That George sure is a sneaky one! GW made the headlines by appearing at an Iraqi air base yesterday. More notable, though, was the statement he made there: that we may see fewer American forces in Iraq.

Idaho Senator Larry Craig is still making headlines, as he resigns all his committee posts in light of repeated calls for resignation from his own party.

Boy, we were worried for a while there that this week's Mailbag would be all serious. Fortunately for us, someone decided to ask a Ron Paul question.

I think President Bush has been listening to those crazy left-wing bloggers too much. He seems to have liked the many comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam so much, he's started using them himself. Of course, he's taking them in a different direction — one that many would argue isn't quite historically accurate.

Well, another subpoena deadline for the White House has come and gone, and Presidential counsel Fred Fielding has requested another extension to the deadline. But Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has let the White House know in no uncertain terms that he won't have any of that anymore.

8:40 A debate on Sunday morning? If there was any question that the election cycle's in full swing, this should get rid of doubt. The eight Democratic candidates for President will be appearing this morning on a special edition of ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos in preparation for the Iowa Caucus. You can also catch this debate after 3pm on ABC's web site, or at 7:30pm when it gets rebroadcast on C-SPAN.

We've got some clarifications and some advice from our readers in this week's Texas Blue Mailbag.

You'd think that after a few years in Iraq, even Republican legislators would know to be hesitant about making a short-term lull in violence out to be some sort of victory. Sadly, we have a reminder of that lesson today. A Yadizi community in the Kurdish area of Iraq fell victim to a quadruple bombing that left at least 500 people dead, and another 320 wounded.

It seems that just about everyone's running some piece on their hindsight insight about Rove's resignation, but hey — I have
editorial privilege, and I want to lead off with this: I guess that overextended wars we never should have been in can temporarily take the news eye away from petty, non-democracy-saving things like the economy, but eventually they'll come back to bite you.

Boy, I'd love for this to not be the lead story: The Hill covered a story that you can also find in just about every other major media outlet, discussing how Democrats are split on what to do about Iraq.