Daily Briefing: Peddling Lies

• Bush, stymied and setback, "faces the potential of a summer of discontent when his capacity to muscle political Washington into following his lead seems to have diminished and few easy victories appear on the horizon."Gingrich: "Every president goes through patches like this." [ WP ]

• Cheneysays detainees at Gitmo are "treated humanely and decently" and those who say otherwise are "peddling lies."McClellan: "We know that members of al Qaeda are trained to mislead and to provide false reports." [ NYT , WT ]

•Democrats may pick up Senate seats in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, but "are unlikely to regain a Senate majority --in 2006 or soon thereafter-- unless they can reverse the GOP consolidation of Senate seats in states that have supportedBush," writesBrownstein. [ LAT ]

•AsDeLaywas investigated, lawmakers rushed to disclose nearly 200 unreported trips. [ WT ]

• Bush's Memorial Day message: "Because of the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, two terror regimes are gone forever, freedom is on the march, and America is more secure." [ NYT ]

•Support forBush's Social Security plan hits 52% "when voters understood the benefits of personal investment accounts," according to a Zogby poll commissioned by the Cato Institute. [ WT ]

•With new administration post forLizand lucrative book deal forMary, theCheney"daughters are increasingly out front."Matalin: "They're just multifaceted, normal people." [ NYT ]

• Hillarywill not promise to complete second term. [ WP ]

• CheneysaysLauracould beatHillaryin '08. [ LAT ]

•Parties reach out to married voters and single parents. [ USAT ]

•Rift betweenGrahamandDeMintover Social Security illustrates "broader divide." [ WSJ ]