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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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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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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 …
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Billmon:
The Right's Iraq — One of the most fascinating — and deeply amusing —things about the Great Miers Revolt has been watching the conservative rebels react with growing disgust and anger to the tactics the White House is using to try to bulldoze Shrub's pen pal through the confirmation process.
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
How She Slipped Through — Harriet Miers's nomination resulted from a failed vetting process. — "There's a standard vetting process that we go through with all nominees." —White House spokesman Scott McClellan — "The president is very, very confident in his judgments about people, and he likes to reward loyalty."
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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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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY....The basic thesis of Jacob Hacker …
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The Mahablog, Crooked Timber, The Reaction, Bull Moose, Decision '08 and The Stakeholder
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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Washington Post:
Role of Religion Emerges as Issue — President Bush said yesterday that it was appropriate for the White House to invoke Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's religion in making the case for her to skeptical conservatives, triggering a debate over what role, if any, her evangelical faith should play in the confirmation battle.
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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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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Judith Miller Story: Not Ready Yet — N.Y. Times Staffers Voice Dismay at Newspaper's Coverage — The anguish among New York Times staffers over the paper's handling of the Judith Miller saga has mounted in recent days, much to the consternation of its top executives.
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David Johnston / New York Times:Contempt Finding Is Lifted in Case of Times Reporter
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:Times Reporter Testifies Again in CIA Leak Probe
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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!
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
World Temperatures Keep Rising With a Hot 2005 — New international climate data show that 2005 is on track to be the hottest year on record, continuing a 25-year trend of rising global temperatures. — Climatologists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies calculated …
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The Blogging of the President
