Daily Briefing: Lose Control
* Immigration seen as breakout issue for '08;Bush"has lost control of his own party on the issue." Flack for Sen.Chuck Hagel(R-Neb.): "The short-term politics of this are pretty clear. The long-term politics are pretty clear. And they're both at odds." [ WP , NYT ]
* Democrats bet '06 has the "perfect conditions" for female candidates; perhaps an indicator forHillaryin '08. [ NYT ]
* Congressional investigation on prewar intelligence is due next week; report unlikely to answer "whether political appointees at the Pentagon deliberately distorted intelligence and subverted analysis by the Central Intelligence Agency to gin up support for the invasion." [ W$J ]
* American Muslims "are voting, running for office and getting more involved in civic and political life at every level." [ USAT ]
* Push for the legalization of same-sex marriage heats up at the state-level. [ USAT ]
* Government raises $94,625 from auctioning goods that were given to former Rep.Randy Cunningham. [ NYT ]