Those Rovian political briefings at 15 federal agencies to discuss the political prospects of key Republicans, and how your taxpayer dollars could be used to help them out. Name to watch: Lorita Doan.
George Tenet's historical rewrite. Can he escape being the fall guy for Iraq? No. Can he revive his reputation? What reputation? Will scads of people tune in to 60 Minutes on Sunday to hear his rant? Yep. As ABC News' online headline writers put it for the homepage, "now he tells us..."
The newly passed war funding bills on Iraq and the coming veto. The bills are not as futile as the veto threat suggests.
On tonight's debates, the base can call it for Obama all they want. The conventional wisdom among the press corps out of this debate will be that Hillary Clinton won tonight's debate. She seemed the most prepared and the most presidential, and she's the only one who responded to the question on an al-Qaida attack with an answer that makes political sense. Update: The National Review's Byron York agrees, and says the number two and three candidates did themselves no favors with securityphobic Republicans.
Also on the debates, it didn't resonate immediately, but look for John Edwards' rejection of the idea of a "war on terror" to begin bubbling up online, and among the right wingery (Limbaugh is already slamming his 12 second brain fart on who his moral leader is.) Edwards is running hard to the left, which is why his failure to raise his hand in answer to the question of whether there is a GWOT, was joined only by Dennis Kucinich and Kooky Mike Gravel.
McCain's pivot. He skipped the vote on the timetables bill, and has now called both for Alberto Gonzales to step down, and now, called the Iraq war "a great tragedy." Take one giant step away from the Bushies...
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