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10:05 AM ET, April 10, 2008

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ABCNEWS:
Sources: Top Bush Advisors Approved ‘Enhanced Interrogation’  —  Detailed Discussions Were Held About Techniques to Use on al Qaeda Suspects  —  By JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG, HOWARD L. ROSENBERG and ARIANE de VOGUE  —  In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House …
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Marc Ambinder:
War Crimes  —  A provocative headline, I know, perhaps needlessly so, but it remains one of those hidden secrets in Washington that a Democratic Justice Department is going to be very interested in figuring out whether there's a case to be made that senior Bush Administration officials were guilty of war crimes.
Balkinization:
War Crimes Prosecutions in the U.S.? Dream On
Roger Simon / The Politico:
McCain not yet golden in California  —  Here are four things you need to know about John McCain and California:  —  1. If McCain wins California in November, he almost certainly will become the next president of the United States.  —  The Democratic nominee would find it extremely difficult …
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David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
McCain to be latest candidate to court Mayor Bloomberg
New York Times:
Foreign Policy: 2 Camps Seek McCain's Ear
Rebecca Dana / Wall Street Journal:
CBS News, Katie Couric Are Likely to Part Ways  —  Barring a Change, Departure Could Follow the Election;  —  A Successor to Larry King?  —  After two years of record-low ratings, both CBS News executives and people close to Katie Couric say that the “CBS Evening News” …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Elton John: ‘To hell with them’  —  There's a real crowd at Radio City, complete with scalpers, and lines around the block for Elton John and the Clintons.  —  Toward the back of one line: Frank Luntz, Lanny Davis, and Doug Schoen.  ("I used to be in business with Mark Penn," Schoen joked.)
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CQ Politics:
Murray's Senate Profile Rises as Byrd Recovers  —  With Robert C. Byrd ailing, Senate Democrats are eyeing Patty Murray as a potential backup if Byrd is unable to serve as manager for the next war supplemental, top Democratic aides say.  —  Although no decisions have been made …
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Senators scurry from rumors of Byrd coup
Discussion: Political Machine
Michael Duffy / Time:
TIME Poll: Clinton 6 Points Up in Pennsylvania  —  Backed by more than half of all white female Democrats, Hillary Clinton holds a six point lead over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, a new statewide poll by TIME reveals.
Discussion: The Page and TPM Election Central
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Southern Political Report:
New InsiderAdvantage Poll
Discussion: MyDD
Ben Smith / The Politico:
David Brock, Dems plan $40M hit on McCain  —  Wealthy Democrats are preparing a four-month, $40 million media campaign centered on attacks on Senator John McCain.  And it will be led by David Brock, the former investigative reporter who first gained fame in the 1990s as a right-wing, anti-Clinton journalist.
Ed O'Keefe / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Powell Praises Obama, Fears Afghanistan Growing ‘More Difficult’ Than Iraq  —  General Says Next President Will Face Long Struggle, Troop Strain in Two-Front Battle  —  Retired Gen. Colin Powell insists he hasn't yet decided who he'll back in the 2008 presidential election.
Discussion: The Swamp, Spin Cycle and The Page
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Obama  —  They consider him receptive despite his clear support of Israel.  —  CHICAGO — It was a celebration of Palestinian culture — a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics.  Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi …
Discussion: The Swamp and Top of the Ticket
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Former President Carter to Meet With Hamas Chief
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
PewResearch.org:
Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life  —  Executive Summary  —  This report on the attitudes and lives of the American middle class combines results of a new Pew Research Center national public opinion survey with the center's analysis of relevant economic and demographic trend data from the Census Bureau.
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Matthew Yglesias:
Pew on the Middle Class
Discussion: Eschaton
James O'Toole / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Sophie Masloff to endorse Hillary Clinton  —  Former Pittsburgh Mayor Sophie Masloff will endorse Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton when the New York senator appears this evening for the Allegheny County Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner at Heinz Field.  —  “It's been very difficult …
Discussion: The Page
Dr. Barbara L. Carvalho / Marist Poll:
ü Democrats' “Dream Ticket” is a nightmare against McCain/Rice in New York ü NYS voters take a wait and see approach to new governor  —  Contact: Dr. Lee M. Miringoff  —  This WNBC/Marist Poll of New York State reports:  —  Presidential Campaign 2008
Steyn Online:
Hey, why bother with a trial?  —  As revealed here a few weeks ago, the investigative unit of the Ontario “Human Rights” Commission recommended to the Commissioners that they not proceed against Maclean's for having the temerity to publish an excerpt from my book.
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Gay press frustrated by Obama approach  —  Mark Segal didn't want to wait.  After weeks of requests to interview Barack Obama, the publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News concluded the senator's aides may never make him available.  —  So even as the Obama campaign held out the possibility …
Discussion: Shakesville
Wall Street Journal:
Pelosi's Bad Faith  —  The Democratic Party's protectionist make-over was completed yesterday, when Nancy Pelosi decided to kill the Colombia free trade agreement.  Her objections had nothing to do with the evidence and everything to do with politics, but this was an act of particular bad faith.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Betsy's Page
 
 
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U.N. Official Urged Commission to Study Neocon Role in 9/11
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Bloggingheads.tv:
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Discussion: TalkLeft and Althouse
David Freddoso / The Corner:
That Awful Economy  —  A Hill staffer sends this along:
Discussion: Angry Bear
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton and Obama Vie for Women Of Philadelphia Suburbs
Discussion: The Page
Jeffrey Rosen / The New Republic:
States of Nature  —  How George Bush's legal war against the environment backfired.
Stephen J. Entin / Wall Street Journal:
The Folly of ‘Family Friendly’ Tax Policy
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Firedoglake
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Walt Bogdanich / New York Times:
Heparin Is Now Suspected in 62 Fatalities Across U.S.
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
It Doesn't Quite Compute
Discussion: Whiskey Fire
Associated Press:
Five more U.S. soldiers die in Iraq
Roger L Simon / Pajamas Media:
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