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Drudge Report:
HIDDEN TESTIMONY REIGNITES MIERS FIRES — The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained a copy of sworn testimony given by Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers in 1990 in which she said that she "wouldn't belong to the Federalist Society" - a conservative and libertarian lawyers' organization - because it was "politically charged."
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web — The Miers Testimony — President Bush last week expressed his confidence in the constancy of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, saying that "20 years from now she'll be the same person, with the same philosophy," as she is today. White House aides making the case for Miers …
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Let This Leak Go — The best thing Patrick Fitzgerald could do for his country is get out of Washington, return to Chicago and prosecute some real criminals. As it is, all he has done so far is send Judith Miller of the New York Times to jail and repeatedly haul this or that administration high official …
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firedoglake, PoliBlog, Mathew Gross, skippy the bush kangaroo, Pandagon, The Left Coaster, Busy, Busy, Busy, THE NEWS BLOG, Eschaton and Don Singleton
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
COHEN AND FITZGERALD....Richard Cohen is getting a lot of abuse for a column today suggesting that Valerie Plame prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald should pack up his tent and go home. After all, he says, "it was not the intent of anyone to out a CIA agent and have her assassinated."
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
A Polling Free-Fall Among Blacks — In what may turn out to be one of the biggest free-falls in the history of presidential polling, President Bush's job-approval rating among African Americans has dropped to 2 percent, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.
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news24.com:
Bush popularity keeps dropping — Washington - Support for the majority Republican party in the United States is sagging as President George W. Bush's popularity continues to slide, according to a poll released on Wednesday. — A plurality of Americans, 48%, said they would prefer …
Timothy Williams / New York Times:
British Playwright Wins Nobel Prize in Literature — Harold Pinter, the British playwright known for enigmatic plays such as "The Birthday Party" and "The Homecoming" and a well-known peace activist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature today. — Mr. Pinter, 75, has also acted …
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Teleconference With Soldiers Staged — WASHINGTON - It was billed as a conversation with U.S. troops, but the questions President Bush asked on a teleconference call Thursday were choreographed to match his goals for the war in Iraq and Saturday's vote on a new Iraqi constitution.
rawstory.com:
Claim: Cheney's office opposed Miers nomination to court — RAW STORY — Veteran conservative columnist and pundit John Fund asserts in the Wall Street Journal today that the offices of Vice President Dick Cheney and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales tried to block the nomination …
Gateway Pundit:
Chechen Terrorists Attack City, Airport; Hostages Taken! — Chechen Terrorists Attack Russian City of Nalchik in the most extensive terrorist assault ever carried out on a whole city ! — * At least 60 are reported killed in the clashes, including civilians! — * Putin orders a blockade on the city of Nalchik!
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Is game theory a dead end? — Writing about the new Nobel Prizes, Michael Mandel argues: … I can think of possible responses: — 1. Behavioral approaches will flesh out how humans actually behave. Game theory will end up with clear predictions, just give it time.
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Business Week, Will Wilkinson, Outside The Beltway, Crooked Timber and Economics Unbound
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Robin Toner / New York Times:
Democrats See Dream of '06 Victory Taking Form — WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 - Suddenly, Democrats see a possibility in 2006 they have long dreamed of: a sweeping midterm election framed around what they describe as the simple choice of change with the Democrats or more of an unpopular status quo with the Republican majority.
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Dales / RedState.org:
Advice For Conservative Republicans — Subtitled, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." — When the President announced his selection of Harriet Miers as the nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, I snarkily posted a handy guide to the five stages of grief.
Michael Yon / michaelyon.blogspot.com:
The Embed — I've returned to Iraq. — People ask how journalists get embedded. This seems a fair moment for synopsis of some firsthand experience. — The process begins with an application to the Combined Press Information Center (CPIC). This is simple to complete with emails.
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White House:
President Addresses U.S. Troops in Iraq in Video Teleconference — Fact Sheet: The President Participates in a Video Teleconference with U.S. Troops — THE PRESIDENT: Captain Kennedy? — CAPTAIN KENNEDY: Yes, Mr. President. — THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's good to see you. Thanks.
Alison Gendar / NY Daily News:
Terror tip for rich — E-mails warned bigs of city attack — The city's rich and well-connected were tipped off to last week's subway terror threat days before average New Yorkers, the Daily News has learned. — At least two E-mails revealing the purported plot were sent to a select crowd …
Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Treated for Illness, Then Lost in Labyrinth of Bills — Ellen Mayer's gastrointestinal cancer requires constant monitoring. Everything seems to need a justification, or a new authorization. At one point she considered stopping treatment because each test required so much paperwork.
