Limbaugh Broadcaster Comes to Radio Host's Defense  —  WASHINGTON — The owner of the company that airs Rush Limbaugh's show has come to his defense, telling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that while he isn't certain to whom Limbaugh was referring when he used the term "phony soldiers," …

CNN Political Ticker AM  —  CNN Chief National Correspondent John King is covering McCain in South Carolina, and he sits down with the Arizona senator for an interview to air on "The Situation Room."  —  Edwards to highlight differences with Clinton on Iraq

We're No Senior Political Strategist, But We're Calling Bullsh*t On This  —  Jon Martin has gotten his hands on color-coded maps that Team Giuliani is using to show "what they believe to be Giuliani's anticipated general election strength versus Hillary Clinton compared to how other GOP candidates might fare against her".

Soldiers hunt dissidents in Myanmar  —  YANGON, Myanmar - Soldiers announced that they were hunting pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar's largest city Wednesday and the top U.S. diplomat in the country said military police were pulling people out of their homes during the night.

SCHIP fans storm Hill  —  Small children pulled red Radio Flyers filled with petitions in support of kids' health care up to President Bush's front door earlier this week.  —  But the White House didn't accept the mailbags, so organizers turned the wagons around and said they would deliver the 1 million signatures to Congress instead.

Hillary Chuckles; Pundits Snort  —  Clinton's Robust Yuks Lead To Analysis of Appeal of Laughter  —  Forget the cleavage.  It's now about the cackle.  —  No joke: Hillary Clinton's laugh is now being analyzed, scrutinized and, yes, mocked as if it were a sound barrier on her glide path …

The unspeakable American culture  —  Journalism's elite don't dare speak of the patriotism that holds this country together.  —  In a recent speech at the National Press Club, Katie Couric expressed somber disapproval of the jingoistic excesses after 9/11.

Clarence Thomas Takes the Low Road, and Should Recuse Himself from Key Cases  —  The new term has begun for a bitterly divided court in a dangerously divided nation, and the most visible event was a Supreme Court justice using the court's return as a book promotion to remind the world of his enemies, demons, biases and vendettas.

AT&T vows to use Terms of Service for good, not censorship  —  Yesterday we reported on AT&T's controversial Terms of Service, which in broad legal language gives AT&T the right to terminate a customer's service for activity which AT&T deems "damaging" to its reputation.

At Big Benefit, Tina Brown Eschews 'The Cave'  —  jjrousseau33 (not verified) says:  —  Anne Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, and William O'Reilly are America's Tokyo Rose, Lord Hee Haw, and Baghdad Bob.  They are fifth columnists for the Fascists in America.  Can you picture Coulter in a black SS uniform …

Pelosi nixes idea of 'war tax'  —  All told, the Democratic proposal for an "Iraq tax" lasted about four hours.  That's roughly the amount of time from when House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) gave life to the idea with his endorsement to when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) strangled it.