Harry Reid — compare and contrast  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  Russ Feingold, today, on the effects of Harry Reid's pro-administration dirty work: … All of this stems from Reid's refusal to honor the "hold" placed on that bill by Chris Dodd, who has been in the Senate for 24 years.

New Clinton campaign out to show her likability  —  New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, trying to warm up an image some voters perceive as cold, starts a drive Monday to showcase her personal side with testimonials from friends, associates and constituents she has helped.

That picture of Hillary on Drudge right now.  —  Have you seen it?  —  Caption: "The Toll of a Campaign."  It seems so cruel.  Immodest Proposals writes: … My first reaction to that picture is simple disbelief.  How can she suddenly look that much older?

First Read: King endorses Romney... no, Thompson  —  From NBC/NJ's Carrie Dann  —  And the endorsements keep coming... Congressman Steve King (R), one of Iowa's most strident critics of illegal immigration and a champion of the state's rural conservatives, has endorsed Romney.

Nava '09 admits to fabricating assault, threatening e-mails  —  Francisco Nava '09 has admitted to fabricating an alleged assault on him that he said occurred Friday evening and also to sending threatening emails to himself, other members of the Anscombe Society and prominent conservative …

'Money bomb': Ron Paul raises $6 million in 24-hour period  —  Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, raised an astounding $6 million and change Sunday, his campaign said, almost certainly guaranteeing he'll outraise his rivals for the Republican nomination in the fourth quarter and likely will be able …

Quintessential Fascism  —  O frabjous day!  Over at Sadly, No they have screen captures of Liberal Fascism.  I've reproduced s bigger version the most awesome part of the book jacket.

FIGHTING TERRORISM....Former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, asked about Barack Obama yesterday, said: "I like the fact that his name is Barack Hussein Obama, and that his father was a Muslim and that his paternal grandmother is a Muslim.  There's a billion people on the planet that are Muslims and I think that experience is a big deal."

Iraq - the best story of the year  —  Against all the odds, an optimistic prediction comes true  —  Never make predictions," said the American baseball manager Casey Stengel, "especially about the future.  " Alas, I have never been able to resist an invitation to emulate Nostradamus …

Explosion at 1211 Ave. of Americas, Home of Fox News, NY Post  —  An explosion occurred at the Midtown building that houses News corporation businesses including Fox News and the NY Post.  Fox 5 reports that a man was burned in the chemical explosion and 700 people have been evacuated.

ROVE ROLE ALLEGED IN HEATED ALABAMA RACE; DRIVER PRESSURED TO RECANT ABRAMOFF STORY  —  Part I of this series explored the long-term involvement of two men — GOP consultant Bill Canary and Alabama Attorney General William Pryor — in the events leading to the imprisonment last summer of former Alabama Democratic governor Don Siegelman.

Floods of tears as climate change 'hard man' breaks down at summit  —  He is known as the "hard man" of climate-change negotiation.  —  But after 12 exhausting days of trying to reach a worldwide agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it was suddenly all too much for Yvo de Boer.