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Newsweek:
The Gathering Storm  —  How Katrina hurt Harriet—and what's next for the embattled high-court nominee.  —  Oct. 31, 2005 issue - The White House Counsel's Office is home to some of the best, brightest and busiest conservative lawyers in the country.  Among their duties …
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Schumer: Miers Lacks Votes to Be Confirmed  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - A Democrat on the Senate committee that will consider Harriet Miers' nomination said Sunday that President Bush's Supreme Court choice lacks the votes now to be confirmed, saying there are too many questions about her qualifications.
Mark Noonan / GOP Bloggers:
Rumors of a Miers Withdrawl  —  The White House denies it - and I don't see it happening - but there are rumors swirling about that Harriet Miers might be withdrawn as a Supreme Court nominee: … It does sound a bit thin to me...but, then again, people make all sorts of contingency plans.
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
The Politics of Killing the Miers Nomination
Discussion: The Mahablog
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Lawyers see charges this week in CIA-leak case  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald appears to be laying the groundwork for indictments this week over the outing of a covert CIA operative, including possible charges of perjury and obstruction of justice …
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Associated Press:
Four U.S. Contractors Killed in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - An angry mob of insurgents attacked a convoy of American contractors last month when they got lost in a town north of Baghdad, killing four and wounding two, the U.S. military said on Sunday.  —  The Sept. 20 attack in the mostly Sunni Arab town …
Discussion: Hyscience and lgf
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
HEWITT V WILL  —  I'm sure this will be much discussed in certain quarters of the web today.  Let me just throw in two cents now one small part of his broadside which is aimed in part at me.  Hewitt writes: … Me: Piffle.  If reports are to be believed Miers argued …
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bamapachyderm.com:
MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy  —  It's better to be a smartass than a dumbass.  —  WLWOTPCFCD time  —  by Beth @ 6:15 am.  —  Time for the Weekend Link Whorage Open Trackback Post Covered Fest Carnival Dish!  Send your links!  —  If you have something you'd like others to read, link to this post, and send a trackback.
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Greta / Hooah Wife:
Interview LTC Perry (here & only here)
Discussion: Don Singleton
Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Newborn Taken From Mother and Convicted Sex Offender
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Defending The Indefensible  —  Such is the perfect perversity of the nomination of Harriet Miers that it discredits, and even degrades, all who toil at justifying it.  Many of their justifications cannot be dignified as arguments.  Of those that can be, some reveal a deficit …
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Miers and the Defense of Excellence
Discussion: protein wisdom and Ed Driscoll.com
Associated Press:
Report: Texas Overpaid Miers in Land Sale  —  Texas officials paid Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' family more than $100,000 for a small piece of land in 2000 _ 10 times the land's worth _ despite the state's objections to the way the price was determined, Knight Ridder Newspapers reported Saturday.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Miers Morass Continues Amid Withdrawal Rumors And Trial Balloons
Discussion: The Heretik
Elisabeth Goodridge / Associated Press:
Young Lawmaker Likens Congress to Jr. High  —  WASHINGTON — Don't let his age fool you.  The youngest member of Congress says he thinks he has Capitol Hill all figured out, though he's been on the job only 10 months.  —  "This place is a much more sophisticated junior high school," …
Discussion: RedState.org and Betsy's Page
Michael Janofsky / New York Times:
Court Nominee Supported Minority Program for State Bar  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 - When Harriet E. Miers, President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, was moving toward the presidency of the State Bar of Texas in 1992, she enthusiastically supported an effort by the group to guarantee positions …
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A.M. Mora y Leon / Publius Pundit:
BOLIVIAN FREE TRADE MARCH  —  Thousands of Bolivian workers marched on the U.S. embassy yesterday to demand … A FREE TRADE PACT WITH THE U.S.  —  Now who knew that?  For god sakes give them their free trade pact!  We'll all benefit if we can buy Bolivian goods!
Time:
An Unholy Alliance?  —  A TIME investigation shows the lobbyist now at the center of a federal probe had a good friend eager to open doors at the White House: former Christian Coalition chief Ralph Reed  —  There was only one reason that clients ranging from Native-American tribes …
Ken McCracken / WILLisms.com:
Pundit Roundtable  —  Hello, this is NOT George Stuffinenvelopes, but Ken McCracken, bringing you PUNDIT ROUNDTABLE, your blog alternative to the Sunday morning talking head shows.  —  Our classy pundits this week have been asked these questions: Tom Delay was indicted and arrested this week …
Discussion: Say Anything
Matt / The Tattered Coat:
Another Military Blogger Silenced  —  Months ago, in response to a post I wrote about the military blogger Colby Buzzell, Kate of Broken Windows told me to pay attention to Daniel Goetz, a soldier writing a blog called All the King's Horses.  —  Unfortunately, I never followed her advice.
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
Michael Yon / Weekly Standard:
All Quiet on the Baghdad Front  —  I WAS IN BAQUBA during Iraq's January elections, having hitched a ride with the U.S. Army to a polling site.  There were bombs exploding, mortars falling, and hot machine guns.  The fact that the voting was going great despite the violence was something few people expected.
The Florida Masochist:
Wilma Blogging  —  This post will remain at the top of my blog all day.  Others Florida bloggers blogging on Hurricane Wilma include  —  Florida Cracker  —  Something... and Half of Something  —  Theodore's World  —  Boudicca's Voice  —  Right wing of the Gods  —  I'll add blogs to the list as the day goes on.
Discussion: Something and Michelle Malkin
New York Times:
C.I.A. to Avoid Charges in Most Prisoner Deaths  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 - Despite indications of C.I.A. involvement in the deaths of at least four prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, C.I.A. employees now appear likely to escape criminal charges in all but one of those incidents …

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