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.

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.

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.

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.

Lieberman Calls for Political Cease-fire  —  U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman called for a "political cease-fire" for the next six-months to give the new military leadership a chance to show the public the new strategy is working.  —  Lieberman who met with state officials in Hartford Friday said …

'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."

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.

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 …

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.

Complaint against Bush billboard upheld  —  A complaint made against a Hell Pizza billboard featuring US President George Bush has been partially upheld by the Advertising Standards Complaints Board (ASCB).  —  The advertisement featured Mr Bush and the words "Hell.  Too good for some evil bastards".

Painting Over the Problems at Walter Reed's Building 18  —  It's not every day one gets to witness a whitewash in action, but Walter Reed Army Medical Center provided just such an opportunity yesterday.  —  In Sunday's Washington Post, Dana Priest and Anne Hull described the woeful conditions …

Guns Don't Kill People, Gun Control Kills People  —  Uganda terrorizes its own citizens under the auspices of UN gun control mandate.  —  The country of Uganda plans to send about 1,500 troops to Somalia as part of an African Union peace-keeping force.  The goal is to stabilize the weak government …

Hineni  —  The noblest Congress of them all.  —  THERE ARE TWO WAYS to say "I'm here" in Hebrew.  Like any language, there are probably lots more, but here are the top two.  —  "Po ani" means I'm here, or I'm present, or just present, the correct form when someone is, say, taking the roll.