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Minnesota politics must be getting really tight for anyone to try this .

Veterans May Face Health Care Cuts in 2008 . Let Bill Frist or John McCain worry about it; George Bush will be in Crawford by the time the people really catch wind of it.

President Bush says Iraqis have to choose between " Chaos or Unity ." I'm sure that statement was made based on the extensive history of the country.

A nice story from the Washington Post about a growing number of couples who are seeking pre-marriage prep classes to acclimate themselves to serious, long-term relationships. After reading an article I realized there is a lot to learn about what it take to make a relationship last and stay strong. But what really caught my attention was the factoids listed on the side: Things Engaged Couples Commonly Argue About Money Sex How to spend leisure time Religion and values How much time to spend with relatives Whether to have and how to raise children Where to live Factors Associated With Marital Unhappiness That Partners Can Change The silent treatment Negative communication styles Inability to communicate during disagreements Unrealistic view of marriage Low levels of commitment to each other and the marriage With divorce rates hovering 41% (that 50% garbage is a myth ) I can how any of these factors can wreck a relationship. And there are many examples of things that can make a marr...

On Planet Chris Matthews (where unicorns and fairies exist and Osama bin Laden tries to sound like Michael Moore ) President Bush is popular (um, no ), wise (survey says: NOPE! ) and represents morallity and reason (he's kidding , right?). Even Stevie Wonder can see that someone like Matthews will suck up to whoever's in power, and right now that's Bush and the Republicans. But this is ridiculous. Is Matthews even looking at the poll numbers? Or the news reports about what's going on in Iraq? It can't be that hard to flip on the TV, pick up a newspaper or surf the web. Maybe Chris read this story , and decided that he's a part of the "S" factor mentioned. Ignorance is bliss.

Michael Grunwald of the Washington Post has an interesting theory on why President Bush hasn't vetoed anything since he's been in office : "Bush likes to project an image of strength bordering on omnipotence , where every initiative is a presidential initiative, everyone marches to the presidential beat, and everything happens according to the presidential plan -- even when he's clearly changing that plan, as when he co-opted the Democratic proposal to create a Department of Homeland Security or when he incorporated a popular Democratic idea to send $300 to every American into his own tax-cut plan. A veto does not square with this aura of all-powerful, agenda-setting leadership. It's a defensive, reactive measure, used to block someone else's initiative, suggesting a lack of discipline within the Republican ranks ." What that implies is that (for Bush) the veto is more or a signal than a threat: " So when the Bush administration has floated veto threa...

President Bush was too busy waving to control his bike , and that's why he fell last year.

Sen. Bryd regrets his Patriot Act vote . Polls show Bush is only getting support from a concentrated, neo-con republican base at this point. Israel says that Abbas has no influence over Hamas . Check out what Americans are saying about the wiretapping scandal (namely: did Bush break the law?)

Emails connecting Vice President Dick Cheney to the Valerie Plame CIA Leak Scandal have been "discovered."

Senator Joe Lieberman has gone from being George Bush's campaign rival to being one of his most reliable supporters (despite Joe being a Democrat and Bush being Republican). Some may see Joe's blinding loyalty as treacherous; I've always saw it as sad and sending out mixed signals. Recently, Mr. Lieberman said that he's backing the President on the Dubai ports deal . Considering Joe's Jewish background, it says a lot that he's supporting a deal headed by a group owned by a country with a dubious reputation . I wonder, however, how Joe Lieberman will react when he discovers that Dubai Ports World boycotts Israel . Will he still support the deal? Will he still have Bush's back?