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9:00 AM ET, October 4, 2006

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Brad / The BRAD BLOG:
INCREDIBLE!  FOX 'NEWS' LABELS FOLEY AS DEM DURING O'REILLY FACTOR!  —  Three Different Video Cutaways, 15 Seconds or More Each, Credit Disgraced REPUBLICAN Congressman as Being a Florida DEMOCRAT!  —  UPDATED: NOW WITH VIDEO!  LATER UPDATE: 'Erroneous' Caption Scrubbed from Late-night O'Reilly Rebroadcasts Without Explanation!
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New York Times:
Hastert Fights to Save His Job in Page Scandal  —  Backed by measured words of support from President Bush, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert opened an intense drive on Tuesday to hold on to his post, but behind the scenes senior Republicans weighed whether he could survive the scandal surrounding former Representative Mark Foley.
Washington Post:
Some Say They Felt Uneasy About Representative's Attention  —  In 1995, male House pages were warned to steer clear of a freshman Republican from Florida, who was already learning the names of the teenagers, dashing off notes, letters and e-mails to them, and asking them to join him for ice cream, according to a former page.
Deborah / News Hounds:
FOX Uses Subliminal Ploy On Foley Head Shot  —  While a former congressional page, Tyson Vivyan, was talking about the e-mails he received from Mark Foley on The O'Reilly Factor tonight,10/3, a photo was flashed on the screen labeled Mark Foley D.-FL.  This happened at 8:30 and 8:32 PM ET.
Discussion: The Blue State
Kerry Howley / Reason:
Foley AIMs to Please
Discussion: Tim Blair and Balloon Juice
Redstate:
New polling on the Irey-Murtha race  —  When the Irey campaign did preliminary polling last spring, the results were not encouraging.  The 30-year incumbant in the PA-12 seat, John Murtha, led the little-known Diana Irey by thirty points.  Mr. Murtha was emerging as the liberal conscience of the Iraq war …
Sonya Geis / Washington Post:
Border Security, Job Market Leave Farms Short of Workers  —  Growers Frustrated by Delay in Agriculture Legislation  —  CLOVIS, Calif. — Bins of Granny Smith apples towered over two conveyor belts at P-R Farms' packing plant.  But only one belt moved.  P-R Farms, like farms up and down California …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Sex scandal, Iraq book take toll on Bush, GOP  —  NBC/WSJ poll: Bush back in 30s; Dems favored for control of Congress  —  WASHINGTON -  —  After what they have seen and heard over the past few weeks — events including the news of a Republican congressman's improper correspondence …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Foley lawyer to announce "bombshell" at press conference?  Update: Molested as a kid by a priest (Video Added)  —  So says Raw Story.  The conference is due to start soon.  We'll have video.  —  Update: ABC's hearing "bombshell," too.  —  Update: Some of Foley's colleagues …
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
In Bill's Fine Print, Millions to Celebrate Victory  —  As the Bush administration urges Americans to stay the course in Iraq, Republicans in Congress have put down a quiet marker in the apparent hope that V-I Day might be only months away.  —  Tucked away in fine print in the military spending bill …
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
OMB Welcomes Help From Anti-Pork Bloggers  —  Call it the Office of Management and Blog-it.  —  The Office of Management and Budget is turning to bloggers for help in pushing the OMB's government reform plans after last week's success of its pet project, the Federal Funding Accountability …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Reuters:
Google boss warns politicians about Internet power  —Text+LONDON (Reuters) - Imagine being able to check instantly whether or not statements made by politicians were correct.  That is the sort of service Google Inc. boss Eric Schmidt believes the Internet will offer within five years.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
It Takes a Sex Scandal  —  The real world cares about the Foley e-mails.  If Democrats can't win now, they're doomed to become modern-day Whigs.  —  An Iraq war that has cost us nearly half trillion dollars—and the good will of the world—might not have done it.
The Aardvark / Abu Aardvark:
Debating withdrawal IV: what al-Qaeda wants  —  Does al-Qaeda really want the United States to withdraw from Iraq, as current administration arguments would have it?  Not according to the letter captured during the raid which killed Abu Musab Zarqawi, allegedly from a member of al-Qaeda's inner circle …
MSNBC:
Terrorists' mail still not monitored  —  Prison system yet to crack down on incarcerated terrorists, report finds  —  WASHINGTON - Convicted terrorists locked up in U.S. prisons can still use mail and verbal communications to conduct terrorist or criminal activities, according …
 
 
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