Via the Ferrets for Freedom: The ad should probably be funnier than it actually is. I think just a tape of the call, minus the freedom-loving ferrets, might make the point. Though I confess I like ferret who wants to “ban people, not ferrets.”

He could’ve probably gotten away with tap-dancing his way through the abortion issue, but I somehow don’t think any campaign — R or D — could weather this: OLIN–Last weekend Deb and Jerry VonSprecken of Olin received a call from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s campaign office asking them if they would be [...]

From Greg Sargent. It’s outrageous that CBS fired General Batiste for speaking out against the war. My reporting–flawed as it may be, since I’m a member of the mainstream media–indicates that the leaders of the uniformed military are closer to Batiste’s position than to O’Hanlon’s.

Two “compromises” from Bush today. On the benchmarks deal, here’s what to look for: how airtight is the final legislation? Does it give Bush the power to “waive” the benchmarks if he determines that a “crisis” exists? My guess is that it probably will. On trade, it’s pretty interesting that Bush has made this move. [...]

In which the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton is discussed.

This week’s cover looks at Mitt Romney. Also part of the package is this piece on Mormonism by the supremely talented Nancy Gibbs. This is the latest in a series of profiles we are doing about the 2008 field. So far, that has included my cover story last summer on Hillary Clinton; Joe’s on Barack [...]

I have no idea what Matt is talking about here, but I just happened to run into Karen and “the good Klein” downstairs last night and a good time was had by all. UPDATE: No, seriously, a good time was had. UPDATE THE SECOND: The point of this post, fyi, was to link to Matt’s [...]