Daily Briefing: Scrap the News Cycle
• Bushnominates White House counselHarriet Miersto replaceSandra Day O'Connor. [ CNN , AP ]
• Fitzgeraldmay seek criminal conspiracy charge from leak investigation."Scooter" LibbydiscussedValerie Plamewith at least two reporters but maintains he did not say her name or unveil her covert status; testimony of Libby andKarl Roveappears to contradict early White House statements. [ WP ]
• Tom DeLay: "I think it will be over and be over very, very soon, and I think I will go back and be majority leader."Christopher Shays(R-Conn.): "We got elected basically by saying we would live by a higher moral standard, and I don't think recently we have." [ LAT , USAT , WP , WT ]
•Majority of governors want states, not the Pentagon, to oversee responses to national disasters. [ USAT ]
• Gen. John P. Abizaidis "certainly confident" about Iraq, says security is "very much on track." [ WP ]
• DeLay"changed how power is amassed and used on Capitol Hill and well beyond." [ WP ]
•West Wing thermostats set to 72 degrees; bicycle racks may be added to White House. [ NYT ]
•Democrats want to diversify calendar of early primary states. [ USAT ]
• Armstrong Williamstries to return some of his fees to the Department of Education. [ USAT ]