Bush reaffirms rejecting timetable  —  Reid spoke a few hours after Bush said he will reject any legislation along the lines of what Democrats will pass.  "I will strongly reject an artificial timetable (for) withdrawal and/or Washington politicians trying to tell those who wear the uniform how to do their job," the president said.

Funding the Troops  —  End the war.  Fund the troops.  You can sum up the argument between George W. Bush and the Democratic majorities in Congress in just six words.  Both the House and the Senate have now passed supplemental appropriations that in different ways call for a beginning of an end to our military involvement in Iraq.

Ever-Larger Media Matt  —  Okay.  The time has come to let you all in on some changes forthcoming soon in my life and on this blog.  Most notably, I'm leaving my job at The American Prospect to take a position at The Atlantic Monthly where my primary responsibility is going to be . . . producing this blog.

JESUS WANTS US TO EXPLOIT THIS TRAGEDY  —  Well, it's a free country, so the Reverend Donald Wilmon's American Family Association has the inalienable right to post "The Day They Kicked God Out of the Schools," a video making those old familiar arguments — that school shootings are the fault …

Saving the Earth: The Biodiesel Bus Blog  —  Singer Sheryl Crow and environmentalist Laurie David have been traveling across America on a two-week Stop Global Warming College Tour, which winds up today at George Washington University.  Crow and David (co-producer of the documentary …

Finish the Job. 5 Senators Remain.  —  There are only 5 Senators who refuse to state if they have a hold or an objection to S. 223, the campaign finance electronic filing bill.  Let's finish the job and call their offices.  There is no reason remaining for any Senator who does not have a hold …

Right-wing blogs discover massive conspiracy to hide WMDs in Iraq  —  Melanie Phillips is a British neoconservative who has devoted herself to warning England that Muslims are taking over and destroying its culture.  Her book, oh-so-cleverly titled Londonistan, warns of …

Boris Yeltsin, RIP  —  [Ross] By coincidence, I finally got around to seeing The Lives of Others - which was as good as advertised - the day before Boris Yeltsin died, and it's hard not to let the movie's vision of pre-1989 East Germany edge into your thoughts while reading his obituaries.

Bush: Gonzales 'answered as honestly as he could.'  —  President Bush this morning stood by his beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.  Bush said Gonzales "gave a very candid assessment" and "answered every answer he could possibly answer, honestly answer, in a way that increased my confidence in his ability to do his job."

Former Aide to GOP Rep To Plead Guilty  —  Yet another shoe drops in the Jack Abramoff investigation.  A former aide to Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Mark Zachares, looks set to plead guilty to corruption charges.  —  The Justice Department filed a criminal information today on Zachares …

Taking A Step Back In The Cho Debate  —  The debate over the media's handling of the Seung-hui Cho manifesto continued over the weekend - CNN's "Reliable Sources," for example, devoted its first two segments to whether the media did the right thing in airing the materials.

RE: Kos  —  In my column this week I reported that Kos had bashed Barack Obama for his position on Iraq war funding.  Obama said he was opposed to adding a withdrawal timetable, or deadline, to the next funding bill the Democrats send Bush after he vetoes the current legislation.

Carl Bernstein writes biography of Hillary Clinton  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein, who with Bob Woodward helped expose the Watergate scandal, has spent eight years researching the life of Hillary Rodham Clinton and will publish a 640-page biography of her in June, the publisher said on Monday.

Bruning says he leads Hagel by 9 points  —  Attorney General Jon Bruning said Monday he led Sen. Chuck Hagel by 9 points in a survey last week of likely Republican voters in a 2008 GOP Senate primary contest.  —  The poll of 404 Republicans was conducted by Bruning's pollster, Dresner, Wickers and Associates of San Francisco.