AG Gonzales tries to be ready. Romney's prayer breakfast presence. Marty Meehan smoothes his succession. Lynn Swann regroups.
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PREP TALK
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Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales
goes before the
Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, and word out of the
Department of Justice is that Gonzales has been working tirelessly
on preparations for the hearing. Further word: those sessions have
not been going well.
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"They remind me of the Harriet Miers prep sessions,"
says a DOJ insider knowledgeable about both sets of prep sessions.
"We're concerned about 'gotcha' questions, and there are just too
many of them to go over at this stage of the game."
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BREAKING FAST
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Tagg Romney
, the eldest son of former
Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney
, was given a prime
seat at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington last
week, sitting at a table with Chief Justice
John
Roberts