Reporters as Detectives

"News outlets are interested in selling news as a battle between two fierce ideological opposites. You get conservative journalists who do nothing but hit the liberals, and liberal journalists who do nothing but demonize George Bush. They hate George Bush so much they don't bother to criticize Democrats for supporting the Iraq war. And it's totally uninteresting."

Wounded Author

ABC's Bob Woodruff and his wife, Lee, have agreed to write a book about their experiences after he was badly wounded in a January attack in Iraq. The former "World News" co-anchor will also report on the same subject for a prime-time special next spring.

Moving right along . . .

Shades of Billy Carter! This is interesting:

"A company headed by President Bush's brother and partly owned by his parents is benefiting from Republican connections and federal dollars targeted for economically disadvantaged students under the No Child Left Behind Act," says the L.A. Times . "With investments from his parents, George H.W. and Barbara Bush, and other backers, Neil Bush's company, Ignite! Learning, has placed its products in 40 U.S. school districts and now plans to market internationally. "At least 13 U.S. school districts have used federal funds available through the president's signature education reform, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, to buy Ignite's portable learning centers at $3,800 apiece."

Did Mitt Romney engage in a modified limited hangout?

"Despite repeated denials by the Mormon Church and Governor Mitt Romney's advisers, e-mails from a key Romney consultant state that the leader of the worldwide church was consulted on an effort to build Mormon support for the governor's potential presidential bid and that a key church leader has been involved in mapping out the plan. One e-mail also describes Romney's personal involvement in the planning," reports the Boston Globe .

Speaking of 2008, this guy isn't just showing a little leg, he's lifting his skirt:

"Sen. Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday he was considering a run for president in 2008, backing off previous statements that he would not do so."

And the NYT conclusion is that this could hurt Hillary :

"Should he run, Democrats said, his decision would pose a major complication to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who is widely viewed as the dominant figure in the field of potential candidates.

Mr. Obama opposes the war in Iraq and thus could provide an alternative for Democrats who have expressed strong concern about Mrs. Clinton's support of the war effort. In addition, Mr. Obama, who is African-American, would almost surely cut deeply into Mrs. Clinton's own political base, black voters, which could be particularly significant because the Democratic Party has decided to move the South Carolina primary to the front of the 2008 presidential nominating process."