Bush reaffirms rejecting timetable  —  Reid spoke a few hours after Bush said he will reject any legislation along the lines of what Democrats will pass.  "I will strongly reject an artificial timetable (for) withdrawal and/or Washington politicians trying to tell those who wear the uniform how to do their job," the president said.

Saving the Earth: The Biodiesel Bus Blog  —  Singer Sheryl Crow and environmentalist Laurie David have been traveling across America on a two-week Stop Global Warming College Tour, which winds up today at George Washington University.  Crow and David (co-producer of the documentary …

Ever-Larger Media Matt  —  Okay.  The time has come to let you all in on some changes forthcoming soon in my life and on this blog.  Most notably, I'm leaving my job at The American Prospect to take a position at The Atlantic Monthly where my primary responsibility is going to be . . . producing this blog.

This is a bad one.  The Washington Post's David Broder was interviewed today by XM radio's Bob Edwards, and Broder hammered Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for declaring the "war is lost" as follows: … Audio here.  —  Look, you can argue that Reid's choice of words was a poor one …

The GOP: Waiting for Him to Walk  —  The President's Old Friend: The A.G.'s poor performance at the hearings cost him support on the Hill  —  The pressure on Alberto Gonzales to resign intensified last week following his daylong grilling before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

JESUS WANTS US TO EXPLOIT THIS TRAGEDY  —  Well, it's a free country, so the Reverend Donald Wilmon's American Family Association has the inalienable right to post "The Day They Kicked God Out of the Schools," a video making those old familiar arguments — that school shootings are the fault …

Former Aide to GOP Rep To Plead Guilty  —  Yet another shoe drops in the Jack Abramoff investigation.  A former aide to Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Mark Zachares, looks set to plead guilty to corruption charges.  —  The Justice Department filed a criminal information today on Zachares …

Finish the Job. 5 Senators Remain.  —  There are only 5 Senators who refuse to state if they have a hold or an objection to S. 223, the campaign finance electronic filing bill.  Let's finish the job and call their offices.  There is no reason remaining for any Senator who does not have a hold …

United on immigration, Democrats divide voters  —  In New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina, the questions about immigration arise repeatedly — and Democratic presidential candidates say they know they are alienating some of their strongest supporters by calling for legalization of illegal aliens.

Bedlam Revisited  —  Why the Virginia Tech shooter was not committed.  —  I was in graduate school, studying clinical psychology when they began shutting down the asylums.  The place was California, the time was the early 1970s, and "they" were an unprecedented confederation of progressives, libertarians and fiscal conservatives.

Few Specifics Evident As Padilla Trial Nears  —  Prosecutor Calls Charge 'Hard to Particularize'  —  MIAMI — The trial of Jose Padilla, the "dirty bomber" whose alleged plotting was used to justify extraordinary presidential power, will get underway next month, and the prosecution's case is rich in atmospherics.