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...writings and come up with what they say is strong evidence of someone outside the mainstream-a supporter of unchecked presidential powers, opponent of civil rights and threat to a woman's right to choose. Republicans insist Alito is a hardworking immigrant's son who is conservative but fair-and a nice guy to boot...
...Abramoff, his wife and one of his Indian-tribe clients. But Republican officials said they plan to keep the remaining $94,000. A Bush aide said it cannot be assumed that the other donors, who were simply recruited by Abramoff, have done anything wrong: "That's not a fair standard...
...Fair or not, the Bush Administration must now spend time and capital trying to minimize collateral damage from people they have tried to keep at a safe distance. Fortunately for the White House, the President a year ago began sending mixed signals about DeLay. When conservative leaders held a $250-a-plate tribute dinner in April to show solidarity with him, no one from the White House spoke. But a few weeks earlier, when Bush spoke in Galveston, Texas, he went out of his way to praise DeLay?then unindicted in Texas but under fire?and even gave...
...spending limits by serving hot dogs at an election party. But Abramoff persisted, running again for student-body president in high school and failing. He later recalled those days in an interview with the Beverly Hills Weekly as "probably the last time I've really been involved in totally fair campaigns...
...father had on him. "He would recount the strenuous efforts his father made to undertake redistricting in a methodical, precise way," says Doug Kmiec, a law professor at Pepperdine University who worked with Alito. "His father gave him a model for how to deal with people in a fair and evenhanded way." Alito Sr. died in 1987 of a heart problem, and dozens who were involved in New Jersey politics attended his wake...