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Jaketapper / DownAndDirty:
CAP smear? — WASHINGTON DC — For Alito, it's all over but the votin'....It does not appear that the Democrats inflicted any real damage on the Supreme Court nominee, excepting of course his wife's mascara. — AP photo — Probing the debate over Alito's having said he was a member …
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Economist:
The brainbox and the blowhards — Samuel Alito, George Bush's latest pick for the Supreme Court, faces a tough and dirty battle for confirmation. But he looks as though he'll win — Getty Images — TED KENNEDY is deeply troubled by the ethics of the Supreme Court nominee.
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:The Battle of Princeton — Borking has lost its bite.
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Radio Blogger, Austin Bay Blog, All Things Beautiful, Right Wing Pundit, Confirm Them, Carol Platt Liebau and Decision '08
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:A Hearing About Nothing — A listless intellectual fog …
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New York Times, Althouse, The Mahablog, Confirm Them, The Left Coaster and PoliticalSports
The Truth Laid Bear:
An Appeal from Center-Right Bloggers — I'm pleased to present the following statement on behalf of the undersigned bloggers. —N.Z. — An Appeal from Center-Right Bloggers — We are bloggers with boatloads of opinions, and none of us come close to agreeing with any other one of us all of the time.
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National Review:
The Multilateral Moment? — "Multilateralism good; preemption and unilateralism bad." — For four years we have heard these Orwellian commandments as if they were inscribed above the door of Farmer Jones's big barn. Now we will learn their real currency, since the Americans …
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
NATIONAL SECURITY....John Dickerson says in Slate that the president's sudden enthusiasm for a congressional investigation into the NSA's surveillance program is probably bad for the country: … That's exactly right. Marshall Wittman, who I think is dangerously complacent …
John Dickerson / Slate:
Bush in the Briar Patch — Why the president wants hearings on spying. — George Bush wants congressional hearings to look into his administration's domestic eavesdropping. At first he wasn't so keen on the idea, but yesterday he said they'd be "good for democracy."
Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Bush Authorized Domestic Spying Before 9/11 — The National Security Agency advised President Bush in early 2001 that it had been eavesdropping on Americans during the course of its work monitoring suspected terrorists and foreigners believed to have ties to terrorist groups, according to a declassified document.
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Business Week:
A Columnist Backed by Monsanto — Michael Fumento's failure to disclose payments to him in 1999 from the agribusiness giant have now caused Scripps Howard to sever its ties to him — Scripps Howard News Service announced Jan. 13 that it's severing its business relationship with columnist Michael Fumento …
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Editor and Publisher:
SHNS Drops Fumento in Latest Payola Pundit Scandal — NEW YORK Another columnist accused of accepting payola has been dropped. — Scripps Howard News Service (SHNS) announced Friday that it severed its relationship with Michael Fumento — a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute …
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AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
NY Times Leak Is Damaging Our Defenses — UPDATE: — Don't miss Michelle Malkin's extraordinary round up on this story, and rightfully points out that even sales clerks can play a key role in our defense by being vigilant. Excellent point — UPDATE II: — Mac Ranger has more on these 'slugs' trying to kill us.
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Hotline On Call:
Breaking: Hastert Asks Ney To Resign As Admin. Cmte. Chair — House Speaker Dennis Hastert has asked Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) to step down from his post as chairman of the House Administration Committee, three sources with knowledge of the request said today. — A source close to Hastert …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
A Nation of Jonah Goldbergs — There is a widespread, tacit assumption that no matter how apathetic and inattentive Americans become, there is still some line which they will not allow the Government to cross when it comes to exceeding or abusing the limits of government power.
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Maeve Reston / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Santorum reaps money from lobbyists — WAYNE, Pa. — Sen. Rick Santorum, who has been tapped by fellow Senate Republican leaders to draft legislation tightening restrictions on lobbyists, has received more money from lobbyists than any other congressional candidate so far in the 2006 election cycle.
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Sen. Harry Reid / Houston Chronicle:
If we can beat mob, we can fight DeLay-style politics — Experience in Las Vegas similar to D.C. corruption — In 1977, I was appointed chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. It was a difficult time for the gaming industry and Las Vegas, which were being overrun by organized crime.
CNSNews:
Murtha's War Hero Status Called Into Question — Read Article About Murtha's Links to Abscam — (CNSNews.com) - Having ascended to the national stage as one of the most vocal critics of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq, Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman John Murtha …
NY Daily News:
Steamed about Rice, Russian pol unleashes rant — Condoleezza Rice might want to see if there's room in one of those "black site" terror-suspect prisons for Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky. — The wacko leader of Russia's Liberal and Democratic Party has surpassed his earlier screeds …
Robert B. Bluey / Human Events:
Al Gore, Republican to Attack Bush 'Police State' — Former Vice President Al Gore will attack President Bush's domestic eavesdropping program at a Washington, D.C., speech on Martin Luther King Day—with a Republican by his side. — Gore is teaming up with former Rep. Bob Barr, a Republican …
Johanna Neuman / Los Angeles Times:
Former 'Nightline' Reporter Joins English-Language Al Jazeera — WASHINGTON — The Arab news network Al Jazeera announced Thursday that Dave Marash, an award-winning former correspondent for ABC News' "Nightline," is joining its 24-hour English-language network, to be launched this spring.
