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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Blogs Attack From Left as Democrats Reach for Center — Democrats are getting an early glimpse of an intraparty rift that could complicate efforts to win back the White House: fiery liberals raising their voices on Web sites and in interest groups vs. elected officials trying to appeal to a much broader audience.
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Glenn Thrush / Newsday:
Clinton to support Alito filibuster — Says she'll join Sen. Kerry in blocking Alito's nomination, putting her at odds with top Democrats — WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday announced she'll join potential 2008 presidential rival John Kerry in voting to filibuster …
Richard Sisk / NY Daily News:
Hil's for filibuster — Takes rebel stand to oppose Alito OK for Supremes — WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday backed a rebel band of Senate Dems seeking to filibuster a vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito. — Democratic leaders had warned that filibuster efforts …
CNN:
Kerry appears to lack votes for Alito filibuster — Vote to stop debate scheduled for Monday — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry has urged his Democratic colleagues to unite and filibuster Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, but senators from both sides …
Washington Post:
A Defeat for Anti-Americanism — ACCORDING TO his opponent, Canadian Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper exposed "an agenda really drawn from the extreme right in the United States." He favored the Iraq war, opposed the Kyoto treaty on global warming, and is a social conservative to boot.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Post-Katrina Promises Unfulfilled — On the Gulf Coast, Federal Recovery Effort Makes Halting Progress — Nearly five months after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans, President Bush's lofty promises to rebuild the Gulf Coast have been frustrated by bureaucratic failures and competing priorities …
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blogometer.nationaljournal.com:
BLOGS VS. THE MSM: Howell's Moving Castle — Last p.m. we had the unique experience of attending an Nat'l Press Club luncheon and discussion hosted by Alex S. Jones, dir. of the Shorenstein Center at the Kennedy School of Gov't at Harvard. Also in attendance were bloggers representing Power Line …
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Joseph J. Ellis / New York Times:
Finding a Place for 9/11 in American History — IN recent weeks, President Bush and his administration have mounted a spirited defense of his Iraq policy, the Patriot Act and, especially, a program to wiretap civilians, often reaching back into American history for precedents to justify these actions.
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New York Times:
Bush Presses On in Legal Defense for Wiretapping — WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 — President Bush, defending the wiretapping program he ordered soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, declared a few days ago that "there's no doubt in my mind it is legal." So resolute is Mr. Bush, in fact …
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CNN:
Poll: Most think Bush is failing second term — President 'looking forward' to congressional campaigning — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate in November's congressional elections who opposes President Bush, and 58 percent consider …
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Washington Post:
Mr. Abramoff's Meetings, Again — IF A TYPICAL picture is worth a thousand words, a picture of President Bush with Jack Abramoff, we suppose, might be worth about 10,000. And so we understand the desire of our more visually inclined colleagues to obtain photos of the president and the criminal.
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Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him — The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
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Opinion Journal:
Cured Pork — Remedies for earmarking and other Congressional addictions. — Just when you thought pork barreling couldn't get any more amusing, along comes Citizens Against Government Waste, which reports that someone in Congress has diverted $2 million in the Navy's fiscal 2006 operations accounts …
Adam Brookes / BBC:
US plans to 'fight the net' revealed — A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US military's plans for "information operations" - from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks. — Bloggers beware. — As the world turns networked …
Associated Press:
Remembering Challenger — Lessons learned 20 years after space shuttle disaster — CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — Twenty years ago, space shuttle Challenger blew apart in jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and by those who came …
Hatewatch / Winds of Change.NET:
HATEWATCH BRIEFING 2006-01-27 — Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants …
Jonathan Steele / Guardian:
The Palestinians' democratic choice must be respected — The excuses given for refusing to deal with Hamas will not wash. This is a chance for Europe to have an independent role — Hamas's triumph in Wednesday's Palestinian elections is the best news from the Middle East for a long time.
