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6:15 PM ET, November 6, 2007

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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Dems Outmaneuvered on Impeachment (Updated)  —  This afternoon Dennis Kucinich took to the House floor to press his case for the impeachment of Vice President Cheney.  A little while later, and as expected, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer moved to table the resolution without a debate.
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Matthew Hay Brown / Baltimore Sun:
Cheney impeachment ready for a vote: To table it  —  It now looks as if Rep. Dennis Kucinich's effort to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney will finally come to a vote today - but not the vote for which supporters have been hoping.  —  With Democrats averse to opening an intramural debate …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Dems Ensure Motion To Impeach Cheney Goes Nowhere (Updated)  —  Updated Below  —  According to The Swamp, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will move to table Dennis Kucinich's to impeach Cheney on the basis that it would split the Democratic Party. … Hoyer has backing from House Judiciary …
Mike Carney / On Deadline:
House tied in knots over resolution to impeach Cheney  —  Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, is trying to impeach Vice President Cheney for what he describes as "high crimes and misdemeanors" before the invasion of Iraq.  —  Right after the proposal was read on the House floor this afternoon …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
kucinich.house.gov:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich Privileged Resolution
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Democrats Hand Their Victory To Bush
Discussion: USA Today and michellemalkin.com
Ron Christie / The Hill:
The Impeachment of Vice President Cheney
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
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.
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CNN:
Poll: 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 …
Yahoo! News:
Musharraf reaches out to US for aid
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll finds Americans split on taking military action in Iran  —  Potential nuclear threat concerns respondents  —  WASHINGTON — Americans are concerned about Iran's nuclear program but split on whether military action should be undertaken if diplomacy and economic sanctions fail to stop it, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.
Discussion: New York Times and Corrente
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Bush beats Nixon's disapproval ratings.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and CREDO Action
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama rejects Bill Clinton's criticism  —  WASHINGTON - Barack Obama said Tuesday that former President Clinton is making a leap to compare treatment of his wife in the presidential race to the "swift boat" criticism of John Kerry in 2004.  —  The former president had encouraged an audience …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
The Village Social Tabbies Hiss And Yowl  —  Mrs Tim Russert has a new article in Vanity Fair this month about the Village hostesses.  Apparently they are very upset.  Nobody seems to have good dinner parties any more.  —  It all started with Carter who refused to serve drinks.
Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft
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Maureen Orth / Vanity Fair:   When Washington Was Fun  —  The grand hostesses are history …
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.
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 …
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CNN:
Immigration chief sorry over party costume  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security will investigate a Halloween costume party hosted by a top immigration official and attended by a man dressed in a striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and darkened skin make-up …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE GOLDEN WINGNUT AWARD....The Wingnut Contest is over and the votes have now been tallied by the prestigious accounting firm of Pollhost.com.  So without further ado, the five winners of the Golden Wingnut Award are:  — John Hinderaker: "It must be very strange to be President Bush.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Candidate's Pleased to Remember This Fifth of November  —  Historians and British schoolchildren remember Guy Fawkes as the Roman Catholic, anti-Protestant rebel who on Nov. 5, 1605, tried to assassinate King James I by blowing up the Parliament.  Supporters of the Republican primary campaign …
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CBS News:
Senate Panel Probes 6 Top Televangelists  —  Sen. Charles Grassley Asks Ministries To Turn Over Financial Records Within One Month  —  (CBS) This story was written and reported by Laura Strickler of the CBS News Investigative Unit.  —  CBS News has learned Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa …
Rebecca Traister / Salon:
Stop lying to yourself.  You love Dennis Kucinich  —  Dear Democrats:  —  It has recently come to my attention that you (and by "you" I also mean "I") are in the grip of mass self-delusion.  It's long entrenched, and reinforced every night as many of you swig your beers or glasses of wine …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
The Falafel Squad  —  It has come down to this.  I kid you not.  This is what law enforcement has become in the age of Bush.  Falafel tracking (via CQ): … So, listen up you San Francisco/San Jose area potential scary Iranian terrorists (or vegans or ethnic food lovers or foreign students …
Ellen Miller / Sunlight Foundation blogs:
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words  —  One of Sunlight's resident creative geniuses (yes, there are many of them) have taken all the Defense Appropriations Earmarks and made them available for viewing within Google Earth.  (You can only view this using Google Earth which you can download from this page.)
USA Today:
Farm payments benefited legislators  —  WASHINGTON — When the bill that would extend farm subsidies for five years goes to the Senate floor this week, eight senators will have special reason to pay close attention: They or their relatives collected about $3 million in federal payments from 1995 to 2005 …
Discussion: The Corner and Don Surber
 
 
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CNN:
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It's Past Time to Bury the Hitler Analogy
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Blind eye to betrayal
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