Daily Briefing: Ladies Love Legislative Layers
* SD DemocraticSenator Tim Johnsonis in critical condition following emergency brain surgery. Everybodypraypanic. [ WP
* It was Pentagon day inPresident Bush'swhirlwind "gimmie advice" tour, with the Joint Chiefs backing the "train 'em, don't fight 'em" plan for Iraq. [ WP , NYT ]
*Nancy Pelosito satiate Democrats' lust for overseeing things by announcing creation of a new intelligence spending panel. [ WSJ ]
* Also, war funding will be made part of the regular budget. [ NYT ]
* The lone Republican ray of hope: '08 hopefuls have reputations independent of "boat anchor" Bush. [ WSJ ]
* All you gotta know aboutCharlie Rangelis, "he's awesome!" [ WP ]
* The 2006 Midterms putTom DeLay"in the grave with dirt on top of him." [ WP ]
* Subpoena issued for the ACLU to return a memo with information "mildly embarrassing" to the government. [ WP , NYT ]