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."

Bush Calls Immigration Bill "Amnesty"  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports: President Bush has spent a whole lot of time in recent months claiming that the immigration bill isn't "amnesty."  —  But in describing the measure Tuesday morning, an apparent slip of the tongue suggested otherwise …

Another GOP Senator Urges Pullout  —  Republican Voinovich Joins Lugar in Calling for a Shift in Strategy in Iraq  —  Sen. George Voinovich said Tuesday the U.S. should begin pulling troops out of Iraq, joining Richard Lugar as the second Republican lawmaker in as many days to suggest President Bush's war strategy is failing.

Bad Vibe  —  Something about this immigration battle doesn't sit well.  For all the bitterness of our political battles, there's at least the sense that the government responds to the drift of public opinion.  The Republicans in Congress turned into big spenders and the war in Iraq went poorly.

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  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department's former No. 2 official was sentenced to 10 months in prison Tuesday for lying to senators in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, the highest administration official sentenced in the probe.

Swett Keeps Running From Lieberman — Donates To Maine's Tom Allen  —  Katrina Swett — a longtime New Hampshire Democratic activist and Senate primary candidate who has taken a pummeling for her past support of Joe Lieberman — is now officially running away from the Connecticut Senator.

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!!!!!!

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 …

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 …

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: