Hillary angling to become Obama's running mate (AP)--Beware the grassy knoll and the bitchy know-it all. (i.e. The PMS Man).


McCain, Obama plunge into fall election campaign (AP)--It’s gonna be Obama, but oh, the melodrama! (Ref. AdT, then known as “Media P.O.W.,” and his Nov. 3, 2004 presidential race prediction: “It’s going to be Kerry, but it won’t be merry.”)


Iraq at odds with US over troop presence beyond 2008 (AFP)--So sorry, but your country has been foreclosed by The Carlyle Group.