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5:05 PM ET, September 25, 2007

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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Queen Hillary, Empress of Mesopotamia  —  My friend, David Brooks, does his best to reinforce the Hillary-Is-Inevitable consensus in Washington right now.  He may regret this, though: … Then we hear this from a right-wing reporter with access to Bush:
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Center Holds  —  In the beginning of August, liberal bloggers met at the YearlyKos convention while centrist Democrats met at the Democratic Leadership Council's National Conversation.  Almost every Democratic presidential candidate attended YearlyKos, and none visited the D.L.C.
CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton pulling away from Obama in New Hampshire  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has significantly increased her lead over rival Barack Obama in the crucial early-voting state of New Hampshire, according to a CNN/WMUR poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire released Tuesday.
Discussion: The Swamp and TPM Election Central
Richard T. Cullen / The Politico:
Anti-Hillary Facebook site tops Obama
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Wake up America
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
The Ugly Side of the G.O.P.  —  I applaud the thousands of people, many of them poor, who traveled from around the country to protest in Jena, La., last week.  But what I'd really like to see is a million angry protesters marching on the headquarters of the National Republican Party in Washington.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Front-Runner No-Shows at GOP Minority Debates Assailed  —  Former Republican Congressman J.C. Watts Calls Decision Not to Attend 'Stupid'  —  A former member of the House Republican congressional leadership — and the last African-American to serve as a member of the GOP in Congress …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Iraqi Prime Minister Says That Civil War Has Been Prevented  —  Maliki Also Plays Down Iran's Influence  —  Civil war has been averted in Iraq and Iranian intervention there has "ceased to exist," Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday.  —  "I can't say there is a picture …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Blogger files complaint over Giuliani ad  —  A liberal blogger has jumped into the New York Times-MoveOn.org-Rudy Giuliani fracas, filing a complaint against the former New York City mayor's presidential campaign.  —  Lane Hudson, who in recent weeks has sought to carve out a niche as something …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Rudy Campaign Distances Itself From Supporter's $9.11-Themed House Party
The Washington Post / The Trail:
Was Giuliani's MoveOn Deal Unfair?
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Washington Post:
GOP Senator Says Bush Should Put Health Bill Before Policy Goal  —  A senior Senate Republican accused President Bush yesterday of holding a bipartisan expansion of the popular State Children's Health Insurance Program hostage to his broader policy goals of using tax deductions to help people afford private health insurance coverage.
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Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
And another thing...  The morning after the Columbia spectacle two things bother me.  The first is that the majority of protesters outside the Columbia campus and inside were Jewish students.  In fact, those marching in the street were more likely than not to be wearing the kippas (boys) …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Tom Van Riper / Forbes:
The Top Pundits In America  —  What exactly is a pundit?  According to the dictionary, it's "a person who makes comments or judgments, especially in an authoritative manner; critic or commentator."  —  There's certainly no shortage of that in the media these days.  —  Call the past decade the era of the talking head.
Associated Press:
Actor Kevin Spacey meets with Chavez  —  CARACAS, Venezuela - Actor Kevin Spacey met privately Monday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of Washington's most outspoken critics in Latin America.  —  Neither Spacey — who has won Academy Awards for roles in "The Usual Suspects" and …
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
THE POLLSTER.COM DISCLOSURE PROJECT  —  Over the last few months I have written a series of posts that examined the remarkably limited methodological information released about pre-election polls in the early presidential primary states (here, here and here, plus related items here).
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
LIVE BY THE GOTCHA, DIE BY THE GOTCHA  —  You don't have to get into the appropriateness of the MoveOn ad or the intricacies of the NYT's ad rate schedule to conclude the obvious: The GOP is engaged in another round of cynical, exploitative caterwauling to change the subject from their party's Iraq debacle.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Matt / Think Progress:
Webb: Lieberman And Kyl's Hawkish Iran Amendment Is 'Cheney's Fondest Pipe Dream'  —  On the Senate floor today, Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) made an impassioned appeal to his fellow senators, declaring that the Lieberman-Kyl amendment on Iran should be "withdrawn" because the "proposal is Dick Cheney's fondest pipe dream."
Atlantic Community RSS-Feed:
Europeans Want America to Stay in Iraq  —  The Atlantic Community Editorial Team asked European policy experts for their opinions on proposed ways forward in Iraq.  Respondents from ten different countries provided some surprising results.  —  Against Troop Withdrawal
Stars & Stripes:
New AFRICOM staff to be mainly situated outside Africa  —  STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. military's newest command, Africa Command, could have only a small minority of its people actually working on the continent.  —  Theresa Whelan, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
CNN:
24 die in Iraq peace meeting blast  —  From CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A suicide bombing in Iraq's volatile Diyala province ripped through a "reconciliation meeting" on Monday night attended by Sunni and Shiite militia leaders — a brazen attack that killed …
Discussion: ThreatsWatch
 
 
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Dawson Bell / Detroit Free Press:
Paul officials deny involvement in Giuliani Mackinac ferry taunting
Discussion: The Corner and Stop The ACLU
Kyle E. Moore / Comments From Left Field:
In Honor  —  THIS POST WILL REMAIN ATOP OUR SITE UNTIL WE HAVE MET OUR GOAL.
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Mike Carney / On Deadline:
White House upset over copy of Bush speech posted to U.N. website
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Big Water-Project Measure Is Approved by the Senate
Ezra Klein:
Ahmadinejad Gets Laughed At
Chris Brady / Christian Science Monitor:
WHY I WANT TO KEEP FIGHTING IN IRAQ
Discussion: Wake up America and SWJ Blog
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Spacey to star in HBO's 'Recount'
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Wonkette
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
What Defines a Killing as Sectarian?
 Earlier Items: 
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Cubans walk out during Bush's UN speech
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown: Bush Used Bogus Terror Threat To Scare Votes For FISA Bill
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Wes Clark Interview, Part Two: Iran, Clinton, Residual Forces
Fausta / Fausta's blog:
Two girls, the Saudi Religious Police, a mobile phone and a can of pepper spray
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
GOP expects to lose more House seats