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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Baghdad Quiet as Vote Begins on Constitution — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 15 - A blackout plunged Baghdad and parts of southern Iraq into darkness on Friday evening as election workers and American and Iraqi forces readied thousands of polling stations for the nationwide vote on Saturday on a permanent constitution.
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Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Iraqi's preparing to decide... Only hours separate us from a major historic day for our nation (too many historic days for Iraq in these two years!). Tomorrow will draw a line that would mark the beginning of a new era in Iraq; a constitutional Iraq will become reality.
Chester / The Adventures of Chester:
Live-blogging the Iraqi Constitutional Referendum — 3:59am: I'm going to end my coverage for now and catch some z's. I'll do a follow-up in the morning. Here's a really cool presentation from the January vote, for a good flashback: — http://adamkeiper.blogs.com/comparevide o/files/Iraq_ Election_HiRes.wmv
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Shawn Wasson / Bareknucklepolitics.com:Iraqis Vote — Iraqis are set to head to the polls tomorrow …
SGT Ron Long / They Call Us, "Doc":
Speaking with President Bush — Yesterday, I (bottom right corner in the picture) was chosen to be among a small group of soldiers assigned to the 42ID's Task Force Liberty that would speak to President Bush, our Commander-in-Chief. The interview went well, but I would like to respond …
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Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, COUNTERCOLUMN, Silflay Hraka, The Anchoress and Secular Blasphemy
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Don Surber:
Staged Controversy — Never let the facts get in the way of a good opinion. Case in point: the "staged" military photo op with the president. The Moderate Voice: "The bottom line is that poor thinking and advance planning created this. The news media was HANDED this story.
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:Up the Creek: Out to Embarrass Bush …
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Basil's Blog, Say Anything, Outside The Beltway, MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy and Jo's Cafe
Washington Post:
Rove Pressed On Conflicts, Source Says — Questions Said to Focus On Differing Accounts — The grand jury investigating the CIA leak case pressed White House senior adviser Karl Rove yesterday to more fully explain his conversations with reporters about CIA operative Valerie Plame …
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Washington Post:
Rove Testifies Again in CIA Leak Probe — White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove today testified again before a grand jury probing whether senior Bush administration officials illegally leaked to reporters the identity of a covert CIA operative. — It was Rove's fourth appearance before the grand jury.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:Hmmm. — NYT: "Karl Rove nosed his Jaguar out of the garage …
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Wharkavy / villagevoice.com:
Bush Launches New Flack Attack — U.S. public shelled today from Iraq by weapon of mass distraction — Flack attack from Iraq: Bush talks to the troops this morning. Arrow denotes flack. — George W. Bush — what a newsmaker. In the true sense of the word. This morning, he made it up.
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National Review:
Start Over — When President Bush nominated Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, we called it a missed opportunity. The ensuing debate has confirmed that judgment. For all its fury, a consensus was reached early on that point. Leaving aside the president and his employees …
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Media Matters for America:
Boortz: Faced with an impending national disaster, "we should save the rich people first" — On the October 14 broadcast of his daily radio show, right-wing radio host Neal Boortz stated that if the country is faced with an impending national disaster, it should make it a higher priority …
Brant E. DeBow / Sarcasmagorical:
Liveblogging - Hugh Hewitt Panel Discussion — After foolishly not checking my schedule, and being totally ignorant of the Biola cafeteria's closing times, I somehow completely missed the whole dinner portion of the night. I guess they close the cafe at 6:30 on a Friday night …
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Charmaine / reasoned audacity at charmaineyoest.com:Speaking Now at GodBlogCon: Hugh Hewitt Panel
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Associated Press:
'Today' Reporter Paddles in Shallow Water — If Michelle Kosinski's canoe had sprung a leak on NBC's "Today" show Friday, she didn't have much to worry about. — In one of television's inadvertently funny moments, the NBC News correspondent was paddling in a canoe during a live report …
Stephen Gordon / The Speculist:
An Open Letter to President Bush — Dear Mr. President: — Like many Americans I'm deeply concerned about the risk of Avian flu. News about our nation's preparedness has not been reassuring. — The only drug that is thought to have any impact on the disease once contracted is Tamiflu.
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Greg Simmons / Fox News:
Bloggers Seek to Mix Faith and the Internet — WASHINGTON — When Johann Gutenberg's printing press began churning out Bibles in the 15th century, the new technology helped usher in a new era of religion in Europe. — Nearly 600 years later, some think that increasingly popular Web logs …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
White House Shifts Its Lobbying Strategy — The White House, caught off guard by the intensity of the conservative backlash to Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, plans to try to refocus the debate over the next week onto her legal qualifications and away from issues such as her religion, senior presidential advisers said yesterday.
