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Chris Kromm / Facing South:
ESP wonder; newspapers channel Bush  —  What do this newspaper editorial, this one, this one, and this one all have in common?  —  All of them are unsigned editorials, which makes it look like they're original opinion pieces for each paper.  (The Colorado Gazette even says it's "our view.")
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jdnews.com:
Time to close up this federal trough  —  One of the smartest things President Bush did to reduce recovery costs in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was to suspend Davis-Bacon Act rules in the hardest hit states.  But Congress is frantically trying to overrule the president …
Mark / Decision '08:
Blogger Conference Call: Craig Enoch and Jim Dyke  —  Patrick Ruffini continues his excellent work at the RNC; I've just got off the line of the second blogger conference call he has arranged (you can read about the first one here).  This time around, we spoke with former Texas Supreme Court …
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Ian / The Political Teen:
Blogger Conference Call With Texas SC Judges
Don Surber:   Buy Harriet  —  Just home from the second pro-Harriet Miers blogger conference call.
The Anchoress:   Blogger/RNC call w/ Judge Enoch
nbc13.com:
Delay Attorney Asks Judge To Step Aside  —  Former House Majority Leader Makes First Court Appearance  —  AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay made his first court appearance Friday on money laundering and conspiracy charges stemming from an alleged campaign financing scheme.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Bad News Turns Into Flood On Miers  —  This morning's news has administration aides choking on their morning coffee regarding the Harriet Miers nomination.  While the Wall Street Journal comes out in opposition to her confirmation and urges withdrawal, the New York Sun reports …
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Frank Bass / Associated Press:
Miers Firm Received Bush Campaign Payments
Discussion: PostWatch and WTF Is It Now??
Associated Press:
Bush calls for immediate U.N. session on Syria  —  Report implicates Syria in death of Lebanese prime minister  —  (AP) — President George W. Bush on Friday called on the United Nations to convene a session as soon as possible to deal with a U.N. investigative report implicating Syrian officials …
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Kathleen D. Tobin / Union Leader:
Sen. Judd Gregg wins $853K in Powerball  —  WASHINGTON — A quick stop at a New York Avenue gas station to fill up on his way to the Capitol proved to be a lucky stop for New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg.  —  Gregg, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, was one of 47 Powerball lottery winners Wednesday …
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Jay Tea / Wizbang:   THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET POORER
Los Angeles Times:
Bush Critic Became Target of Libby, Former Aides Say  —  Cheney's chief of staff reportedly sought an aggressive campaign against Wilson.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff was so angry about the public statements of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV …
Ryan Lizza / The New Republic:
Beached Party  —  That was fast.  Last month, George W. Bush was the leader of the conservative movement.  This month, he's a traitor.  "I don't think that Bush was ever one of us," says Bruce Bartlett, the conservative columnist and former Reagan and Bush 41 official.  "And conservatives knew that.
Discussion: QandO and The American Scene
Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times:
'I Will Eat Your Dollars'  —  To the cyber scammers in Nigeria who trawl for victims on the Internet, Americans are easy targets.  But one thief had second thoughts.  —  FESTAC, Nigeria — As patient as fishermen, the young men toil day and night, trawling for replies to the e-mails they shoot to strangers half a world away.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
How Covert Was Valerie Plame?  —  The always astute Mickey Kaus argues (How Dems Could Blow Plamegate) that the Democrats should resist the temptation to turn the Plame investigation into a trial of the war in Iraq, and focus on the harm done to national security by the outing of a covert agent:
Discussion: TigerHawk
National Review:
With a Whimper  —  The Western media was relatively quiet about the quite amazing news from the recent trifecta in Iraq: very little violence on election day, Sunni participation, and approval of the constitution.  Those who forecasted that either the Sunnis would boycott …
Discussion: Cold Fury and NewsBusters.org
Kieran Healy / Crooked Timber:
Ye Ladies of Easy Leisure  —  So by now everyone and his same-sex partner knows that Maggie Gallagher's stint at Volokh is one long struggle between her strong argument that marriage has many benefits and her handwaving about gay people bringing down the Roman Empire.
washblade.com:
Out, out damn celebs!  —  From Anderson Cooper to Jodie Foster, it's time for the rich and famous to stop playing games and start answering 'the question.'  —  NATIONAL COMING OUT Day came and went last week without any public declarations from celebrities or other public figures long rumored to be gay …
Discussion: The Idiotarian Savant and Wonkette
National Review:
Senatorial Duties  —  Five days into White House "qualifications week" in making the case for Harriet Miers her nomination is looking weaker rather than stronger.  No matter how many times Scott McClellan says that she is "extremely well qualified" it doesn't make it so …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Miers: The Only Exit Strategy  —  It's no secret that I think the Harriet Miers nomination was a mistake.  Nonetheless, when asked how she will do in her confirmation hearings, my answer is, I hope she does well.  I have no desire to see her humiliated.  Nor would I take any joy in seeing her rejected …
Baseball Crank:
LAW: It's The Opinions, Stupid (Or: Why I'm Off The Fence And Opposing Miers)  —  After weeks of trying to keep an open mind about the Harriet Miers nomination, I've concluded that the Senate should vote down Miers - if her nomination isn't withdrawn first - and force President Bush to nominate someone else.
Discussion: JustOneMinute

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Steve Clemons:
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Helps Dedicate Air Force One Exhibit
Mary Curtius / Chicago Tribune:
Official: FEMA failed in Katrina
Hal R. Varian / New York Times:
Is Affordable Housing Becoming an Oxymoron?
Dahlia Lithwick / New York Times:
Deferential Calculus
Discussion: ACSBlog and BrothersJudd Blog
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
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Associated Press:
Afghan leader tries to calm anti-U.S. rage over video
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Thanks for the Link, New York Times. Now Please Answer My Question.
James K. Glassman / Tech Central Station:
Are Americans Becoming Europeans?
Discussion: TAPPED
 
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