Senator Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate  —  Click image to play video  —  Remarks as Prepared - Mr. President: I rise—once again—to voice my strong opposition to the misguided FISA legislation before us today.  I have strong reservations about the so-called improvements …

Obama's aim: 14 Bush states and local races  —  Barack Obama will focus his resources largely in 14 states George W. Bush won in 2004, his chief field operative said Tuesday, hoping to score upsets in places like Virginia, Indiana, and Georgia.  —  But winning the White House won't be his only goal …

Obama holds 12-point lead over McCain, poll finds  —  A Times/Bloomberg Poll says that in a two-man contest, 49% of respondents favor Barack Obama, while 37% support John McCain.  With Ralph Nader and Bob Barr added to the mix, Obama holds 15-point edge.  —  » Discuss Article WASHINGTON …

Dobson accuses Obama of ‘distorting’ Bible  —  (CNN) — One of the country's leading evangelical leaders is accusing Sen. Barack Obama of deliberately distorting the Bible and taking a “fruitcake interpretation” of the U.S. Constitution.  —  In comments to be aired on his radio show Tuesday …

Why Bill Clinton's Miffed At Obama  —  In politics, Hillary Clinton speaks for the Clinton family now, and aside from her campaign debt, she has no real difficulty supporting Barack Obama privately and publicly.  —  But Bill Clinton has a beef.  A Democrat who has spoken directly to Clinton …

BREAKING: Bush Administration to Ask Congress on Thursday to REMOVE North Korea from TERROR WATCH LIST  —  (Asst. Secretary of State for East Asia Christopher Hill)  —  Tonight, The Washington Note confirmed that the Bush administration will “ask Congress” to de-list North Korea from America's “terrorist watch list.”

Color Oregon blue?  —  A fairly stunning new ad from Oregon's Republican senator Gordon Smith leaves little doubt as to which way the wind is blowing there.  —  In the ad, Smith, running hard away from Bush, associates himself at length and explicitly with Obama.

Meet the make-believe strategists of TV  —  Jane Fleming Kleeb went on “The O'Reilly Factor” two weeks ago to talk about global warming, a topic on which, by her own admission, she's hardly an expert.  So who, then, is Jane Fleming Kleeb?  Well, according to the Chyron that flashed across …

So Let's Say Justice Scalia Writes D.C. v. Heller ...  Tomorrow may be the big day.  (Or we might have to wait again.  At least I'm improving my calcium intake.)  Court-watchers have noticed that, with the issuance of yesterday's opinion by Justice Souter in the right-to-counsel case …

An Honor That Bush Is Unlikely to Embrace  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Reagan has his highways.  Lincoln has his memorial.  Washington has the capital (and a state, too).  But President Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom.

Tammany Hall's senior senator  —  The Chris Dodd-Countrywide scandal refuses to die, despite the three major TV networks' refusal to cover it in their broadcasts, according to the Media Research Center.  In fact, had Sen. Dodd not followed up his initial denials about the sweetheart mortgages …

White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail  —  The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection Agency's conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled, telling agency officials that an e-mail message containing the document would not be opened …

MTV to Rock the Vote, Will Now Accept Political Ads  —  Joins Siblings VH1, Comedy Central and Spike TV; Won't Take Third-Party Ads  —  WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) — Politicians can finally get their MTV.  After declining political advertising since its inception in 1981, MTV is reversing course.

Today's Polls, 6/24  —  Why haven't the Democrats thought about nominating a Midwestern candidate before?  States like Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri have all traditionally been swing states, giving the region the most fertile electoral soil on the map, winnable by either party in any given cycle.