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Excuse Our Continuing Dust

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Yes, we're still working on TMV and some remaining issues stemming from our move from Powerblogs. You will likely see some more changes in coming weeks. The latest is that several times tonight our blog looked as if it was typed out on a typewriter. We have gotten some reader complaints, but rest assured it is NOT going to be the new look of TMV. (Yours truly was as surprised … [Read more...] about Excuse Our Continuing Dust

Khalilzad and Allawi Work On Their Dream Scenario

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The latest on Iyad Allawi's plan to re-take Iraq via Juan Cole: Al-Hayat reports that Iyad Allawi, a secular ex-Baathist Shiite who leads the Iraqi National List (25 seats in parliament), visited Kurdistan on Saturday. He is attempting to convince the Kurdistan Alliance to join his new coalition in parliament. Allawi has said that his list will leave the 'national unity … [Read more...] about Khalilzad and Allawi Work On Their Dream Scenario

Internal Pro-Israel Politics

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I've talked alot about how the Pro-Israel community should respond to external critiques from the left. But I think it's worth emphasizing that we have an equal obligation to exile groups from the right who either call themselves or are called "pro-Israel" whose agenda involves plunging Israel into violent conflict with its neighbors and/or Palestine. These people are no friend … [Read more...] about Internal Pro-Israel Politics

1 in What?

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If this is true, I'm wondering why it is we didn't hear about this before the surge actually started as part of the, you know, debate: Smith [Gordon Smith, R-OR] said he recently spoke with Gen. David Petraeus, the new top military commander in Iraq, who told him the troop surge has only a one in four chance of succeeding. Looking good then, looking good. I mean, one in … [Read more...] about 1 in What?

Newt on the Failure of Citizenship in the Ninth Ward

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He said quite some good things and then he said this: How can you have the mess we have in New Orleans, and not have had deep investigations of the federal government, the state government, the city government, and the failure of citizenship in the Ninth Ward, where 22,000 people were so uneducated and so unprepared, they literally couldn't get out of the way of a … [Read more...] about Newt on the Failure of Citizenship in the Ninth Ward

Center of Attention

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A round up of recent reporting and commentary by a few centrist, moderate, and independent bloggers. McQ examines the verbification of "swift boat" and one of its most recent applications. Justin Gardner riffs on Bill Maher's death wish for VP Cheney. The Angry Independent highlights a chilling story about the murder of another critic of the Russian … [Read more...] about Center of Attention

Take a Peek

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At Watching America: a great website, with a noble and necessary purpose. From its 'about': WatchingAmerica reflects global opinion about the United States, helping Americans and non-Americans alike understand what the world thinks of current issues that involve the U.S. This is done by providing news and views about the United States published in other countries. It is not … [Read more...] about Take a Peek

The Conservative World Turns Against Coulter

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Senator John McCain, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney have condemned Ann Coulter for the bigoted remark she made when she spoke at CPAC. As all of you will remember she referred to John Edwards as a “faggotâ€?. Howard Dean and others called on Republicans to denounce Coulter’s remark… and they did. Keep reading this>> … [Read more...] about The Conservative World Turns Against Coulter

Newsweek Poll Shows Rudy Rising As 2008 Top Republican Contender

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As the political world watches the (for now) political descent of once GOP front-runner Arizona Senator John McCain, polls continue to show that the person now rising on the political see-saw is a certain former mayor of NYC who isn't a conservative's dream candidate -- but may be the dream candidate of more pragmatic GOPers. Newsweek reports:Maybe it is Giuliani time, after … [Read more...] about Newsweek Poll Shows Rudy Rising As 2008 Top Republican Contender

Turning Back the Assault on American Democracy

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As conversant as I am with the abuses and extralegal activities of the Bush administration, it was astonishing to read a sampling of them in one place -– a New York Times editorial that offers a list of things that need to be done to begin to reverse the damage that President Bush and Vice President Cheney have wrought. The list begins with restoring habeas corpus, … [Read more...] about Turning Back the Assault on American Democracy

Romney Most Popular among Conservatives

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An interesting straw poll: Mitt Romney receives most support from those attending CPAC. Giuliani is second, Brownback third, Gingrich fourth and... McCain fifth with only 12% of the vote. McCain has made a tremendous mistake: he thought that he would be able to appeal to the conservative base while not losing support of more moderate elements within the Republican party. … [Read more...] about Romney Most Popular among Conservatives

Ann Coulter’s Comment: You Decide

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Yesterday we ran THIS long post and roundup on the controversy surrounding commentator Ann Coulter's latest verbal bombshell from the septic tank of thought. A few readers emailed us saying we were unfair -- that we should have posted the You Tube directly and let readers decide how she was received for themselves. Fair enough... So -- by popular request -- 4 U: … [Read more...] about Ann Coulter’s Comment: You Decide