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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: The Left Coaster and PoliBlog
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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 …
Maeve Reston / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Specter rescinds comments on Miers  —  WASHINGTON — After meeting with Supreme Court nominee Harriet E. Miers, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter yesterday said she told him that she believes there is a right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution, an underpinning of a woman's right …
Discussion: Confirm Them and Betsy's Page
CNN:
More controversy over Miers  —  Specter, White House at odds on her position on privacy case  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — As the White House renewed its attempts to rally backing for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, her views — or non-views — on a key privacy case appeared to ignite more controversy.
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
USA Today:
Miers says she made no promises on abortion
Discussion: Right Wing News and New York Times
Bloomberg:
Miers Disavows Saying Constitution Protects Privacy (Update2)
Discussion: Daily Kos
Brian McGuire / New York Sun:   Nominee Never Discussed Roe, She Tells Schumer
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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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.
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 …
BREITBART.COM:
Chomsky named top intellectual: British poll  —  Noam Chomsky, the American linguistics expert and US foreign policy critic, was named the world's top public intellectual, according to a new British magazine poll released.  —  Best known for his loud and consistent criticism of the Vietnam War …
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Claire Smith / Scotsman:   Romantic thoughts make Chomsky the leading intellectual
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: Demagogue and NewsBusters.org
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.
Zendo Deb / TFS Magnum:
It's Time for the Cotillion  —  Everyone is entitled to our opinion...  (This entry is also available on the Cotillion site.)  —  Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day,  —  You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way.  —  Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Discussion: CatHouse Chat
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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.

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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
'Rule of Law'? That's So '90s
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
ABC News Rewards Bashir's Bad Behavior
Discussion: mediabistro
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Miers: Faithful to Whom?
Discussion: Think Progress
Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch:
Tomdispatch Interview: Juan Cole on George Bush's Iraq
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Tribal Ignorance  —  What you think you know about Iraq's factions is all wrong.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Armed Forces Radio Tunes Out Liberal Show Host
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Lawmaker's Abramoff Ties Investigated
Robert Pear / New York Times:
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Right ups ante on Miers
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Bryce G. Hoffman / Detroit News:
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Discussion: Modulator
USA Today:
Bush approval hits 39%, lowest of his presidency
 
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