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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Senate Confirms Roberts As Chief Justice — WASHINGTON - John Glover Roberts Jr. won confirmation as the 17th chief justice of the United States Thursday, overwhelmingly approved by the Senate as the jurist to lead the Supreme Court through turbulent social issues for generations to come.
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CNN:
Roberts confirmed as chief justice — Bush poised to name O'Connor replacement — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Judge John Roberts was easily confirmed Thursday to be the 17th chief justice of the United States, winning Senate approval with a solid majority. — He is expected to be sworn in to the post later in the day.
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The DeLay Indictment — YESTERDAY'S indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on charges of conspiring to violate Texas campaign finance laws won't come as a surprise to anyone who's watched the Texas Republican operate over the years. In his drive to consolidate Republican power …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Troubled Year Gets Worse for the GOP — Bad news often comes in bunches, but for a Republican Party that not long ago looked ahead to an unfettered period of growth and expansion, yesterday's indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) represented one of the most significant blows …
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Washington Post:
Attempt to Pick Successor Is Foiled — Blunt Temporarily Takes Reins as Conservatives Reject Dreier — As the legal troubles mounted for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in recent weeks, he and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert talked repeatedly to craft a detailed strategy for the Republican leadership …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
The DeLay Dilemma And The Successor Search — Indicted Tom DeLay has stepped down as House Majority Leader temporarily, we are told, but now the real dilemmas surface over his successor, his party's stance towards him and his case, the response of Democrats — and the values the nation …
Scott Shields / MyDD:
Media Finally Sees Through Bush's 'Number 2 Man' Myth — Ever notice how many times the Bush administration and the Pentagon tout the killing or capture of high level al Qaeda operatives? Just how many 'Number 2,' 'Number 3,' and 'Number 4' men can bin Laden and Zarqawi possibly have, anyway?
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Barry Moody / Reuters:
Reuters says U.S. troops obstruct reporting of Iraq — LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The conduct of U.S. troops in Iraq, including increasing detention and accidental shootings of journalists, is preventing full coverage of the war reaching the American public, Reuters said on Wednesday.
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Juan / Informed Comment:Bombings in Tal Afar, Baghdad, Najaf — Iraq is not World War II
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Nancy A. Youssef / Knight Ridder:Opposition to Iraqi constitution weakening
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New York Times:
Fear Exceeded Crime's Reality in New Orleans — NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 25 - After the storm came the siege. In the days after Hurricane Katrina, terror from crimes seen and unseen, real and rumored, gripped New Orleans. The fears changed troop deployments, delayed medical evacuations …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The Althouse comments persona. — Here at Althouse, there's the Althouse of the front page posts and the Althouse of the comments. Things are a little more experimental and brainstormy in the comments. I'm used to having my posts linked, but it's surprising to get something I toss out in the comments linked.
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Washington Times:
Gov. Blanco gets no Katrina questions — Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, blamed by the former leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin for many of the city's post-hurricane problems, was given no questions about her response to Hurricane Katrina …
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neo-neocon:
The varieties of pacifism: (Part I)—Gandhi's absolutism — While researching this post on the phrase "speaking truth to power," I discovered that it originated among Quakers, and I promised that I'd write something soon about Quaker pacifism. I had planned that this post would be that "something."
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Nagin forced Compass out — Chief fired after heated confrontation — 'He had tears in his eyes. He didn't want to go.' — After announcing his retirement Tuesday, New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass told several high-ranking officers that he had been forced out by Mayor Ray Nagin, the officers said Wednesday.
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BBC:
Hero's return for Labour heckler — An 82-year-old activist thrown out of the Labour party conference for heckling Jack Straw has returned to the venue to a hero's welcome. — Walter Wolfgang, from London, was cheered as he held up his security pass - confiscated by stewards on Wednesday.
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
The blogs Kevin is referring to are run by, how shall I say this, rather young bloggers. ("Immature" might be another word, "naive" another, "downright silly sometimes" another). — I don't mind the silliness every once in a while, after all its not like conservatives are adverse to this type of thing …
Robert Novak / realclearpolitics.com:
A Germ of Fiscal Sanity — WASHINGTON — The Senate was up to its old tricks Monday evening. It prepared to pass, without debate and under a procedure requiring unanimous consent, a federal infusion of $9 billion into state Medicaid programs under the pretext of Katrina relief.
