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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Vote Totals Under Inquiry in 12 Iraqi Provinces, Panel Says — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 17 - Iraqi election officials said today that they were investigating what they described as "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, where as many 99 percent of the voters were reported …
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Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Iraqis Probe 'Unusually High' Yes Tally — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's election commission announced Monday that officials were investigating "unusually high" numbers of "yes" votes in about a dozen provinces during Iraq's landmark referendum on a new constitution, raising questions about irregularities in the balloting.
Walid Phares, Ph.D. / reportingwar.com:
PharesWire — Iraqi Victory, American Achievement — On October 15, 2005, an historic Iraqi victory was registered in the 6,235 polling centers across the country. Millions of Iraqis cast their ballot for a "yes" or a "no" to the new constitution. — Regardless of the final results …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Okay, this squares what I've heard from various sources over the last 24 hours. — Jim Miklaszewski on the NBC Nightly News blog says no one at the Pentagon, the DIA or the CIA knows anything about Judy Miller ever having a security clearance, as she appeared to claim in her tell-not-very-much piece in the Times.
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Judd / Think Progress:
BREAKING: Barber Cancels Ed Schultz's Debut on Armed Forces Radio — Armed Forces Radio (AFR) is a station that broadcasts to American troops overseas through "over 1,000 outlets in more than 175 countries." It currently features an hour of programming by right-wing host Rush Limbaugh.
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Karl Rove's Garage Proves to Be Typical — He is "the architect" who steered George W. Bush to victory four times, twice as Texas governor and twice as president. — But can Karl Rove organize his own garage? Can the master of Bush's political planning figure out where to put the ladders, paint cans and cardboard boxes?
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Will / Attytood:
Clue: Was it Col. Cheney in the East Room with the lead pipe CIA leak? — For the last few weeks, the most enthralling angle of the whole Valerie Plame-Judy Miller fiasco is whether the probers will work their way up to Vice President Dick Cheney. Miller made it clear that Special Proscecutor …
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RonK / The Next Hurrah:
Gephardt on Iraq: "I was wrong" — Former House Minority Leader the Hon. Dick Gephardt was in Seattle last week on several accounts — a victory lap for his mediation of the Boeing strike, a business seminar for the DC law firm where he hangs his hat, and a funder for Rep. Jim McDermott's Legal Expense Trust.
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Time to Bring Down the Gavel on Lifetime Tenure for Justices? — Nowhere in the oath of office taken by Supreme Court justices does the phrase "until death do us part" appear. — It just seems that way. — Justices today, on average, remain on the high court longer and retire at a more advanced age than ever before.
Ryan Lizza / The New Republic:
Run Stopper — Al Gore is back in the news. In the last few weeks a boomlet of commentary has Democrats whispering—or wishing—that he is considering a run for president in 2008. The New York Post argues that Gore "is suddenly re-emerging as a vocal and visible Bush-basher" …
Los Angeles Times:
Their views, their dues — IN 1998, THIS PAGE OPPOSED Proposition 226, the so-called paycheck-protection measure that sought to bar labor unions from spending a member's dues for political activities in the absence of that member's consent. We considered that initiative a disingenuous …
Michelle Malkin:
THE OU BOMBER & BIAS AGAINST BLOGS — File this under "How the MSM ignores facts, smears blogs, and publishes snit fits disguised as responsible journalism." — Last week, I received a media inquiry from Wall Street Journal media reporter Joe Hagan. He wanted to talk about blogs and the University of Oklahoma bomber story.
Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Court Won't Block Mo. Inmate Abortion — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for a Missouri prison inmate to terminate her pregnancy. — Although the high court made no sweeping rendering on the constitutionality of the Roe v. Wade ruling ensuring a woman's constitutional right …
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USA Today:
Bush approval hits 39%, lowest of his presidency — WASHINGTON — Beset by political and economic troubles at home and a difficult war in Iraq, President Bush's job approval rating has slipped to 39%, the lowest measure of his presidency, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll.
Jim Romenesko / poynter.org:
View Forum Post — Date/Time: — Title: — Keller on his paper's Miller story — Colleagues: — I wanted to add a personal postscript to the fine, rigorous piece of journalism we published Sunday. — Actually,"postscript" implies an end, and I suppose it's too early to hope for that just yet.
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