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Thursday, October 12, 2006
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Mark Warner: "So about a month ago, I told my family and people who know me best that I would make a final decision after Columbus Day weekend, which I was spending with my family. After 67 trips to 28 states and five foreign countries, I have made that decision.
"I have decided not to run for President."
6:25:46 PM 
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New York Daily News: "Despite her apparent opposition to torture, Hillary Clinton said in a Daily News editorial board meeting yesterday that the practice is acceptable in some circumstances. Clinton got a rousing reception from the human rights community, and seemed to take an uncharacteristically bright-line stance, in a recent statement on the Senate floor during the debate over torture. 'Have we fallen so low as to debate how much torture we are willing to stomach?' she asked at one point, and left anti-torture commentators, and even Clinton critics like Andrew Sullivan, with the impression that she'd emerged into a kind of un-Clintonian moral clarity and said no to torture. But at yesterday's Daily News editorial board meeting, it emerged that she's not actually against torture in all instances, and that her dispute with McCain and Bush is largely procedural."
"2008 pres"
6:19:17 PM
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New York Sun: "The Iraq war and recommend a new course has ruled out the prospect of victory for America, according to draft policy options shared with The New York Sun by commission officials. Currently, the 10-member commission - headed by a secretary of state for President George H.W. Bush, James Baker - is considering two option papers, 'Stability First' and 'Redeploy and Contain,' both of which rule out any prospect of making Iraq a stable democracy in the near term. More telling, however, is the ruling out of two options last month. One advocated minor fixes to the current war plan but kept intact the long-term vision of democracy in Iraq with regular elections. The second proposed that coalition forces focus their attacks only on Al Qaeda and not the wider insurgency."
Thanks to the Daily Kos for the link.
"2008 pres"
6:15:45 PM
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Political Wire: "A new Cato Institute report says libertarians -- people who historically tend to agree with Republicans on fiscal issues and Democrats on personal freedom -- are the new swing voters. The authors estimate approximately 13% of voters fall into this category."
"2008 pres"
6:05:45 PM
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Western Democrat: "The greater our Democratic majority in state legislatures and the more Gubernatorial seats we pick up, the greater the opportunity for Democrats to gain organizational and structural control of our democracy. That's why the work that Democratic Governors Association Chairman, Governor Bill Richardson, is doing is so important. This year, Governor Richardson has been traveling far and wide across our country, stumping for Democratic candidates for governor and incumbent Democratic governors. These steps are necessary to ensure that the next Democratic nominee for President of the United States has the infrastructure in place to not only make a run, but to win the Presidency."
"2008 pres"
6:49:39 AM
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