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5:55 PM ET, September 14, 2007

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Bill / INDCJournal:
A Meeting with President Bush  —  President Bush met with a group bloggers today in an almost hour-long discussion of the war on terror.  Eight individuals attended the meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, while Bill Roggio and I video conferenced in from Camp Victory in Baghdad.
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N.Z. / Victory Caucus:
President Bush Meets with N.Z., Milbloggers  —  You might wonder whether the President of the United States pays any attention to blogs supporting the war effort.  Is he aware of the contribution that milblogs and new media more generally are making to the effort to educate the American public …
CNN Political Ticker:
MoveOn.org moves from 'betray us' to 'betrayal' ad  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Five days after MoveOn.org set off a political firestorm by publishing an ad in the New York Times attacking the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, the liberal advocacy group has set its sights on President Bush.
Discussion: The Politico and The Swamp
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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.
Des Moines Register:
Elizabeth Edwards criticizes MoveOn.org ad
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
MoveOn rolls out second provocative ad
Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
Giuliani attacks Clinton in campaign ad
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
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
Redstate:
What If MoveOn.org Existed 65 Years Ago?  —  How NOT To Understand The Reconstruction Effort In Iraq — Comments (9) »  —  Had MoveOn.org and their ilk been around 65-years ago this conversation would likely be taking place in German.  —  And our beer might be better.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
HI-DEF BUSH....Last night Andrew Sullivan wrote that George Bush seemed "almost broken to me...his affect exhausted, his facial expression almost bewildered."  Today he offers a second opinion: … Clearly we're seeing a technology paradigm shift at work.  Just as Richard Nixon "lost" …
Discussion: The Corner
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
A Humbled President  —  He seemed almost broken to me.
White House:
President Bush Signs Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007  —  Today I signed into law S. 1, the "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007."  This bill represents some progress towards ethics, lobbying, and earmark reform, all of which I strongly support.
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.
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.
William Saletan / Slate:
RIGGING A STUDY TO MAKE CONSERVATIVES LOOK STUPID.  —  Are liberals smarter than conservatives?  —  It looks that way, according to a study published this week in Nature Neuroscience.  In a rapid response test—you press a button if you're given one signal, but not if you're given a different signal …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Jim Nichols / Plain Dealer:
Michigan GOP activist gets 5 years for sex assault  —  A Michigan lawyer who sexually attacked a 21-year-old woman at a Young Republicans convention here said Thursday that he disgraced himself, his family and his political party.  —  Michael Flory, 33, of Jackson, Mich. …
Discussion: Eschaton and Shakespeare's Sister
The Blotter:
CIA Bans Water-Boarding in Terror Interrogations  —  The controversial interrogation technique known as water-boarding, in which a suspect has water poured over his mouth and nose to stimulate a drowning reflex, has been banned by CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden, current and former CIA officials tell ABCNews.com.
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Paleoconservatism Rising  —  A Southerrner against the Iraq war - on conservative grounds.
 
 
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Trending Towards Inanity
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
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Alaska_Politics / Anchorage Daily News:
Allen admits helping Stevens with remodel
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and The BLT
Mike S. Adams / Townhall.com:
Pino 911  —  On September 11, 2007, I was sitting around minding …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Jawa Report
ConservativeHome com / ConservativeHome's ToryDiary:
All so predictable
Discussion: The Corner and Samizdata.net
TigerHawk:
The real meaning of "No war for oil"
Laura Rozen / MoJoBlog:
Subject to Debat: What did ABC Know and When Did It Know It?
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Eric Johnston / New York Times:
Anti-Roe and Pro-Rudy  —  TO the disbelief of the political class …
ABCNEWS:
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Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
More Than Ever, Impeachment Is the Cure
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Gonzales Ready to Leave the Stage
Washington Post:
The Least Bad Plan