Cheney Reiterates Criticism of House Speaker Pelosi  —  Vice President Cheney today repeated his charge that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's approach toward the Iraq war would benefit al-Qaeda, saying that he was not trying to impugn the speaker's patriotism but instead hold her accountable for the consequences of her policies.

Election 2008: Giuliani 52% Clinton 43%  —  In a match-up between the early 2008 frontrunners, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) leads New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) 52% to 43%.  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Giuliani's lead growing in recent months.

New Republic Sold, to Drop Weekly Publication Schedule  —  The Canadian media giant CanWest has taken a majority stake in the 92-year-old New Republic, and plans to relaunch the weekly as a thicker, glossier - and half as frequent - magazine with a more robust Web site.

Okay, so we've prepared a little Joe Lieberman care package for people to email to reporters and/or commentators when they talk about Lieberman switching parties.  —  Here's what's in it.  We've compiled lots and lots and lots of examples of Lieberman swearing up and down to the voters of Connecticut that he'd stay with the Dems.

'NYT' SUNDAY PREVIEW: Suze Orman Reveals She is the '55-year-old Virgin'  —  NEW YORK In an interview for The New York Times Magazine this coming Sunday, financial guru and TV host Suze Orman gets on Deborah Solomon's case for not looking out for her own money, partly because "you are a woman."

AP: Vilsack to end White House bid  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Tom Vilsack is abandoning his bid for the presidency after struggling against better-known, better-financed rivals, a senior campaign official told The Associated Press on Friday.  —  Vilsack left office in January …

Verbatim Bachmann on Iran: "There's already an agreement made.  [Iran is] going to get half of Iraq and that is going to be a terrorist safe haven zone."  —  U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann claims to know of a plan, already worked out with a line drawn on the map, for the partition of Iraq …

Prosecutor Purge: Number Eight?  —  It seems that U.S. Attorney Margaret Chiara of Michigan's Western District is the eighth prosecutor to have been fired by the administration in recent months.  —  In a press release today, Chiara, who was nominated by President Bush in September, 2001 …

You Go, Geffen!  —  Hillary Clinton's very bad week.  —  We know from the philosophers that a true statement is true without regard to the reliability or sagacity of the person who utters it.  We have it on good authority that the truth shall set us free.  David Geffen spoke truth to Maureen Dowd last week.

Former ACLU Chapter President Arrested for Child Pornography  —  Complaint Alleges Virginia Man Accessed, Downloaded Graphic Child Pornography  —  Federal agents arrested Charles Rust-Tierney, the former president of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU, Friday in Arlington for allegedly possessing child pornography.

Among Religious Groups, Jewish Americans Most Strongly Oppose War  —  Opposition goes beyond Jewish Americans' political affiliations  —  PRINCETON, NJ — An analysis of Gallup Poll data collected since the beginning of 2005 finds that among the major religious groups in the United States …

Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the campaign trail  —  The Hugh Hewitt Show  —  HH: Welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show, Mayor.  Good to have you.  —  RG: How are you, Hugh?  —  HH: I'm great.  —  RG: Good to talk to you.  —  HH: I'm great.  Mayor, the campaign's off to a pretty early start.