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3:25 AM ET, September 5, 2007

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John Miller / Associated Press:
AP: Craig reconsiders decision to resign  —  BOISE, Idaho - Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening.  —  "It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore …
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Idaho Statesman:
UPDATED 7:25 p.m. — Craig may not quit after all if he's cleared of charges, spokesman says  —  Sen. Larry Craig says he may fight to keep his job in the U.S. Senate after all.  —  "Basically, as he stated on Saturday, Senator Craig intends to resign on Sept. 30th," said his spokesman Dan Whiting via e-mail Tuesday night.
Associated Press:
FALLOUT  — Political support for Craig continues to erode.  — Nevada Senator John Ensign, GOP leader, implying he should quit.  — Senator John McCain among Republicans urging Craig to resign.  — Senator Norm Coleman, R-Minn, returned $2500 Craig donation.
Discussion: Wonkette
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Paper Publishes Larry Craig's Voicemail to his Lawyer  —  Bump and Update: Check out the voicemail Sen. Larry Craig left for his lawyer Billy Martin "on a stranger's phone" minutes before his resignation speech.  Roll Call obtained the voicemail after it was offered for sale and refused by the Idaho Statesman.
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Sex scandal senator reconsiders quitting
Discussion: Blog P.I. and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Craig Said to Consider Not Resigning
Mcjoan / Daily Kos:
ID-Sen: Tough it out, Larry!
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and MyDD
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Arlen!  —  I'm really not sure I've ever seen such a bizarre story.
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Craig a no-show as Senate reconvenes
Discussion: Say Anything
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown Special Comment: You have no remaining credibility about Iraq, sir.  —  Keith Olbermann's Special Comment tonight is without a doubt, one of his hardest hitting and most emotional to date.  Keith absolutely lays waste to President Bush's lies and rhetoric about the surge.
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Kabuki at Camp Cupcake  —  What exactly was President Bush up to yesterday, making a "surprise visit" to a huge American air base in Iraq, praising the ostensible progress there and hinting at a troop reduction if things keep going so well?  —  One answer lies in the remarkably forthright …
Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
Bush just playing us with 'troop withdrawal'  —  Night is day, and death is life, and enraging the world against us is safety  —  SPECIAL COMMENT  —  And so he is back from his annual surprise gratuitous photo-op in Iraq, and what a sorry spectacle it was.
Washington Post:
Fighting for Our Handgun Ban  —  As mayor and attorney general of the District of Columbia, we were deeply disappointed this year when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declared that the District's longstanding handgun ban violates the Second Amendment.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Second Amendment case reaches Court; cross-appeal coming
David Freddoso / The Corner:   Fenty of Lies From The Mayor
Frederick W. Kagan / Weekly Standard:
What's Wrong with the GAO Report  —  Measuring failure—or the failures of measuring.  —  At first glance—as those who leaked it last week saw—the Government Accountability Office's report on Iraq, released today, paints a dark view of progress and prospects in Iraq.
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Independent Audit Finds Progress Lacking in Iraq  —  A report by Congressional auditors issued todayconcludes that "violence remains high" in Iraq amid mixed progress on security and that political reconciliation efforts remain far from sufficient, eight months after President Bush began his troop-increase plan.
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The Politico:
Craig reversal angers GOP colleagues
Discussion: AMERICAblog
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ABCNEWS:
Time to Head to Congress  —  Gen. Petraeus Preps for Much-Anticipated Iraq Progress Report  —  The top military general in Iraq hinted to ABC's Martha Raddatz that next week's much-anticipated report on the status of the troop surge in Iraq would include a recommendation for troop reduction in March …
Evgenia Peretz / Vanity Fair:
Going After Gore  —  Al Gore couldn't believe his eyes: as the 2000 election heated up, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other top news outlets kept going after him, with misquotes ("I invented the Internet"), distortions (that he lied about being the inspiration for Love Story) …
U.S. Federal Election Commission:
FEC Resolved Two Matters Involving Internet Activity; Applies Media Exemption to Political Blogs  —  WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission announced today that it has unanimously resolved two complaints alleging that Internet blog activity is subject to Commission regulation …
 
 
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Military Officials in Iraq Fault GAO Report
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
EVERYTHING IN ITS SEASON....I've gotten a couple of emails asking …
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