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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Some Critics Still See Bugs  —  Yesterday was the scheduled release of Miers version 2.0, in which the White House would introduce a better-qualified Harriet Miers to the American public.  But was it an upgrade?  —  President Bush, in the Oval Office with some Texas jurists who back Miers …
Discussion: PoliBlog and How Appealing
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Washington Post:
Nominee Dismisses Speculation on Roe  —  On Hill, Miers Discounts Report That She Would Vote to Outlaw Abortions  —  Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers asserted yesterday that no one knows whether she would vote to overturn the landmark court ruling that gave women the right to abortions …
Ed Henry / CNN:
Specter, White House at odds over Miers' views  —  'Privacy' issue spurs new debate  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Monday that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers told him in a private meeting that she believed the 1965 case of Griswold vs. Connecticut …
Discussion: Althouse and The Politburo Diktat
Bloomberg:
Miers Disavows Saying Constitution Protects Privacy (Update2)  —  Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers disavows telling a U.S. senator that she believes there's a constitutional right to privacy and that a case the high court relied on when it legalized abortion …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Miers 2.0: Same Bugs, Less Features
Discussion: Point Five and Galley Slaves
Maeve Reston / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Specter rescinds comments on Miers
Discussion: Confirm Them
Brian McGuire / New York Sun:   Nominee Never Discussed Roe, She Tells Schumer
Los Angeles Times:
Make Miers pass a 'litmus test'
Discussion: Power Line and Bench Memos …
USA Today:   Miers says she made no promises on abortion
Washington Post:
Cheney's Office Is A Focus in Leak Case  —  As the investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's name hurtles to an apparent conclusion, special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has zeroed in on the role of Vice President Cheney's office, according to lawyers familiar with the case and government officials.
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NY Daily News:
Cheney may be target of probe  —  WASHINGTON - A special prosecutor's intensifying focus into who outed a CIA spy has raised questions whether Vice President Cheney himself is involved, knowledgeable sources confirmed yesterday.  —  At least one source and one reporter who have testified …
Associated Press:
Inaccurate Info May Help CIA Leak Probe
Discussion: Bloggledygook and Roger L. Simon
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Key CIA leak detail disputed as announcement nears
Discussion: firedoglake
New York Times:
Monitors in Iraq Review Votes Where 'Yes' Ballots Hit 90%  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 17 - Iraqi election officials said Monday that they were investigating "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, where as many as 99 percent of the voters were reported to have cast ballots in favor of Iraq's new constitution.
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Richard W. Stevenson / New York Times:
In Sign of Conservative Split, a Commentator Is Dismissed  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 - In the latest sign of the deepening split among conservatives over how far to go in challenging President Bush, Bruce Bartlett, a Republican commentator who has been increasingly critical of the White House …
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Bruce Bartlett / Townhall.com:   The final straw  —  From the conservative point of view …
USA Today:
Bush approval hits 39%, lowest of his presidency  —  WASHINGTON — Beset by political and economic troubles at home and a difficult war in Iraq, President Bush's job approval rating has slipped to 39%, the lowest measure of his presidency, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll.
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David W. Moore / Gallup:
Political Mood Sours
Discussion: Daly Thoughts
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Bush Crises Raise Criticism of Chief of Staff's Management Style  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 - With Karl Rove distracted by the intensifying C.I.A. leak scandal, some of the Bush administration's other challenges in recent months have cast a longer shadow on Andrew H. Card Jr., for years a guiding force as the White House chief of staff.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
The Conservative Machine's Unexpected Turn  —  For four years, the White House believed it would need an army to install President Bush's choices on the Supreme Court, and it set about building one.  Political committees were formed, millions of dollars raised, coalitions of allied groups assembled …
Discussion: The Hill and NewsBusters.org
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Pro-War Votes May Haunt Democrats  —  WASHINGTON - Potential Democratic presidential candidates who voted to give President Bush the authority to use force in Iraq could face a political problem — they supported a war that their party's rank-and-file now strongly view as a mistake.
Josh Richman / insidebayarea.com:
Peace mom slips from public stage  —  Cindy Sheehan plans to return to presidents ranch for Thanksgiving  —  She pointed to a sky-blue Volkswagen Beetle convertible parked near City Hall.  She explained she hasnt treated herself to much since her son, Casey, died in Iraq in April 2004 …
Discussion: The Political Teen
Bryce G. Hoffman / Detroit News:
Jobs bank programs — 12,000 paid not to work  —  Big 3 and suppliers pay billions to keep downsized UAW members on payroll in decades-long deal.  —  WAYNE — Ken Pool is making good money.  On weekdays, he shows up at 7 a.m. at Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne, signs in …
Discussion: Modulator

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Lawmaker's Abramoff Ties Investigated
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Kate / epiphanies?:
Blame Canada!  —  Last week a little post of mine on frustration …
 
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