Groups Head to Capital to Step Up Antiwar Drive  —  Tens of thousands of demonstrators are set to arrive in the capital this weekend for a major antiwar march, staging the first of several protests intended to persuade the new Democratic-controlled Congress to do more than simply speak against President Bush's Iraq policy.

In Ex-Aide's Testimony, A Spin Through VP's PR  —  Memo to Tim Russert: Dick Cheney thinks he controls you.  —  This delicious morsel about the "Meet the Press" host and the vice president was part of the extensive dish Cathie Martin served up yesterday when the former Cheney communications director took …

Angry Dispute Erupts Among Iraqi Lawmakers  —  Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's presentation of a new Baghdad security plan to the Iraqi Parliament on Thursday broke down in bitter sectarian recriminations, with Mr. Maliki threatening a Sunni Arab lawmaker with arrest and, in response …

Troops Authorized to Kill Iranian Operatives in Iraq  —  Administration Strategy Stirs Concern Among Some Officials  —  The Bush administration has authorized the U.S. military to kill or capture Iranian operatives inside Iraq as part of an aggressive new strategy to weaken Tehran's influence across …

Kennedy to Republicans: "What is it about working men and women that you find so offensive?"  —  It's a sure bet that Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) has a lot of bottled-up frustration from years of fighting the Republican party to get a simple minimum wage increase for America's families …

Does Anyone Else Detect a Trend?  —  Read through the last couple or three weeks of posts at B5 and Mudville, and one might get the impression that something good is afoot.  Without sounding too optimistic, I'm sure there must be a reason for the progress we are seeing in Iraq, and …

Rockefeller: Cheney applied 'constant' pressure to stall investigation on flawed Iraq intelligence  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney exerted "constant" pressure on the Republican former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee to stall an investigation into the Bush administration's use …

Pelosi Says She Wasn't Consulted On Iraq  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that President George W. Bush did not consult her before announcing his new strategy for the war in Iraq — a sign that, despite the cozy rhetoric, the relationship between Washington's two powerhouses has already had its share of friction.

Jimmy Carter: Too many Jews on Holocaust council  —  Former president also rejected Christian historian because name sounded 'too Jewish'  —  TEL AVIV - Former President Jimmy Carter once complained there were "too many Jews" on the government's Holocaust Memorial Council, Monroe Freedman …

Helping Lara Logan  —  Sometimes it's hard to swim in the mainstream.  —  There has been much heated debate over the past few years over media coverage of the Iraq War.  The Bush administration has repeatedly attacked the 'liberal bias' of the mainstream news industry …

DAVOS-U.S. invasion was "idiot decision"-Iraq vice president  —  Source: Reuters  —  The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was an "idiot decision" and Iraqi troops now need to secure Baghdad to ensure the country's future, Vice-President Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Thursday.

Federal Agency Cleans Up Its Own Wikipedia Entry  —  Wikipedia has come of age.  The online user-created encyclopedia is now influential enough that the federal government feels the need to doctor it up.  —  In late August, someone with an IP address that originated from the National Institutes …

The Hillary netroots spin  —  Ahh, Yesterday I wondered where the WSJ got the notion that Hillary had scored significant victories in the "netroots primary", since all objective evidence suggests that Hillary, in fact, has little online support.  —  Turns out the reporter just rewrote …

Schumer Believes Ordinary People, Not War, Will Become '08 Focus  —  Sen. Charles Schumer, architect of the new Democratic Senate majority, argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the 2008 elections will not center on Iraq.  —  "I think Iraq will not be as strong an issue in the 2008 elections …

NPR's Rehm: Delayed Iraq NIE Will Undermine Case For Escalation  —  Six months ago, Harper's Ken Silverstein reported that "in spite of pressure from CIA analysts, intelligence czar John Negroponte was blocking a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq."