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Drudge Report:
ALITO WIFE LEAVES HEARING IN TEARS AFTER DEM ATTACK — Judge Samuel A. Alito's wife Martha left the confirmation hearing room in tears this evening, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) apologized to the Judge's family for the behavior of his fellow committee members during the course of the last three days.
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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.
Washington Post:
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 …
Stephen R. Dujack / Los Angeles Times:
The Alito testimony you won't hear — IN 21ST CENTURY Washington, fame doesn't last for 15 minutes anymore. It lasts for a single news cycle. There is the big press release. The next morning the major newspapers spell your name right. But by noon the Drudge Report runs a shotgun blast …
National Review:
Don't Rush to Judgment — At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court this morning, Senator Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.) asked Judge Alito (again) about his involvement with a group called the Concerned Alumni of Princeton.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:The Democrats' Last Roar, By Way of Princeton
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:Turley Says No — Jonathon Turley comes out against Sam Alito, and he comes out hard:
Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:Alito 'The Untouchable' — Judge Samuel Alito certainly gave …
dartblog.com:
CAN I GET A BIG, GIGANTIC, SOUL-CRUSHING "OY"? — Senator Ted Kennedy just made the evening news. Per usual, he spoke more than Judge Alito himself. 'Twas a sermon writ on awfully shaky ground. He focused on two issues, his line of questioning in both sustainable only if he absolutely …
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Judd / Think Progress:BREAKING: Specter Stonewalls on Concerned Alumni of Princeton Docs
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Pew Research Center:
Americans Taking Abramoff, Alito and Domestic Spying in Stride — Democrats Hold Huge Issue Advantage — Summary of Findings — The public has been hardly stirred by the flurry of major Washington news in the early days of 2006. Jack Abramoff's admission that he bribed members …
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Shrugs Off Spy Program Questions — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - After initial reservations, President Bush said Wednesday that he isn't bothered by congressional hearings into his domestic spying program as long as they don't aid the enemy. — "That's good for democracy," Bush said …
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Washington Post:
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court — The transcript picks up with Sen. Kennedy's testimony. To return to Part I, click here. — Senator Kennedy? — KENNEDY: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
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Washington Post:
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court — The transcript picks up with the testimony of Sen. Lindsey Graham. To return to Part II, click here. — GRAHAM: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. — Judge Alito, maybe we could continue with the Vanguard issue just for a moment.
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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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.
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 …
Jonah Goldberg / Townhall.com:
Fighting off the radical feminist assault — Let me just say up front this column contains a riot of conflicts of interest. My friend and colleague Kate O'Beirne has written a new book. It's called, with no undue subtlety, "Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault …
