Daily Briefing: Say It With Nonbinding Resolutions
* The day after sitting through his more boring State of the Union address yet, the Senate punishedBushby approving a nonbinding resolution claiming that the President's planned troop increase is "against the national interest." That'll learn him. [ WP ]
* California, Florida, Illinois and New Jersey are going to fundamentally change/ruin the way we nominate presidential candidates by moving their primaries up to February '08. As usual, it's worrying for Democracy,Kucinichsupporters. [ NYT ]
*Libbytrial: Ex-Associate Deputy Director of the CIARobert Grenierclaimed to have toldScooter Libbyall aboutJoe Wilsonand maybe hiswifea month before Libby says he learned the wife's name fromTim Russert. Meanwhile, Libby asserts that he's a scapegoat, sacrificed by a White House looking to protectKarl Rove. [ NYT , WP ]
* Everyone in congress is very, very old. [ Politico ]
* Black democrats loveClinton,Edwards, wary ofBarry Hussein Obama. [ WP ]
* GOOD NEWS DC: As of yesterday,D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Nortonhas the right to vote on amendments to bills on the House floor! A huge step forward, even though she already had this right a couple years ago until the Republicans took it away. [ WP ]
* On CNN's The Situation Room,Dick Cheneyshot rays of pure hatred from his cold, beady eyes. Rays were directed atWolf Blitzer, Democrats. [ WP ]