* Senate sounds "the bugle of retreat" by setting "the date certain for surrender" and "mandating failure." [WP, NYT, LAT]

* Tony Snow isn't as much of a man as Elizabeth Edwards. [WP, WP, NYT, LAT]

* More like Federal Bureau of Incompetence. [WP, NYT]

* Driven mad with power, Barbara Boxer tries to revive a 1923 equal rights amendment. [WP]

* It sucks to be Dennis Hastert right now. [NYT]

* Military not a fan of the internet, wants l33t hax0rs to shut down terrorist sites. [USAT]

* It's not just the American people, even other tyrannical world leaders are sick of President Bush. [WP]