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...with which Souter was named -- less than 72 hours after Brennan's resignation -- was almost as surprising as the nominee himself. "The President saw immediately that he needed to move quickly," says a senior White House official. "Otherwise, the interest groups were going to take control of the debate, narrow his options and make confirmation more difficult." Bush was on Air Force One, preparing to head back to Washington after a few days of politics and fishing out west, when he got the news that Brennan was stepping down. After calling Brennan to accept his resignation, Bush...
...honesty, the Senate has no business blocking a Supreme Court nomination over one or two issues. Using such a litmus-test would not only be narrow-minded, but would also set a dangerous precedent. Future nominations could become deadlocked, and the court--which ostensibly exists to protect the minority--would slowly become a puppet of the majority-controlled legislature...
...portfolio of stocks with names like Sleepy, Dopey, Crashful, Crappy? When I'm asked my worst-ever investment, I can't decide. "Choose me!" shout my shares in a company with an asbestos problem. "Choose me!" shouts my ill-fated "TED spread," a bet in May that the unusually narrow spread between Treasury bills and Eurodollars would widen. (It narrowed even further. My cost in brokerage commissions alone was enough to buy a couple of Congressmen.) "Choose me!" shout all my expired-worthless puts and calls...
...stocks have been rising, by any means. The advance has been narrow, confined mostly to the blue chips...
...Bush admitted he had never favored the Team-B exercise. "It was forced on me by the White House," said Bush. By most accounts the President preferred abolishing PFIAB, but was eager to avoid a predicted congressional uproar. Recasting PFIAB so that its focus will probably be narrow represents the path of least resistance -- a politically clever but intellectually shortsighted move. Bush doesn't need intelligence reports that induce sleep; he needs the kind of thought-provoking analysis that can substitute...