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...midst of “widespread skepticism” in the newsroom about the necessity of a public editor, said Adam Nagourney, a political correspondent for the paper who was a fellow at the Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics this fall. Nagourney—himself a target of a 2004 Okrent column criticizing the Times’ coverage of the Howard Dean campaign—said much of that skepticism evaporated by the end of Okrent’s tenure...
...that, for much of the nation, the appearance of new bin Laden tapes is cause for increased anxiety-an ugly little reminder that our war on terrorism has thus far failed to rub out the man that the White House once upon a time identified at its chief target. But for me, tapes like this come as something of a relief...
...Most insurgent groups in Iraq are loath to target women because they know it would gain them no public sympathy. If anything, ordinary Iraqis (even those who sympathize with the insurgency) regard such kidnappers with contempt. That's one of the reasons why groups that have kidnapped women have tended to adopt new and obscure names - they don't want their real names tainted by association...
...minority leader Harry Reid and other moderate Democrats would like to refocus on the more politically profitable work of bashing President Bush and the Republicans on Iraq and corruption, liberals including Ted Kennedy hope to delay the Judiciary Committee vote on Alito. That would give advocacy groups time to target Alito via TV ads, petitions and phone banks. "They want some additional time to beat the drums in opposition," says an aide...
However inviting that pork may be as a rhetorical target, though, earmarks give House members a chance to direct money to particular interests, and it's unlikely that they will want to give up that power. So in the warrens of the Capitol, Republicans debate how they can project change while keeping things much the same. The big totals on future spreadsheets depend...