...And The News

... The Wa Post has a good article on the political genious of Karl Rove.

... This Dem pollster is kind enough to tell us how to talk about Iraq:

Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster with close ties to House Democrats, highlighted the complexities in public opinion. Some traditional Republican lines, such as the charge that Democrats "don't get what it's like in a post-9/11 world" or "We're bringing democracy to Iraq," are falling flat in focus groups, Lake said. But she said voters do respond well to a GOP favorite heard often in the past two days on Capitol Hill: "We'll either fight terrorists there or we'll fight them here."

... Sunday's Wa Post has an article on Barak Obama's presidential aspirations:

"We've visited 25 states since taking office," he said. "And in each of those states, we might have 2,000 people show up at a rally. And we'd get back to D.C. and we'd realize we didn't have e-mail addresses for any of those people. That might be a useful thing to have when, you know, I'm running for something and might be looking to raise some money."

Let this be a lesson to all political candidates and public speakers. You might not speak to 2,000 people, but if you're not collecting email addresses, you're not doing your job.