Will Her Face Determine His Fortune?  —  AS the election of 2008 approaches with its cast of contenders who bring unprecedented diversity to the quest for the White House, the voting public has been called on to ponder several questions: Is America ready for a woman to be president?  What about a black man?

Senate Floor To Be a Stage For '08 Race  —  Antiwar Candidates Seeking the Spotlight  —  The four Senate Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination will take their campaigns to the chamber's floor next week, pushing new limits on U.S. involvement in Iraq in an attempt to burnish their antiwar credentials.

Bombers Kill Dozens North of Baghdad  —  Suicide bombers killed dozens of people in two attacks north of Baghdad on Saturday, raising questions about whether insurgents who have fled intense military operations in Baghdad and Diyala are turning to more vulnerable targets nearby.

Glasgow Suspect Angered by Iraq War, Relative Says  —  Bilal Abdulla, one of the two doctors arrested after a blazing Jeep Cherokee rammed into the Glasgow Airport terminal on Saturday, is a deeply religious Iraqi who was angry that his prominent Sunni family "lost everything" …

Live Earth non-update  —  I don't know about the rest of the gang but I was kinda looking forward to spending the weekend doing cracks about rock stars taking their private jets halfway round the world to tell the little people why they need to sell the second-hand Honda Civic and get back on the bus.

Much of US favors Bush impeachment: poll  —  Nearly half of the US public wants President George W. Bush to face impeachment, and even more favor that fate for Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a poll out Friday.  —  The survey by the American Research Group found that 45 percent support …

Lindsey Graham: Escalation 'Is Working Beyond My Expectations'  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), returning from a visit this week to Iraq along with his pro-escalation partner Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), offered the following assessment of the situation in Iraq:

The Saturday Cartoons  —  We have an added treat today: Another hilarious Walt Handelsman animation from deep inside Dick Cheney's hidden bunker to the tune of — if you can believe this — "Wouldn't it be Lovely."  —  Click on the screenshot above or go here to see it.

Yesterday's ruling on NSA warrantless eavesdropping  —  The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, by a 2-1 decision, vacated last August's Order of the Order from District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor which enjoined the Bush administration from eavesdropping without warrants.

"Media Matters"; by Paul Waldman  —  The Haircut siren song  —  "It is some kind of commentary on the state of American politics that as Edwards has campaigned for president, vice president and now president again, his hair seems to have attracted as much attention as, say, his position on health care."

Justices snipe at each other in opinions  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — One Supreme Court justice says his fellow conservatives are "too dismissive" of government efforts to ensure racial diversity in schools.  Another more liberal member says those on the right did "serious violence" to a high school student's free speech rights.

A GOP discord on Bush's Iraq strategy  —  A growing number of Republican lawmakers are dissenting from the administration and urging for a change of course.  —  WASHINGTON — Wearied by the lack of progress in Iraq and by the steady stream of military funerals back home …

Live Aid is promoting green to save the planet - what planet are they on?  —  As Madonna bounds on to the huge Wembley stage to save the planet, how the assembled Greenies will cheer.  —  The superstar is today fronting the massive Live Earth event, with nine concerts played …

The textbook terrorists  —  The roots of last week's attempted terrorist attacks in Britain lie not in poverty but in the thwarted aspirations of middle-class Muslims  —  One of the most shocking revelations in the aftermath of the July 7 attack, whose second anniversary falls today …

9/11 panel member warns U.S. not secure  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Al Qaeda is gaining strength and the United States is still not as safe as it should be, former Indiana congressman Tim Roemer said Saturday.  —  Speaking about a week after failed bombing attacks in Britain …