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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Democrats Prod Roberts on Abortion Stance — WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee John Roberts jousted with Democratic senators Tuesday at his confirmation hearing to be chief justice, dodging their attempts to pin down his opinions on abortion, voting rights and other legal issues.
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Andrew / Confirm Them:
Not an Encouraging Morning — I've looked over the transcript for today's morning session, and can make a few comments. For me, the answers from Judge Roberts were not encouraging. — First of all, I thought that Senator Hatch's questioning was excellent. Hatch pointed out that precedent is weakest in constitutional cases.
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Bush Takes Responsibility for Blunders — WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday that "I take responsibility" for failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and said the disaster raised broader questions about the government's ability to respond to natural disasters as well as terror attacks.
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Claire / e-Claire:
Cotillion Ball — 9/13 Edition — This has been an extraordinarily eventful week. Katrina has brought echos of the trauma of 9/11, and the anniversary of 9/11 has brought another dimension to the response to Katrina. — Our Cotillion Ball members have covered many aspects of the week in thoughtful and evocative ways.
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MaryKatharineHam / Townhall.com:Stronger Than You Think You Are — I'm hosting the Cotillion …
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White House:
President Welcomes President Talabani of Iraq to the White House — PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you all. It's an honor to welcome the first democratically elected President of Iraq to the White House. I'm proud to stand with a brave leader of the Iraqi people, a friend of the United States, and a testament to the power of human freedom.
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Associated Press:
DeLay associates indicted in investigation — AUSTIN - Two associates of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were indicted Tuesday on additional felony charges of violating Texas election law and criminal conspiracy to violate election law for their role in the 2002 legislative races.
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Jesselee / The Stakeholder:
Conspiracy Indictments for TRMPAC Boys — DeLay associates indicted in investigation [AP] … There's been increasing buzz that DeLay may be off the hook indictment-wise, and can now turn his attention to the coming ethics probes. But as I discussed towards the end of this post on Saturday …
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Reuters:
Bush: 'I take responsibility' — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush took responsibility on Tuesday for any failures in the federal response to Hurricane Katrina and acknowledged the storm exposed serious deficiencies at all levels of government four years after the September 11 attacks.
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Matt Margolis / Blogs for Bush:
Roberts Hearings: Live Blogging Day 2 — most recent updates on top... UPDATE, 06:32 PM EDT: Okay, well, C-SPAN is breaking away from the hearings... CNN, FOX, are not covering it now either.. so , let me take this opportunity to give my laptop a rest... When I get more official transcripts I'll post them.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
A Poverty of Thought — It took exactly one month — until the president's prime-time news conference of Oct. 11, 2001 — to refute the notion that Sept. 11 "changed everything." When a reporter said, "You haven't called for any sacrifices from the American people," he replied, "Well …
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The MinuteMan / JustOneMinute:
Recapping Gretna — Gretna, a working class community connected to New Orleans by a bridge across the Mississippi, briefly caught the attention of the media and blogosphere last week. Now, Chris Matthews is back with it, but we have also found a conflicting eye-witness version.
Radio Blogger:
Slow Joe Biden can't tell the difference between the First Amendment and First Base. — Baseball comparisons were the theme of the day today in the John Roberts hearings. After Judge Roberts gave a very even-toned opening statement yesterday, in which he compared a justice's role as that of an umpire …
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Deacon / Power Line:
NO ANALYSIS DAMMIT, WE'RE THE MSM — Michael Kinsley has blown the whistle on his former employer, CNN. As reported by Drudge, Kinsley says that the network is coaching guests to "get angry" when they go on the air to discuss Hurricane Katrina. Kinsley bases this accusation on the experience …
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rawstory.com:
Paper: Internal docs show feds 'bungled' Katrina response — RAW STORY — As the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency stepped down yesterday, government documents surfaced showing that vital resources, such as buses and environmental health specialists …
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Right Wing Nut House:
CARNIVAL OF THE CLUELESS #13 — The Carnival is back! — GLENN REYNOLDS SAYS "DON'T MISS IT!" … (Ben Hur: 1959) — It may surprise you to learn that the #1 best selling work of fiction in the history of the United States - at least as far as a percentage of contemporary population …
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Cecilia M. Vega / San Francisco Chronicle:
As bodies recovered, reporters are told 'no photos, no stories' — New Orleans — A long caravan of white vans led by an Army humvee rolled Monday through New Orleans' Bywater district, a poor, mostly black neighborhood, northeast of the French Quarter. — Recovery team members wearing …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
End of the Bush Era — The Bush Era is over. The sooner politicians in both parties realize that, the better for them — and the country. — Recent months, and especially the past two weeks, have brought home to a steadily growing majority of Americans the truth that President Bush's government doesn't work.