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 [Let Freedom Ring (Throughout the World)] The Answer: "Does anyone want to argue that the new Iraqi government has less of a chance of stabilizing Iraq than the PA has of controlling Hamas & Hezbollah? If not, then how to explain the unrelenting skepticism directed at the reconstruction of Iraq, of which the above two articles are only the most recent high-profile examples, with the near complete absence of analytical skepticism directed at the PA's future?"

 [Syndicalist (syndicalist)] Bush ha shigher negatives than Hillary: Hilarious: "In a basic measure of personal popularity, 48 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of Bush overall, 51 percent unfavorable, the first time he's gotten a majority unfavorable rating, however slightly. Of two other political figures tested, Hillary Rodham Clinton has a rating of 51-46 percent favorable-unfavorable, marginally better than Bush's, but hardly powerful.

[Hughhewitt.com] HughHewitt.com: Radioblogger has the entire transcript, and it shows why it will be a long time before Americans and French see eye-to-eye on most issues. Radioblogger also has the transcript of the interview with Senators Ensign, Santorum and Talent in which all three were confident that any filibuster of any judicial nominee other than Saad and Myers would bring the constitutional option, and that it would pass easily, an interesting assertion given this AP account of Reid's determination to filibuster at least two other appellate nominees. K-Lo has an article on Senator Santorum's re-election race over at NRO.

 [Unfutz.blogspot.com] ed fitzgerald's unfutz: a personal, no-frills, amateur weblog about politics and whatever else happens ... "If America Were Iraq, What Would it be Like?" (Juan Cole) Series (tie): ...

[Airamericaplace.com] Air America Place - Daily Blog: Bush and his gang of neocon warmongers have destroyed America’s reputation. It is likely to stay destroyed, because at this point the only way to restore America’s reputation would be to impeach and convict President Bush for intentionally deceiving Congress and the American people in order to start a war of aggression against a country that posed no threat to the US. America can redeem itself only by holding Bush accountable.

 [Rightnation.us] RightNation.US -> FDA Kills More Than Iraq's Insurgents: I have a habit of reading books that are so far over my head that I have to read one sentence at a time, take a nap, then read the next sentence. In fact, the title of this blog is a play on Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind, a perfect example of a book that's way over my head. Most often, I will throw out one of those completely weird connections I make between one thing and another that fooled my grade school principle into thinking I was gifted.

[Chris.shumway.tripod.com] Mediaocracy: The Bush camp struck first, shipping in the President's father, an old friend of Dispatch publisher John Wolfe's, for a quiet breakfast during the Democratic Convention in July. A long line of other White House allies, including Karl Rove, Ken Mehlman, Treasury Secretary John Snow and Budget Director Josh Bolten, has also marched through the Dispatch's Third Street offices.

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