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12:45 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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New York Times:
Text of the President's Address  —  Following is the prepared text of President Bush's address on Iraq, as provided by the White House:  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good evening.  In the life of all free nations, there come moments that decide the direction of a country and reveal the character of its people.
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 …
Booman Tribune:
Washington Post Endorses PermaWar
Discussion: D-Day and Corrente
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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Michael V. Drake / Los Angeles Times:
Why I let Chemerinsky go  —  I made a management decision — not an ideological or political one — to rescind the job offer, says the UC Irvine chancellor.  —  T he University of California at Irvine over the last several months has conducted a nationwide search for the founding dean of our school of law.
The Corner:   Hire Back Chemerinksy
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: Rudy Giuliani Preferred President Over Hillary Clinton If Terrorists Attack America  —  NEW YORK — A majority of Americans say they would feel more comfortable with Rudy Giuliani in the White House than Hillary Clinton if another terrorist attack were to happen in the United States, according to a new FOX News poll.
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Voters Trust Giuliani over Hillary in Handling Terrorist Attack  —  Fox News publishes the result of a very interesting poll—one that asks voters whom they would prefer to have as president to deal with a terrorist attack.  Rudy Giuliani defeats Hillary Clinton in a slam dunk:
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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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Gonzales Ready to Leave the Stage  —  After nine months of noisy controversy over his troubled tenure, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales is leaving office quietly today with a low-key farewell address to Justice Department employees in Washington.  —  Gonzales, who has made only three …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Law Blog
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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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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
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 …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hsustock: The Definition Of Insanity  —  If the definition of insanity is repeating the same actions over and over despite consistent failure, then the American judiciary needs a shrink when it comes to Norman Hsu.  Despite having run out on his sentencing for a nolo contendere plea on fraud 15 years ago …
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.
 
 
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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
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Shaheen's In  —  Former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D) …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Fred won't debate until October
Discussion: MSNBC
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Note From the Castle: White House Correspondent Writes to PressThink …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Sunnis: "al-Qaeda is the enemy of Allah"
philly.com:
Move to the center  —  President Bush's speech on Iraq last night …
Discussion: Eschaton
 Earlier Items: 
Lauren Green / Fox News:
The Inaccuracy of Kathy Griffin's Remarks on Jesus
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
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
On the Nation's TVs, A Familiar Picture
Discussion: SWJ Blog
Chris / TVNewser:
Edwards Pays And Waits
Discussion: Redstate
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
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Just the Facts  —  Gen. Petraeus brings some clarity to the Iraq debate.
Discussion: GINA COBB
 

 
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