The Prosecutor Zeroes In

"In the same book where Judy had conversations with Mr. Libby, she had many other conversations in unrelated -- on unrelated subjects. And, in one of those back pages, there was a just -- with no context to it, there was that name, 'Valerie Flame.'

"And, so, I'm absolutely convinced that she -- she didn't remember."

John Solomon and Pete Yost write for the Associated Press: "Information attributed to Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff in New York Times reporter Judith Miller's interview notes is incorrect, offering prosecutors a potential lead to tracking the bad information to its original source.

"Miller disclosed this weekend that her notes of a conversation she had with I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby on July 8, 2003 stated Cheney's top aide told her that the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson worked for the CIA's Weapons Intelligence, Non-Proliferation, and Arms Control (WINPAC) unit.

"Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, never worked for WINPAC, an analysis unit in the overt side of the CIA, and instead worked in a position in the CIA's secret side, known as the directorate of operations, according to three people familiar with her work for the spy agency."

The New York Times is aggregating blogger reaction to the Miller story.

Poll Watch

Richard Benedetto writes in USA Today: "President Bush's job approval rating has slipped to 39%, the lowest measure of his presidency, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll. . . .

"Bush's fall, from a 45% approval rating in late September, is largely due to a drop in support among independents and Democrats. His approval among independents declined to 32% from 37% since the last USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll taken Sept. 26-28. Approval among Democrats fell to 8% from 15%.

"Bush's approval among his Republican base continues to hold firm. It was 85% in the previous poll and 84% in the latest, steady support that's preventing him from falling lower.

"Bush, whose approval rating hit 55% shortly after he was re-elected last November, has been below 50% since May. Polls indicate that was due in large part to a growing public sense that the Iraq war is not going well. This is the first time Bush has fallen below 40%."

Here's some of the data .

The poll also asked about Karl Rove. Some 22 percent of those polled had a favorable impression of him; 39 percent were unfavorable; 16 percent had no opinion; 23 percent had never heard of him.