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2:30 PM ET, August 3, 2007

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Charles Hurt / New York Post:
EDWARDS IN A BIZ HATE & $WITCH  —  John Edwards, who yesterday demanded Democratic candidates return any campaign donations from Rupert Murdoch and News Corp., himself earned at least $800,000 for a book published by one of the media mogul's companies.  —  The Edwards campaign …
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Washington Post:
Three Top Democrats Share Lead In Iowa Poll  —  Less than six months before Iowa voters open the 2008 presidential nomination battles, the Democratic contest in the Hawkeye State is a deadlock, with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards in a virtual tie for first place, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Discussion: MSNBC, Connecting.the.Dots and MyDD
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
'Net Roots' Event Becomes Democrats' Other National Convention  —  Last month, in a straw poll on the popular liberal blog Daily Kos, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), the front-runner for her party's presidential nomination, won only 9 percent of the vote, lagging far behind former senator John Edwards …
Steven Stark / Real Clear Politics:
Does Edwards Need an Ivy Education?
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Another Do-As-I-Say Moment For Edwards
Discussion: TVNewser
ABCNEWS:
Poll Finds Dems Neck and Neck in Iowa
Discussion: Pollster.com
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
House erupts in chaos  —  In a massive flare-up of partisan tensions, Republicans walked out on a House vote late Thursday night to protest what they believed to be Democratic maneuvers to reverse an unfavorable outcome for them.  —  The flap represents a complete breakdown in parliamentary procedure …
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
What Happened in the House Last Night?  —  I just heard Pete Hoekstra, outraged, on the Bennett show about this, which a House aide explains via e-mail: … Here's what it looked like:  —  Here's Cantor: … From Politico: … That's the last time I fall to sleep early.
The Corner:   JUST PLAIN CHEATING  —  They just replayed the whole mess …
Matthew Sanchez / Matt Sanchez:
BEACHAMP INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED  —  After a thorough investigation that lasted nearly a week the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division has concluded that the allegation made by Private Thomas Scott Beauchamp, the "Baghdad Diarist", have been
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Confederate Yankee:
Breaking: Kuwait-Based Army PAO Calls Beauchamp/New Republic Claim an "Urban Legend or Myth"  —  I've been silent on the New Republic's latest attempt to explain their editorial dereliction of editorial duties in the Scott Thomas Beauchamp collection of stories know as "Shock Troops" …
Matthew Sanchez / Matt Sanchez:
THE REAL FOB FALCON
Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
ACID FLASHBACK  —  Last night the whole YearlyKos aggregation finally gathered in one place, a sort of cozy airplane hangar somewhere within McCormick Place.  The room was so spacious that the audience—something like fourteen hundred people—could be comfortably seated at big round tables rather than rows of seats.
Discussion: Who Is IOZ?, Roger Ailes and Ezra Klein
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:   OFF THE RAILS....Hendrik Hertzberg, comparing YearlyKos …
Agence France Presse:
Critics take aim at Bin Laden musical  —  A satirical musical about Islamist terrorism and Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has sparked protests in Britain, with critics blasting it as tasteless.  —  "Jihad: The Musical," which features songs including "I wanna be like Osama" and is described as …
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Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Romney: Hezbollah role model for U.S.  —  Urges emulating welfare projects used by terror group against Israel  —  JERUSALEM - Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney has cited the social welfare network of the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group as a role model the U.S. should copy to help promote …
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Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
Romney Didn't, did he?  —  Did Mitt Romney really say that the U.S …
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Dick Polman / Dick Polman's American Debate:
America's bridge to nowhere
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and MSNBC
David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Gates Offers Blunt Review of Progress in Iraq  —  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday that he was discouraged by the resignation of the Sunnis from Iraq's cabinet and that the Bush administration might have misjudged the difficulty of achieving reconciliation between Iraq's sectarian factions.
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Los Angeles Times:
'Depth of mistrust' in Iraq unforeseen
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and Booman Tribune
Sky News:
Flying Saucers Go Into Production  —  A "flying saucer" that glides three metres above the ground and carries two people has gone into commerical production.  —  US company Moller International has begun to manufacture parts for its Jetsons-like personal flying pod, the M200G Volantor.
Pajamas Media:
KOS: "WE ARE THE CENTER!"  —  Is left-wing blog entrepreneur Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, AKA "Kos," the new liberal king maker of the Democratic Party?  At his opening day press conference for the annual YearlyKos Convention in Chicago, Kos told the assemblage: "There is no Jesse Jackson wing of the Democratic Party anymore.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Judge Backs C.I.A. in Suit on Memoir  —  Valerie Wilson may be the best known former intelligence operative in recent history, but a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that she was not allowed to say how long she worked for the Central Intelligence Agency in the memoir she plans to publish this fall.
Roger Simon / The Politico:
DNC shares oppo game plan with netroots  —  CHICAGO — It is not true that Democrats don't listen to Republicans.  They do.  —  The Democrats are listening to every word the Republican presidential candidates say, writing it down and even videotaping them whenever possible.
 
 
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The Raw Story:
Capitol police warned of DC terror attack in next six weeks
Peter Daou / Daily Kos:
Hillary will attend YearlyKos breakout session
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Where the Bad Bridges Are  —  Decrepit bridges are not a new story.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Daily Show: The Rummy Returns
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush signs homeland security bill
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
What Matters About Romney's Religion
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Spouse Rules  —  Advice for the ladies who seek to become first lady.
Discussion: New York Times and alicublog
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Stampeding Congress, Again
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Maliki's Impact Blunted By Own Party's Fears
Daniel Finkelstein / Comment Central:
Take your pick
Discussion: Fausta's blog
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Murtha nabs $150M pork
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
For Young Earners in Big City, a Gap in Women's Favor
Counterterrorism Blog:
CAIR Executive Director Placed at HAMAS Meeting
Discussion: PrairiePundit and JunkYardBlog
Jennifer Talhelm / Associated Press:
McCain changes course on immigration