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Drudge banners: "IOU" and links to this LA Times story on the budget crisis in California. And the U.S. says North Korea does not appear to be readying a missile launch in this Bloomberg story is also highlighed on Drudge. ... READ MORE

Huffington Post
The Huffington Post banners: "Obama's first major military operation underway in Afghanistan" and links to this AP story. Unemployment to hit a 9.6 percent, a 26 year high, according to this AP report, highlighted on the HuffPo. And Jesse Berney ... READ MORE

HotAir
The Obama administration doesn't see the contradiction between calling for free elections in Honduras and staying out of the election in Iran, writes Allahpundit. And veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas went "nuclear" on the White House for controlling the ... READ MORE

DailyKos
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) wants to president but "she couldn't even get her own campaign's scheduling staff to give her enough time to run," writes Jed Lewison. And South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) recent confessions have set off ... READ MORE

Townhall
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) Republican enemies hope he stays in office, writes Matt Lewis. And, drawing on examples from other countries, Carol Platt Liebau writes what ObamaCare "really means." READ MORE

OpenLeft
Advancing the debate over torture is always going to be difficult, writes Daniel de Groot. And Mike Lux takes a look at the fight over a new Pecora commission. READ MORE

RedState
The press is "finally" calling out the Obama administration for controlling the press, writes Paint it Red. And Moe Lane takes a detailed look at the 2010 election and the ages of several Democratic committee chair people. READ MORE

MyDD
Mitt Romney appears to be urging Republicans to stand up to President Obama, writes Charles Lemos. And Lemos also writes that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) must think the Associated Press is a "licensed therapist." READ MORE

Powerline
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) appeared to open the door to the Obama administration making more demands Israel in the peace process while in the country, writes Paul. And new polling shows that support for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is ... READ MORE

Matthew Yglesias
The entire committee system in Congress "leaves a lot to be desired," writes Matthew Yglesias. And Yglesias also points out a general thought among the punditry right now: Congress is asserting its dominance in setting and controlling the agenda, not ... READ MORE

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July 19, 2008

SATURDAY ROUNDUP

@ 4:15 pm by Andy Barr

News that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agrees with Barack Obama's plan for a 16 month phased redeployment of troops out of Iraq has liberal bloggers hopeful that an end to the war may be around the corner. Bloggers mostly agree that former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas) stepping down from John McCain's campaign was in the best interest of both sides and the netroots is taking aim at former Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.).

Maliki agrees with Obama's plan for Iraq because it is very practical, writes Amanda at Think Progress. One of RedState's lone liberal bloggers believes that not only does Maliki think Obama's plan is better than McCain's, but takes the news as a sign that Maliki thinks Obama is going to win the race.

Gramm's exit from the campaign cuts McCain free of any future gaffes from one of his top economic surrogates, but leaves the Arizona senator a man down on his economic policy team, writes TalkLeft's TChris. The Corner's Ramesh Ponnuru believes the move best served both McCain and Gramm, but served Gramm's rivals within the McCain camp most.

And liberal bloggers turned on Ford during the Netroots Nation convention in Austin, Texas after the former congressman defended his work for Fox News, The Huffington Post's Sam Stein reports. Ford also didn't score any points by defending Obama's FISA vote, writes Big Tent Democrat.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Maliki Endorses Obama's Plan - Amanda, Think Progress
Iraq's Leader Back Obama - The Swamp
Maliki Likes Obama's Timeframe - Crabcakes, RedState
Flake Could Be Big Help to Fellow GOPers - PolitickerAZ
McCain Alerts Enemy to Obama's Travel Plan - Firedoglake
Gramm's Exit - Ramesh Ponnuru, The Corner
McCain Blows Obama's Cover? - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Obama Travels to Afghanistan - The Trail
Harold Ford Heckled Over Fox - Sam Stein, The Huffington Post
The DLC and the Netroots - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Gore at Netroots - New York Times
Boehner Says Majority of Congress Wants to Drill - The Hill
U.S. Envoy Joins Nuclear Talks - Washington Post

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  1. I voted Reagan, Reagan, Perot, Perot, Buchanan.

    I'm no liberal. But I think the punishment for the GOP should be 10 years of veto proof DNC control of all 3 houses - for foisting GWB on the country.

    Republicans knew this guy didn't even have a passport. They knew he was a damaged, underachiever with a Napoleonic complex.

    Republicans proffered George the Younger as presidential timber - KNOWING he was not.

    The name Bush is now synonymous with Harding, Hoover and perhaps, even Hitler.

    I have class envy for the first time in my life. Because I no longer buy the fantasy that prosperity is there for anyone willing to work for it.

    I know now that the game is and has always been rigged. Behind every fortune there are crimes.

    Average working people, self employed or otherwise - are chumps. Out of the loop - working stiffs who underwrite the escapades of the well connected.

    So bring on the Jacobins!! - Let's get on with the beheadings. I want blood on Wall Street. I want those boys rounded up and paired with gals named Darnell in bunkbed cells.

    Comment by Jack Thomsen — July 20, 2008 @ 2:28 pm

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