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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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Publius Pundit, Secular Blasphemy, » Outside The Beltway, Below The Beltway, In the Bullpen and Jihad Watch
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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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Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, firedoglake, TAPPED, Majikthise, The Stakeholder and Taegan Goddard's …
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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) …
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.
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online:
TWO A. SULLIVANS — don't understand why many Catholic bishops want to deny communion to Catholic politicians who vote for legal abortion but are not "applying pressure" and bringing their "coercion campaign" to Catholic judges who (allegedly) do the same thing.
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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:The Difference Between Judging and Legislating by Catholics
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Opinion Journal:
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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rawstory.com:
Zogby poll: Majority of likely voters support considing impeachment over Iraq, 51-45 percent — Impeachment support is greater among all adults than likely voters — A new poll of likely voters by Zogby International has found that a majority of Americans support Congress considering …
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 …
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Carter condemns abortion culture — Former President Jimmy Carter yesterday condemned all abortions and chastised his party for its intolerance of candidates and nominees who oppose abortion. — "I never have felt that any abortion should be committed — I think each abortion is the result …
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 …
