Daily News For October 25, 2005

Harriet Miers

Senators in G.O.P. Voice New Doubt on Court Choice (Free NYT Reg Req)

Conservative Group to Broadcast TV Ad Opposing Miers

Bush Refusal To Provide Miers Data Raises Confirmation Hurdle

Speeches By Miers Scrutinized For Insights

Judiciary Questions Dobson, Bauer on Miers

Conservatives Escalate Opposition To Miers (Free WAPO Reg Req)

LexisNexis Search Concludes Others More Experienced Than Miers; Database Provides Insight To Number Of Opinions Each Litigator Has Penned

Foreign

Iraq: Draft Constitution Passes

Israel Should Be ‘Wiped Off The Map’: Iran President

US Death Toll In Iraq Hits 2000

Military: 2,000 Dead An Artificial Mark

Suicide Car Bombing Kills 9 In Iraq

Domestic

Bush Aides Brace For Charges. Grand Jury May Hear Counts In Leak Case Today (Free WAPO Reg)

White House Seeks CIA Exemption On Detainees

Cindy Sheehan: Oppose Clinton if She Backs War

Columns

Jim Geraghty: I’m Sorry, The Gop Role Model On The Miers Nomination Should Be… What?!?

The Seattle Times: Miers Not Qualified For Supreme Court

Tony Blankley: Bush On The Edge

Jonah Goldberg: Defrocking The Priesthood Of The Press

John Podhoretz: The Times Trashfest Of Judith Miller

Robert Kagan: It Wasn’t Just Miller’s Story (Free WAPO Reg Req)

Left-Overs

Secret Codes In Printers May Allow Government Tracking

Al Franken Is Cracking Up (W/ Video)

Rome Bans Goldfish Bowls?

A Turkish Court Has Fined 20 People For Using The Letters Q And W On Placards At A Kurdish New Year Celebration

Humor: Iraq Constitution Approval Another Setback For Bush

Website Of The Day: Withdraw Miers

Daily News For October 25, 2005

Harriet Miers

Claim: The White House Is Trying To Develop An Exit Strategy On The Miers Nomination & Has Begun Vetting Other Nominees

Senators Say Harriet Miers Lacks The Votes Needed To Be Confirmed

Arlen Specter: James Dobson May Be Required To Testify Before The Judiciary Committee

Two New Conservative Groups Form To Fight The Miers Nomination

Leaders On Right Call For New Pick

The Gathering Storm Over Harriet Miers

The Right Side Of The Blogosphere On Miers: 73% Oppose Her Confirmation

Domestic

Wilma Kills 6 In Fla.; 6m Without Power

Bush Picks Bernanke As New Fed Chairman

Claim: Cheney Told Scooter Libby of C.I.A. Officer (Free New York Times Reg Req)

John Corzine Has Donated Or Loaned More Than $2.5 Million Last Year To Black Churches. Did He Get Endorsements In Return?

Cindy Sheehan Plans To Tie Herself To The White House Fence To Protest The 2,000th U.S. Military Deaths In Iraq

Rosa Parks Dies At 92 (Sorry To Hear That)

Foreign

Terrorists Kill 20 With Car Bombs At Journalists’ Hotel In Baghdad

Galloway Lied Over Iraqi Oil Payments, Says Congress Report

Israel Kills Islamic Jihad Commander. Terrorists Continue Rocket Fire

Columns

Jack Kelly: Evidence Has Turned Against The Miers Nomination

Joe Mariani: The Miers Debate: No Reason To Blink

Pete Du Pont: It’s Time To Write Budgetary Discipline Into The Constitution

Q&A With Roger Ailes, Chairman And CEO Of Fox News Channel

Dennis Prager: The Difficulty Of Intellectually Engaging The Left

Left-Overs

Former Pajamas Media Partner: Sorry, But You’re Probably Not Going To Make Money With Pajamas Media

Pajamas Media Ditches 230 Of The 300 Bloggers They Originally Signed Up

On Letterman, Al Franken Jokes About Execution For Treason Of Rove, Libby And Bush

History’s Top Ten Conquerors, In Square Miles (Bush Comes In At #10)

Website Of The Day: Better Justice

 

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