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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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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 …
Michelle Malkin:
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRIET — I have stayed away from the depressing and divisive subject of Harriet Miers for a few days. It was a healthy little respite. But things have taken yet another grim, embarrassing turn—and it is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine that this nomination …
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Out on the Ledge — If you need me this morning, I'll be out on the window ledge. Because it is becoming clearer and clearer that we are headed towards the confirmation of a Supreme Court justice who has no idea what the Constitution says. — The Washington Post buries the lede in this story about Harriet Miers.
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Los Angeles Times:
Cheney, CIA Long at Odds — The vice president's history of tension with the agency may help explain why his office is an area of interest in the blown-cover probe. — WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, Dick Cheney has tussled with the CIA, first as secretary of Defense and later as vice president.
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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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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
FEMA Official Says Boss Ignored Warnings — WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency officials did not respond to repeated warnings about deteriorating conditions in New Orleans and the dire need for help as Hurricane Katrina struck, the first FEMA official to arrive conceded Thursday.
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Andrew Roth / The Club For Growth:
The Coburn Amendment - A Blog Swarm? — The blogosphere is starting to rally support for the Coburn Amendment. Glenn at Instapundit (here too), Michelle Malkin, Townhall.com, and RedState.org, plus several others have written about it. — And now it looks like we have BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Army Examining an Account of Abuse of 2 Dead Taliban — WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 - The Pentagon announced Wednesday night that the Army had started a criminal investigation into allegations that American soldiers in Afghanistan had burned the bodies of two dead Taliban fighters and then used …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Colonel Finally Saw Whites of Their Eyes — As Colin Powell's right-hand man at the State Department, Larry Wilkerson seethed quietly during President Bush's first term. Yesterday, Colonel Wilkerson made up for lost time. — He said the vice president and the secretary of defense created a …
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Billmon:
Colin Blow — There's a very detailed but almost certainly very fake e-mail making the rounds in Left Blogstan, purporting to reveal Colin Powell's behind-the-scenes cooperation with the Fitzgerald investigation. Crooks and Liars has linked to a blog that posted it. Sean-Paul Kelly at The Agonist also has posted it.
Jenifer Warren / Los Angeles Times:
Impact of 3-Strikes Law Still Unclear — More than 10 years after the law was enacted, the latest study finds no direct link between the harsher sentencing and crime reduction. — SACRAMENTO — The landmark "three-strikes" sentencing law passed by California voters in 1994 costs …
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Spurns Bush in Spat Over Money — Schwarzenegger, battling for cash to fuel initiative campaigns, criticizes president's plans to raise $1 million at L.A.-area event. — Long-simmering tensions between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Bush burst into the open Wednesday …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Shock Jock's Audience Is Beating Him to the Door — The Howard Stern exodus has begun. Unfortunately for Stern, it's his audience that's leaving, not him. — The shock jock won't jump to satellite radio until January, but in the meantime, his listeners in the Washington area seem to be heading for the exits.
Tina Brown / Washington Post:
Seeing Right Through The Times's Transparency — The age of the blogosphere has produced a new genre of mainstream journalism: fake transparency. The New York Times has become its foremost practitioner. The paper of record has been arraigned for arrogance so many times in the past three years …
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.
