Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter During Live Television Appearance  —  Elizabeth Edwards confronted right-wing pundit Ann Coulter during a live interview on MSNBC this afternoon, charging that Coulter's "personal attacks" on former senator John Edwards and others were based on "the language of hate."

Lugar Urges Quick Shift in Iraq War Strategy  —  After offering a bleak assessment of the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq, Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said today that he was urging lawmakers and President Bush …

Shamnesty document drop: The "Clay Pigeon" amendment Update: Pounding Reid...and getting your RNC refund Update: House GOP passes anti-amnesty resolution  —  10:15pm Eastern update.  A reader wants to know whether the Georgia Republican Senators' amendments are in the clay pigeon package.

A GOP Plan To Oust Cheney  —  The big question right now among Republicans is how to remove Vice President Cheney from office.  Even before this week's blockbuster series in The Post, discontent in Republican ranks was rising.  —  As the reputed architect of the war in Iraq …

Fred Thompson defends his lobbying past  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Fred Thompson, a likely Republican presidential candidate, on Tuesday defended his work as a Washington lobbyist, telling The Associated Press that lobbying is an important part of life because "government's got their hands in everything."

Ex-Official Sentenced in Abramoff Probe  —  Dismissing pleas for leniency, a federal judge today sentenced the former No. 2 official in the Department of the Interior to 10 months in prison for a felony charge of blocking a Senate investigation into corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

a picture is worth a thousand posts  —  That is a horrible picture of VIvi!!  —  KARLA  —  RO, I AGREE WITH U ON MOSTLY EVERYTHING.  BUT SOMEHOW I FOUND THE PICTURE OF VIVI DISTURBING.  I DON'T EVEN LET MY CHILDREN PLAY WITH ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THAT.  IT'S JUST A COMMENT.  BUT OH WELL!!!!!!

Shticko  —  Reason has a good review of the latest Michael Moore movie.  Moore is both a practiced liar and not-too-smart.  The implication that "free healthcare" run by the government is somehow immune to the laws of economics is classic Moore boilerplate:

Re: Bad vibe  —  I agree with Stanley.  There's something creepy about a political class so determined to impose a vast transformative bill cooked up backstage in metaphorically smoke-filled rooms on a nation that doesn't want it.  It's an affront to republican government and quasi-European in its disdain for the citizenry.

CIA documents reveal some of spy agency's misdeeds  —  As promised, our nation's top spy agency has lifted the cloak to reveal the dagger it wielded in the shadows from the 1950s through the mid-1070s.  —  So far, the Associated Press and Reuters round up the Central Intelligence Agency's declassification …

Poll Shows Young Americans Leaning Left  —  Young Americans are more likely than the general public to favor a government-run universal health care insurance system, an open-door policy on immigration and the legalization of gay marriage, according to a New York Times/CBS News/MTV poll.

Joe's N.H. supporters still loyal  —  Lieberman allies distraught at loss  —  August 13.  —  hen Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman lost the Democratic Senate primary last week and decided to run as an independent, his old supporters in New Hampshire were watching.

Understanding Current Operations in Iraq  —  I've spent much of the last six weeks out on the ground, working with Iraqi and U.S. combat units, civilian reconstruction teams, Iraqi administrators and tribal and community leaders.  I've been away from e-mail a lot, so unable to post here at SWJ …