Daily Briefing: 'Blinded by Self-Loathing' Edition

• Bush, withSharonin Crawford, seeks peace, supports withdrawal from Gaza. [ WP , NYT , USAT , WT ]

•Republicans don't have the votes for filibuster maneuver; newer GOP senators like nuclear option. [ WSJ ]

•"Hunkering down" media strategy may work; seeCheney, Berger, DeLay, Plame. [ WP ]

• Boltonpromises commitment to United Nations as Democrats try pinning him at hearing. [ WP , WP , NYT , LAT , USAT , WSJ , WT ]

•Unearthed papers putNegroponte"at odds" with State Department bureaucrats underReagan. [ WP ]

•Most Republicans won't publicly attackDeLay. [ USAT ]

•Black officials accuse administration of "playing the race card" in Social Security promotional efforts. [ WT ]

• Bill Clintonon the outing ofFinkelstein: "I was sort of sad when I read it. . . Either this guy believes his party is not serious and he's totally Machiavellian" or "he may be blinded by self-loathing." [ NYT ]

•Senators reluctant to make electronic filing of contributions and expenditures manditory. [ WT ]

•Re-examined results giveBush25% of Jewish vote. [ LAT ]