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Hi. Back from a 4th of July holiday and jumping right into the big churn on Iraq. Is it "panic?" A "tipping point?" Or really "stay-the-course-lite?" Also, a Justice Dept. veteran is disgusted, McCain's campaign falls apart, a conservative Senator caught in the DC madam net ... and kitties with an unusual characteristic.
The New York Times leads today with an interview with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker who warns of all kinds of catastrophes that will befall Iraq if American troops leave, (many of which -- civil war? civilians slaughtered? seem to be happening already.) But blogger/author Glenn Greenwald sees the Times making the same mistakes it made, and apologized for, in the run-up to the war. This as the Times editorial page and its news coverage are growing apart. Howard LaFranchi of the Christian Science Monitor thinks he has the future of Iraq policy figured out though- - "We're there to fight al-Qaida." But retired General William Odom says the surge and on-going war represent the opposite of supporting the troops.. who he says are combat exhausted. And ThinkProgress reminds us that we should just listen to what the White House is actually saying on the surge ... we've only just begun.
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Link to thisHi. The demise of immigration reform, the rising tensions between Congress and the White House, the nervous jitters on Wall Street, and the long-held dream of a middle-aged geek (a Led Zeppelin reunion?) are the topics today.
Immigration reform is now clearly, most sincerely D-E-A-D. BullDogPundit takes a victory lap. Ed Morrissey muses on what to do next. Patrick O'Conner says the GOP is official breaking up with Bush over this. And Josh Marshall notes the President's tone in conceding defeat.
The White House is refusing to cooperate with Congressional subpoenas Andrew Ward has some analysis. and Glenn Greenwald writes about how much we don't know about the administration's eavesdropping program.
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisHi. Lots of buzz today over Republican senior statesman Richard Lugar's decision to bolt from the GOP fold on Iraq. Plus, VP Cheney in the spotlight, Obama's first commercials, and the best five seconds of video you've ever seen.
Here's the AP's take on Lugar bolting on Iraq. But Liberal Oasis says Lugar's position should not define the opposite pole of the Iraq debate.
The Washington Post is in the midst of its jaw-dropping opus on Vice President Cheney. All of it is "Must-Read" as they say. And Unbossed sums up many a blogger's reaction with the question: what took 'em so long? Also, ThinkProgress updates us on Cheney's ongoing battle with Congress over his prerogatives.
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisHi. A lot of chatter on the blogs today about the court ruling on detainees, the Gonzales no-confidence vote in the Senate yesterday, more chaos in the Middle East and fresh political polling that has Fred Thompson up and Congress down.
ThinkProgress has several links analyzing yesterday's federal appeals court ruling that the Bush administration cannot legally detain a U.S. resident it believes is an al Qaeda sleeper agent without charging him.
Discuss (0 comments) Email this | Link to thisHi. The developing story of the immigration bill votes in the Senate is a hot topic today on the blogs, but it's mostly speculation since a key vote will come later in the day. Otherwise it's a pretty random collection of politics, debate analysis and Scooter Libby fallout today.
You know something's got people's attention when ideological opposites ThinkProgress and Allahpundit at HotAir both link to the same piece of video on the heated immigration debate.
Residual blogging from Tuesday night's Republican debate finds much of the progressive blogosphere including Matthew Yglesias annoyed that the Mainstream Media hasn't made more of a significant misstatement made by Governor Romney. And Digby expands on that.
Discuss (0 comments) Email this | Link to thisHi. The Scooter Libby sentencing is sure to ignite full-fledged freak-outs from both ends of the political spectrum. Here's a look at how things are getting started as of this afternoon:
First, the facts from the Associated Press on MSNBC.com.
Blogger/author Marcy Wheeler who blogs as emptywheel at Firedoglake literally wrote the book on the Libby Trial. She live blogged the proceeding so if you want to read it for yourself.. here's the link. And here is her early summary.
Also, some pre-analysis from fellow Firedoglaker Christy Harden Smith.
And for an opposing view, Clarice Feldman at American Thinker.
Discuss (4 comments) Email this | Link to thisHi. It's an economy edition today, with a lot of discussion on the Internet and in the papers about the GDP and the stock markets.
Huffington Post links to AP's story on Gross Domestic Product, the broadest measure of the economy which was revised to a scant 0.6% today.
Nouriel Roubini is a bearish economist who has taken a lot of criticism, including being called an "economic Eeyore" as the stock markets have continued to rise. Today's GDP revision gives his views some validation and his readers more to talk about. (This is one blog where smart people regularly post comments. The comments section is almost always worth looking through.)
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisThe day after Memorial Day finds a lot of debate about America's fighting men and women on the blogs and in the papers -- some loud and conspicuous booing at two very different forums -- and some culinary advice for Brian, who's in Boston today.
Salon's Tim Grieve sums up some stats from Memorial Day 2007.
And Powerline reprints Peter Collier in the WSJ's Opinion Journal on "America's Honor."
Spencer Ackerman of Washington Monthly tells Democrats that supporting the troops by bringing them home doesn't fly with the actual troops.
But there was a good deal of dissent among the troops on display on Memorial Day.
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisHi. A lot of today's stuff reflects the fact that the Left Blogosphere is livid over the Iraq war supplemental.
Greg Sargent at TPMCafe sums up the state of play for the Democrats. And John Aravosis is not happy after watching the President's news conference this morning. But Jeffrey Feldman at Frameshop argues that the Democrats are not making a mistake with the war bill.
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann isn't buying it though. And neither is Kos.
Ed Morrissey, blogging at Heading Right, says the U.N. bears responsibility for the outbreak of violence in Lebanon. But RawStory picks up on Sy Hersh, who sees U.S. blowback.
Real Clear politics links to John Edwards's foreign policy speech from yesterday, in which he argues that the Global War on Terror has backfired on the U.S. -- and the White House response to Edwards's argument.
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisHi. Lots of stuff from the newspapers today, with the focus on Iraq (and Iran).
With gas prices creeping up to inflation-adjusted record levels, the San Francisco Chronicle reports Americans are still buying SUVs.
John Aravosis at Americablog puts Democrats in Congress on notice that the netroots aren't going to accept an Iraq funding bill with no strings attached.
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