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David Espo / Associated Press:
Rep. Boehner Elected House Majority Leader  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. John Boehner (news, bio, voting record) of Ohio was elected House majority leader Thursday to replace indicted Rep. Tom DeLay.  —  Boehner defeated fellow Republican Rep. Roy Blunt (news, bio, voting record) of Missouri …
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Associated Press:
Rep. Boehner Elected GOP Majority Leader  —  WASHINGTON — Republican officials say Rep. John Boehner of Ohio has been chosen House majority leader.  —  Boehner defeated Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, 122-109, after lagging behind his rival in a first, inconclusive ballot.
CNN:
Boehner elected House majority leader  —  Republicans choose Ohio lawmaker to succeed DeLay  —  (CNN) — House Republicans on Thursday elected U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as majority leader.  —  He upset Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri in a 122-109 vote on the second ballot.
New York Times:
Ohio Congressman Wins Majority Leader Race, Replacing DeLay  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — Representative John Boehner, an eight-term Congressman from far west Ohio, defeated Representative Roy Blunt of Missouri today to become House majority leader as Republicans showed their eagerness …
Discussion: QandO
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Lobbying Changes Divide House GOP  —  Just two weeks after House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) pledged to pass far-reaching changes to the rules of lobbying on Capitol Hill, House Republican members pushed back hard against those proposals yesterday, charging that their leaders are overreacting to a growing corruption scandal.
Krempasky / RedState:
House Majority Leader Race
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Krempasky / RedState:
Congratulations, Mr. Leader  —  Congressman John Boehner …
Discussion: On Tap and Wizbang
Michelle Malkin:
IN SEARCH OF A BRAVE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER (UPDATED)  —  ***11:20am update...I've just learned that the NYSun published two of the cartoons in today's print edition...will post scans if I can get them...bravo!...scan posted below...***  —  I have contacted several newspaper op-ed editors urging …
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Scott Burgess / The Daily Ablution:
An Awakening Europe Reacts - Spineless UK Press Doesn't  —  In breaking news, the Jerusalem Post is reporting that "Palestinian gunmen" have surrounded the EU Commission's office in Gaza, in protest at the publication in several countries of the celebrated cartoons of Muhammad:
Discussion: BBC, Fausta's Blog and lgf
Lorenzo Vidino / The Counterterrorism Blog:
Fabricated cartoons worsened Danish controversy
Discussion: Viking Observer
uscapitolpolice.gov:
Accountability  —  The United States Capitol Police will request that the U.S. Attorney's Office not pursue the charge against Cindy Lee Sheehan who was arrested Tuesday Night before the President's State of the Union address.  —  Mrs. Sheehan was charged Tuesday night with Unlawful Conduct …
Discussion: BobGeiger.com and Big Brass Blog
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
When does the "self-correcting" blogosphere start to self-correct?
Associated Press:
Police apologize, drop charge against Sheehan
Discussion: The American Street and TPRS
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Joint Chiefs Fire At Toles Cartoon On Strained Army  —  In a protest with an unusual number of high-level signatures, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and each of its five members have fired off a letter assailing a Washington Post cartoon as "beyond tasteless."
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Mark Kleiman / The Reality-Based Community:
Graymail and missing emails  —  Tom Maguire pretends not to understand, but Scooter Libby's demand for information about Valerie Plame's work for the CIA is of a piece with his demand for copies of the Presidential Daily Briefs: graymail, pure and simple.  The idea is to ask …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Fitzgerald - Missing Emails?
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post:
Republicans Were Masters In the Race to Paint Alito  —  Democrats' Portrayal Failed to Sway the Public  —  On the night of Sunday, Oct. 30, the White House team charged with getting Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s nomination through the Senate got a first look at the nominee.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Netroots, It's Time to Get Serious About Power
Discussion: The Washington Note and Daily Kos
Neela Banerjee / New York Times:
Evangelical Filmmakers Criticized for Hiring Gay Actor  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — Christian ministers were enthusiastic at the early private screenings of "End of the Spear," made by Every Tribe Entertainment, an evangelical film company.  But days before the film's premiere …
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Senate Panel Rebuffed on Documents on U.S. Spying  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush's domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Court Remade in the Reagan Era's Image  —  Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. being sworn in Wednesday at the White House by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., right.  Watching were President Bush, Martha-Ann Alito and the Alitos' children, Phil and Laura.  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Benjamin Harvey / aolsvc.news.aol.com:
In Turkish Movie, Americans Kill Innocents  —  Gary Busey, Billy Zane Co-Star in Anti-American Film  —  ISTANBUL, Turkey (Feb. 2) - In the most expensive Turkish movie ever made, American soldiers in Iraq crash a wedding and pump a little boy full of lead in front of his mother.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
'I Hope She Drowns'  —  The implosion of the Democratic Party.  Plus Tom Shales's snobbery and a tribute to Wendy Wasserstein.  —  The president's State of the Union Address will be little noted and not long remembered.  There was a sense that he was talking at, not to, the country.

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