Daily Briefing: In the Third Grade

•Senators prepare for vote on nuclear option.Lindsey Grahamcalls compromise on filibusters "doable": "We're all grown men and women and we're behaving like we're in the third grade." [ WP , NYT , USAT , LAT , LAT , WT ]

• Laurajeered in Jerusalem: "You are not welcome here!. . . Why are you hassling our Muslims?. . . Koran! Koran!" [ WP , NYT ]

•Pollsters think both parties are damaged by filibuster fight. Senate Republican memo: "As a result of this debate, both Senate Republicans and Democrats have seen drops in brand images, but Democrats are losing much more ground than we are." [ NYT ]

• Deanresolute toRussert: DeLay"is not an ethical person, and he ought not to be leading Congress, period. And it is endemic of what happens in Congress when one party controls everything." [ NYT , LAT , WT ]

• Norquistspirals withAbramoff. [ NYT ]

•Some Democrats concerned balance on circuit courts will tip conservative. [ WSJ ]

•Christian left increasingly turned off byBush's policies. Author: "The monologue of the religious right is over. There is a progressive, moderate evangelical constituency that is huge." [ NYT ]

• Romneyprofiled as '08 contender; says it's "a long way off." [ USAT , USAT ]