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Susan Gardner for Daily Kos

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Tuesday January 09, 2007 · 11:38 AM PST

2007/01/09 · 11:38

Skanky Dick Morris points out an interesting fact: Of the four prominent Republican presidential contenders – McCain, Gingrich, Guiliani and Romney – only the Mormon hasn’t had more than one wife.

Fierce fighting is reported as continuing in the streets of Baghdad, with some estimates putting the number of dead at 100 since Saturday.

Some experts are questioning the delay in the issuance of the NIE report on Iraq, wondering whether it’s being held back to avoid embarrassing the president on the eve of his speech announcing Operation Escalation Hard Sell.

The New York Times analyzes the question of whether Iraq can really be considered a "sovereign nation" if the Bush administration is "thrusting new strategy" on its leadership.

Four of Bush’s appeals court nominees have pulled their names from consideration, as a "concession" to the new Democratic majority.

In typical fashion, our latest "surgical strike" to take out a pair of terrorists hiding in Somalia seems to have involved killing a few people other than a targets. One, or two or...

U.S. helicopter gunships have launched a second day of attacks in Somalia, targeting suspected leaders of al-Qaida in East Africa.

Dozens of people have reportedly been killed. The Pentagon is not saying yet whether or not the attacks have been a success.

Success? Of course it's a success! People are dead. That's the definition of success (DT) .

I am SOOOOO ditching my Treo in June. (kos)

Update [2007-1-9 16:40:18 by Kagro X]:: Video of Sen. Kennedy's speech at the National Press Club, outlining his legislation aimed at requiring Congressional authorization for any escalation in Iraq, now available on YouTube. [KX]

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