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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Judiciary Committee Votes to Recommend Roberts's Confirmation  —  John G. Roberts Jr. moved a step closer to becoming chief justice of the United States today as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send his nomination to the full Senate with a recommendation for confirmation.
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Washington Post:
Next Nominee to Court Could Face More Heat  —  Republicans and Democrats warned President Bush yesterday that his next pick for the Supreme Court will face much tougher scrutiny in the Senate, as Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter lobbied the White House to delay the nomination until next year to defuse tension.
Discussion: ACSBlog, Wonkette and The Left Coaster
Associated Press:
Roberts nomination advances  —  Senate Judiciary Committee votes 13-5 in favor  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved John Roberts' nomination as the next Supreme Court chief justice, virtually assuring the conservative judge confirmation by the Senate next week.
Tim Chapman / Townhall.com:
Will the GOP take the bridge to nowhere?  —  Americans get it.  A national crisis like Katrina requires sacrifice.  —  Since Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast over three weeks ago, Americans have donated over $1 billion in relief funds.  At the rate of current giving …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
I knew the House Republicans couldn't be trusted managing the federal budget.
Tom Finnigan / cagw.org:
CAGW Names Reps. Tom DeLay and Don Young Co-Porkers of the Month
Discussion: WTF Is It Now??
Slartibartfast / Obsidian Wings:
Pork: It's not just for dinner
Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
Iraqi Forces Show Signs Of Progress In Offensive  —  TALL AFAR, Iraq — The Iraqi soldiers had already searched the house, according to a sticker plastered across its front gate.  —  But when their commanding general and a U.S. colonel arrived one afternoon last week to praise their performance …
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Chester / The Adventures of Chester:
Reflections on the Flash Presentation on The Anbar Campaign  —  Bill Roggio, Marvin Hutchens, and Steve Schippert from The Word Unheard (who is revealing his name for the first time) have created a Flash presentation of recent operations in Iraq, specifically in the West, along the Syrian border.
Will / Attytood:
They have learned nothing  —  MR. McCLELLAN: Sure.  A couple of things — one, the President is focused on making sure we have the strongest possible coordination with state and local governments in the path of Hurricane Rita.  We hope Rita is not devastating, but we must be prepared for the worst.
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Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
Abramoff Probe May Threaten Leading Republicans as It Expands  —  Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — The widening investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff is moving beyond the confines of tawdry influence-peddling to threaten leading figures in the Republican hierarchy that dominates Washington.
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The Hill:
Start the Abramoff conflict-of- interest discussion here
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Air America's Odd Pledge Drive  —  PANHANDLING NEXT?  —  AAR Seeking 'Gifts', Limbaugh, O'Reilly Won Election  —  In what appears just short of outright panhandling, a desperate Air America Radio is now begging listeners for cash donations.  —  From a mass email pitch sent Wednesday afternoon …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Air America: Blanche DuBois Returns
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
'Whatever It Takes'  —  Is Bush's big spending a bridge to nowhere?  —  George W. Bush, after five years in the presidency, does not intend to get sucker-punched by the Democrats over race and poverty.  That was the driving force behind his Katrina speech last week.
John J. Miller / The Corner on National Review Online:
MCCAIN ABLE  —  I probably share every criticism NR has ever made of John McCain.  Heck, I criticized him on NRO just a few days ago.  Having said that, three quick thoughts on his dinner presentation last night:  —  1. If wasteful spending continues to grow as a major internecine issue among Republicans …
Robert Novak / Townhall.com:
Bashing Bush in Aspen  —  ASPEN, Colo. — For two full days, George W. Bush was bashed.  He was taken to task on his handling of stem cell research, population control, the Iraq war and, especially, Hurricane Katrina.  The critics were no left-wing bloggers.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Able Danger: Hide In Plain Sight?  —  The Pentagon has decided to play games with the Able Danger story, virtually confirming the worst suspicions of just about everybody by first acknowledging that five of its team members recall identifying Mohammed Atta as a potential AQ terrorist a year prior …
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The MinuteMan / JustOneMinute:
Able Danger - The Senate Non-Hearing
Washington Post:
For the Poor, Sudden Celebrity  —  DALLAS — All of a sudden the poor have emerged from the shadows of invisibility, lifted onto a temporary pedestal by natural disaster.  Whether it is because of guilt, pity or the nation's generosity in times of crisis, those who lost everything …
thewbalchannel.com:
Feds Investigate Dems' Obtaining Steele's Credit Report  —  Lieutenant Governor Expects Recipients To Face Prosecution  —  BALTIMORE — Federal prosecutors have opened an inquiry into allegations that two Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee employees illegally tapped into Lt. Gov. Michael Steele's credit history.

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