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Don Surber:
They Wanted A Hog, But Got A Scooter — After two years of hoping to see Karl Rove frog-marched in a perp walk, liberals got the veep's chief of staff hobbling on crutches. The New York Times had to admit: "Even after the indictment on Friday of I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief …
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Washington Post:
White House Ethics, Honesty Questioned — 55% in Survey Say Libby Case Signals Broader Problems — A majority of Americans say the indictment of senior White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby signals broader ethical problems in the Bush administration, and nearly half say the overall level …
Hullabaloo:
39% Approval? After Everything That's Happened?!? — What is wrong with this country? Bush's approval is at 39%. True, it's the lowest ever for the Post/ABC survey but think about it. How could more than 1/3 of the people think this president, whose performance in office makes it clear …
Andrew Alderson / Telegraph:
Prince Charles to plead Islam's cause to Bush — The Prince of Wales will try to persuade George W Bush and Americans of the merits of Islam this week because he thinks the United States has been too intolerant of the religion since September 11. — The Prince, who leaves on Tuesday …
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Random Numbers, USS Neverdock, Angry in the Great White North, Daimnation!, Dodgeblogium, The LLama Butchers and Dog Pundit
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Caren Bohan / Reuters:
Luttig, Alito contenders as Bush mulls court pick — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Saturday was narrowing his choices of Supreme Court nominees to replace Harriet Miers as Republicans said the short list consisted of highly credentialed, solidly conservative judges.
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Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
HOW LIBBY PLAYED "HARDBALL" — AND LOST: — Here's a passage from today's Fitzgerald indictment: — Who was the reporter drawing Libby's ire? It was almost certainly Chris Matthews. A Nexis search of Libby's name turns up an episode of "Hardball" from July 8, 2003 …
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The Next Hurrah, Viking Pundit, The American Mind, The Huffington Post and Poynter Online
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
U.S. Quietly Issues Estimate of Iraqi Civilian Casualties — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 29 - In the first public disclosure that the United States military is tracking some of the deaths of Iraqi civilians, the military has released rough figures for Iraqis who have been killed or wounded by insurgents since Jan. 1 last year.
Douglas Jehl / New York Times:
Indictment Gives Glimpse Into a Secretive Operation — WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 - Over a seven-week period in the spring of 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney's suite in the Old Executive Office Building appears to have served as the nerve center of an effort to gather and spread word …
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Article III Groupie / Underneath Their Robes:
Alito : Luttig :: Clement : Roberts — The growing Supreme Court buzz around Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. is reaching highly suspect, Clement-ine proportions. Is the White House trying to fake us out using the same strategy that it previously employed? Article III Groupie is reminded …
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Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
A Leak, Then a Deluge — Air Force Two arrived in Norfolk on Saturday morning, July 12, 2003, with Vice President Cheney and his chief of staff aboard. They had come "to send forth a great American ship bearing a great American name," as Cheney said from the flag-draped flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
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THE BELGRAVIA DISPATCH, War and Piece, Balkinization, ScrappleFace, Just a Bump in the Beltway and David Corn
Lanny J. Davis / New York Times:
New Scandal, Old Mistakes — FOR those of us who lived through the Clinton White House, it's déjà vu all over again. — The indictment against Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, by the special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald presents a challenge …
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Steve Fainaru / Washington Post:
Kurds Reclaiming Prized Territory In Northern Iraq — Repatriation by Political Parties Alters Demographics and Sparks Violence — KIRKUK, Iraq — Providing money, building materials and even schematic drawings, Kurdish political parties have repatriated thousands of Kurds …
Associated Press:
Three Schoolgirls Beheaded in Indonesia — JAKARTA, Indonesia — Unidentified assailants attacked a group of high school girls on Saturday in Indonesia's tense province of Central Sulawesi, (search) beheading three and seriously wounding a fourth, police said.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
How Covert Was Valerie Plame (III)? — Joe Wilson, aka "Mr. Incredible" will be appearing on 60 Minutes about threats to his wife. Uh huh. Maybe, since Joe admitted to doing consulting work for the CIA in his NY Times op-ed (and the Senate revealed that he undertook a 1999 CIA mission), it is he that is imperiled.
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Warren Richey / Christian Science Monitor:The question now: why an effort to thwart investigation?
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The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Kaine Inches Ahead In Va. Race, Poll Finds — Kilgore Accused of Negative Campaigning — Democrat Timothy M. Kaine has taken a narrow lead in Virginia's governor's race, buoyed by newfound strength in Northern Virginia's outer suburbs and an electorate turned off by what it considers …
Sheldon Drobny / The Huffington Post:
Fitzgerald Threw a Softball — Besides my co-founding Air America Radio, I have another day job. I have helped prosecute and defend white collar crime offenses for 38 years including experience with Mr. Fitzgerald's office in my home town Chicago on current political prosecutions.
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The Tattered Coat
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
What's a Modern Girl to Do? — When I entered college in 1969, women were bursting out of theirs 50's chrysalis, shedding girdles, padded bras and conventions. The Jazz Age spirit flared in the Age of Aquarius. Women were once again imitating men and acting all independent: smoking …
Michael Moss / New York Times:
Lack of Armor Proves Deadly for Iraqi Army — After a string of deadly attacks against Iraqi forces in the spring, American soldiers in the Diyala Province northeast of Baghdad established an operation at their Army base to add armor to the unprotected open-bed trucks used by the Iraqis.
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Roger Lowenstein / New York Times:
The End of Pensions — I. THE LATEST FINANCIAL DEBACLE — When I caught up with Robert S. Miller, the chief executive of Delphi Corporation, last summer, he was still pitching the fantasy that his company, a huge auto-parts maker, would be able to cut a deal with its workers and avoid filing for bankruptcy protection.
