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4:40 PM ET, June 13, 2007

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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?)
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Pardoning Scooter — Still A Bad Idea, Senator Obama  —  In a rather shocking move, Barak Obama's General Counsel Robert F. Bauer adds his voice to the chorus calling for Scooter Libby to be pardoned, but he believes he is coming at it from a different angle than the Libby apologists:
Discussion: TalkLeft and DownWithTyranny!
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.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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CNN:
White House ex-aides subpoenaed … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Subpoenas are being issued to two former White House officials, the first to be subpoenaed in the fired U.S. attorneys investigation.  —  The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday issued a subpoena to Sara Taylor, former White House political director.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
Earmark Dispute Bogs Down Homeland Security Bill  —  House Committee Chairman Wants Lawmakers' Pet Projects Excluded Until Later in Appropriations Process  —  The congressional spending season began with a blowup over earmarks in the House yesterday, as the first bill to reach a vote prompted …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Committees Subpoena Former Rove Aide, Miers
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.
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Mark Silva / swamppolitics.com:
White House eyes renewed mosque bombings
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Large majority supports path to citizenship  —  A poll finds 63% of all respondents, and 65% of Republicans, back the controversial measure.  —  WASHINGTON — A strong majority of Americans — including nearly two-thirds of Republicans — favor allowing illegal immigrants to become citizens …
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Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
Most Americans Back Stalled Senate Immigration Bill, Poll Shows
Discussion: First Draft
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.
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Dan Rather Takes On Network News With His Tart Remark  —  "It may not have been the wisest thing I've done this week," Dan Rather joked yesterday by phone from his office in New York.  —  Wise or not, the former CBS anchor's comments about the network's evening newscast have created a firestorm …
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.
CNN:
Blast kills anti-Syrian lawmaker … BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — A member of the Lebanese parliament was killed in an explosion Wednesday outside a Beirut military sports club in what hospital sources called an assassination.  —  Lawmaker Walid Eido, known as a foe of Syrian involvement in Lebanon …
Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bush's Senate visit fails to move GOP on immigration bill  —  (06-13) 04:00 PDT Washington — President Bush came on bended knee to the Senate on Tuesday with such diminished credibility that renegade senators in his own party insisted he prove he's serious about securing the border …
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Judge Who Seeks Millions for Lost Pants Has His (Emotional) Day in Court  —  B efore trial began yesterday in the case of the D.C. judge who sued his neighborhood dry cleaners after they lost his pants, the most extraordinary fact was Roy Pearson's demand for $65 million in damages.
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.
Nouri Al-Maliki / Opinion Journal:
Our Common Struggle  —  America had its civil war.  Why expect freedom to come easy to Iraq?  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq—Americans keen to understand the ongoing struggle for a new Iraq can be guided by the example of their own history.  In the 1860s, your country fought a great struggle of its own …
Victor Davis Hanson / Victor Davis Hanson's …:
Honesty About Iraq  —  How are we doing?  —  National Review Online  —  The United States can usually win even postmodern wars abroad if it can play to its strengths — which are marshaling our enormous material, intelligence, and technological advantages to defeat the enemy …
 
 
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Rudy: Iraq Is "In The Hands Of Other People"
Steve LeBlanc / Associated Press:
Gov. Romney held fast against pardons
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Don't run, Al.  Don't!  —  The self-defeating Draft Al campaign …
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Senate Committee Approves D.C. Voting Rights Bill
The Hill:
Clinton can boast wealth of earmarks
Tim Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama's letters for Rezko
Washington Post:
Dealing With Mr. Marri  —  THERE'S EVERY reason to believe …
Discussion: Power Line and New York Times
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Democrats Push Coal-to-Liquids Energy Plan
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CNN:
Iran is arming Taliban, U.S. diplomat says
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Rightosphere Temperature Check For June
Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Florida primary will not count, Dean warns
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