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2:15 PM ET, September 14, 2007

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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
BUSH'S APPALLING IRAQ SPEECH.  —  President Bush's TV address tonight was the worst speech he's ever given on the war in Iraq, and that's saying a lot.  Every premise, every proposal, nearly every substantive point was sheer fiction.  The only question is whether he was being deceptive or delusional.
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Washington Post:
The Least Bad Plan  —  PRESIDENT BUSH'S explanation of his latest plans for Iraq last night was marred by a couple of important omissions.  First, the president failed to acknowledge that, according to the standards he himself established in January, the surge of U.S. troops into Iraq has been a failure …
New York Times:
No Exit, No Strategy  —  This was the week in which Americans hoped they would get straight talk and clear thinking on Iraq.  What they got was two exhausting days of Congressional testimony by the American military commander, hours of news conferences and interviews, clouds of cut …
New York Times:
Text of the President's Address
Sonya Geis / Washington Post:
Scholars Decry Law School's About-Face on New Dean  —  Scholars across the political spectrum protested what they called an assault on academic freedom after the University of California at Irvine withdrew a job offer from a liberal professor who wrote an op-ed criticizing the Bush administration.
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The Corner:
Hire Back Chemerinksy  —  I don't know why or how UC Irvine could get away with the almost instantaneous hiring and firing of Professor Chemerinsky on apparently political grounds.  No one has questioned either his competence or the conditions under which he was first hired (he wasn't passed over in the selection process).
Michael V. Drake / Los Angeles Times:
Why I let Chemerinsky go  —  I made a management decision …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:   A WORD ON ERWIN CHEMERINSKY
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Eric Johnston / New York Times:
Anti-Roe and Pro-Rudy  —  TO the disbelief of the political class …
Las Vegas's source for breaking news …:
Police Say O.J. Simpson Questioned In Hotel Theft  —  Las Vegas Police Say Hotel Break-In Involved Sports Memorabilia  —  LAS VEGAS — Metro police confirmed early Friday morning that O.J. Simpson was questioned in connection to a theft at the Palace Station Casino.
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The Prowler / American Spectator:
The New York Times MovesOn  —  The New York Times in the past has rejected "advocacy" ads from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, as well as from the National Right to Life Committee, despite the fact that both would have qualified for the same "special advocacy, stand by" rates that the radical …
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
MoveOn rolls out second provocative ad
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Sunnis: "al-Qaeda is the enemy of Allah"  —  al-Qaeda has broken the faith with Muslims. al-Qaeda propaganda and the attacks on the US in the 90's and culminating with 9-11 made it seem to be a force to take on America and Western values.  It promised to return the Arab world to the pinnacle of world power.
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ABCNEWS:
Thompson Suggests Congress Overreached in Schiavo Case  —  Republican Presidential Candidate Says Right-to-Die Cases Should be 'Left to Locals'  —  Former Tennessee senator and presidential hopeful Fred Thompson ventured into hazardous terrain Thursday in Florida, where he suggested Congress …
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Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:
Fred Thompson unprepared to answer on Terri Schiavo case
USA Today:
Smiley: GOP candidates ignore minorities  —  WASHINGTON — Three of the four leading Republican presidential candidates turned down invitations to a PBS debate this month at a historically black college in Baltimore, leading moderator Tavis Smiley on Thursday to accuse them of ignoring minority voters.
Discussion: Brave New Films blog and MSNBC
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Fred won't debate until October
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: A Surge, and Then a Stab  —  President Bush's actions have been what you'd expect from a man whose plan is to keep up appearances for the next 16 months.
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
More Than Ever, Impeachment Is the Cure  —  Last night we heard the President of the United States declare that he would refuse to allow US troops to come home from Iraq until they achieved "success" as he and only he defined success.  "Return on success," he told the troops, adding that …
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Shays Says He'll Not Run Again If Denied Chairmanship  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Christopher Shays said today he will not seek another congressional term unless House Republican leaders support his bid for the job of top GOP member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
RIA Novosti:
U.S. develops 14-ton super bomb, bigger than Russian vacuum bomb  —  The U.S. has a 14-ton super bomb more destructive than the vacuum bomb just tested by Russia, a U.S. general said Wednesday.  —  The statement was made by retired Lt. General McInerney, chairman of the Iran Policy Committee …
 
 
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Laura Rozen / MoJoBlog:
Subject to Debat: What did ABC Know and When Did It Know It?
Discussion: Attytood
The Atlantic Online:
Man from Mars perspective on tonight's speeches
Nancy A. Youssef / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
New Bush plan recalls Iraq strategies past
Discussion: D-Day
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Judge to rule on group's terrorist-link status
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
A Humbled President  —  He seemed almost broken to me.
Media Matters for America:
Black and White and Re(a)d All Over: The Conservative Advantage …
Meghan Cox Gurdon / Opinion Journal:
'A Wrinkle' Ages Gracefully
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Note From the Castle: White House Correspondent Writes to PressThink …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
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Lauren Green / Fox News:
The Inaccuracy of Kathy Griffin's Remarks on Jesus
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The President Asserted Progress on Security and Political Issues.
The Blotter:
Foley Unlikely to Be Prosecuted; Lewd Internet Messages Too Old
Discussion: The Raw Story
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hsustock: The Definition Of Insanity
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DOING TO HISTORY WHAT HE DID TO IRAQ
Discussion: BuzzFlash.org, Attytood and PSoTD
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
N.J.'s Corzine to Defy New Health-Care Rules
 

 
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