The FOXNews teaser for tonight’s “O’Reilly Factor” suggests that Bill—in an effort, no doubt, to “look out for us”—is going to blow the lid off of the blogosphere, which he evidently believes is being used as a “weapon” by the “smear merchants” to muddy the political discourse and push partisan political agendas. …Unlike, say, “The O’Reilly Factor,” whose populist agenda—from boycotting France to pushing for mandatory sentencing in child predator

From Reaganites Unite: The Northeast Intelligence Network is reporting that the investigation of this weekend’s suicide blast in Norman Oklahoma is leaning heavily toward it being a failed suicide bombing aimed at a packed OU Football game at Oklahoma Memorial stadium and not simply the suicide initially claimed. Law enforcement sources close to the Northeast Intelligence Network have confirmed that search and seizure warrants were served today upon the residence

From UPI Officials of a poor, predominantly black Florida town plan to relocate about 6,000 residents to make room for a billion-dollar yachting and housing complex. The coastal community of Rivera Beach in Palm Beach County may use eminent domain, if necessary, to claim 400 acres of land for the project, The Washington Times reported Monday. “This is a community that’s in dire need of jobs, which has a median

Don’t know if it’s true or not, but I suspect that this morning’s rather hastily-called press conference was intended by the President and his advisors to reassure conservatives about the Miers pick, with Bush relying on his personal charms and the good will he’s built up with Republicans (85% of whom approve of his performance), to shore up support for his pick, if not necessarily for Ms. Miers herself—who many

Miers?  Isn’t that the German word for “Souter”…?

John Resnick emails me a reprint of a Dallas News profile on Miers from 1991 (login required).  A bit: The answer is elusive. For Harriet Miers essentially is a shy person with a protective layer of quiet, unassuming reserve. Over time, she also has developed a lawyerly caginess that enables her to play her cards—personal, political and professional—very close to the vest. She weighs her words judiciously, seldom allowing an

From The New Republic’s Ryan Lizza: This pick reinforces several traits Bush doesn’t want reinforced right now. It’s a pro-business pick. In Texas Miers specialized in “commercial litigation, including antitrust and trade regulations and intellectual property disputes” according to this bio. It’s a pro-crony pick. She was Bush’s personal lawyer as far back as the 1980s, and obviously loyalty to Bush trumped intellectual firepower. Finally, the Miers pick cements the

A freak, very sharp electrical storm Mark Furman / Nazis Osama bin Laden, “or some other angry Muslim dude or dudes” “The Man” Heavy Metal Music George W. Bush (specifically, his “arrogance”) Judge Lance Ito / Playstation’s “Grand Theft Auto:  San Andreas” The Rodney King verdict Anthrax *

First, here’s Rich Lowry: Just talked to a very pro-Bush legal type who says he is ashamed and embarrassed this morning. Says Miers was with an undistinguished law firm; never practiced constitutional law; never argued any big cases; never was on law review; has never written on any of the important legal issues. Says she’s not even second rate, but is third rate. Dozens and dozens of women would have

From the AP, “Miers known for staying out of limelight”: Among a host of qualities that White House counsel Harriet Ellan Miers shares with new Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts is the apparent lack of any personal legal agenda. Known for an exacting, no-nonsense style, Miers—like Roberts—tends to avoid the limelight. Once described by White House chief of staff Andrew Card as “one of the favorite people in the