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Sean Spicer tweets that GOP picks up a seat in the House - KY6, Andy Barr defeats Dem Rep Chandler.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The presumptive incoming chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee denied on Thursday that he had issued a warning to President Bush not to nominate anti-abortion judges for the Supreme Court. Pennsylvania's Sen. Arlen Specter, a moderate Republican who supports preserving the legality of abortion, spoke after his reported comments on the issue a day earlier angered conservatives and stoked some calls for Republicans to find another Judiciary Committee chairman. Specter was quoted as saying in a post-election news conference in Philadelphia on Wednesday that it was "unlikely" the Senate, including its new members elected this week,...

Prats concedes resident commissioner race to Fortuño Thursday, November 4th, 2004. SAN JUAN (AP) - Saying it would be irresponsible to keep the island in suspense until a recount is over, the Popular Democratic candidate for resident commissioner, Roberto Prats, gave an emotional speech on Wednesday in which he conceded the election to opponent Luis Fortuño. He said that Tuesday will be remembered as the day Puerto Ricans “shook the democratic structure of the country.” “In democracies, those that participate must comply with the verdicts of the country, when the verdicts favor them and when the verdicts do not favor...

Another pick-up for GOP.

Currently at 63.0 (even reached 66 few moments ago), while sKerry down to 35.1.

Geoff Davies called a winner of KY-4 House race. Again GOP pick-up.

CNN is just calling OK Senate for Coburn (R). So we are again at GOP + 1.

LANSING, Mich. - President Bush travels to North Carolina and Michigan on Wednesday, this time to raise money and meet with nominees whose ascent to the federal appeals courts has been blocked by partisan differences. Bush plans to meet with North Carolina nominees to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and attend a fund-raiser in Raleigh earlier in the day. He then will meet in the afternoon in Pontiac, Mich., with the Michigan judicial nominees and attend a fund-raiser that evening at the home of major campaign donor in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Bush's trip is being handled as an...

This evening Alberto Gonzalez has sent written answer to Sens. Daschle and Leahy on their demands with regard to Miguel Estrada confirmation. Here is a text of the letter posted online by Howard Bashman on his excellent "How Appealing blog" http://pda-appellateblog.blogspot.com/2003_02_01_pda-appellateblog_archive.html#90315485 The main message of this letter is that there are no precedents for releasing internal memos from SG office, that Dems are misleading public opinion claiming that there were similar precedents and that the White House is not going to release Estradas memos.

Sen. Michael Reagan? Michael Reagan "may be considering" a bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by far-left Democrat Barbara Boxer, United Press International reported today. In addition to his famous name, Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan, has a large national following thanks to his radio program.

During a hearing before foreign affairs committee of the Polish parliament, foreign affairs Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz stated that Poland would support US military action against Iraq even if it is not approved by UN Security Council and that Poland would be ready to participate in such an action. Here is a link to a full text of an article, which is unfortunately in Polish: http://info.onet.pl/633264,11,item.html Cimoszewicz stressed that Poland would of course prefer to have Security Council blessing, but is ready to support US unilateral military action.