Implosion

More bad news for Republicans.

Juan Cole reports on a strong possible link between Bush and Plamegate (as liberal news-sites at least are calling it; strangely, conservative news sites haven't been mentioning it much...or perhaps it's not so strange).

A leaked Pentagon report suggests that efforts after Katrina suffered due to rampant cronyism, inappropriate diversion of funds, and LA National Guard troops being stuck in Iraq. Whoa. Dude. Who'd'a thought? Oh, wait, just about everyone.

Addendum: New Supreme Court nominee, Harriet Miers
I'd never heard of her, but Positive Liberty has some analysis of conservative reactions, as well as a brief summary of what is known about her. Most people's reactions have been "Huh? Who?" with a few very vocal protestors, even on the conservative end.