenas for Bush figures
Discussion: Firedoglake and Think Progress
New York Times:
Silence in the Senate  —  The most remarkable thing about the debate …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Emptywheel / The Next Hurrah:   New Emails: Taylor, Griffin Gone, and McNulty Testifying Again
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: Hamas's Gaza and Fatah's West Bank  —  Jamal Abu Jadian, a top Fatah commander, fled his home in the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday evening dressed as a woman to avoid dozens of Hamas militiamen who had attacked it.  He and several members of his family and bodyguards were lightly wounded.
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Charles Levinson / Telegraph:
Hamas bids for total control
Discussion: Yourish.com and Jay Currie
Joshua Chaffin / Financial Times:
CBS blames sexism for bad ratings  —  Leslie Moonves, CBS chief executive, on Tuesday suggested that sexist attitudes were partly to blame for the faltering performance of Katie Couric, the news anchor he recruited to the network with a $15m annual pay package.  —  "I'm sort of surprised by the vitriol against her.
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Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Dan Rather Takes On Network News With His Tart Remark
Discussion: Norwegianity and NewsBusters.org
New York Times:
Bush Lobbies G.O.P. Senators on Immigration  —  In an effort to revive a crippled immigration bill, President Bush visited the Capitol on Tuesday to try to assure wary Senate Republicans personally that border security was a driving force behind his push for changes in immigration law.
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ABCNEWS:   Bush Takes Uphill Battle to Capitol Hill
Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Bush presses GOP on immigration bill
Discussion: Associated Press, Tammy Bruce and MSNBC
Lynn Elber / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
TV's 'Mr. Wizard' Don Herbert dies at 89  —  LOS ANGELES — Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday.  He was 89.  Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home, said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.
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Dennis McLellan / Los Angeles Times:
Don Herbert, 89; TV's 'Mr. Wizard' taught science to young baby boomers
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Unfogged
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Coleman faces challenge from his former adviser  —  An Iraq war veteran and former adviser to Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) yesterday said he is considering a primary challenge against the lawmaker in 2008.  —  Retired Lt. Col. Joe Repya (R) lost a race for the state Republican Party chairmanship last week …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and MyDD
Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:
Yemeni Languishes at Guantanamo Long After U.S. Approved Release  —  Dispute Over Citizenship Leaves Saudi-Born Detainee in Legal Limbo  —  SANAA, Yemen — The word came in May 2006: Ali Mohammed Nasser Mohammed, a slight, 24-year-old Yemeni with curly black hair and a wispy beard …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and JammieWearingFool
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Iraqis Are Failing to Meet U.S. Benchmarks  —  Iraq's political leaders have failed to reach agreements on nearly every law that the Americans have demanded as benchmarks, despite heavy pressure from Congress, the White House and top military commanders.  With only three months until progress reports …
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Vote-Fraud Demagogues  —  Americans overwhelmingly support voter ID.  Are they are all racists?  —  Appointments to the Federal Election Commission rarely draw attention.  But at a confirmation hearing today, there's likely to be some fireworks over Hans von Spakovsky.
The Independent:
Simon Kelner: Would you be saying this, Mr Blair, if we supported your war in Iraq?  —  'Opinion and fact should be clearly divisible.  The truth is, a large part of the media today not merely elides the two but does so now as a matter of course.  In other words, this is not exceptional.
Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Florida primary will not count, Dean warns  —  Sure, Florida is America's biggest political swing state.  But don't expect the national Democratic Party to back off punishing Sunshine State Democrats for scheduling an early presidential primary.  —  "Their primary essentially won't count …
Discussion: TIME, MSNBC and PoliBlog (TM)
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Database Is Tool in Deporting Fugitives  —  Police Officers Find Illegal Immigrants In Warrant Searches  —  Hugo Vinicio Hernandez knew that immigration agents could detain him at any time for having disregarded a deportation order in 2001.  But the Guatemalan man didn't think he would wind …
 
 
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US Democrats preview new Iraq showdown
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Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Don't run, Al.  Don't!  —  The self-defeating Draft Al campaign …
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