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New York Times:
Aide to Cheney Appears Likely to Be Indicted; Rove Under Scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 - Associates of I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, expected an indictment on Friday charging him with making false statements to the grand jury in the C.I.A. leak inquiry, lawyers in the case said Thursday.
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Washington Post:
Rove, Libby Assemble Team to Handle Possible CIA Leak Indictments  —  The White House, district court officials and two possible targets of the CIA leak investigation were making preparations yesterday for the possible announcement of indictments by special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald today …
Washington Post:
White House Braces for Indictment; Rove Said to Be Spared for Now  —  White House officials braced for the possibility that Vice President Cheney's chief of staff would be indicted in the CIA leak case today, while the lawyer for Karl Rove said the presidential confidant's case is still under investigation.
CNN:
Source: Prosecutor to seek Libby indictment  —  Rove will not be indicted Friday, sources say  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the CIA leak probe, plans to ask members of the grand jury to indict Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Rove Watch...  Per the NY Times: … Per the WSJ (free, via TalkLeft): … But the WaPo does not yet have a report on Rove's status, although they cite the NY Times report.  —  Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft has more on what might be happening with Rove, and speculates that Rove may have reached a secret deal with Fitzgerald.
Wall Street Journal:
Libby Indictment Likely Over Leak; Rove in Jeopardy  —  With Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald poised to bring charges today against at least one Bush administration official in the CIA-leak investigation, White House officials were told the probe may not be over.
Discussion: TalkLeft, AMERICAblog and The Reaction
Rich Lowry / The Corner on National Review Online:
PLAMEGATE  —  A couple of thoughts: 1) Every time I watch …
Discussion: TigerHawk
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
How Covert Was Valerie Plame?
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Rich Lowry Pegs It
Fox News:   Libby to Be Charged in CIA Leak Probe
Adam Entous / Reuters:   CIA leak prosecutor prepares for Friday decision
Washington Post:
Nomination Was Plagued By Missteps From the Start  —  For Harriet Miers, the "murder boards" were aptly named.  Day after day in a room in the Justice Department, colleagues from the Bush administration grilled her on constitutional law, her legal background and her past speeches in practice sessions meant to mimic Senate hearings.
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New York Times:   Steady Erosion in Support Undercut Nomination
Springfield News-Leader:
New pick could come as early as today  —  WASHINGTON — The White House reeled from the abrupt withdrawal of Harriet Miers' Supreme Court nomination Thursday and moved quickly to name a replacement, identifying a leading candidate by day's end and preparing for a swift announcement, according to several sources close to the process.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Bush Is Not Expected to Feel Need to Pick Woman Again
Samuel A. Alito Jr / Washington Post:
Possible Supreme Court Nominees
Discussion: Donklephant
Hugh Hewitt / New York Times:
Why the Right Was Wrong  —  OVER the last two elections, the Republican Party regained control of the United States Senate by electing new senators in Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas.  These victories were attributable in large measure …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Power of the Punditocracy  —  In a few short weeks, Harriet Miers may be as dimly remembered as G. Harrold Carswell, and as the battle rages over a new nominee, some folks will wonder what all the fuss was about.  —  But Miers's 24 days in the searing spotlight demonstrated many things.
Discussion: Daily Pundit and Right Wing News
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Conservative Pundits Packed a Real Punch
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
DID THE LEFT DROP THE BALL ON MIERS?:  —  Like every other center-left journalist in Washington, I've gotten half a dozen e-mails from liberal advocacy groups or politicians in the last hour baying about the radical right's assassination of Harriet Miers.  (An "ominous indication of capitulation …
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savethecourt.org:
Miers, White House Surrender to Ultraconservatives
Discussion: The Deconstructor
Todd S. Purdum / New York Times:
A Long, Rocky Road With 39 Months to Go  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 - George W. Bush has been in the White House for 248 weeks, through a terrorist attack, two wars and a bruising re-election.  But it seems safe to say that he has never had a worse political week than this one - and it is not over yet.
Guardian:
'We don't need al-Qaida'  —  Abu Theeb is the leader of a band of Sunni insurgents that preys on US targets north of Baghdad.  Last week he openly defied al-Qaida in Iraq by actively supporting the referendum.  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad spent five days with him - and uncovered evidence of a growing split in the insurgency
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Secular Blasphemy
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Miers Withdrawal  —  Gives Bush  —  Chance to Fight  —  What matters now is maintaining support for the war on terror.  —  Here's my guess why the President pulled Harriet.  It was past midnight.  In the wee a.m. hours Wednesday the President was up past his bedtime.  The First Lady was asleep.
Discussion: Althouse and Brendan Nyhan
Hotlineblog / Hotline On Call:
A Miers Tick-Tock  —  Original reporting from today's Hotline:  —  "The tipping point came within the past several days.  GOP Senators privately communicated to WH CoS Andy Card that unless they had access to hard evidence that Miers was conversant in constitutional issues, there was no way she would be confirmed.
Patrick J. Buchanan / Human Events:
BUCHANAN: Miers May Have Helped Save Bush's Presidency  —  By withdrawing her nomination, Harriet Miers spared herself an agonizing inquisition and probable rejection by the Senate and did George W. Bush the greatest service of her career.  She may just have helped him save his presidency.
Associated Press:
George Takei Discloses His Homosexuality  —  LOS ANGELES - George Takei, best known for his role as Mr. Sulu in "Star Trek," came out as homosexual in the current issue of a magazine covering the Los Angeles gay and lesbian community.  —  Takei told The Associated Press on Thursday …

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