Day October 9, 2005

Miers pick may be splitting solid GOP base Conservatives’ unified front may be coming apart with nomination and other issues

New York Times reporter Judith Miller has discovered notes of a conversation she had with Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff in June 2003.

Full blogging resumes Monday night! While I’m enjoying vacation, my sister’s house only has a dial up modem so I’ve having to blog from a Panera Bread store nine miles away, they have free wi-fi.

The rain gauge in my sisters backyard in Canton, CT recorded nine inches of rain in 24 hours, due to Tropical Storm Tammy moving through. Even by New England standards that’s an extraordinary amount of rain.

Dean’s Scheme. According to an Associated Press profile, DNC Chairman Howard Dean is “borrowing ideas from President Bush’s re-election campaign, Madison Avenue and his own Internet-driven White House bid” to drag the Democratic party “into the 21st century.” Said Dean:…