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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Democrats Prod Roberts on Abortion Stance — WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee John Roberts jousted with Democratic senators Tuesday at his confirmation hearing to be chief justice, dodging their attempts to pin down his opinions on abortion, voting rights and other legal issues.
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Matt Margolis / Blogs for Bush:
Roberts Hearings: Live Blogging Day 2 — most recent updates on top... UPDATE, 03:47 PM EDT: Finstein is up... the self-proclaimed spokeswoman for all women... So, we've probably got 30 minutes ahead of us "discussion" on Roe v. Wade and women's issues.... UPDATE, 03:45 PM EDT: Official Transcript of Kyl's Questioning...
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Bush Takes Responsibility for Blunders — WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday that "I take responsibility" for failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and said the disaster raised broader questions about the government's ability to respond to natural disasters as well as terror attacks.
Guardian:
Israeli evades arrest at Heathrow over army war crime allegations — · Retired general tipped off after judge issues warrant — · Ex-commander accused of demolishing Gaza homes — Vikram Dodd and Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv — Scotland Yard was thwarted yesterday …
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Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online:
ASSESSING TEN YEARS — Andrew Ferguson wrote that political power had compromised conservatism's intellectual standards; Powerline criticized him; now Ross Douthat is defending him (with a bit more heat than I've come to expect from Douthat). Being in the middle of a blogfight is probably …
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Brad Plumer / Bradford Plumer:HAS CONSERVATISM DIED? — This entire debate about whether or not …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As Battlefield Shrinks, Democrats Mute Their Attacks — The first day of confirmation hearings for Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to become the 17th chief justice of the United States proved to be a tepid opening to what once was billed as a battle of monumental proportions between left and right.
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White House:
President Welcomes President Talabani of Iraq to the White House — PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you all. It's an honor to welcome the first democratically elected President of Iraq to the White House. I'm proud to stand with a brave leader of the Iraqi people, a friend of the United States, and a testament to the power of human freedom.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
A Poverty of Thought — It took exactly one month — until the president's prime-time news conference of Oct. 11, 2001 — to refute the notion that Sept. 11 "changed everything." When a reporter said, "You haven't called for any sacrifices from the American people," he replied, "Well …
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Michael Williams, danieldrezner.com, The Blogging of the President, Don Surber and The Stakeholder
Chrenkoff:
The last post — Here we go - as foreshadowed a few week ago, it's the time to say good-bye. — I'm not one for making speeches (at least not for myself), so let me just say: thank you. Thank you for all your support and encouragement, for reading and linking to my stuff, and for coming back.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The 20 Most Obnoxious Hurricane Katrina Quotes — "You 60 million losers who voted for this loser open YOUR wallets. This president declared war on the poor long ago, and while some of us cared enough to vote for someone who gave a d@mn, you buried your heads in the sand …
Doug Struck / Washington Post:
45 Bodies Found In La. Hospital — Bush Visits New Orleans and Defends Federal Response; FEMA Chief Quits — NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 12 — The bodies of 45 patients left in a hasty evacuation were recovered from a New Orleans hospital, officials said Monday, as the city braced for the scenes left by the receding waters.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
End of the Bush Era — The Bush Era is over. The sooner politicians in both parties realize that, the better for them — and the country. — Recent months, and especially the past two weeks, have brought home to a steadily growing majority of Americans the truth that President Bush's government doesn't work.
Media Matters for America:
NYT's Brooks revealed that "from Day One," the Bush White House "decided our public relations is not going to be honest" — why hasn't he written about this? — On the September 11 edition of NBC's syndicated The Chris Matthews Show, New York Times columnist David Brooks revealed that he has learned …
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Big Brass Blog, NewsHog, skippy the bush kangaroo, The Liberal Avenger and Brendan Nyhan
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Supreme Blather — If I were running one of the cable networks, this is what I would have done yesterday. — I would have told the Senate Judiciary Committee that if you want to devote hours to rambling opening statements from each and every member of the panel— essentially much-rehashed stump speeches …
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Gloria Steinem / Guardian:
I'm a hopeaholic. There's nothing George Bush can do about it — We have imposed our disastrous president on the world - but America's finest quality is already turning the tide at home — It's hard to travel or send words out of the US now. How can any American expect to be welcomed …