Cursor's Media Patrol - 10/03/05

A 'Longtime Confidante' is President Bush's pick to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and "what she lacks in experience she makes up for in devotion."

The Boston Globe reports on an FBI counterterrorism investigation that was launched after the discovery that "some of the vehicles used in deadly car bombings in Iraq ... were probably stolen in the United States."

As President Bush prepares to rally wavering Americans with a speech, the White House is said to have "cranked up a campaign to convince Americans they are winning the war."

A USA Today survey finds almost no support among the nation's governors for President Bush's suggestion for "federalizing emergency response to catastrophic events," which one governor recently said "would be a disaster as bad as Hurricane Katrina."