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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Senate Confirms Alito to Supreme Court — Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. became the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, confirmed with the most partisan victory in modern history after a fierce battle over the future direction of the high court. — The Senate voted 58-42 …
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David Stout / New York Times:
Alito Is Confirmed for Supreme Court in 58-42 Vote — WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 — Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., who has been widely praised for his intellect and integrity but both admired and assailed for his conservative judicial philosophy, was confirmed today as the 110th justice in the history of the Supreme Court.
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Deacon / Power Line:
ALITO CONFIRMED — The Senate has confirmed Samuel Alito by a vote of 58-42. Four Democrats (Byrd, Conrad, Johnson, and Ben Nelson) joined 54 Republicans (all but Chafee). The margin exceeded my low expectations by a few votes due, I think, to the quality of Alito's performance …
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Alito Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice — Senate Confirmed Nomination, 58-42, Following Morning Debate — Samuel A. Alito Jr., who was confirmed by the Senate on a 58-42 vote this morning, was quickly sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court today, completing a makeover …
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Cindy Sheehan Plans To Be In Audience At Bush Address — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cindy Sheehan said she will be part of the live audience during the president's State of the Union speech to congress Tuesday. — Bay Area Congresswoman Lynn Woosley gave anti-war activist a gallery pass late Tuesday …
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Chris Matthews / MSNBC:
Tom DeLay stays focused on re-election bid — Hardball talks exclusively with the embattled House Representative … MSNBC TV — Host of 'Hardball' — Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) spoke with Chris Matthews about the fight he'll wage for his seat in Texas …
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Paul Kiel / tpmcafe.com:Auction House — The Daily Muck — Maybe we'll start calling this The Daily Doolittle.
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Brendan Miniter / Opinion Journal:Blunt Criticism — Will the State of the Union influence the House leadership race?
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Gonzales Is Challenged on Wiretaps — Feingold Says Attorney General Misled Senators in Hearings — Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) charged yesterday that Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales misled the Senate during his confirmation hearing a year ago when he appeared to try to avoid answering …
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Peter Applebome / New York Times:
Coretta Scott King, 78, Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dies — Coretta Scott King, first known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., then as his widow, then as an avid proselytizer for his vision of racial peace and non-violent social change, has died, her sister in law, Christine King Farris, said this morning.
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David Finkel / Washington Post:
Utah Town Has Question About President: 'What's Not to Like?' — RANDOLPH, Utah — To get to the place where they like George W. Bush more than any other place in America, you fly west for a long time from Washington, then you drive north for a long time from Salt Lake City …
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush to Say 'America Is Addicted to Oil' in Talk — WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, in a push to take charge of the election-year agenda, is expected to say Tuesday that "America is addicted to oil" and must break its dependence on foreign suppliers in unstable parts of the world.
Mark Blumenthal / Mystery Pollster:
SOTU: ON BOUNCES AND SPIN — From the polling perspective, if recent history repeats itself, we can assume two things will occur after the President's State of the Union (SOTU) speech tonight. First, CNN/USAToday/Gallup and perhaps CBS News will conduct instant reaction polls among speech watchers …
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Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
CNN's Amanpour: "The War in Iraq Has Basically Turned Out to Be a Disaster" — "The war in Iraq has basically turned out to be a disaster," Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, declared from London live on Monday's Larry King Live. In the segment in which journalists discussed …
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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush to Say 'America Is Addicted to Oil' in Talk — WASHINGTON - Hampered by huge budget deficits and an unpopular war, President Bush will seek to take charge of the election-year agenda Tuesday by declaring America must break its dependence on Mideast oil and calling for training 70,000 math …
The Prowler / American Spectator:
Supreme Struggles — ALITO SCENARIO — According to White House sources, should Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito be confirmed at the 11 a.m. Senate vote this morning, the President intends to swear him in and have him present with his colleagues at the State of the Union Address Tuesday evening.
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
China and Russia Support Sending Iran Case to U.N. — LONDON, Tuesday, Jan. 31 — The United States and Europe, after hours of negotiations on Iran, won support from Russia and China early Tuesday to refer Iran's nuclear activities to the United Nations Security Council this week …
William Beutler / The Hotline's Blogometer:
1/31: Just Because You're Paranoid ... As we go to press, Samuel Alito has been confirmed to the SCOTUS by a vote of 58-42. It's too soon to grab reax on that, but it's similar to what's come before. As everyone understands, the real fight was on 1/30, where the lopsided 72-25 cloture …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Congress caught making false entries in Wikipedia — We already know, of course, that politicians live primarily for re-election and typically view the truth as an impediment to the higher purpose of unfettered self-aggrandizement. — Still, we can be excused for feeling mildly nauseated …
WorldNetDaily:
Is new AOL IM slogan marketing blasphemy? — 'I AM' pitch takes God's name in vain, say some shocked critics — When Ian Millar opened up his AOL Instant Messenger program yesterday and linked to the new AIM Triton site, he wasn't prepared for what he saw.
Michelle Malkin:
FIGHT THE BULLIES OF ISLAM — Thanks to Gaijin Biker for the icon, which you can download at his blog (on the right-hand sidebar). — See also the new Support Denmark page (hat tip: Paul Belien of the indispensable Brussels Journal). — As I noted yesterday, Judith Apter Klinghoffer is spearheading the Buy Danish campaign.
Uri Dan / Jerusalem Post:
Iran already has the bomb — Rafi Eitan suspects that Iran already has enough enriched uranium fissionable material to manufacture at least one or two atom bombs of the Hiroshima type. "Otherwise Iranian President Ahmadinejad would not have dared come out with his declaration that Israel …
