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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Quickhits

(CNN) Pentagon employees can't replace the Rumsfeld photos fast enough. Not that there's any message there.

(CBS) "But this president may not be in much of a hurry to accept Baker's ideas about that — or much else. Asked if Baker would help implement the report, a spokesman for Mr. Bush said, "Jim Baker can go back to his day job."

(ThinkProgress) Gore goes on the Today show and urges the President "separate out the personal issues of being blamed in history for this mistake and instead recognize it’s not about him."

(Reuters) The UN pulled nonessential staff out of a town in Darfur where it looks that there may soon be an attack on the AU military post there.

Every administration figure I've seen speak today has reinforced the "unity behind the president" line that was pushed early this morning by the White House. They're not going to take on the recommendations, but are more than happy to use this report as a political bludgeon. Tony Snow even accused the first questioner (David Gregory) of partisanship.

And, I think we can all agree that today's announcement of Mary Cheney's pregnancy was very intentionally hidden beneath the ISG release. It would be talk show fodder on any other day.