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10:05 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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Associated Press:
Romney refuses to apologize for anti-Clinton, -Obama sign  —  EXETER, N.H. - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is refusing to apologize for posing with a sign that said "No to Osama, Obama and Chelsea's Moma," lumping two Democratic rivals with the Sept. 11 mastermind.
Josephine Hearn / The Politico:
Clinton, Obama court colleagues
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
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
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.
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.
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Kos / Daily Kos:
"With us or against us"  —  There has lately been an alarming rise in diaries and comments that seek to impugn (without evidence) the motives of those they disagree with on various issues.  —  Yes, there's the impeachment stuff, but this nasty rhetoric is also rampant in the primary war diaries.
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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
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."
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 …
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 …
AWhitneyBrown / Daily Kos:
I Support The Troops  —  There!  I finally said it.  It's something that needs to be said, it seems that no one in American politics is willing to say it, so let the chips fall where they may, I'm taking a stand.  —  For those of you who have a hard time reading, I enclose a video …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Wingnut Psychology: "[T]he legal principle of who cares?"  —  Chris Hedges, in a widely read article in The Nation, describes a photo showing a U.S. soldier "reaching in to scoop out some of [an Iraqi's] brain, looking at the camera and ... smiling."  —  Jules Crittenden responds:
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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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 …
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.
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
YouTube Democratic Debate: Clergyman Asks Why Edwards Uses His Faith To Justify His Stance On Gay Marriage  —  Tonight's YouTube Democratic debate has been refreshing, to say the least.  One of the questions was raised by a Southern Baptist Minister to John Edwards dealing with his opposition …
 
 
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Stephen Rodrick / New York Magazine:
The Actor  —  Fred Thompson bills himself as a true southern …
Discussion: Wonkette
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
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The Corner:
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Jason / PoliticsTV.com:
VIDEO: CNN/YouTube Debate
Discussion: BlogHer
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
The Republican (Not So) Short List
Atrios / Eschaton:
Pathetic Bunch of Pygmies
CNN:
Electorate can show true colors in YouTube debate
Discussion: Pajamas Media and UrbanGrounds
Reuters:
UK's Brown won't rule out military action in Iran
Discussion: Commentary and Cliff Schecter
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
FILIBUSTERS....This chart got a lot of links over the weekend, and for good reason.
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.
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.
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Reid's Anti-Reform Maneuvers
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Bill Kristol, Highly Recommended
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Politico Playbook: First date
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