THE BAD POLLSTER.  I have a feeling that Mark Penn, Senator Clinton's pollster and apparently her de facto campaign manager, is going to start getting some close, and long overdue, scrutiny.  The Washington Post picks up where The American Prospect left off, with a well-written article by Anne Kornblut …

A Loser's History  —  GEORGE TENET'S SNIVELING, SELF-JUSTIFYING NEW BOOK IS A DISGRACE.  —  It's difficult to see why George Tenet would be so incautious as to write his own self-justifying apologia, let alone give it the portentous title At the Center of the Storm.

Court rules on two patent cases, and on high-speed chase  —  The Supreme Court, in a major victory for Microsoft Corp., ruled by a 7-1 vote on Monday that U.S. patent law does not bar foreign making of copies of digital code to be installed in computers made and sold abroad.

Broder Tells 'E&P' That He Stands By His Blast At Harry Reid  —  NEW YORK David Broder said he wouldn't change anything in his April 26 column, which angered many readers and caused 50 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus to write a letter criticizing Broder in Friday's Washington Post.

D.C. Madam Wants Washington Clients to Testify  —  Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz & Justin Rood Report:  —  The woman charged in a federal indictment with running a high-class Washington, D.C. call girl service says she plans to call her prominent clients to testify at her trial.

Maliki's Office Is Seen Behind Purge in Forces  —  A department of the Iraqi prime minister's office is playing a leading role in the arrest and removal of senior Iraqi army and national police officers, some of whom had apparently worked too aggressively to combat violent Shiite militias …

GOP's Base Helps Keep Unity on Iraq  —  With public opinion tilting firmly toward ending U.S. involvement in the war in Iraq, Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest (R-Md.) might have expected praise for his votes that would start to bring the troops home.  Instead, at town hall meetings on the Eastern Shore …

CA Dem Convention: Richardson and Dodd  —  Dodd sounds and looks solid, knowledgeable, and boring.  Richardson seems unable to comprehend that his resume doesn't automatically earn him the nomination.  Both seem to be running for VP.  —  Dodd would be OK with me, though I don't quite …

Today is Tax Freedom Day®  —  The Tax Foundation has announced that today (the 120th day of 2007) is Tax Freedom Day® — Americans will work four months of the year, from January 1 to April 30, before they have earned enough money to pay this year's tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels.

Hurwitz Jurors Explain Their Verdict  —  Since the verdict in the Hurwit trial on Friday, I've interviewed three of the twelve jurors, and they told pretty much the same story.  They said that the jury considered Dr. William Hurwitz to be a doctor dedicated to treating pain …

Climate change hits Mars  —  Mars is being hit by rapid climate change and it is happening so fast that the red planet could lose its southern ice cap, writes Jonathan Leake.  —  Scientists from Nasa say that Mars has warmed by about 0.5C since the 1970s.  This is similar to the warming experienced …

GIMME A BREAK, BILL  —  William Saletan (who may or may not be known as Bill) is Slate's grandaddy of abortion.  He's written a book on the topic, and it's fair to say that he's pretty knowledgable.  But that doesn't mean he always gets it right.  And his column today is a bright flashing indicator of that.

Quiet Bush Aide Seeks Iraq Czar, Creating a Stir  —  Stephen J. Hadley would be the first to tell you he does not have star power.  But Mr. Hadley, the bespectacled, gray-haired, exceedingly precise Washington lawyer who is President Bush's national security adviser, is in the market for someone who does …

Lieberman: 'Bloggers Have Added Another Dimension of Vituperation Toxicity' To Politics  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) led a panel discussion today at the American Enterprise Institute discussing "options for restoring civility in American politics."

Inside the struggle for Iran  —  A grand coalition of anti-government forces is planning a second Iranian revolution via the ballot box to deny President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad another term in office and break the grip of what they call the "militia state" on public life and personal freedom.

The long reach and ambitions of al-Qaida  —  Tenet book details chilling plots to kill Gore, acquire nuclear weapons  —  April 30: Former CIA Director George Tenet talks with NBC News' Tom Brokaw about his new book.  —  Today show  —  NEW YORK - Former CIA Director George Tenet's defense …

Clinton and Obama Raiding Donors Who Backed Bush  —  As senators Clinton and Obama crisscross the country seeking the Democratic presidential nomination and sharply criticizing President Bush, they have been collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors who funded one or both of Mr. Bush's campaigns for the White House.