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Chris zeroes in on the CIA leak case and the fight over the nomination of
Harriet Miers on the right...Yes, we're bringing Pat back..."When you're hot,
stay hot" Chris once told me...And Pat is definitely hot...We lead with three
top journalists who'll give us the latest on what we know about special
prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation...Both Rove and Judy Miller are
back before the grand jury this week...Why? And where is this investigation
headed?
Shuster has a great background package to get you up to speed so don't feel as
if you haven't paid attention to every nook and cranny that you can't join in
on the fun...We've got you covered...
Michael Wolff of Vanity Fair, James Moore, co-author of "Bush's Brain" (Rove
biographer) and Howard handle the A & B blocks...
Gregory checks in from the North Lawn on that meeting between Dobson and White
House and why he's supporting Miers...He says he was told something he can't
reveal...Sounds like last night's episode of "West Wing"! We'll get the
scoop...
In the D block Pat takes on the GOP establishment in the form of Ed Rogers on
why Bush nominated Miers...You know that's a pop the popcorn kind of segment!
We round things out with Blankley and Oliphant doing more CIA leak case as well
as Tony's new book, "The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of
Civilization?
Tony thinks we need to confront radical Islam now, give more power to the
President, do away with silly political correctness and decide whether its more
important to give Muslims who wish to destroy us the blessing of our civil
rights or to save Western Civilization?
Please join us...You'll be much wiser for having done so...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Sources: Rove told Bush he had no role in leak...White House official will
testify for fourth time on outing of CIA operative
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9624918/
Pat Backgrounder: In asking conservatives to support Harriet Miers, prior to
full Judiciary Committee hearings, George W. Bush asks too much.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46748
Oliphant Backgrounder: Miers: true believer, or Bush puppet?
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/10/06/miers_true_believer_or_bush_puppet/
Tony Backgrounder: High court politics
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/tblankley.htm
Wolff Backgrounder: The Power of Rove...How has top Bush strategist Karl Rove
managed to outmarket, outmaneuver, and elude liberals at every turn?
http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/articles/051010roco03b
Mild About Harriet...She has served the president faithfully, but her resume
drew fire from the right. Will Harriet Miers make it to court?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9629611/site/newsweek/
Nearly half of Senate Republicans say they remain unconvinced that Harriet
Miers is worthy of being confirmed to the Supreme Court, according to a survey
conducted by The Washington Times.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051010-121707-4311r.htm
Isikoff: The Right: With Friends Like These...The cheerleaders for Bush's
judicial pick found little to cheer.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9629612/site/newsweek/
Fund: Miers Remorse...Conservatives are right to be skeptical.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110007384
The Republican base across the country looks more favorably on President Bush's
nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court than the cluster of
conservative critics who are opposing her inside the Beltway, according to a
Washington Times survey of state party chairmen.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051009-111800-1989r.htm
Militants launch deadly pre-vote attacks in Iraq...U.S. soldier among at least
13 killed ahead of constitutional referendum (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9618533/
Senior U.S. officials have begun to question a key presumption of American
strategy in Iraq: that establishing democracy there can erode and ultimately
eradicate the insurgency gripping the country. (LA Times)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/latimests/20051009/ts_latimes/acentralpillarofiraqpolicycrumbling&printer=1;_ylt=AlWBD1OjV2jFtaXMNELN1V_sbr8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
For GOP, election anxiety mounts...Candidates for 2006 need convincing (The
Washignton Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9646174/
Bush's approval rating remains at all-time low...Optimism about country's
future fading (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9622843/
DeLay lawyers want charges thrown out...They accuse prosecutor of misconduct
(AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9623710/
Louis Freeh says he 'distrusted' Bill Clinton...In new book called 'My FBI,'
the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation attacks former
president for getting bogged down in scandal (NBC News)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9649832/
Opinion/Editorial
Barone on George W. Bush: Down, but not Out
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/michaelbarone/2005/10/10/170689.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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