The Register's caucus endorsements: McCain, Clinton  —  The Des Moines Register's editorial board has endorsed Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Iowa caucuses.  —  The Register, Iowa's statewide newspaper, calls McCain and Clinton the candidates …

The Road Warrior  —  Even if he loses in Iowa's bigger cities, Edwards can still win by wrapping up smaller, far-flung precincts.  —  Jonathan Torgovnik for Newsweek  —  Conceit or Conviction?  Edwards (in Iowa last week with actor Tim Robbins aboard the candidate's campaign bus) is running hard to pull off a come-from-behind win

Congress Defies Bush on CIA Tape Probe  —  House Will Continue Investigation Despite White House Request to Drop It  —  House Intelligence Committee chairman Silvestre Reyes told ABC News today that he will ignore the Bush administration's request to drop its investigation of why CIA interrogation tapes were destroyed.

Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry  —  WASHINGTON — For months, the Bush administration has waged a high-profile campaign, including personal lobbying by President Bush and closed-door briefings by top officials, to persuade Congress to pass legislation protecting companies …

'Trust Huckabee' moves into New Hampshire  —  The third-party group assisting Mike Huckabee has moved beyond Iowa and into New Hampshire.  —  Trust Huckabee — a group that the candidate has publicly denounced — made a similar round of automated calls spreading negative information …

Quotomatic Selector say: And the middle school kids were giving, and getting, blowjobs all day.  —  YOUR MOMENT OF DR. HELEN.  Dr. Mrs. Ole Perfesser throws more bait to the poor souls who have despaired of finding love in this cold, cruel, gynocracy.  "Men are being told not to get married …

Four Bolivian regions declare autonomy from government  —  (CNN) — Tensions were rising in Bolivia on Saturday as members of the country's four highest natural gas-producing regions declared autonomy from the central government.  —  Thousands waved the Santa Cruz region's green-and-white flags …

The Perils of Huckaplomacy  —  Don't know much about foreign policy.  —  Just moments into the third Republican presidential debate, last June 5, CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee about Iraq.  "Governor Huckabee, do you have confidence in the government of Iraq …

Children?  Not if you love the planet  —  This is the time of year, as Hillary Rodham Clinton once put it, when Christians celebrate "the birth of a homeless child" - or, in Al Gore's words, "a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child."  —  Just for the record, Jesus wasn't "homeless."

Who Won and Lost at Bali  —  In the nearly a decade since the U.S. rejected the landmark climate change agreement known as the Kyoto Protocol, the U.S. has become accustomed to being attacked at U.N. environmental gatherings.  But the pounding it took in the tortured all-night negotiations …