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4:40 PM ET, August 27, 2007

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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Gonzales Resigns as Attorney General  —  ­ Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned.  A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.
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Think Progress:
CNN: Bush Plans To Install Inexperienced, Bush Loyalist Clay Johnson At Homeland Security  —  This morning, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reported that "very senior level sources" inside the administration are telling her that Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff will replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Embattled Gonzales quits at last  —  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned this morning, long after he had become a persistent embarrassment to President Bush.  —  The acting attorney general will be Solicitor General Paul Clement, who can stay in the job for months, administration officials said.
CNN Political Ticker:
Senior admin. officials: Chertoff may get nod  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush may nominate Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General, senior administration officials told CNN Monday.  —  Chertoff, 53, previously sat on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
RECESS APPOINTMENT  —  Judged by the standards of our history …
Discussion: TalkLeft and MyDD
White House:
President Bush Discusses Resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Discussion: The Politico
Frank James / The Swamp:
White House shopping Homeland Security job?
Discussion: Think Progress
Washington Post:   Gonzales-Bush Loyalty a Two-Way Street
Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Alberto Gonzales: End of An Error
Discussion: All Spin Zone
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Turkee Make Them Lookie  —  Atrios: … Darcy Burner on Act Blue: … Total raised for Darcy across ActBlue: $87,818.  —  Groups like Emily's List come in with a check for a hundred thousand dollars and can pretty much demand to control messaging on a Congressional campaign.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
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Atrios / Eschaton:   On Raising Money
sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov:
Lunar Eclipse Diagrams  —  The following diagrams show the Moon's path through Earth's shadows (higher resolution versions of the above figure).  The times of major stages of the eclipse are given for a number of time zones in North America.  Please choose the diagram for your own time zone.
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
More Staff Trouble in Thompson Campaign  —  Linda Rozett, the communications director for former Sen. Fred Thompson's (R-Tenn.) presidential bid, has left the campaign, according to an internal e-mail obtained by The Fix.  —  "It is my duty to let you know that Linda Rozett is no longer with our committee …
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The Atlantic Online:
Change In Thompson Press Team Signals Power Of New Campaign Manager
Discussion: TIME
Beldar / beldar.blogs.com:
Sen. Kerry permits last statute of limitations for defamation to lapse, forever barring any defamation claim against SwiftVet authors O'Neill and Corsi  —  When I first brought it to his attention in September 2005, I reminded Sen. John F. Kerry that — based on the publication date on or about August 25 …
Catherine Donaldson-Evans / Fox News:
Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won't Run 'Opus' Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam  —  A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because this time it took a humorous swipe at Muslim fundamentalists.
Discussion: Galley Slaves
New York Times:
Unauthorized Enjoyment of Song Irks Law Firm  —  It sounds like the setup for a joke: a law firm picks a fight with a legal blogger over the leak of an internal song celebrating — well, itself.  —  First, the song: after the law firm Nixon Peabody was named to Fortune magazine's 2007 list …
Opinion Journal:
The 'Blue Dog' Moment  —  So far, they're spending like other Democrats.  —  A high-stakes budget showdown is shaping up this fall between President Bush and Congressional Democrats.  The debate will also be a moment of truth for the so-called "blue dog" Democrats: the 48 self-described fiscal conservatives …
Discussion: Government Bytes and QandO
thelocal.se:
Iran protests over Swedish Muhammad cartoon  —  Iran summoned a Swedish diplomat to its foreign ministry on Monday to protest against a cartoon in a Swedish newspaper depicting the head of Prophet Muhammad on a dog's body, Sweden's foreign ministry said.  —  "Gunilla von Bahr …
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Democrats Reject Earlier Arguments on Iraq  —  Democrats and war opponents have for months argued for a withdrawal from Iraq, partly on the grounds that neither the people of Iraq nor its government would seriously attempt reconciliation so long as the U.S. commitment there seemed open-ended.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
 
 
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