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3:40 PM ET, September 10, 2007

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Frank James / The Swamp:

Petraeus 'Betray Us' ad is group's 'shock and awe' — MoveOn.org was looking to get attention and so they have with their full-page New York Times ad in which they slam Gen. David Petraeus, rhyming his name with "betray us." It's the liberal group's version of shock and awe.

Discussion: The Politico, The Hill, New York Times, Taylor Marsh, Slate, Blue Crab Boulevard, Needlenose, MSNBC, On Deadline, Wake up America, baldilocks and Sister Toldjah

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:

COOKING THE BOOKS....Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Republicans are making a big mistake by spending all their TV time this morning complaining about accusations that Gen. Petraeus is cooking the books in his assessment of progress in Iraq? Repeating the accusation …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report and Brian Beutler

CNN Political Ticker:

Dems join GOP in slamming ad attacking Petraeus — WASHINGTON (CNN) - A liberal advocacy group's print ad attacking Gen. David Petraeus drew a firestorm of criticism from both sides of the aisle on Monday. — The ad, running in Monday's edition of the New York Times, shows a picture of Petraeus.

Discussion: TPMCafe blogs, Washington Times, Comments From Left Field and Hot Air

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Open thread: Petraeus mania; Update: Petraeus expects drawdown to pre-surge troop levels by next summer; Update: Iran building an Iraqi Hezbollah, says Petraeus, as moonbats screech; Update: Transcripts and slides added — Starting at 12:30, it's the mother of all anticlimaxes.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Gallup Poll, Political Radar, Horses Mouth, michellemalkin.com, protein wisdom, Wake up America, Los Angeles Times, TIME, democracyarsenal.org, National Review Online, The Monkey Tennis Centre and Gateway Pundit

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:

Col. Joe Repya: The Assault on General David Petraeus — I'm fortunate to count Colonel Joe Repya among my friends in Minnesota. The retired soldier, a veteran of Vietnam, Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom joined me as a co-host two weeks ago for my radio show at the State Fair …

Discussion: National Review Online, Redstate, michellemalkin.com and The Van Der Galiën Gazette

Deacon / Power Line:

MOVEON.ORG HITS THE BOTTOM — General Petraeus is now testifying before the House, providing his assessment of the situation in Iraq and making recommendations as to how to proceed. Here is his written testimony. — This morning, the leftist group Moveon.org ran an ad in the New York Times …

Discussion: Weekly Standard

Pete Hegseth / The Tank:
Will Democrats Denounce MoveOn?

Discussion: Redstate, New York Times, protein wisdom, Captain's Quarters, WorkingForChange, The Newshoggers, The Caucus, Heading Right, QandO, The Mahablog and Wake up America

Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
On Petraeus: The Manufacturing Of A Storyline

Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Suburban Guerrilla

Bob Owens / Pajamas Media:

ARMY CHECKMATES THE NEW REPUBLIC — Last month Pajamas Media published an in-depth report on the scandal surrounding the "Baghdad Diarist" articles by Scott Thomas Beauchamp in The New Republic. — Now PJM's Bob Owens interviews Major John Cross, who led the U.S. Army's investigation into Private Beauchamp's shocking claims.

Discussion: Roger L. Simon, The Strata-Sphere, INSTAPUTZ, Balloon Juice, QandO, Instapundit.com, Dean's World and BLACKFIVE

Bryan / Hot Air:

New Vent: Checking up on The New Republic; Update: Foer ducks; Update An interview with the Beauchamp investigator — Michelle interviews The Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb about the Scott Thomas Beauchamp scandal. We also stop by The New Republic's office in Washington to see if editor Franklin Foer will talk with us.

Discussion: protein wisdom, JunkYardBlog, Sadly, No!, baldilocks and Ed Driscoll.com

Michelle Malkin:
Breaking the Scott Thomas Beauchamp stalemate

Discussion: A Blog For All

Confederate Yankee:
High Noon for TNR

Discussion: Gay Patriot

Mark Silva / The Swamp:

'Testing... testing...,' the surge's 15-minute delay — Gen. David Petraeus waited to testify on Capitol Hill, where the microphones weren't working at the start. AP Photo by Susan Walsh — After months of anticipation for the testimony of Army Gen. David Petraeus on Capitol Hill …

Discussion: New York Times, CNN Political Ticker and The Politico

Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Petraeus: Return to 'pre-surge' force by mid-2008

Discussion: The Politico

Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner: We Can't Hear Petraeus!! — So you think technology is bad in Iraq?

Washington Post: Petraeus Says Objectives in Iraq Are Largely Being Met

Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:

Second Bin Laden Tape Expected — Brian Ross Reports: — A second tape from Osama bin Laden was recorded in the same location as the video released last week. — People in the intelligence community who have seen the tape feel it is directly related to the 9/11 anniversary since …

Horses Mouth:

Silly Iraqis. Why don't they understand just how great "scholar-warrior" Petraeus has been for them? … Okay, so let's do an unofficial tally. — In the "surge is working" corner:

Discussion: Eschaton, Washington Post and Salon

Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Iraqi public opinion decidedly negative

Discussion: The Caucus, Think Progress and Central Sanity

USA Today:

Thompson climbs in GOP poll — WASHINGTON — Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson has gotten a modest bump in support after finally announcing he's running for the Republican presidential nomination, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. And Arizona Sen. John McCain may have started to turn around his beleaguered campaign.

Discussion: Comments From Left Field, The Right's Field, Pollster.com, Stop The ACLU, MyDD, TIME, Outside The Beltway, Taegan Goddard's …, race42008.com and Power Line

Rasmussen Reports:
2008 Republican Presidential Primary

Discussion: USA Today and race42008.com

Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:

Activists take Al Gore to task on his diet — He may be the hero of the environmental movement for his crusade against global warming but Al Gore is about to be targeted by animal rights activists over his carnivorous contribution to greenhouse gases. — Citing United Nations research …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Blue Crab Boulevard and JammieWearingFool

Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:

Petraeus Live Blog 2 - Petraeus Opening Statement — General Petraeus speaks: — Will discuss "his recommendations to his chain of command." Insists that this is his personal statement uncleared by anyone. — "The security goals of the Surge are being met."

Discussion: The Newshoggers

Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
Petraeus Hearings Live Blog: Part I

Discussion: Democrats.com

Michael J. Totten:

Anbar Awakens Part I: The Battle of Ramadi — RAMADI, IRAQ - After spending some time in and around Baghdad with the United States military I visited the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's notoriously convulsive and violent Anbar Province, and breathed an unlikely sigh of relief.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Hot Air and Bill Hobbs

Aaron Blake / The Hill:

Hagel bows out of politics — Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) officially announced Monday that he will not run for a third term and does not plan to run for president in 2008, setting in motion a battle for his Senate seat and leaving anti-war Republicans and independents without one of their candidates of choice in the presidential contest.

Discussion: MyDD

Mario Loyola / The Tank:

Democrats Face Hobson's Choice — I must say that I sympathize with the bind that Democratic leaders are in somewhat. Defeatism is forced upon them by their base. That's why they have no choice but but to insist that Iraq is going disastrously badly, that it was all a mistake, and that we should get out now.