Daily Briefing: Attack Anyone
•Email trail showsAbramofflikely laundered funds. [ WP , USAT , NYT , WSJ ]
• FristonBoltonvote: "It's really between the White House andChris DoddandJoe Biden." [ WP ]
• Bushturns eye to domestic affairs and redirects message to "working families." [ WP , NYT ]
•DNC study of the 2004 vote in Ohio finds major problems from but no fraud.Dean: "The results show that our election system failed the citizens of Ohio in 2004 and in particular failed African Americans, new registrants, younger voters and voters in places using touch-screen machines." [ WP , NYT ]
• Bush's strategy of spending "political capital" is exploited by Democrats; Republicans seeking re-election are less loyal. [ USAT ]
•House Republicans support Social Security proposal that downplays private accounts. [ WP , USAT , USAT ]
•Senate rejects mandatory limits on emissions. [ WP , WT ]
• Hastingsmay resign as chairman of the House ethics committee because of inaction. [ NYT ]
• Rove: "Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers." [ NYT ]
•Progress for America begins ad campaign saying Democrats will "attacks anyone the president nominates" to the Supreme Court. [ USAT ]
•Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning passes in the House. [ WP , USAT ]
• Bush: "It is time for this country to start building nuclear power plants again." [ NYT ]
•Congress is considering four steroid-related bills. [ USAT ]