Nader ponders run, calls Clinton 'coward'  —  Ralph Nader says he is seriously considering running for president in 2008 because he foresees another Tweedledum-Tweedledee election that offers little real choice to voters.  —  "You know the two parties are still converging …

Oversight Committee on the Vice President and Classified Information  —  From the Oversight and Government Reform Committee: … * Letter from National Archives to the Attorney General (pdf)  —  * Second Letter from National Archives to the Vice President's Office (pdf)

Irshad Manji: Islam the problem  —  GROWING up in Vancouver, I attended an Islamic school every Saturday.  There, I learned that Jews can't be trusted because they worship "moolah, not Allah", meaning money, not God.  According to my teacher, every last Jew is consumed with business.

Americans' Confidence in Congress at All-Time Low  —  Confidence in most institutions drops  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The percentage of Americans with a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Congress is at 14%, the lowest in Gallup's history of this measure — and the lowest …

Political Hiring in Justice Division Probed  —  Karen Stevens, Tovah Calderon and Teresa Kwong had a lot in common.  They had good performance ratings as career lawyers in the Justice Department's civil rights division.  And they were minority women transferred out of their jobs two years ago …

Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Just getting organized.  Hello.  Questions.  —  Q Tony, does the executive order allow researchers to do anything they couldn't do under current guidelines?  —  MR. SNOW: Well, what it does …

List of journalists taking sides  —  And their explanations, from 'Yikes!' to 'They're all in somebody's pocket'  —  Have you captured a candidate on camera?  We want to see it.  Click here to send us your pictures and videos, and we'll post the best on MSNBC.com.

Immigration Vote Count  —  Opponents of the immigration bill recognize that the vote on cloture (maybe tomorrow, but probably early next week) will be key.  Outside groups are scoring a vote for cloture as a vote for the bill.  Cloture will succeed with 60 votes.

Rep. Pelosi responds to boos on war  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) yesterday reaffirmed her commitment to end the war in Iraq, but her words were greeted with skepticism and some boos by anti-war liberal activists.  —  Addressing the liberal pressure group Campaign for America's Future …

A new carbon standard  —  Taxes on CO2 emissions alone won't get us where we need to go.  —  PROMINENT VOICES are calling for national carbon taxes as a way to fight global warming.  Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, the Los Angeles Times' editorial board and economists …

Unity08 and Bloomberg: Perfect marriage?  —  Few in the political world are more keenly interested in the ramifications of "Mike's Big Move" — as New York's Daily News proclaimed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to sever his ties with the Republican Party — than former Carter White House official Gerald Rafshoon.

14 U.S. troops killed in Iraq in 48 hours … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Fourteen U.S. troops have been killed in attacks over the past two days in Iraq — 12 soldiers and two Marines — according to the U.S. military.  —  In the deadliest attack, a roadside bomb struck a military vehicle …

Operation Arrowhead Ripper: Day One  —  The first day of operation Arrowhead Ripper was intense.  The Army is giving full access to the battlefield, and while on base full access to the TOC (HQ) which means I see the raw truth on the ground, and as it feeds through the TOC.  They are hiding nothing.

Lincoln's Example for Iraq  —  In his only term in Congress, Abraham Lincoln was an ardent opponent of the Mexican War.  He introduced a series of resolutions that challenged President James Polk to show the "spot" of American soil on which Mexicans had spilled American blood …

Airwave Envy II  —  Liberals are such crybabies.  (By the grace of God, I'm no longer a liberal.  No more tears!)  —  They're still whining about the domination of conservative talk radio.  The Center for American Progress and Free Press, liberal "think" tanks, put out a joint 40-page report titled …

Missing Soldier's Wife Faces Deportation  —  As Military Searches For Kidnapped Soldier In Iraq, U.S. Threatens To Send Wife Back To Dominican Republic  —  (CBS/AP) While the U.S. military searches for a soldier missing in Iraq, kidnapped by insurgents possibly allied with al Qaeda …

Introducing Mini-Mitt!  —  I know you don't want to hear me talk about Mitt Romney, so you're just going to have to take my word for it that this post really isn't about him.  I swear it on the souls of my terriers.  Now that I've convinced you of my benign intentions, go over and click on Mitt Romney.com.

Groups balk at disclosure  —  A central plank of congressional ethics reform appeared in danger of collapse yesterday when government watchdog groups balked at disclosing their donors.  —  A provision of the proposed reform would force watchdogs to reveal their donors if they file ethics complaints.

Good News about CAIR  —  I've talked before about the Council on American-Islamic Relations — most recently because it filed that lawsuit against Americans who reported suspicious behavior by Muslims on a U.S. Airways flight.  Better known just as CAIR, the lobbying group has come under …