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Alito Leaves a Door Open on Roe v. Wade — Membership In Controversial Group Decried By Democrats — The once-sluggish confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. turned confrontational yesterday, as the nominee signaled he might be willing to revisit the ruling …
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Loose Lips Sink . . . Biden's Leadership Is Lost in All His Talk — The only thing standing between Joe Biden and the presidency is his mouth. That, though, is no small matter. It is a Himalayan barrier, a Sahara of a handicap, a summer's day in Death Valley, a winter's night at the pole …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Democrats' Last Roar, By Way of Princeton — It looked to be a second dreary day in the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court pick Samuel Alito, as the senators droned and the nominee dodged. Then, just before lunch, the old lion roared. — Actually, it started as a growl.
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New York Times:
Democrats Take Aggressive Tack; Alito Is Unfazed — WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 - Democrats tried with increasing frustration on Wednesday to elicit more specific views from Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. about abortion and other topics and sought to build a case against his nomination to the Supreme Court …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Biden His Time — Judge Alito's low-affect tour de force. — If everyone in America—the butcher down the block, the college professor, the car mechanic, the mother of two working at home, the CNN analyst—knows that the U.S. senators questioning Sam Alito are posing …
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Wow- Hacktacular — This headline is pretty hacktacular even for Drudge: — The headline states: — "ALITO WIFE LEAVES HEARING IN TEARS AFTER DEM ATTACK" and links to this Drudge write-up: … I don't like Kennedy. At all. I think Schumer is a grandstanding fool and a pompous ass.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
O'Connor Casts a Long Shadow on the Nominee — WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 - The Constitution does not say what criteria the Senate should use in deciding whether to confirm a Supreme Court nominee. — But at least one clear test has emerged over the first three days of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s confirmation hearings.
Dale Russakoff / Washington Post:
Alito Disavows Controversial Group — As a Princeton alumnus and professional basketball player, Bill Bradley in 1973 renounced his membership in Concerned Alumni of Princeton, calling it a "right wing" organization that opposed the admission of women and minorities to the school.
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Subtle — Mrs. Strip Search Sammy sure had herself a Kodak moment today, didn't she? Goober Graham left off his corn-pone homilies and played the hick card just long enough to set her up by using the B word —Â- the word they're all terrified of, the word they wanted to use …
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:An Intense Experience for Family Members, Too
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:From the Left, Calls to Press Alito Harder
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New York Times:
Local Insurgents Tell of Clashes With Al Qaeda's Forces in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 11 - The story told by the two Iraqi guerrillas cut to the heart of the war that Iraqi and American officials now believe is raging inside the Iraqi insurgency. — In October, the two insurgents said in interviews …
Elizabeth Holtzman / The Nation:
The Impeachment of George W. Bush — Finally, it has started. People have begun to speak of impeaching President George W. Bush—not in hushed whispers but openly, in newspapers, on the Internet, in ordinary conversations and even in Congress. As a former member of Congress who sat …
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
More Body Armor Is On the Way for U.S. Troops — The Army announced yesterday that it will soon start producing 230,000 sets of side armor plates and field them over the year to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, after a recently disclosed Pentagon study indicated that such plates …
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Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
AP Newsbreak: GOP group to give up $500,000 in Abramoff-related donations donations — BOSTON —Days after calling on his party to exhibit higher ethical standards, Gov. Mitt Romney said the Republican Governors Association would donate to charity $500,000 in contributions it received …
White House:
President Participates in Discussion on the Global War on Terror — Kentucky International Convention Center — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please sit down. I think I will. (Laughter.) I'm glad to be here. Thanks for having me. What I thought I'd do is maybe make some opening comments and answer any questions you got.
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Josh White / Washington Post:
General Asserts Right On Self-Incrimination In Iraq Abuse Cases — Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller, a central figure in the U.S. detainee-abuse scandal, this week invoked his right not to incriminate himself in court-martial proceedings against two soldiers accused of using dogs to intimidate captives …
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Bush Again Defends Wiretapping Program — Departing From Usual Practice, President Fields Questions at Town-Hall-Style Event — LOUISVILLE, Jan. 11 — President Bush on Wednesday defended his decision to allow government eavesdropping on the phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorist collaborators …
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Thomas B. Edsall / Washington Post:
Lobbyists' Emergence Reflects Shift in Capital Culture — Corporate lobbyists Mark Valente III and Troup Coronado don't have to hang out in the hallways of Capitol Hill, waiting to buttonhole Rep. John M. Shimkus (R-Ill.). Both men have more convenient ways of reaching the lawmaker.
