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Anita Hill / New York Times:
The Smear This Time — ON Oct. 11, 1991, I testified about my experience as an employee of Clarence Thomas's at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. — I stand by my testimony. — Justice Thomas has every right to present himself as he wishes in his new memoir, "My Grandfather's Son."
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
An Evening With Justice Thomas — Earlier this evening, I attended a two-hour dinner event at the Heritage Foundation with Justice Clarence Thomas, his wife Virginia, and a small number of other bloggers and New Media members. It confirmed for me that the media has never gotten a grasp …
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Edward Lazarus / Los Angeles Times:
'My Grandfather's Son' by Clarence Thomas
'My Grandfather's Son' by Clarence Thomas
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Sauce For The Goose — Anita Hill takes to the pages …
Sauce For The Goose — Anita Hill takes to the pages …
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Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Raises $27M in 3rd Quarter — Surpassing her rivals by a margin that few Democrats predicted, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign announced this morning that it had raised $22 million since July to compete in the 2008 primaries, and another $5 million …
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Is Losing Grip On Core Business Vote — Deficit Hawks Defect — As Social Issues Prevail; — 'The Party Left Me' — \*country-region\*country-regionWASHING TON\*\* — The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title.
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Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
The GOP Has Some Re-Branding to Do — A couple of significant stories in today's Wall Street Journal point to a very pessimistic outlook for Republicans in 2008. — On page one we have "GOP Is Losing Grip on Core Business Vote." This all goes back to the lack of budget discipline in the last Republican Congress.
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Battle of sound bites reaches health care — In the battle of sound bites over President Bush's expected veto of the children's health insurance bill, the White House position boils down to this: Beware, beware — it's the first step toward federalized health care.
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Herb Jackson / NorthJersey.com:
N.J. sues Bush over children's health plan
N.J. sues Bush over children's health plan
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The Moderate Voice
Marco Martinez / Townhall.com:
Marine Hero: The 5 Things I Saw that Make Me Support the War — Liberals often like to say that "violence is senseless." — That's wrong. — Violence isn't senseless. Senseless violence is senseless. And I should know. Before being awarded the Navy Cross and having the privilege of becoming a Marine, I was a gang member.
Roger Simon / The Politico:
No more Mr. Nice Guy — CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Fred Thompson has a folksy, good old boy persona on the stump, but it may not last much longer. — When I asked him if he is an 11th Commandment man — Never speak ill of a fellow Republican — he responded, "I am more of a 12th Commandment man …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Angry, hateful liberal bloggers — On Protein Wisdom — the right-wing blog of Pajamas Media's Jeff Goldstein — there is a "response" to a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago concerning the exaggerations of the Muslim threat from Marty Peretz's assistant, Jamie Kirchick of The New Republic and Commentary.
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Anti-war veterans target Limbaugh — An anti-war group consisting of veterans from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan is launching an ad Tuesday that attacks popular conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. — The group, VoteVets.org, is spending $60,000 on the ad, which will air on Fox News and CNN.
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Suzanne Le Mignot / WBBM-TV:
Oak Lawn Schools Cancel Holiday Traditions — School District To Discuss Cancellation Or Renaming Of Holiday Celebrations At Emergency Meeting — (CBS) OAK LAWN, Ill. A southwest suburban school district has taken action, responding to the concerns of a Muslim parent.
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Democrats Seize on Limbaugh to Distract from their Iraq Surrender — The Senate yesterday passed the annual defense authorization bill with little fanfare. Although it was intended to be the vehicle for any Iraq restrictions Democrats could come up with, it passed by an eye-popping 92-3.
Jerusalem Post:
Censorship lifted on September 6 IAF strike inside Syria — Israel on Tuesday began to lift its strict veil of secrecy on an air strike in Syria last month, allowing the media to report on the raid without attributing such reports to foreign sources. — The censor did not release any other details for publication.
Zogby:
Poll: Clinton Extends Primary Lead in New Hampshire — Newsmax/Zogby poll shows Obama holding steady; Clinton escapes taint of Norman Hsu money scandal — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has extended her lead in the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in New Hampshire …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama to Urge Elimination of Nuclear Weapons — Senator Barack Obama plans to call on the U.S. to greatly reduce its stockpiles to lower the threat of nuclear terrorism, aides say.
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