Abortion, abortion, abortion.  That's been the focus of Samuel Alito's nomination, of course. 

Charles Krauthammer explains in Distorting Sam Alito how liberal interest groups have purposely misrepresented Alito's opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey to make him look "out of the mainstream":

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In the coming days you will hear that Alito "supports" strip searches of 10-year-olds and the private possession of machine guns. The Brady anti-gun campaign has already called Alito "Machine Gun Sammy." You will also hear that he is hostile to minorities, immigrants, women, workers, the disabled, the environment . . . you name it. These claims are based on the same distortion that we see in attacks on Alito's abortion ruling in Casey -- the deliberate confusion of a constitutional judgment (almost invariably based on the Supreme Court's own precedents) with a personal policy preference.

It was disgraceful when that same deliberate distortion was used in television ads to accuse John Roberts of "supporting" people who blow up abortion clinics. It remains disgraceful today.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Only 56,000 U.S. jobs were created in October, about half the number expected as the impact of Hurricane Katrina faded, but wages grew at the strongest pace in 2-1/2 years, a government report on Friday showed.

Though the Labor Department also revised down total job growth for the two prior months, it said the October national unemployment rate eased to 5 percent from 5.1 percent, implying the job market remained solid.

"The underlying trend looks to still be in the 200,000 (jobs per month) range," said economist Joel Naroff of Naroff Economic Advisors in Holland, Pa. "And if that is correct, conditions are okay, really."

Financial markets were whipsawed by the jobs data.

Bond and stock market participants focused initially on low job totals and hoped it meant the

By late morning, U.S. Treasury prices reversed course and were showing losses for fear the Fed might instead extend its rate rises, while stock prices turned down on similar concern. But bond prices later recovered modestly.

STORMS MUDDLE PICTURE

Wall Street economists had forecast that 100,000 jobs were created last month. But the figures remain hard to interpret because of the impact of hurricanes Katrina that struck the Gulf Coast in late August, Rita that followed in September and Wilma that hit Florida in October after the monthly jobs survey was completed.

As many as 400,000 people are estimated to have suffered job losses or interruptions in the Gulf Coast, though many are returning to work at rebuilding in the wake of the storms.

"The underlying economic fundamentals remain sound as has been pointed out by the Fed," said Alan Gayle, a managing director of Trusco Capital Management in Atlanta, though fourth-quarter growth may suffer if consumers spend less.

"You can't have this kind of slowing in job growth coupled with rising energy prices and not see some adverse impact on consumer spending," Gayle said.

The Labor Department revised August and September data to show that 36,000 fewer jobs were created in the two months than previously thought. It said there were 148,000 new jobs in August instead of 211,000 and that 8,000 jobs were lost in September instead of 35,000.

The Labor Department's commissioner of labor statistics, Kathleen Utgoff, said last month's softer pace of job creation could not be blamed on the hurricanes. "Rather, job growth in the remainder of the country appeared to be below trend in October," she said.

The 0.5 percent pickup in average hourly earnings to $16.27 from $16.19 in September was the largest gain since a matching 0.5 percent in February 2003, department officials said. That caused concern among some analysts that policy-makers could see it as an inflation threat.

"I don't think this is a bearish report because average hourly earnings are ticking up significantly, said Firas Askari, manager of foreign exchange trading for BMO Nesbitt in Toronto. "That is obviously a direct driver of inflation."

Naroff similarly warned rising wages could make the Fed decide it needed to carry on raising rates to levels that slow growth in order to ward off an inflation spiral.

"If firms have to face not only high energy and commodity prices but also increasing labor costs, then the inflationary pressures could be even greater than we think," he said. "And that could push the Fed to go past neutral and start tapping on the brakes."

Notably, some 49,000 jobs were created in goods-producing industries last month, which generally are considered to pay more than service businesses.

That was a bounceback from September when 13,000 jobs were lost in this sector.

