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9:20 PM ET, July 23, 2007

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Jerid / Buckeye State Blog:
Romney on 9/11: "Lighten Up"  —  UPDATE: I'm available for comment on my experience with Romney at Jerid@buckeyestateblog.com  —  I got up late; it was a Tuesday in Cleveland and I only had early morning swim practice MWF's.  Showering, I heard Steve, another guy on the third floor of the "Tyler" dorm yell from his room, "holy s**t!"
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CNN Political Ticker:
Romney says 'lighten up' to sign critic
Discussion: Blogs 4 Brownback
Megan Thee / New York Times:
Poll: U.S. Support for Iraq Invasion Inches Up  —  American support for the initial invasion of Iraq has risen somewhat as the White House has continued to ask the public to reserve judgment about the war until General David Petraeus files his report in the fall.
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Washington Post:
Poll: Americans Find Bush Unyielding on Iraq  —  Majority Says Congress Should Have Final Say on Troop Withdrawal  —  Most Americans see President Bush as intransigent on Iraq and prefer that the Democratic-controlled Congress make decisions over a possible withdrawal of U.S. forces, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Discussion: TalkLeft, Daily Kos and Oliver Willis
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
House Committee to Vote on Contempt Charges  —  Conflict Comes as Gonzales Prepares for Senate Testimony  —  The House Judiciary Committee will vote Wednesday on whether to hold current and former White House officials in contempt of Congress, signaling that Democratic lawmakers intend …
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:   Bush aides face contempt vote Wednesday
The Raw Story:
MIERS, BUSH CHIEF OF STAFF FACING CONTEMPT
Discussion: Wonkette
Natasha T. Metzler / Associated Press:
Sheehan Arrested in Impeachment Protest  —  ARLINGTON, Va. — Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Monday moved another step _ actually several thousand of them _ toward carrying out her promise to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi because the California Democrat won't consider impeachment proceedings against President Bush.
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Cindy Sheehan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Let's get away from usual party politics  —  Peace activist voices her independent streak  —  The feedback I have been receiving since I announced that I would challenge U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, for her House seat — unless she gives impeachment the go-ahead — has been running about 3-to-1 positive.
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Daily Kos Founder Issues Warning Concerning 'Nasty Rhetoric'  —  Is Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas growing weary of the vitriol being expressed at his blog?  —  It appears so, as without explaining what incidents precipitated the need for such, Moulitsas posted a warning …
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Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
A teacher with faith and reason  —  DID YOU hear about the religious fundamentalist who wanted to teach physics at Cambridge University?  This would-be instructor wasn't simply a Christian; he was so preoccupied with biblical prophecy that he wrote a book titled "Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John."
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James Kirchick / The New Republic:
VERY SUPERSTITIOUS:  —  In Sunday's Boston Globe …
Discussion: The Mahablog
Matthew Felling / CBS News:
CNN's Hype Machine Goes Overboard  —  So have you heard there's going to be a Democratic debate tonight?  And one with normal people like you and me posing questions via streaming video?  You haven't?  Just turn on CNN.  Chances are you'll find out before the next commercial break.
Discussion: TVNewser
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Open thread: The CNN YouTube freak show debate
CNN:
Voters ask the questions during historic debate  —  (CNN) — The first question of the historic and unscripted YouTube debate in Charleston, South Carolina, got right to the point.  —  A young man from Utah asked, "What makes you any different than other politicians?"
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CNN:
Electorate can show true colors in YouTube debate
Discussion: Pajamas Media and UrbanGrounds
Richard McIntire / Zogby:
Report Card on Prejudice in America  —  New Zogby/GSN Survey Reveals That:  — A Racist Lives Next Door - Most Americans believe they don't make decisions based on race...but think their neighbors do  —  They also think most Americans believe:  —  Most Americans believe …
Jules Crittenden:
Psycho-Death Cult  —  Archaeblogogist Ace does some digging, uncovers traces of an anti-military cult in our midst, in the recent past.  As in last week, briefly, at Kos, before the high priests feared what they had wrought and exorcised it.  Spirit summoned up here in a Google seance.
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INSTAPUTZ:
Wingnut Psychology: "[T]he legal principle of who cares?"
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
The Dems, the 'John Does' and the blogosphere  —  Public pressure is mounting on Capitol Hill Democrats to include the "John Doe" provision into a written conference report of the final 911 Commission bill.  —  The provision would protect the public for reporting suspicious behavior …
David Cole / Salon:
Bush's torture ban is full of loopholes  —  The president has issued an executive order to stop the CIA from using torture, but the ban is unenforceable.  —  A shackled detainee being taken to the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Dec. 6, 2006.
Joe / Cold Fury:
Christiana Hendrix, 1974-2007  —  Mike's wife Christiana was killed Friday afternoon while riding her Sportster.  Mike was on his own bike and wasn't injured.  Stunned and heartbroken doesn't begin to cover this.  Words always feel so useless and empty when someone you love dies …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Bill Kristol, Highly Recommended  —  Bill Kristol's the-war-is-being-won piece in The Washington Post brought him plenty of ridicule, but at least one person liked it.  —  President Bush read the July 15 Outlook article that morning and recommended it to his staff.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
FILIBUSTERS....This chart got a lot of links over the weekend, and for good reason.  It's pretty eye-popping.  The accompanying article says that the trend toward more filibusters "has been evolving for 30 years," but really, that's pretty misleading even if it's technically true.
 
 
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
jetBlows  —  As you may know, jetBlue airline recently decided …
The Corner:
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Jason / PoliticsTV.com:
VIDEO: CNN/YouTube Debate
Discussion: BlogHer
Josephine Hearn / The Politico:
Clinton, Obama court colleagues
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
The Republican (Not So) Short List
Atrios / Eschaton:
Pathetic Bunch of Pygmies
Reuters:
UK's Brown won't rule out military action in Iran
Discussion: Commentary and Cliff Schecter
 Earlier Items: 
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
A Family Meets Today to Hear the Complexities of a Bid for Dow Jones
Discussion: TVNewser
CNN:
You be the political analyst  —  The CNN/YouTube presidential debate is all about you.
Ellyn Ferguson / The Green Bay Press-Gazette …:
Feingold to call for censure of Bush
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
John Washburn / The BRAD BLOG:
EXCLUSIVE: Milwaukee Election Records Indicate Apparent Forgery …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
I call bullsh*t on TPM's defense of its bullsh*t video.
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
When pressing a tough sale, Bush is a lousy salesman
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Reid's Anti-Reform Maneuvers
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Politico Playbook: First date
Discussion: MyDD
 

 
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