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TimChapman / Townhall.com:
RNC blogger conference call — The RNC has organized another blogger conference call this afternoon. Today's call will be with the White House's Alito confirmation team leader, Steve Schmidt. — Capitol Report will be on the 2:00 call. — UPDATE: In progress...details to follow.
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Patrick Hynes / anklebitingpundits.com:
Blogger Conference Call With WH Advisor Steve Schmidt On Alito Nomination — Today I had the opportunity to participate in a blogger conference call with Steve Schmidt, Special Advisor to the President in charge of the White House confirmation team. We first want to thank Steve and Patrick Ruffini …
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Sky News:
Disabled Woman Set Ablaze — A handicapped woman was doused with petrol and set on fire by youths during another night of rioting in Paris. — The 56-year-old suffered third degree burns to 20% of her body in the attack. — Witnesses said a youth poured petrol over the woman and then threw …
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New York Sun:
Intifada in France — If President Chirac thought he was going to gain peace with the Muslim community in France by taking an appeasement line in the Iraq war, it certainly looks like he miscalculated. Today the streets of the French capital are looking more like Ramallah and less like the advanced …
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
DeLay Asked Lobbyist to Raise Money Through Charity — WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 - Representative Tom DeLay asked the lobbyist Jack Abramoff to raise money for him through a private charity controlled by Mr. Abramoff, an unusual request that led the lobbyist to try to gather at least $150,000 …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Tries to Improve U.S. Image at Summit — MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina - President Bush on Friday worked to smooth the United States' troubled image in Latin America, commending Argentina's efforts to improve its damaged economy. — "The economy has changed in quite dramatic fashions thanks …
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Michael Kinsley / Slate:
How Conservative Is "Too Conservative"? — Rules for the Alito Games. — The Democrats have declared war on President Bush's latest Supreme Court candidate, Samuel Alito, without much in the way of weapons. Only two, really: the filibuster and the power of persuasion.
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Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
What's Too Conservative? — The Democrats have declared war on President Bush's latest Supreme Court candidate, Samuel Alito, without much in the way of weapons. Only two, really: the filibuster and the power of persuasion. And the filibuster — because it seems (and is) …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Distorting Sam Alito — Pop quiz: Which of the following abortion regulations is more restrictive, more burdensome, more likely to lead more women to forgo abortion? — (a) Requiring a minor to get the informed consent of her parents, or to get a judge to approve the abortion.
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:Why Does William Saletan Treat Women Like Girls?
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Alito and the Family Medical Leave Act — Part 4. — Look at how a commenter who tries to explain law is treated over in the DailyKos comments. This is how Armando speaks to a reader who patiently tries to explain how he's misstated the law: … Just to be clear: Armando is one of the main writers …
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John W. Dean / FindLaw's Writ:
A Cheney-Libby Conspiracy, Or Worse? Reading Between the Lines of the Libby Indictment — In my last column, I tried to deflate expectations a bit about the likely consequences of the work of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald; to bring them down to the realistic level at which he was likely to proceed.
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The Clare Luce Democrats — How they're lying about "he lied us into war." — Harry Reid pulled the Senate into closed session Tuesday, claiming that "The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really all about, how this Administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq."
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
GOP mulls ending birthright citizenship — House Republicans are looking closely at ending birthright citizenship and building a barrier along the entire U.S.-Mexico border as they search for solutions to illegal immigration. — A task force of party leaders and members active on immigration …
Allison R. Hayward / National Review:
System Failure — OWednesday, the Online Freedom of Speech Act(HR 1606) failed to pass on suspension with the necessary two-thirds vote. While supporters, pleased with their clear majority (225-182), vow to bring it back as a bill in the ordinary course, this is an unfortunate development …
Kate Connolly / Telegraph:
Muslims march over cartoons of the Prophet — A Danish experiment in testing "the limits of freedom of speech" has backfired - or succeeded spectacularly - after newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed provoked an outcry. — Thousands of Muslims have taken to the streets in protest at the caricatures …
