Bush Approval Rating Jumps Six Points  —  President Bush's job approval rating has jumped six points in the wake of a media barrage of criticism over his administration's telephone records collection program.  —  A Harris Interactive poll published in The Wall Street Journal Online on Friday …

Looks Like My Poll Results Are Up And They're Wrong  —  I mentioned having participated in this poll.  I'm not very pleased with the headlines around this and have some first hand reflections and an opinion I'd like to offer now that it's out.  This pole has some serious problems in my view.

Hold the Phone  —  Big Brother knows whom you call.  Is that legal, and will it help catch the bad guys?  —  May 22, 2006 issue - In the difficult days after 9/11, White House officials quietly passed the word through Washington's alphabet soup of intelligence agencies: tell us which weapons you need to stop another attack.

Leahy on Blitzer  —  On the lawfulness of the NSA wiretapping program, which Gen. Hayden publicly defends  —  LEAHY: No, I don't believe it's lawful.  I do believe that General Hayden is a very competent, highly intelligence trained officer.  And I appreciate that.  But this is a question that goes beyond him.

Leadership  —  Leading Democrats tell the New York Times that it would be better if the party doesn't win in the fall —  and if it has the sad misfortune to do so, it would be better off not holding any investigations into the Bush administration.  —  And if, somehow, the party does unfortunately win …