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4:35 PM ET, October 21, 2007

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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Bobby Rises In Louisiana  —  Louisiana elected its governor on the first ballot for the first time in recent memory, and the voters sent a message to the corrupt Democratic machine at the same time.  Bobby Jindal, who narrowly lost a runoff four years ago, becomes the first Indian-American governor …
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Miguel Bustillo / Los Angeles Times:
Louisiana elects young, Indian-American governor
Discussion: The Politico and Wake up America
Redstate:
Jindal's Victory is Personal to Me
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor
Bill Morlin / Spokane Spokesman-Review:
Gonzales could be prosecuted, McKay says  —  The U.S. Inspector General may recommend criminal prosecution of departed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the conclusion of an investigation, possibly as early as next month, the fired former U.S. attorney for Western Washington told a Spokane audience Friday.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Crooks and Liars
Good Lt / The Jawa Report:
20/20: The Debate Is Not Over  —  Sorry, libs.  Stossel's gonna getcha!
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Nick Rivera / The Moderate Voice:
Tomorrow's Neocon Today
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
Frank Rich / New York Times:
Suicide Is Not Painless  —  IT was one of those stories lost in the newspaper's inside pages.  Last week a man you've never heard of — Charles D. Riechers, 47, the second-highest-ranking procurement officer in the United States Air Force — killed himself by running his car's engine in his suburban Virginia garage.
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Stephen Colbert On Meet The Press  —  Presidential candidate Stephen Colbert gave an interview to Tim Russert this morning on Meet The Press and in typical Colbert fashion, he lays out his agenda and plan to lose the race.  Russert questions him, tongue in cheek, on some of the more controversial statements …
Discussion: driftglass and The Impolitic
Little Green Footballs:
Palestinian 'Security' Forces Plotted to Kill Olmert  —  In August, Ehud Olmert's partners in peace plotted to murder him. … I'm sure all these high-spirited hijinx will stop as soon as they have their own well-deserved state!  —  Assassination plots make Olmert a bit uncomfortable …
Discussion: Power Line
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Haaretz:   PM: Israel won't ignore Fatah plot to attack my convoy
Jerusalem Post:
PM expresses 'discomfort' over release of would-be assassins
Satyam / Think Progress:
Kristol: Iran Is 'The Only Real Threat' To Success In Iraq  —  Today, on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol declared that the U.S. was close to victory in the Iraq war, arguing that the "only" concern left for the U.S is dealing with alleged Iranian involvement in Iraq:
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
The real war on children  —  On Thursday, Congress attempted to override President Bush's veto of the SCHIP expansion.  SCHIP?  Isn't that something to do with health care for children?  Absolutely.  And here is Bay Area Democratic Rep. Pete Stark addressing the issue with his customary forensic incisiveness:
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Don Surber:
Why Pelosi rebuked Stark
Discussion: Redstate
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Line-Item Foolishness  —  Mitt Romney is an intelligent man who sometimes seems eager to find bushel baskets under which to hide his light.  Romney faults Rudy Giuliani for opposing the presidential line-item veto.  But Giuliani doesn't, unfortunately.  The facts — not that they loom large in this skirmish — are:
Michael Smith / Times of London:
SAS raiders enter Iran to kill gunrunners  —  BRITISH special forces have crossed into Iran several times in recent months as part of a secret border war against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Al-Quds special forces, defence sources have disclosed.  —  There have been at least half …
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Sam Enriquez / Baltimore Sun:
U.S. to build watchtower at Iran-Iraq border
Discussion: AMERICAblog and William K. Wolfrum
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Revisiting "The Bell Curve"  —  A reader writes:
Discussion: TalkLeft
Sydney Morning Herald:
Violence flares again in Amsterdam  —  Disturbances broke out for a sixth successive night in an immigrant quarter of Amsterdam when four cars were set on fire, police said.  —  The unrest started after police shot dead a man of Moroccan origin last weekend who had stabbed and injured two officers.
Salim Mansur / Toronto Sun:
Time to end the charade  —  Every American president, beginning with Richard Nixon in the aftermath of the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war, has been tempted with the idea of an international conference on the Middle East for negotiating the final comprehensive settlement of the long festering conflict between Arabs and Jews.
 
 
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cougars, Archers, Snipers
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Prairie Weather
Paul Rosenberg / Open Left:
Cleanup Hitters Needed! ("Can't Anyone Here Play This Game?" Edition)
Discussion: Firedoglake and Democrats.com
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Tighter Border Policies Keep Americans Waiting at Entry Points
Tim Golden / New York Times:
Naming Names at Gitmo
Discussion: TalkLeft and Firedoglake
Associated Press:
Rising seas threaten 21 mega-cities
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
12 Turkish Soldiers Killed in Rebel Attack
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Woman Hit With Brick in Bloody DC IMF Protest
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CNN:
Georgia governor, Corps differ over water 'crisis'
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Next Challenge in Iraq
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Daniel Benjamin / Washington Post:
5 Myths About Rendition (and That New Movie)
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His Meteoric Days Gone, Quiet Dean Leads Party
Michael A. Ledeen / Wall Street Journal:
Victory Is Within Reach in Iraq
Josh Meyer / Los Angeles Times:
FBI working to bolster Al Qaeda cases
Discussion: Washington Monthly