According to this extremely confusing NYT article, the White House has backed away from the assertion that he can deny cooperation to the National Archives because of the “Liger Principle” — the OVP is both executive branch and legislative branch — but seem to be asserting that he can deny cooperation to the National Archives because …

I’ll have a more formal version of this story up in a bit, but: it turns out that strapping your dog to the roof of your car might actually be against Massachusetts state law, which says anyone who

carries [an animal] or causes it to be carried in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way

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Leahy subpoenas the OVP with a compliance deadline of July 18. Watch for:

testimony on the so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program from White House chief of staff Josh Bolton, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Cheney chief of staff David Addington, and National Security Counsel executive director V. Philip Lago.

The committee wants a

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I can’t be the only one who finds, in this anecdote, something else entirely besides, “emotion-free crisis management”:

Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family’s hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon’s roof rack. He’d built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride

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Pollster.com proclaims that, starting today, Richardson counts as first-tier candidate, based on his “substantial movement” in Iowa and New Hampshire. Richardson has shown no movement nationally, but, argues Pollster.com:

[T]hat is exactly the point. When you see his campaign move in early states but not others and not nationally, you

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Facing mountains of much-deserved ridicule over what we here at Swampland have come to think of as the Liger Principle, the Vice President has shifted his rationale for refusing to comply with rules regarding the handling and oversight of classified material:

In a letter to Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), Cheney Chief of Staff David S.

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Will this be remembered as a political turning point?

For months, Mr. Lugar has kept his skepticism about the president’s Iraq policy to himself, seldom offering anything beyond a wait-and-see reply. But three weeks ago, Mr. Lugar said, he privately concluded that the troop buildup plan was not achieving its goals and he began

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As Jay well knows, Elizabeth Edwards does not shy away from a fight. She apparently just called into “Hardball” to confront the shrewishly shrewd Ann Coulter for her personal attacks.

She’s wearing dark sunglass (Coulter), and the lack of visible eyes is giving her an even more robotic cast.

Matthews is being weirdly accommodating, …

Thanks to the commenter who pointed out this article:

After a review of lobbying records and Thompson’s tax returns, The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal reported in 1994 that he earned $507,000 from lobbying in 1975-93. That figure, a fraction of his total legal income, reflects a narrower definition of lobbying than the one in the current

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Ben Smith points to a Daily Kos diary* comment entry about not just seeing the sausage get made but being drafted to get in the grinder yourself:

I’m in NH and I just got called on this by a firm called PSA. It was clear it was a Hillary poll from most of the questions.
Hillary did x, y, and z great things, knowing that would be more

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