Petraeus Gives Exclusive One Hour Interview To Fox  —  Tomorrow night, after spending the day telling Congress that President Bush's Iraq escalation should continue, Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will take their PR campaign to a more comfortable setting: Fox News.

Democrats Already Discrediting Upcoming Petraeus Report  —  Senators Suggest They Don't Expect Any New Information, Just White House Spin  —  When Gen. David Petraeus comes to Capitol Hill early this week to testify before Congress on the progress of President Bush's troop surge in Iraq …

THE CHAOS HAWKS....In the beginning were the War Hawks, and much did they counsel the powerful to do battle against the evildoer Saddam.  Then came the war, and the looting, and the Heritage Foundation hordes, and the hawks lamented exceeding loud and many soon repented of their ways.

The Tennessee stud: U.S. presidential candidate Fred Thompson's womanising ways  —  On a winter's day in 1958, Fred Thompson's classmates crammed into a stadium to watch the hulking 16-year-old football star in a match.  —  But their cheers turned to groans and girls had tears in their eyes …

No terrorism, just war?  —  Oh, it's a long, long while from September to September.  This year, the anniversary falls, for the first time, on a Tuesday morning, and perhaps some or other cable network will re-present the events in real time - the first vague breaking news …

War in Iraq: Wisdom of Crowds  —  As we approach the September reports on Iraq, the public debate over our military presence there has once again intensified.  Both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are ratcheting up the rhetoric about the best course of action, with the president using a pit stop …

His Toughness Problem—and Ours  —  World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism  —  1.  —  Not so long before the war in Iraq was launched, I was the only European at an American dinner party in Brussels.  My fellow guests were a motley group of youngish diplomats, think-tank pundits …

Democrats Step Up Criticism of Iraq Findings  —  Leading Democrats today pre-emptively assailed the expected findings on Iraq due this week from Gen. David H. Petraeus as "dead, flat wrong" and said President Bush's likely call for continued patience in the war would simply extend an …

Panic in the press room  —  "Are we going to have audio?"  —  "Vamos a tener audio?"  —  Reporters who didn't speak Spanish were already anxious about the translation devices that didn't quite fit in our ears.  (Porque soy de California, yo hablo un poquito Espanol.)

A Challenge For A Real Debate  —  Fred Thompson has noted, as I have recently, the ineffectiveness of presidential debates in their current format.  On the day of his official launch into the presidential race, Thompson told Sean Hannity that the format did little to enlighten American voters …

Nevada's new hue: State tips from red to blue for first time since 1992  —  A funny thing happened in red-state Nevada over the past year.  It turned blue.  —  An analysis of voter registration reports over the past 12 months shows many more new voters are registering as Democrats …

Schieffer on FTN: Is it worth the cost?  —  Face the Nation's Bob Schieffer's final commentary on whether Congress will ask Gen. Petraeus the right questions when he faces Congress this week. … Full transcript below the fold:  —  For months now, the administration has been telling us …

Do bloggers generate enough interest to change politics?  —  AUSTIN — The left-leaning political blogosphere is lined up almost completely with Houston's Rick Noriega over San Antonio's Mikal Watts in the battle for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.  —  The question is whether it will do Noriega much good.

Fugitive Scandal May Pose a Hurdle for the New School  —  It is the kind of embarrassment that any school would want to avoid: an esteemed board member who has given generously of his time and money gets caught in a headline-grabbing scandal.  —  And in the case of the New School in Greenwich Village …