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Monday, April 23, 2007
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Captain's Quarters: "According to Newsweek, which has multiple articles on Alberto Gonzales in its April 30th issue, Republicans on Capitol Hill have told the White House that the Attorney General has to go if the Bush administration wants to see any progress on its legislative agenda, including immigration. The Judiciary Committee's most vocal Democrat has suggested a list of replacements which would receive quick and painless confirmation as an incentive."
Josh Marshall: "In case you missed it here's our run-down of what the bigwigs (Republican and Democrat) were saying yesterday about whether Alberto Gonzales should lose his job ..."
TPM Muckraker: "Yet another shoe drops in the Jack Abramoff investigation. A former aide to Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Mark Zachares, looks set to plead guilty to corruption charges. The Justice Department filed a criminal information today on Zachares, laying out the facts to which he'll be pleading guilty."
"2008 pres"
5:57:06 PM 
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Political Wire: "In South Carolina, a new NewsChannel 15-Zogby poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton leading among Democratic primary voters with 33%, followed by Sen. Barack Obama at 26% and John Edwards at 21%. No other Democratic candidate is above 1% statewide.
"Key finding: 'Perhaps the most interesting thing in the poll is the strength of Clinton. She leads Obama among young voters 49 to 10 percent. Clinton's only weak area seems to be among male voters where she trails both Obama and Edwards by a slim one percent margin. However, Clinton enjoys a huge 40 percent to 25 percent edge with women voters over Obama, with just 18 percent for Edwards.'
"On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain leads with 22% of likely primary voters, trailed by Rudy Giuliani at 19%, Fred Thompson with 11% and Mitt Romney at 10% South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who says he is not a candidate in 2008, gets 8%. No other Republican candidate is above 2 percent statewide."
Political Wire: "The latest Rasmussen Reports poll shows Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in a dead heat amongst likely Democratic primary voters nationally. Both candidates receive 32% of the vote, followed by former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) with 17%.
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"2008 pres"
5:50:36 PM
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Bill Richardson is running TV ads in Iowa. Here's the link to his website.
New West: "Bill Richardson's stock is going up, according to Cokie Roberts and Stephen Roberts, writing in the Billings Gazette. The two noted that, from a fund raising perspective, both Arizona's John McCain and New Mexico's Richardson were neck and neck. But in a 'glass-half-full' or 'glass-half-empty' analysis, Richardson's $5 million was seen as a positive surprise, while McCain's fund raising was seen as a disappointment. The Roberts' also note that the straw poll conducted by grassroots organization moveon.org showed Richardson in second place behind John Edwards (don't forget, however, that Moveon.org was strongly supportive of Howard Dean, as well)."
"2008 pres"
5:41:52 PM
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Political Wire: "'As he presses ahead with his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson may look to Capitol Hill and wonder, where's the love?' reports Roll Call."
"2008 pres"
6:19:47 AM
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Juan Cole: "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked Sunday that the US military halt its construction of a security wall around the Sunni Arab district of Adhamiya. Al-Maliki spoke from Cairo where he is meeting with foreign ministers of Iraq's neighbors."
"2008 pres"
6:17:03 AM
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