In a reflection of rebuilding activity after the hurricanes, some 33,000 new construction jobs were posted in October, nearly triple the 12,000 created in September.

Fed Chairman  Alan Greenspan, testifying before Congress on Thursday, indicated he was confident about the economy's growth prospects but said the outlook for potential inflation was more troublesome.

The Fed has raised U.S. short-term interest rates 12 times since mid-2004 -- most recently on Tuesday when it boosted its trendsetting federal funds rate to 4 percent -- and has not signaled any intention to call a halt in the near future.

Reuters just released this information about Alan Greenspan and we thank them for there story.  Way to go Reuters!

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Governor W. Mitt Romney (Massachusetts)

STATUS: POSSIBLE CANDIDATE. Wealthy venture capitalist Mitt Romney ran a respectable, losing campaign against US Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) in 1994, but he first appeared on the national radar when he "saved" the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics. The SLC Olympic committee was mired in a bribery scandal when they brought in Romney in 1999 to clean-up the problems and get the games back on track. The SLC games came off flawlessly, and Romney was given much of the credit. Within a month after the close of the ´02 Olympics, a "Draft Romney" campaign for Massachusetts Governor appeared. Bay State Republicans worried that incumbent Governor Jane Swift (R) was too weak to hold the seat, so she was successfully pressured to quit the race. With Swift out of the picture, Romney jumped in. In an upset, Romney won a narrow victory in that liberal state. Once in office, it quickly became clear that Romney was interested in a White House run. He began to give speeches across the nation, and took other steps to raise his profile. He backed away from his 1994 moderate pro-choice views on abortion, and now classifies himself as solidly pro-life. When the Massachusetts Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2004, Romney quickly became a vocal opponent. He has pushed a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, and appeared in 2005 to even back away from the compromise of allowing civil unions that he formerly suggested. Romney is a Mormom, and one big unknown is how that will play with Religious Right activists -- an influential group in GOP primaries -- as some Protestant fundamentalists openly refer to the Mormons as a cult. Romney´s late father -- former auto industry executive, three-term Michigan Governor and US Housing Secretary George W. Romney (R-MI) -- was an early frontrunner for the 1968 Presidential nomination until some gaffes derailed his run. Click here to view our detailed profile of Governor Romney.

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Listed Below is a poll I found quite interesting to read about Samual Alito   ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2005. N=641 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4. Fieldwork by TNS.
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"As you may know, Bush has nominated federal judge Samuel A. Alito to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Do you think the U.S. Senate should or should not confirm Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court?"
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		Should	Should Not	Unsure
		%	%	%
	10/31 - 11/2/05	49	29	22
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"Given what you know, do you think Alito is a more conservative nominee than you'd have liked, less conservative than you'd have liked, or about right?" Options rotated
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		More	Less	About Right	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	10/31 - 11/2/05	29	10	44	17
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"The Supreme Court legalized abortion 32 years ago in the ruling known as Roe versus Wade. If that case came before the court again, would you want Alito to vote to uphold Roe versus Wade, or vote to overturn it?" Options rotated
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		Uphold	Overturn	Unsure
		%	%	%
	10/31 - 11/2/05	64	31	5
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"Alito wrote a legal opinion saying a state can require a woman to notify her husband if she decides to have an abortion. Does knowing this make you more likely to support, more likely to oppose, or doesn't it make much difference in your opinion?" Options rotated
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		More Likely To Support	More Likely To Oppose	No Difference	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	10/31 - 11/2/05	27	26	46	1

CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. Nov. 1, 2005. N=603 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.
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"As you may know, President Bush has nominated Judge Samuel Alito to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Generally speaking, how would you rate Bush's choice of Samuel Alito as a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court -- as excellent, good, only fair, or poor?"
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		Excellent	Good	Only Fair	Poor	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	11/1/05	17	26	22	17	18
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"Next, thinking about Samuel Alito himself: How would you describe your first impressions of him? Would you say they are very positive, somewhat positive, neither positive nor negative, somewhat negative, or very negative?"
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			%
	Very positive		17
	Somewhat positive		27
	Neither positive nor negative		23
	Somewhat negative		12
	Very negative		7
	Unsure		14
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"Based on what you have heard or read about him, do you think Alito's views on important issues are in the mainstream or do you think they are too extreme?"
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		Main- stream	Too Extreme	Unsure
		%	%	%
	11/1/05	51	26	23
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"As you may know, Alito was nominated to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. Does it bother you that President Bush did not nominate a woman to replace O'Connor, or does it not bother you?"
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		Bothers	Does Not Bother	Unsure
		%	%	%
	11/1/05	23	75	2
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"Just your best guess: If Alito were confirmed to the Supreme Court, do you think he would or would not vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion?"
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		Would	Would Not	Unsure
		%	%	%
	11/1/05	38	38	24
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"If you were convinced that Alito would vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision, would you, personally, want the Senate to vote to confirm him to the Supreme Court, or not?"
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		Confirm	Not Confirm	Unsure
		%	%	%
	11/1/05	37	53	10
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"Suppose all or most of the Democrats in the Senate oppose Alito's nomination. Do you think they would be justified or not justified in using Senate procedures, such as the filibuster, to prevent an up-or-down vote on his nomination?"
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		Justified	Not Justified	Unsure
		%	%	%
	11/1/05	50	40	10
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"If that happens, the Republicans in the Senate would consider changing Senate procedures to eliminate the filibuster on judicial nominations, which would ensure an up-or-down vote on the nomination. Do you think the Republicans in the Senate would be justified or not justified in doing this?"
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		Justified	Not Justified	Unsure
		%	%	%
	11/1/05	45	47	8

CBS News Poll. Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2005. N=936 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
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"Do you have confidence that George W. Bush will nominate good justices to the Supreme Court, or are you uneasy about who he will choose?"
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		Confident	Uneasy	Unsure
		%	%	%
	10/30 - 11/1/05	38	54	8
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"Do you think George W. Bush's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court have been more conservative than you would like, not conservative enough, or about right?"
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		More Con- servative	Not Con- servative Enough	About Right	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	10/30 - 11/1/05	30	16	45	9
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"When the Senate votes on a Supreme Court nominee, should it consider only that person's legal qualifications and background, or along with legal background, should the Senate also consider how that nominee might vote on major issues the Supreme Court decides?"
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		Legal Only	Issues, Too	Unsure
		%	%	%
	10/30 - 11/1/05	35	54	11
	9/9-13/05	36	54	10
	8/29-31/05	33	57	10
	7/29 - 8/2/05	46	46	8
	7/13-14/05	45	47	8
	9/91	39	49	12
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"Is your opinion of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito favorable, not favorable, undecided or haven't you heard enough about Samuel Alito yet to have an opinion?" Asked 10/31 - 11/1/05; N=585 adults
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		Favorable	Not Favorable	Undecided	Haven't Heard Enough	Refused
		%	%	%	%	%
	10/31 - 11/1/05	11	7	16	65	1
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"What do you think right now? Should the Senate vote to confirm Samuel Alito as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, or vote against Alito, or can't you say?" Asked 10/31 - 11/1/05; N=585 adults
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		Vote To Confirm	Vote Against	Can't Say	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	10/31 - 11/1/05	15	7	75	3

CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. Oct. 28-30, 2005. N=800 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.
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"As you may know, President Bush will soon announce another nominee to the Supreme Court to fill the seat of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Which of the following best describes your view about whether the next Supreme Court justice is [see below]? Do you think it is essential that the next justice is [see below], is it a good idea but not essential, does it not matter to you, or do you think it is a bad idea?" Options rotated
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		Essential	Good Idea	Doesn't Matter	Bad Idea	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
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	"Someone who has experience as a judge"
	10/28-30/05	50	36	11	2	1
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