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1:00 PM ET, October 1, 2007

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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Giuliani Inspires Threat of a Third-Party Run  —  Alarmed at the possibility that the Republican Party might pick Rudolph W. Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is threatening to back a third-party candidate.
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
General Alarm for Rudy
Washington Post:
Sen. Clinton's Empty Table  —  "THERE ARE basically only three options: We can raise taxes again, which no one wants to do because the payroll tax is regressive. . . We can cut benefits. . . Or we can work together to try to find some way to increase the rate of return."
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New York Post:
HILLARY'S $30,000 FANS ARE HER 'CULT' FOLLOWING  —  A purported pyramid-scheme operator who was run out of Arkansas when Bill Clinton was governor has reinvented himself as the head of an upstate group accused of being a "cult" - and his devotees have pumped thousands into Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential run.
The Politico:
Clinton hits turbulence  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) last week flew into a sudden burst of media wind shear.  After months of mostly rosy portrayals of her campaign's political skill, discipline and inevitability, the storyline shifted abruptly to evasive answers …
Edward / Heading Right:
Even Over A Penny  —  Sixteen years after he castigated the Senate Judiciary Committee for conducting a "high-tech lynching," Justice Clarence Thomas may relish the opportunity to tell his side of the story.  With his new book My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir hitting bookstores today …
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Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
Clarence Thomas: A Silent Justice Speaks Out
Discussion: Bluey Blog
Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog:
Qualifications: Setting the Record Straight
Discussion: The Huffington Post
NY Daily News:
Gotbaum kin's plea before dying: I'm not a terrorist!  —  BY SOO YOUN in Phoenix and ETHAN ROUEN and ADAM LISBERG in New York  —  The daughter-in-law of one of New York's top officials screamed, "I'm not a terrorist!" and fought with security officials in the Phoenix airport before being wrestled …
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CNN:
Mom cuffed, found dead after missing flight  —  (CNN) — An autopsy was planned Monday for a 45-year-old mother of three who died in police custody at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport.  —  Carol Ann Gotbaum was arrested at the airport Friday for alleged disorderly conduct …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and PrairiePundit
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Gateway Pundit:
MASS SLAUGHTER IN BURMA!... Hundreds, Maybe Thousands, Dead! (Video)
MySanAntonio.com:
Roddy Stinson: Passenger sitting behind soldier reports 'a very moving moment'  —  THE GOOD  —  Last Wednesday, while flying from Phoenix to the Alamo City on U.S. Airways Flight 207, a San Antonio man, Gil Anderson, witnessed something memorable.  —  Shortly before takeoff …
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Fundraising: Fred's struggles  —  Here's something to compare Thompson's money to: the 1st Q numbers of his three main rivals: Romney raised 21.2M; Giuliani raised 16.6M; McCain raised 13M.  —  By comparison, Fred's $7-8M (or even $10 million) this quarter is not great.
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Peace is Dangerous  —  As the level of American casualties in Iraq falls to its lowest level in more than a year, while Iraqi casualties fall as well, Erick at Red State notes that as tragic as the loss of life is, the final year of the Carter administration saw greater losses of life among U.S. soldiers …
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Redstate:
Peace Is Dangerous  —  I stumbled across this a few weeks ago …
Discussion: BartBlog
BBC:
Iraq violent death rates 'plunge'  —  The number of Iraqi civilians killed per month in bombings and shootings has fallen to the lowest level this year, the Iraqi government says.  —  In September, 884 civilians were killed by violence, less than half the figure for August, the government said.
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Associated Press
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Iraqi Civilian Deaths Plunge, Too
The New Republic:
The Usual Suspect  —  The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy  —  IN OCTOBER 2002, Osama bin Laden issued a statement in which he analyzed America's inexhaustible number of sins and prescribed ways of repenting for many of them.  The statement was, by the standards of bin Laden's cave encyclicals, unusually coherent.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
High Court won't hear birth control case  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to enter a church-state dispute over whether some religious organizations can be forced to pay for workers' birth-control health insurance benefits, a growing trend in the states.
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
U.S. Pays Steep Price for Private Security in Iraq  —  It costs the U.S. government a lot more to hire contract employees as security guards in Iraq than to use American troops.  —  It comes down to the simple business equation of every transaction requiring a profit.
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Some in Fairfax Public Housing Make Six Figures  —  Hundreds of families living in housing subsidized by Fairfax County taxpayers exceed income caps designed to ensure that only the neediest receive assistance, a review of county records shows.  —  In the most extreme cases …
MSNBC:
Man with grenades stopped at embassy  —  Austrian police say he's a Bosnia native, had Islamic literature  —  VIENNA, Austria - Austrian authorities said they arrested a man on Monday after he tried to enter the U.S. Embassy in Vienna carrying a backpack with explosives.
Discussion: The Jawa Report
 
 
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The Atlantic Online:
If Wishes Were Ponies...  ... then Oliver Willis and Nick Beaudrot …
The Corner:
Re: Guiliani's Lead
Discussion: The Right's Field
CNN Political Ticker:
Democrats to run radio ads against GOP
Discussion: The Swamp
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Politics of Confidence  —  The unpopularity of George W. Bush …
Booman Tribune:
Sy Hersh on Bush's New Strategy for Iran
Faiz / Think Progress:
Podhoretz: 'I Believe Bush Is Going To Order Airstrikes On Iran …
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Rude Giuliani  —  If he wants voters to respect his privacy …
 Earlier Items: 
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Michigan Goes Smoot-Hawley In The Early Morning
Noor Khan / Associated Press:
Afghan boy with US dollars hanged
Sean Lengell / Washington Times:
MoveOn ad raises cash for GOP
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
What We Owe the Burmese
Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
US to reward Iran for ending Iraq arms supply
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select Their Favorite People On The Right (2007 Edition)