Poll: Top Democrats Deadlocked In Iowa  —  Huckabee Catching Up To Romney Among Hawkeye State Republicans  —  (CBS) Democrats and Republicans are both headed toward heated showdowns in Iowa, where, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll, Hillary Clinton holds a statistically insignificant lead …

Full Video: McCain Says Supporter's "Bitch" Query About Hillary Is "An Excellent Question"  —  Below we noted that a local Fox affiliate had reported on a John McCain event in South Carolina where he'd stood by while one of his supporters called Hillary a "bitch."

Ex-FBI Agent Accused Of Security Breach  —  Woman Pleads Guilty To Charges Involving Improper Access Of Information  —  (CBS) A 37-year-old woman who previously worked as an FBI agent and a CIA analyst, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving improper access of information, CBS News has learned.

Ex-Publisher's Suit Plays a Giuliani-Kerik Angle  —  Judith Regan, the former book publisher, says in a lawsuit filed today protesting her dismissal by the News Corporation, the media conglomerate, that a senior executive there encouraged her to lie to federal investigators about her past affair …

NY governor said to abandon license plan  —  WASHINGTON - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has decided to abandon a plan to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, officials familiar with the decision told The Associated Press Tuesday night.  —  The governor is due to meet Wednesday morning …

Reid calls on Bush to withdraw troops  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that Democrats won't approve more money for the Iraq war this year unless President Bush agrees to begin bringing troops home.  —  By the end of the week, the House and Senate planned to vote …

His Ideas Are Good, But I Want More Bullet Points  —  So we're back to arguing about John Edwards' plan to strip members of Congress of their health care if they don't pass comprehensive reform.  I'm always astonished at how bizarrely literally pundits act when they approach this idea.

Say It Enough Times It Must Be True  —  First the Clinton campaign whines that the other candidates were picking on the girl.  Then, standing up to Russert is like standing up to Hitler.  Then Bill Clinton compared Russert to the Swift Boat Vets.  Now the Clinton campaign is warning Wolf Blizter that he better not "pull a Russert."

Newsweek  —  Remember that big announcement I promised earlier?  Well, it's now official. … Yeah, there's a lot of heads exploding in wingnutlandia today over this bit of news.  But Newsweek is "balancing" me out with someone that should make heads on our side explode.

Justice Department reopens domestic spying probe  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Bush administration has apparently changed policy and cleared the way for the Justice Department to restart an investigation into the government's no-warrant electronic surveillance program, a department official told Congress on Tuesday.

Why I Think Hillary Will Win  —  The former House Majority Leader looks at the issues debate in the presidential campaign.  —  If the 2008 presidential election were held today, Hillary Rodham Clinton would win.  —  Hillary's minor stumbles in last week's debate notwithstanding …

Iowa Waitress Speaks Out: I Didn't Get Tip From Clinton, Media Has Misplaced Priorities  —  For the past week, Anita Esterday's life has been turned upside down.  A single mother of two, she found herself in the middle of a media circus when it was reported that Sen. Hillary Clinton's …

The war on Thanksgiving  —  The annual war on Thanksgiving begins.  Via Orbusmax, the Seattle schools are using the holiday to indulge in oppression studies 101: … Look, I'm all for truthful, historically accurate lessons about Thanksgiving.  But the "diversity"-peddlers agenda is not about historical accuracy.

Is the Roll-Out Sputtering?  —  Tracking the roll-out for the Iran war through the last week, we have seen some high profile developments.  We learned that the pressure is on military intelligence officers and other key nodes of the intelligence community to come up with evidence …