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Patrick Hynes / anklebitingpundits.com:
Blogger Conference Call With WH Advisor Steve Schmidt On Alito Nomination  —  Today I had the opportunity to participate in a blogger conference call with Steve Schmidt, Special Advisor to the President in charge of the White House confirmation team.  We first want to thank Steve and Patrick Ruffini …
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
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Tim Chapman:
RNC blogger conference cal  —  The RNC has organized another blogger conference call this afternoon.  Today's call will be with the White House's Alito confirmation team leader, Steve Schmidt.  —  Capitol Report will be on the 2:00 call.  —  UPDATE: In progress...details to follow.
Matt Margolis / Blogs for Bush:
Blogger Conference Call with WH Advisor Steve Schmidt  —  I just got off of another blogger conference call, this one with Steve Schmidt, Special Advisor to the President in charge of the White House Confirmation Team.  According to Schmidt, the nomination is off to a terrific start …
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
Flip / Suitably Flip:
Alito Conference With WH Special Advisor: Take 2  —  Steve Schmidt, Special Advisor to the President in charge of the White House confirmation team, is about to host a blogger conference call to provide an update on the Sam Alito confirmation process.  —  Watch this space for a thorough debrief...
James Joyner / » Outside The Beltway:
Blogger Conference Call with Steve Schmidt  —  Patrick Ruffini has organized a blogger conference call with Steve Schmidt, Special Advisor to the President in charge of the White House Confirmation Team for Judge Samuel Alito, for 2 p.m. EST.  I wasn't able to get a question in on the last one; maybe I'll have better luck today.
decision08.net:   Blogger Conference Call - Steve Schmidt on the Alito Nomination
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:   Blogger Conference Call With The Head Of The Alito Confirmation Team
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
DeLay Asked Lobbyist to Raise Money Through Charity  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 - Representative Tom DeLay asked the lobbyist Jack Abramoff to raise money for him through a private charity controlled by Mr. Abramoff, an unusual request that led the lobbyist to try to gather at least $150,000 …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Case Against Karl Rove (Ongoing...)  —  The NY Times has a good news / bad news story about the case against Karl Rove.  —  (a) Fitzgerald is no longer looking at some of the more dramatic charges, such as conspiracy or lying to the President;  —  (b) Fitzgerald is focusing …
CNN:
Americas summit protest turns violent  —  Anger in streets over Bush, economic policies as leaders gather  —  MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (CNN) — Protesters set one building on fire Friday and threw objects at police in the streets of this resort city as the leaders of 34 nations began the fourth Summit of the Americas.
Discussion: QandO and The Agonist
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Bill Cormier / Associated Press:
Summit Protests Turn Violent in Argentina
New York Times:
Bush's Troubles Follow Him to Summit in Argentina
Discussion: The Mahablog
Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
Immigrant Rioting Flares in France for Ninth Night  —  AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France, Nov. 4 - France's worst urban violence in a decade exploded for a ninth night on Friday as bands of youths roamed the immigrant-heavy, working-class suburbs of Paris, setting fire to dozens of cars and buildings …
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BBC:
No halt to French urban violence
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Bush Orders Staff to Attend Ethics Briefings  —  White House Counsel to Give 'Refresher' Course  —  President Bush has ordered White House staff to attend mandatory briefings beginning next week on ethical behavior and the handling of classified material after the indictment last week …
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Spending Inquiry for Top Official on Broadcasting  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 - Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the head of the federal agency that oversees most government broadcasts to foreign countries, including the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, is the subject of an inquiry into accusations …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, TalkLeft and AMERICAblog
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online:
TWO A. SULLIVANS  —  don't understand why many Catholic bishops want to deny communion to Catholic politicians who vote for legal abortion but are not "applying pressure" and bringing their "coercion campaign" to Catholic judges who (allegedly) do the same thing.
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Amy Sullivan / The Washington Monthly:
NO COMMUNION FOR JUDGES, PART 2....Ramesh Ponnuru and Stephen Bainbridge …
Associated Press:
Clinton: Hillary Would Be Better President  —  Former President Clinton said in an interview Friday that he believes his wife would do a better job than he did in the nation's highest office.  —  New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has not said whether she plans to run in Nonetheless …
Discussion: PunditGuy
Victor Davis Hanson / victorhanson.com:
The Real Global Virus  —  The plague of Islamism keeps on spreading.  —  National Review Online  —  Either the jihadists really are crazy or they apparently think that they have a shot at destabilizing, or at least winning concessions from, the United States, Europe, India, and Russia all at once.
Discussion: Blogs for Bush and Dr. Sanity
Right Wing Nut House:
CARNIVAL OF THE CLUELESS #20  —  There were a couple of leading candidates for Cluebat of the Week this time around.  Some would have been awarded on a collective basis (The French Government for their tepid response to rioting Muslims), some for individual achievement (Harry Reid's stunt in closing the Senate).
Discussion: The Right Place
Aaron / aaron:
Deck 'O Bloggers 2005 - Taking Nominations  —  Inspired by Hugh Hewitt's lamenting the absense of Hallmark Cards for bloggers and anticipating the receipt of cease and desist letters due to violating trademarks for well-known games, I'm announcing the creation of a new interim blogmeme...

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