memeorandum: Ron Paul's Very Big Day (Ed Morrissey/Captain's Quarters)

10:40 AM ET, November 6, 2007

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Charles Schumer / New York Times:

A Vote for Justice — I AM voting today to support Michael B. Mukasey for attorney general for one critical reason: the Department of Justice — once the crown jewel among our government institutions — is a shambles and is in desperate need of a strong leader, committed to depoliticizing the agency's operations.

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Moderate Voice, NPR, Eschaton, Lean Left, Law Blog, rubber hose, Daily Kos, Kiko's House, State of the Day and PSoTD

Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:

Urgent: Letter from Intelligence, Military, Diplomatic, and Law Enforcement Professionals — PREFACE: — A group of distinguished intelligence and military officers, diplomats, and law enforcement professionals delivered an urgent message this morning to the chairman and the ranking minority member …

Discussion: MoJoBlog, The Jawa Report, michellemalkin.com, Confederate Yankee, ePluribus Media Community, The Huffington Post, Brilliant at Breakfast, Macsmind, The Impolitic, NION, Comments from Left Field, The Belmont Club and Taylor Marsh

CNN:

Poll results: Waterboarding is torture — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Americans consider waterboarding a form of torture, but some of those say it's OK for the U.S. government to use the technique, according to a poll released Tuesday. — Asked whether they think waterboarding is a form of torture …

Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
If . . . . Senator Schumer has a very thoughtful Op-Ed …

Discussion: The Opinionator and Prairie Weather

Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:

Ron Paul Raises More Than $4.2 Million — WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, aided by an extraordinary outpouring of Internet support Monday, hauled in more than $4.2 million in nearly 24 hours. — Paul, the Texas congressman with a libertarian tilt and an out-of-Iraq pitch …

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:

Ron Paul's Very Big Day — Say what you will about Ron Paul and his supporters, but they know how to raise money. Using Guy Fawkes and the movie V For Vendetta as a questionable hook for a fundraiser, Paul's campaign took in over $4 million in a single day — and without spending hardly any money at all, except transaction fees.

Discussion: Power Line, Salon and Say Anything

The Corner:

The Paul-Bearers Carry On [David Freddoso] — Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) ended Guy Fawkes Day having done something no Republican has ever done before. He raised almost $4 million over the Internet without spending so much as a thin dime (beyond transaction fees, of course).

Discussion: Ankle Biting Pundits and Vox Popoli

David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Ron Paul Raises More Than $4 Million in One Day

Discussion: Patrick Ruffini, Reason Magazine, techPresident, RealClearPolitics, QandO, ScrappleFace, All Spin Zone and Jesus' General

Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:

Cable Channel Nods to Ratings and Leans Left — Riding a ratings wave from "Countdown With Keith Olbermann," a program that takes strong issue with the Bush administration, MSNBC is increasingly seeking to showcase its nighttime lineup as a welcome haven for viewers of a similar mind.

Discussion: The Newshoggers, CBS News, The Mahablog, Outside The Beltway, Brilliant at Breakfast, Gateway Pundit, TalkLeft, The Body Politik, Ian Schwartz and Inside Cable News

Jennifer Hunter / Chicago Sun Times:

Obama turns up heat as he targets Hillary — With her lead so strong, he decides he has to get tougher — The indisputable force of Hillary Clinton, her tenacious lead for the Democratic nomination, has finally "fired up" Barack Obama and made him "ready to go" — to use his own campaign refrain.

Discussion: CNN Political Ticker and Big Head DC

Peterhamby / CNN Political Ticker:
Obama supporters pressed Dems to keep Colbert off ballot

Discussion: The State

Peter S. Canellos / Boston Globe:
Edwards's strategy could benefit Obama

Discussion: New York Times

Mike Soraghan / The Hill:

Terrorists are 'running out of people to kill,' says Obey — If violence is decreasing in Iraq, it may be because insurgents "are running out of people to kill," House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) said Monday. — "There are fewer targets of opportunity," Obey said in a speech to the National Press Club.

Discussion: Think Progress, Instapundit.com, Middle Earth Journal, Fausta's blog and Right Wing News

Alexander Bolton / The Hill: Democrats hope the water bill can turn tide on vetoes

New York Times:

The Pakistan Mess — By imposing martial law, Gen. Pervez Musharraf has pushed nuclear-armed Pakistan further along a perilous course and underscored the failure of President Bush's policy toward a key ally in the war on terrorism. The events should not have come as a surprise to administration officials.

Discussion: Prairie Weather, Don Surber and Associated Press

David Rohde / New York Times:
A Detour From a Battle Against Terror

Discussion: Danger Room and The Belgravia Dispatch

New York Times:
Ousted Justice in Pakistan Urges Defiance

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Law Blog and Three Wise Men

Toby Harnden / Telegraph:

Even Fred Thompson doubts he'll be president — Even Fred Thompson doesn't think he will become president. Chatting off-air to a television reporter, a stunningly candid off-the-cuff quip from the Hollywood actor cemented the impression that his heart is not in the 2008 race.

Discussion: Right Wing News, National Review and VodkaPundit

IBDeditorials.com:

A Caracas Musharraf — Latin America: As Pakistan's tightening dictatorship draws global opprobrium, a curious double standard is emerging in Venezuela as democracy gasps its last and celebrities continue to file in. Where's the decency? — That's what was seen in the message sent …

Discussion: JustOneMinute and HazZzMat

Anne Applebaum / Slate:

WHY ACTORS AND MODELS LOVE TO HANG OUT WITH HUGO CHÁVEZ. — Ninety years ago this week, a Bolshevik mob stormed the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, arrested the provisional government, and installed a "dictatorship of the proletariat" in its place. Though the Russian revolution …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Blue Crab Boulevard and Babalu Blog

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:

Climate Is a Risky Issue for Democrats — All of the leading Democratic contenders for the presidency are committed to a set of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that would change the way Americans light their homes, fuel their automobiles and do their jobs, costing billions of dollars …

Discussion: Des Moines Register, MSNBC, New York Times, The Atlantic Online, The Van Der Galiën Gazette, New York Post and The Caucus

New York Post:

MIKE'S SECRET BID TO RUN VS. SPITZER — By FREDRIC U. DICKER in Albany and DAVID SEIFMAN in N.Y. — A top aide to Mayor Bloomberg has secretly contacted one of the state's best-known Republican strategists about helping Bloomberg run for governor - against Gov. Spitzer or anyone else, The Post has learned.

Discussion: City Room and New York Magazine