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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
President Poised to Pick Court Nominee  —  Allies on Right Are Consulted on Conservative Judges  —  President Bush appears poised to announce a new Supreme Court nomination today, moving quickly after a weekend of consultations to put forward a replacement for the ill-fated choice …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Parties Set Stage for Showdown on Court Choice  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 - With the announcement of a new Supreme Court nominee expected as early as Monday, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, warned President Bush on Sunday not to pick one of the candidates …
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt and Confirm Them
Don Surber:
How Harriet Miers Saved The President  —  The sun was bright, the sky clear and the leaves were turning the color of Maureen Dowd's hair.  I imagine the president was tickled as he made his morning run at Camp David.  His Lee Atwater had just been cleared after an exhaustive federal investigation.
Erick / RedState.org:
Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
THE BIG LOSER in the Libby affair, it would seem to me, is the CIA.  At least it will be if anyone pays attention.  —  Consider: Assuming that Valerie Plame was some sort of genuinely covert operative — something that's not actually quite clear from the indictment — the chain …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Myth Of Dragging Wilson's Wife Into The Niger Case  —  Earlier today, I listened to "Late Edition" on CNN and heard Wolf Blitzer interviewing Gary Bauer about the Plame case.  Normally that would cause me to either fall asleep from apathy or change the channel to something more interesting …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and The Anchoress
Dan / Riehl World View:
Who's Minding The CIA?  —  I clicked on Instapundit this evening and see that he addressed a topic that's been very much on my mind since hearing reference to the CIA on Mark Levin's radio show on Friday.  I too am very troubled when thinking about the CIA's role in the entire Plame affair …
Jason / G e n e r a t i o n W h y ?:
So Much for that "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" Stuff  —  Funny how quick liberals are to toss out Constitutional rights when they belong to Conservatives.  Not only are they calling for the heads of Tom Delay and Scooter Libby, both of whom have not even had their day in court yet …
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Randall Mikkelsen / Reuters:
Calls for White House shakeup focus on Karl Rove
Discussion: Ezra Klein and AMERICAblog
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Alito's Dissent in Casey  —  There is a lot of buzz saying that Judge Samuel Alito may be President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court.  If Judge Alito is nominated, the primary Democrat talking point is going to be his dissent in the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 947 F.2d 682 (3d Cir. 1991).
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The Anonymous Liberal:
Libby's Motive, Cheney's Exposure, and Why Ari Fleischer Might be Walter Pincus' Source  —  At this point, it seems relatively clear that Libby lied to federal investigators and lied pretty spectacularly.  The man is, of course, innocent until proven guilty, but Fitzgerald appears to have an incredibly strong case.
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Empty Wheel / The Next Hurrah:   The Conspiracy to Out Joe Wilson
Empty Wheel / The Next Hurrah:
Indicting Dick  —  Via Josh Marshall and Barton Gellman …
nationaljournal.com:
Addington's Role In Cheney's Office Draws Fresh Attention  —  On the morning of July 8, 2003, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, then-chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, had a two-hour meeting with New York Times reporter Judith Miller at which Libby gave information to Miller in an attempt …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
The Price of Loyalty  —  The consequences of a bias for loyalty over debate have been devastating.  Issues don't get aired; downside risks remain unassessed.  —  Nov. 7, 2005 issue - The posthumous Purple Heart rested near the folded American flag on the modest dining-room table of his parents' home in Cleveland.
Todd S. Purdum / New York Times:
THE JOURNALIST  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 - On any given Sunday, the cream of Washington officialdom presents itself for confession before Tim Russert, a big, bluff lawyer-turned-journalist who may be the capital's most intimidating interlocutor outside a courtroom or Congress.
Discussion: JustOneMinute, Amygdala and TalkLeft
MSNBC:
Meet the Press transcript for Oct. 30  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: The special counsel for the CIA leak investigation, Patrick Fitzgerald, makes this announcement.  —  (Videotape):  —  MR. PATRICK FITZGERALD: A few hours ago, federal grand jury, sitting in the District of Columbia …
John F. Burns / New York Times:
The Real Sunnis: Please Stand Up  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — For those exhausted by Iraq's relentless violence and sectarianism, there are few tonics like a conversation with Adnan Pachachi.  At 82, Mr. Pachachi is an Iraqi patrician who began his diplomatic career in Washington on the day in April 1945 …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Austin Bay Blog
Steve Dillard / Southern Appeal:
I am going out on a limb: I think it's going to be Judge Janice Rogers Brown.  —  I am not basing this on anything but a political hunch, but here's my thought process:  —  (1) President Bush knows that his base wants a genuine judicial conservative on the Supreme Court to replace Justice O'Connor …
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Detroit News:
Absentee ballots tainted?  —  Some Detroit voters are incapacitated, without valid addresses, raising question of mayoral election's fairness.  —  A Detroit News investigation raises serious questions about the handling of absentee ballots under Detroit City Clerk Jackie Currie as the city prepares …
iranfocus.com:
Iran's President says "2 or 3 hangings" could end market woes  —  Tehran, Oct. 30 - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the latest cabinet meeting in the Iranian capital that "if we were permitted to hang two or three persons, the problems with the stock exchange would be solved for ever" …
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Let's Tell Mikey, He'll Print Anything  —  It wasn't like Michael Isikoff didn't already have plenty to be ashamed of.  After all, it was he who turned the pages of once-respectable Newsweek into a lurid bodice-ripper of Brobdingnagian proportions during Monicagate.

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