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11:45 AM ET, August 14, 2007

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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Despite Bruises of 2006, Rove's Influence Lasts  —  Whatever history makes of Karl Rove's role in the White House, his legacy as a political strategist can be measured in a presidential campaign that has already begun without him.  A look at the roster of every Republican presidential candidate finds people …
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End of the Rove: How He Spun Media
Discussion: Attytood
Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Elizabeth Edwards Unplugged  —  ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: In an interview in August's edition of The Progressive magazine, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Senator John Edwards, D-N.C., takes candid shots at the other candidates battling for the Democratic nomination against her husband.
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Wizbang
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MSNBC:
Elizabeth Edwards pens inspiring memoir
Discussion: Althouse
Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times:
Gonzales could get say in states' executions  —  Proposed rules would let the attorney general sign off on 'fast tracking' death penalty appeals.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is putting the final touches on regulations that could give Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales important …
David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Defense Chief Keeps Own Counsel on Iraq  —  In the debate about next steps on Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates does more listening than talking, rarely revealing his own views, except in clipped comments or the questions he asks at meetings.  —  Even in his private discussions with lawmakers …
Discussion: Ezra Klein
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John F. Burns / New York Times:
For Top General in Iraq, Role Is a Mixed Blessing
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Source Disclosure Ordered in Anthrax Suit  —  Five reporters must reveal their government sources for stories they wrote about Steven J. Hatfill and investigators' suspicions that the former Army scientist was behind the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001, a federal judge ruled yesterday.
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
5 Reporters Ordered to Testify About Government Sources
Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton's first lady records locked up  —  Archivists say the former first lady's documents at her husband's presidential library won't be released until after the '08 vote.  —  LITTLE ROCK, ARK —  . - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton cites her experience as a compelling reason voters …
David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
Tougher Rudy to hit back on immigration  —  Rudy Giuliani will jump back into the debate over immigration policy today, but don't expect him to talk about his days as mayor - when his policies were all but lifted from his liberal predecessor, Ed Koch.  —  As Giuliani seeks the Republican nomination …
Discussion: The State and MSNBC
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CBS News:
CBS Poll: Giuliani Maintains Strength
Jeremy Grant / Financial Times:
Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned  —  The US government is on a 'burning platform' of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country's top government inspector has warned.
John Tierney / New York Times:
Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy's Couch  —  Until I talked to Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at Oxford University, it never occurred to me that our universe might be somebody else's hobby.  I hadn't imagined that the omniscient, omnipotent creator of the heavens and earth could be an advanced version …
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs and BeldarBlog
Washington Times:
Border Patrol to build fencing  —  The U.S. Border Patrol is asking for volunteers among its agents to help build fences on the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Bush is withdrawing half the National Guard troops he sent there last year to build fences.  —  A memo circulated last week …
Kevin Landrigan / Nashuatelegraph.com:
Obama leaves some wanting a little more  —  NASHUA - U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's surging presidential campaign is reaching a critical mass in that voters want to hear more.  —  As a self-described, "hope monger,'' the Illinois Democrat's optimistic call for systemic change on health care …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Lawsuits May Illuminate Methods of Spy Program  —  In 2003, Room 641A of a large telecommunications building in downtown San Francisco was filled with powerful data-mining equipment for a "special job" by the National Security Agency, according to a former AT&T technician.
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Going After Blue Dogs: A Question for You  —  I've been kicking around the idea with Chris that we should raise the costs of bad decision-making on things like FISA, or when they fold to Republicans on the supplemental or (insert fight here).  —  It's not much to put up some google ads criticizing …
Discussion: eyeon08.com and QandO
CNN Political Ticker:
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Gotham)  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - He's a veteran statesman and hard-hitting chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  But Sen. Patrick Leahy is set to leave the marble halls of Washington for the bright lights of Hollywood — at least briefly.
Discussion: The Corner
 
 
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Michael Saul / NY Daily News:
Richardson can't say no on veep  —  Tells News 'not interested …
Discussion: TIME, New York Times and QandO
Atrios / Eschaton:
Why Another Round of This?  —  Imagine if the Bush administration …
Louis Hau / Forbes:
Time's Lead Over Newsweek Narrows
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Liberal Hawkery  —  Ezra writes: … I really don't think this is true.
Ryan Sager / Latest Politics:
When I'm Wrong, I'm Wrong  —  Having given it a bit more thought …
Washington Post:
Whoa! GQ's New D.C. Power List Is Suddenly Out of Date. Or Is It?
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Jenn Abelson / Boston Globe:
Edwards takes risk staking run on Iowa
Adam Howard / AlterNet.org:
Giuliani Compares Welfare Recipients to Animals in Racist Video from 2000 [VIDEO]
Discussion: TIME: Swampland
Media Matters for America:
The media misses Mitt Romney's YouTube moment
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Why The Ethics Bill Is A Joke
Discussion: Washington Post
Warren Richey / Christian Science Monitor:
US Gov't broke Padilla through intense isolation, say experts
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Katrina aid goes toward luxury condos
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