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Robert H. Bork / Opinion Journal:
Slouching Towards Miers — Bush shows himself to be indifferent, if not hostile, to conservative values. — With a single stroke—the nomination of Harriet Miers—the president has damaged the prospects for reform of a left-leaning and imperialistic Supreme Court, taken the heart …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Miers Is Asked to Redo Reply to Questions — WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 - The Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers suffered another setback on Wednesday when the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked her to resubmit parts of her judicial questionnaire …
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Outside The Beltway, The Moderate Voice, Campaign for the Supreme Court, Blogenlust and Balloon Juice
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Washington Post:
Senators Assail Miers's Replies, Ask for Details — The top two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday complained about the written responses they received from Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers this week, and warned her to expect tough questions from Republicans and Democrats alike …
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Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Vulnerable Miers might not survive — President Bush's agents have convinced conservative Republican senators heartsick over his nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court that they must support her to save his presidency. But that does not guarantee her confirmation.
David Stout / New York Times:Miers Hits Another Snag as Senators Fault Her Questionnaire
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Edward Alden / Financial Times:
Cheney 'cabal' hijacked foreign policy — Vice-President Dick Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government's foreign policy apparatus, deciding in secret to carry out policies that had left the US weaker and more isolated in the world, the top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell claimed on Wednesday.
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Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson / Financial Times:
Transcript: Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson — The following is a transcript of talk given by Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff to Mr Powell until last January. — Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson:The 1947 National Security Act. In other words, he thought it was a piece of legislation …
Washington Post:
Rove Told Jury Libby May Have Been His Source In Leak Case — Top Aides Talked Before Plame's Name Was Public — White House adviser Karl Rove told the grand jury in the CIA leak case that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, may have told …
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NY Daily News:
Prez Iraq team fought to squelch war critics — WASHINGTON - It was called the White House Iraq Group and its job was to make the case that Saddam Hussein had nuclear and biochemical weapons. — So determined was the ring of top officials to win its argument that it morphed into a virtual hit squad …
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Krempasky / RedState.org:
The Coburn Amendment: A Hill to Die On — We're a little behind Glenn and Michelle - but conservatives have a Hill to Die On - the Coburn Amendment to the Transportation, Housing, & Urban Development appropriations bill (HR 3058) — Make NO mistake - the establishment Republicans are terrified of this bill.
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Mark Tapscott / tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com: Mr. Smith is Back in Washington and His Name is Tom Coburn
Andrew Roth / The Club For Growth:The 'Bridge to Nowhere' and the Minimum Wage
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MSNBC:
There's something big coming in this city (Chris Matthews) — Here's an excerpt of what he had to say: — It's serious business. — It all begins with a big fight between the CIA and the White House, especially the vice president's office. Scooter Libby, his chief of staff, is also his WMD expert.
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Billmon
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RealClearPolitics:
Myths About Gun Control — Guns are dangerous. But myths are dangerous, too. Myths about guns are very dangerous, because they lead to bad laws. And bad laws kill people. — "Don't tell me this bill will not make a difference," said President Clinton, who signed the Brady Bill into law.
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Details, Details — Matthew Scully wrote of SCOTUS nominee Harriet Miers that: … In a somewhat similar vein, Hugh Hewitt wrote: … Curiously, however, the details meme is starting to wear thin. First, Jim Lindgren read Miers' Texas Lawyer op-eds and concluded:
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Michelle Malkin:
ABLE DANGER: WELDON GOES BALLISTIC — ***see updates for audio and blogger reax*** — Watching C-SPAN right now. Rep. Curt Weldon is on the House floor blasting the Defense Intelligence Agency and vigorously defending Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer. He says he will resign from Congress …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Tim Russert Re-Enters The Story! — The AP has a long account of the testimony of Libby and Rove, which we will guess are based on Rove-friendly leaks. — We get more detail on how Rove claims to have learned about Ms. Plame: … So Libby heard it from a journalist and relayed it to Karl.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
House Republicans Put Off Vote on Cuts — WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 - Acknowledging that they were short of the necessary support, House Republican leaders Wednesday abruptly put off a vote on their plan to cut federal spending by $50 billion and said they would go back to the drawing board to draft …
