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S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
'Party trumps race' for Steele foes  —  Black Democratic leaders in Maryland say that racially tinged attacks against Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele in his bid for the U.S. Senate are fair because he is a conservative Republican.  —  Such attacks against the first black man to win a statewide election …
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Don Surber:
Linkfest For Nov. 2, 2005  —  Today marks the first anniversary of George Walker Bush's historic re-election.  He drew more votes than any president.  Ever. 62 million.  —  LaShawn Barber remembered!  As did  —  Blogs for Bush.  —  In celebration, I held a link fest, but it is over.
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Michelle Malkin:   THE BUSH DERANGEMENT PARADE
Pat / Brainster's Blog:
Last November 2nd  —  What a roller coaster ride it was.
Discussion: Alamo Nation
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Mad About You  —  In the genteel club that is the United States Senate, Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) had a screaming temper tantrum yesterday.  —  Minutes after his Democratic counterpart, Harry Reid (Nev.), used a surprise parliamentary maneuver to throw the Senate into a rare closed session …
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New York Times:
Partisan Quarrel Forces Senators to Bar the Doors  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 - Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session on Tuesday over the Bush administration's use of intelligence to justify the Iraq war and the Senate's willingness to examine it.
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Plamegate's real liar  —  'SCOOTER" LIBBY'S indictment was not exactly good news for the White House, but it could have been a lot worse.  Feverish speculation had been building that Karl Rove would soon be "frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs," as Valerie Plame's bombastic hubby, Joe Wilson, had hoped.
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Christine Ollivier / Associated Press:
Chirac Warns of Firm Hand for Rioters  —  PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac, intervening after six nights of rioting in housing projects outside Paris, called Wednesday for calm and said authorities will use a firm hand to curtail what may become a "dangerous situation."
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Sophie Louet / Reuters:
Dozens of cars torched as Paris riots spread
David W. Moore / Gallup:
Alito's Ratings Similar to Miers', Lower Than Roberts'  —  Majority says Supreme Court nominee should be rejected if opposed to Roe v. Wade  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans greet the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court with about the same degree …
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
President Pushover  —  Under other circumstances, President Bush's choice of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court would have been seen as a bold move by a strong president with a clear policy objective.  By choosing a man of superior intellectual heft and an indelible record of conservative views …
Boston Globe:
Alito writing backed privacy, gay rights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — As a senior at Princeton University, Samuel A. Alito Jr. chaired an undergraduate task force that recommended the decriminalization of sodomy, accused the CIA and the FBI of invading the privacy of citizens …
Bull Moose:
Romney  —  The Moose weighs in on the re-litigation of the war.  —  Yesterday's Senate action demonstrated that the Democratic minority can stage creative political theater.  It is good for the Republican majority to be hornswaggled once and a while.  The Democrats also forced the Republicans …
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
New York Times:
G.O.P. Reaches to Other Party on Supreme Court Pick  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 - Facing deep Democratic skepticism over the choice of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. for the Supreme Court, the Bush administration turned quickly on Tuesday to moderate Democrats who could be crucial to the confirmation …
Michelle Malkin:
"OTHERS HAVE DIED FOR MY FREEDOM.  NOW THIS IS MY MARK."  —  ***scroll for updates...a soldier responds...***  —  "OTHERS HAVE DIED FOR MY FREEDOM.  NOW THIS IS MY MARK."  —  These are words you did not read in the New York Times.  They are the words of the late Corporal Jeffrey B. Starr …
Scott McClellan / thinkprogress.org:
November 2 Press Gaggle  —  MR. McCLELLAN: Good morning, everyone.  The President had breakfast with some of the congressional leadership: Senator Frist, Senator McConnell, Speaker Hastert and Congressman Blunt.  This was kind of a follow on meeting to the discussion they had last week.
Murray Waas / whatever already!:
Exclusive: Senate Democrats consider pressing for appointment of special select committee to investigate administration's pre-war intelligence claim  —  The Senate Democratic leadership over the course of the last several days has had discussions among themselves, along with senior congressional staff …
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Left Coaster

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Will / Attytood:
Good Knight and Good Ridder?
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Democrat: Alito Won't 'Chisel Away' Law
rawstory.com:
Bolton's chief of staff gave information …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and TalkLeft
Reuters:
Country Needs You, Iraq Tells Saddam's Officers
Houston Chronicle:
Perry, White thrash FEMA
Laylan Copelin / Austin American-Statesman:
DeLay to get new judge  —  Next fight will be over site for trial.
Jeffrey Goldberg / New Yorker:
BREAKING RANKS  —  What turned Brent Scowcroft against the Bush Administration?
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"A remarkable pattern" of "almost uniformly conservative" dissents?
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Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Pardon My Perjury  —  The secret of Scooter's confidence?
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Fiscal Phonies  —  The scramble by congressional Republicans …
Discussion: TAPPED and Below The Beltway
Matt Welch / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats need a breath of mountain-fresh air
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Battle Royale at the Pentagon: David Addington v. Common Article 3
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Newsview: Bush Allies Say He's Lost His Way
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  The Boy Who Cried Bork  —  Predictably …
Los Angeles Times:
Nominee Has Some Unexpected Supporters
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
The good news from Iraq is not fit to print
 
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