Warner's Statement: "I Have Decided Not To Run For President"  —  Nine months ago, I left the office of Governor in Virginia.  I was immensely proud of what we had accomplished.  We faced historic challenges and got real results.  —  Upon leaving office, I committed all my time and energy …

Intelligence failure cited in Korean crisis  —  Recent U.S. intelligence analyses of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs were flawed and the lack of clarity on the issue hampered U.S. diplomatic efforts to avert the underground blast detected Sunday, according to Bush administration officials.

Political Climate Warms to Lieberman's Favor  —  Two months after a tumultuous Senate primary that was hailed as a watershed moment in American politics, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut appears to be comfortably ahead of his challenger Ned Lamont in their general election rematch.

The Harry Reid Land Deal  —  Here is an Associated Press report on the land deal that netted Sen. Harry Reid over $1 million ... note the part of the report that has audio of Sen. Reid hanging up on AP when asked a question about the deal.  (via Flopping Aces)

HOW ROVE TWISTED FOLEY'S ARM:  —  It seems increasingly clear that the GOP congressional leadership, eager for every safe incumbent in the House to run for re-election, looked the other way as evidence accumulated that Mark Foley had a thing for pages.  Holding onto his seat became more important …

Reform Run Amok  —  A MAJOR piece of the United Nations reform promised by Secretary General Kofi Annan was a new Human Rights Council.  The idea was to replace the Commission on Human Rights, which had been hijacked by rogue states such as Libya and Sudan, with a body that could refocus attention …

Christopher Hitchens Has Gone Mad  —  The latest New Yorker has a (sadly offline) profile of Christopher Hitchens by Ian parker.  It's not clear to me why Hitchens, whose day of influence has decidedly passed, merits a profile, but it's hard to argue when the material is this good.

BREAKING—New House polls will show looming Democratic landslide  —  I usually despise blog posts with the word "BREAKING" in the title, in all caps, but in this rare case I actually am the person breaking the story, so I think it is justiifed.  —  The new Majority Watch from Constituent Dynamics will be released in a few minutes.

U.S. Supporter of Al-Qaeda Is Indicted on Treason Charge  —  A California native who has appeared in al-Qaeda propaganda videos has been indicted for treason, making him the first American to be charged with that crime in half a century, the Justice Department announced yesterday.

Hastert Aides Interest Ethics Panel  —  Staff Members' Knowledge of Foley's Actions With Former Pages in Question  —  With House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert denying personal knowledge of former representative Mark Foley's activities, investigators for the House ethics committee are bearing …

Lawyer: Gov't workers got fake diplomas  —  SPOKANE, Wash. - At least 135 federal employees, including a White House staff member and National Security Agency employees, bought bogus online college degrees from a diploma mill, a lawyer in the case against the mill operators said.

University instructor likens Bush to Hitler  —  MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) — A university instructor who came under scrutiny for arguing that the U.S. government orchestrated the September 11 attacks likens President Bush to Adolf Hitler in an essay his students are being required to buy for his course.

Will Voters Pull the Trigger?  —  The old theater adage demands that if you show a pistol in Act 1, you'd better fire the gun in Act 3.  That same wisdom applies to politics.  —  The voters have been pointing a symbolic gun at the Republican regime in Washington for many months now.

Tony Snow Knows How to Work More Than One Room  —  It's Gloves Off (and Pass the Hat) for Bush Spokesman  —  On the morning of Oct. 2, Tony Snow did six back-to-back television interviews from the White House lawn, and one phrase came back to haunt him.  —  While criticizing Mark Foley …

Where I stand on Iraq  —  Sen. Clinton says how Bush went wrong and offers her prescription for the war  —  We have to deal with the Iraq we have, not the Iraq we wish we had.  And the Iraq we have is a deteriorating, violent conflict that, if not technically a civil war, is about as close as you can get.