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6:30 PM ET, August 12, 2007

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The New Republic:
VIVA HUCKABEE!:  —  Here's when I realized Mike Huckabee might be on the verge of something: Shortly after 1 o'clock, Laura Ingraham, our intrepid emcee, introduced each of the straw poll candidates.  Because Romney was speaking immediately after the introductions, and because he'd clearly bused …
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Booman Tribune:
Noam Scheiber on Reporters and Huckabee  —  You may not have heard of Mike Huckabee, but he is running for president of the United States of America.  Huckabee served as the Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007.  He's a social conservative that served as chairman of the National Governors' Association …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hidden Earmarks A Hallmark Of The 110th  —  When Democrats campaigned in the 2006 midterm elections, they promised to reform the pork-barrel practices of previous Congresses once they took control.  They have certainly changed the process, but not in the manner they promised.
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Deacon / Power Line:   PORK AND FAKE GEOGRAPHY, A DEMOCRAT MENU
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Select Hospitals Reap a Windfall Under Child Bill
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Etgar Lefkovits / Jerusalem Post:
Video: Footage of terrorist killed in Old City released  —  A copy of CCTV footage from the scene of Friday's shooting in Jerusalem's Old City shows the Israeli Arab assailant snatching the pistol of an Israeli security guard and shooting him repeatedly at close range.  —  Double click below to watch video
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Ynetnews:
Surveillance video of J'lem shooting
Discussion: Solomonia and Israel Matzav
Steve Benen / Talking Points Memo:
The LAT had an interesting item today, speculating about whether presidential candidate Fred Thompson will follow Senate candidate Thompson's style, and campaign in his favorite prop. … As the piece explained, Thompson hopped in an old red pickup and won voters over with his folksy charm, accentuated by the prop.
Discussion: Eschaton
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Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Thompson's red truck parked, for now
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The truth behind the Pollack-O'Hanlon trip to Iraq  —  Last Wednesday, I interviewed Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution regarding the trip he recently took to Iraq and the highly publicized Op-Ed in the New York Times about his trip, co-written with his Brookings colleague, Ken Pollack.
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
US doles out millions for street cameras  —  Local efforts raise privacy alarms  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is funneling millions of dollars to local governments nationwide for purchasing high-tech video camera networks, accelerating the rise of a "surveillance society" …
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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Iraqi Sunni claims 'genocide campaign'  —  BAGHDAD - Iraq's most senior Sunni politician issued a desperate appeal Sunday for Arab nations to help stop what he called an "unprecedented genocide campaign" by Shiite militias armed, trained and controlled by Iran.
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Richard Engel / Los Angeles Times:
Wars within wars in Iraq
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Fred, Fred, Fred: Thompson's Challenge Has a Name  —  In the swampy soup of hopefuls for the 2008 presidential election, there is a man with a funny name.  (No, not that one.)  —  We're thinking of the one named Fred (Thompson).  —  Say it out loud.  Do it.  Fred.  Fred.  In the South, Fray-ud.
Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Rift in AK Parti over Gül?  —  This year, elections were held early in Turkey because the AK Parti wanted to make Abdullah Gül president.  Certain secular parties, especially the CHP (founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk), opposed this idea very strongly - they do not want an Islamist …
Discussion: Central Sanity
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TODAY'S ZAMAN:
Countdown begins, AK Party denies rift over Gül
Discussion: Turkish Digest
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
MTP: Markos Discusses the Emergence of the Netroots Movement  —  DailyKos Founder Markos Moulitsas Zuniga explains to guest host David Gregory on Meet The Press why the netroots movement signals the end of "business as usual" politicking for the Democratic party.
Discussion: Daily Kos and TalkLeft
Bill O'Reilly / Boston Herald:
'Bourne' flick is ultimately un-American  —  When "The Simpsons Movie" turns out to be more realistic than "The Bourne Ultimatum," you know something is up.  Nevertheless, the thriller is a big hit, proving once again that film audiences now want live-action cartoons rather than crisp …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Robert J. Samuelson / Newsweek:
Greenhouse Simplicities  —  We in the news business often enlist in moral crusades.  Global warming is among the latest.  Unfortunately, self-righteous indignation can undermine good journalism.  Last week's NEWSWEEK cover story on global warming is a sobering reminder.
P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters.org:
Leering Chris Matthews Asks Female CNBC Anchor to Move in Closer to Camera  —  Apparently Hardball host Chris Matthews has a bit of a problem keeping his lust in check on the air.  On Friday evening's Hardball, Matthews was interviewing CNBC's Street Signs anchor, Erin Burnett …
Associated Press:
Italy probe unearths huge Iraq arms deal  —  PERUGIA, Italy - In a hidden corner of Rome's busy Fiumicino Airport, police dug quietly through a traveler's checked baggage, looking for smuggled drugs.  What they found instead was a catalog of weapons, a clue to something bigger.
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Redstate
Dore Gold / Opinion Journal:
The Dangers of 'Peace' Making  —  America's latest efforts merely entrenched al Qaeda in the Gaza Strip.  —  The U.S. and other Western powers are pushing for a new Israeli-Palestinian breakthrough, to help contain Iran and undercut the appeal of al Qaeda and radical Islam.
 
 
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
FISA CONFUSION REVISITED....A quick note to make clear what …
Rebecca Boyle / Greeley Tribune:
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
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Discussion: Sisyphus Shrugged
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
FRIDAY'S LIQUIDITY EVENT....On Friday, as part of an effort …
Evan Thomas / Newsweek:
Gitmo: Should Doctors Force-Feed Prisoners?
Discussion: TalkLeft
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Dem insiders say national polls putting Hillary ahead meaningless
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
Back Home, More Frustration  —  BRUNSWICK, Maine The woman …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Los Angeles Times:
Double whammy for Republicans
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Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
Merv Griffin Dies at Age 82
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Obama Judges a Judge
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
The army is refusing to order him to speak to us
Atrios / Eschaton:
"The Good War"  —  Yglesias: … That's true in the specific …
Peter J. Boyer / New Yorker:
MAYBERRY MAN  —  Is what New York never liked about Rudy …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and TalkLeft
David Streitfeld / Los Angeles Times:
Foreclosures may spur price drops
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Warm-mongers and cheeseburger imperialists
Charles Levinson / Telegraph:
Hizbollah buys frontier land to attack Israel
 

 
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