Daily Briefing: Marching Power
* Number of hoursPresident Bushspent in Colombia: 7. Number of troops assigned to protect him: 20,000. Impact on drug trade: worthless. [ NYT ]
*Barack Obamafloats like a butterfly,Hillary Clintonis a "b." [ WP ]
*Robert Gatesmakes the big decisions at the Pentagon by asking himself, "what wouldDonald Rumsfelddo?" Then he does the opposite. [ NYT ]
* Military decides now is a good time to figure out what to do if the "surge" doesn't turn Iraq back into the garden of Eden after all. [ LAT ]
*Nancy Pelositries calling Captain Planet, getsJim Sensenbrennerinstead. [ WP ]
*Fred Thompsonhikes his skirt up and sticks his thumb out to catch a ride to the Vice Presidential manse. [ WP ]
* February 5, 2008: the day the Walnuts Express goes quiet. [ NYT ]
* Be short. Army short. [ USAT ]