Daily Briefing: Showcase Showdown
* On 4th anniversary of Iraq war,President Bushreminds everyone how great it is, why we should stay. [ WP , NYT ]
* Meanwhile, Democrats move towards "a withdraw-the-troops bill, not a fund-the-troops bill," one greased congressional palm at a time. [ WP ]
* Justice Department considers shutting up one of the fired attorneys with a new job. Hopefully, he'll also demand a hush-corner office, a hush-oak desk, and a giant hush-jar of only green jelly beans. [ WP ]
*Patrick Fitzgeraldwas on the DOJ "enemies list" released in yesterday's document dump. [ WP , NYT ]
* Flunkies forBarry O.andHill Rodhave a little spat in front of some college boys over "who would have been more against the war if 2003 was a Presidential election year." [ WP ]
* Supreme Court hears "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case, finds a lack of any bong hits or any Jesus. [ NYT ]
*Rudy Giuliani: it's almost as if he's a real lawyer. [ WSJ ]