Daily Briefing: Gone Til November, 2008
* President Bush gets on the budget balancing bandwagon, Democrats call bullshit. [WP]
* John Negroponte to leave the "in case of attack, fire this guy" position to be Condi's deputy at State Department. [WP, NYT]
* Harry Reid has his Scotland golf trip, sans Scotland and golf. [WP]
* William Jefferson and other corruption tinged Democrats are An Inconvenient Presence for Nancy Pelosi. [WP]
* But she'll be able to forget her troubles for a while as Wyclef Jean and Tony Bennet croon for her tonight. [LAT]
* Barney Frank speaks loudly, carries a small stick. [WSJ]
* Big Oil and Big Pharma are scared shitless of the Democratic Congress, look for their PR campaigns on screens and billboards near you soon. [WP, WSJ]
* Barack Obama is op-corruption in his op-ed. [WP]