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THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 2004

Headlines @ Closin Time

*Arlen Specter wins colleagues' support: GOP judiciary panel members unanimously back chairmanship/WorldNetDaily: I'm told by my sources in D.C. that this cat now has a bell on his tail. And he'll behave. We'll see. We'll see.*Veterans blast Pentagon for ACLU deal: Defense department denies Boy…

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Craig answers Hot Potatoes criticism

Earlier this p.m., I criticized U.S. Larry Craig for supporting liberal colleague Arlen Specter's push to chair the Judiciary Committee here. I just got this comment from his office.“Senator Specter gave his word to President Bush and has publicly committed to move the President’s judicial…

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Peanut Gallery (Hagadone Gardens IV)

DaveO, I think the Mayor and four of the six council members will want to avoid placing an advisory on the February ballot fearing the anti-BigD electorate will be successful and also torpedo the proposed library and emergency service levies. Like many others have said,…

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Best of the Northwest

And the winner is ... Rossi ... by 261 votes out of 2.8 million cast in Washington state. Mebbe. There'll be a recount here. And The Seattle Times notes that suburbs that haven't gone Republican in two decades helped put Dino over the top here.…

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Thursday Quick Fix 6 (11/18/04)

I've been doing some thinking about what a new Internet friend said re: this blog: "The endless smack toward non-Bush voters is getting kind of old, don't you think?" He could be right. Since this blog began in mid-February, the prez race was front and…

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Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.