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Chris Kromm / Facing South:
ESP wonder; newspapers channel Bush — What do this newspaper editorial, this one, this one, and this one all have in common? — All of them are unsigned editorials, which makes it look like they're original opinion pieces for each paper. (The Colorado Gazette even says it's "our view.")
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jdnews.com:
Time to close up this federal trough — One of the smartest things President Bush did to reduce recovery costs in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was to suspend Davis-Bacon Act rules in the hardest hit states. But Congress is frantically trying to overrule the president …
Think Progress:
BREAKING: DeLay's Lawyer Lies About MoveOn — Tom DeLay's attorney, Dick DeGuerin, claims that the judge presiding over DeLay's criminal case in Texas, Bob Perkins, should be disqualified. A central part of his claim is that an organization that Perkins has donated to in the past, MoveOn …
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Pandagon, Off the Kuff, The Stakeholder, The All Spin Zone, Daily Kos, The Carpetbagger Report, Crooks and Liars and First Draft
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Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
DeLay in Court; Lawyers Request New Judge — AUSTIN, Texas - Rep. Tom DeLay appeared in court Friday for the first time since his indictment, but his arraignment on conspiracy and money laundering charges was delayed pending a hearing on his request for a new judge in the politically charged case.
nbc13.com:
Delay Attorney Asks Judge To Step Aside — Former House Majority Leader Makes First Court Appearance — AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay made his first court appearance Friday on money laundering and conspiracy charges stemming from an alleged campaign financing scheme.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Bad News Turns Into Flood On Miers — This morning's news has administration aides choking on their morning coffee regarding the Harriet Miers nomination. While the Wall Street Journal comes out in opposition to her confirmation and urges withdrawal, the New York Sun reports …
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Frank Bass / Associated Press:Miers Firm Received Bush Campaign Payments
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WTF Is It Now??
John Fund / Opinion Journal:Lotto Trouble — The Miers nomination pits a Swift Boat author …
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The Right Coast
Associated Press:
Bush calls for immediate U.N. session on Syria — Report implicates Syria in death of Lebanese prime minister — (AP) — President George W. Bush on Friday called on the United Nations to convene a session as soon as possible to deal with a U.N. investigative report implicating Syrian officials …
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Dahlia Lithwick / New York Times:
Deferential Calculus — OF all the mysteries surrounding President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, possibly the biggest is this: How could a man who got it so right with John Roberts get it so wrong with Ms. Miers? — If the lesson of the Roberts confirmation …
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Mark / Decision '08:
Blogger Conference Call: Craig Enoch and Jim Dyke — Patrick Ruffini continues his excellent work at the RNC; I've just got off the line of the second blogger conference call he has arranged (you can read about the first one here). This time around, we spoke with former Texas Supreme Court …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Miers: The Only Exit Strategy — It's no secret that I think the Harriet Miers nomination was a mistake. Nonetheless, when asked how she will do in her confirmation hearings, my answer is, I hope she does well. I have no desire to see her humiliated. Nor would I take any joy in seeing her rejected …
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Kathleen D. Tobin / Union Leader:
Sen. Judd Gregg wins $853K in Powerball — WASHINGTON — A quick stop at a New York Avenue gas station to fill up on his way to the Capitol proved to be a lucky stop for New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg. — Gregg, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, was one of 47 Powerball lottery winners Wednesday …
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Los Angeles Times:
Bush Critic Became Target of Libby, Former Aides Say — Cheney's chief of staff reportedly sought an aggressive campaign against Wilson. — WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff was so angry about the public statements of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV …
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Hullabaloo, mediabistro, firedoglake, Ace of Spades HQ, War and Piece, The All Spin Zone and Just a Bump in the Beltway
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
IT'S THE SMELL OF TEXAS HOME COOKIN' — and I don't mean that beef stuff they pass off as barbecue. — UPDATE: The barbecue-related hatemail pours in: "The culinary delight that is Texas barbecue obviously exceeds your otherwise good taste. May your in-box overflow until you take those hateful words back."
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National Review:
With a Whimper — The Western media was relatively quiet about the quite amazing news from the recent trifecta in Iraq: very little violence on election day, Sunni participation, and approval of the constitution. Those who forecasted that either the Sunnis would boycott …
Kieran Healy / Crooked Timber:
Ye Ladies of Easy Leisure — So by now everyone and his same-sex partner knows that Maggie Gallagher's stint at Volokh is one long struggle between her strong argument that marriage has many benefits and her handwaving about gay people bringing down the Roman Empire.
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Roger Ailes, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Bloggledygook and Sisyphus Shrugged
James K. Glassman / Tech Central Station:
Are Americans Becoming Europeans? — MILAN - I have just finished a two-week trip to Europe — my honeymoon, if you must know — and, as usual with a European trip, I have come away with two completely different impressions. — Europe, or at least the parts I go to, is a wonderful place to live and to visit.
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Ryan Lizza / The New Republic:
Beached Party — That was fast. Last month, George W. Bush was the leader of the conservative movement. This month, he's a traitor. "I don't think that Bush was ever one of us," says Bruce Bartlett, the conservative columnist and former Reagan and Bush 41 official. "And conservatives knew that.
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Washington Post:
A Palpable Silence at the White House — At 7:30 each morning, President Bush's senior staff gathers to discuss the important issues of the day — Middle East peace, the Harriet Miers nomination, the latest hurricane bearing down on the coast. Everything, that is, except the issue on everyone's mind.
