Gop Firing Draws Conservatives' Wrath ; Strategist Called Scapegoat in Leaked-Memo Furor

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Conservatives yesterday accused the Senate Republican leadership of betrayal for forcing the top Republican strategist for judicial nominations to resign amid an investigation into how internal Democratic memos found their way into print.

"This is a shameful scapegoating that serves only to advance the agenda of liberal special-interest groups and their efforts to construct an activist judiciary," said Kevin H. Watson, legislative director for the Law Enforcement Alliance of America.

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Gop Firing Draws Conservatives' Wrath ; Strategist Called Scapegoat in Leaked-Memo Furor

Manuel Miranda, legal counsel to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Tennessee Republican, who previously worked for Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, sai...

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