memeorandum: President Bush Discusses the Economy and Budget (White House)

10:20 PM ET, October 12, 2006

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Larry J. Sabato / centerforpolitics.org:

A "Deep Blue Sea" in the 2006 Midterms? — Small Craft Advisory becomes Gale Warning for GOP — Just a few weeks ago, President Bush and the GOP appeared to be staging a remarkable comeback that would have enabled the Republicans to retain their congressional majorities.

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Washington Post:

Senate Report: Five Nonprofit Groups Sold Clout to Abramoff — Five conservative nonprofit organizations, including one run by prominent Republican Grover Norquist, "perpetrated a fraud" on taxpayers by selling their clout to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Senate investigators said in a report issued today.

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NY Daily News:

Where I stand on Iraq — Sen. Clinton says how Bush went wrong and offers her prescription for the war — We have to deal with the Iraq we have, not the Iraq we wish we had. And the Iraq we have is a deteriorating, violent conflict that, if not technically a civil war, is about as close as you can get.

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White House:

President Bush Discusses the Economy and Budget — Fact Sheet: Economic Strength and Spending Restraint Drive Down Budget Deficit — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. Good afternoon. Thanks for coming to the White House. — In 2004, I made a promise to the American people …

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The New Republic:

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Associated Press:

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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:

Allen's Advisers Try Mute-Button Strategy — RICHMOND — Weeks after George Allen 's mouth got him into serious trouble, the senator's advisers have apparently decided that he should shut up. — At least when it comes to talking directly to the media, that is.

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James Vicini / Reuters:

U.S. brings first treason case in over 50 years — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California-born convert to Islam, accused of making a series of al Qaeda propaganda videos, became on Wednesday the first American charged with treason since the World War Two era, U.S. Justice Department officials said.

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