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3:25 PM ET, March 27, 2011

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Juan / Informed Comment:
An Open Letter to the Left on Libya  —  As I expected, now that Qaddafi's advantage in armor and heavy weapons is being neutralized by the UN allies' air campaign, the liberation movement is regaining lost territory.  Liberators took back Ajdabiya and Brega (Marsa al-Burayqa), key oil towns …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich: My Infidelities Helped Me Understand How To Impeach Clinton  —  This morning, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace questioned likely presidential candidate Newt Gingrich — who has placed social issues at the forefront of his emerging campaign — about his personal infidelities and multiple marriages.
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich: I'm not a hypocrite  —  Pressed on “Fox News Sunday” about his adulterous past, Newt Gingrich said it was not hypocritical for him to impeach Bill Clinton while he cheated on his own wife because he never lied under oath.  —  “I don't know what you would have had me do,” …
Discussion: CNN, Weasel Zippers and National Review
Bloomberg:
U.S. Won't Intervene in Syria as Assad Differs From Qaddafi, Clinton Says  —  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. won't enter into the internal conflict in Syria the way it has in Libya.  —  “No,” Clinton said, when asked on the CBS “Face the Nation” program if the U.S. would intervene in Syria's unrest.
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Defense Secretary: Libya Did Not Pose Threat to U.S., Was Not ‘Vital National Interest’ to Intervene
Discussion: Hot Air
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
US officials: Libyan operation could last months
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Clinton: US will stay out of Syria, no timeline for Libya
Discussion: The Politico
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Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Transparency: Reporter at Biden Fundraiser Kept in Closet  —  For over two years now, Sheriff Joe Biden has been taking the lead when it comes to transparency and journalist access to all functions of the administration.  —  It wasn't even two weeks ago that White House spokesman Jay Carney …
The Tatler / Pajamas Media:
Reporter imprisoned in closet by Biden staffers at Florida Dem fundraiser
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Lieberman would back US action in Syria  —  Senate Homeland Security chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said the U.S. should intervene to help Syrian protestors if officials there turn weapons on the public as took place in Libya on Fox News Sunday.  —  Lieberman told host Chris Wallace …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Lieberman: Maybe we should go into Syria, too  —  While the US continues its bombardments in a country that the Defense Secretary today admitted posed no national-security threat and was not a “vital national interest” to the US, an equally brutal crackdown on a rising rebellion continues in Syria …
Guardian:   Clinton rules out Syria intervention
Washington Post:
Ridding Syria of a despot
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Israel Matzav
Daily Mail:
200 arrested as hardcore anarchists fight police long into night in Battle of Trafalgar Square after 500,000 march against the cut  —  Over 200 people were arrested as extremists brought violent chaos to central London yesterday after hijacking the much-heralded trade union protest against public spending cuts.
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John / Power Line:
There May Not Always Be An England
Daily Mail:
Police struggle to control hard-core anarchist rioters after 500,000-strong London march …
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Wizbang
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE RIGHT'S SELECTIVE EMBRACE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.... It's hardly a secret that in modern politics, conservative Christian Republicans tend to think the issue of religion in public and political life is “theirs.”  It's one of those things that “everyone knows” — Democrats dominate when it comes to workers …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GUESS WHO ‘STOLE THE SHOW’ IN IOWA?.... Iowa will host dozens of “cattle call” events for 2012 Republican presidential candidates over the next several months, and the latest was yesterday's gathering in Des Moines, hosted by far-right Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).  Five likely aspirants showed up, and the receptions they received matter.
Discussion: Washington Post and msnbc.com
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Alternative To Deflation Is Inflation  —  Tim Fernholz and Jim Tankersley have an excellent article detailing the economic research Republicans are relying on to make the case that layoffs of government workers will lead to an increase in employment.  It's all about liquidating labor:
 
 
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