The Morning Quickie Edition.

Hayden CIA bid hinges on spying role; "Hayden's chances of winning Senate confirmation to head the CIA depend on how he explains his involvement in eavesdropping and data collection programs, two key senators said."

Bush political problems may have no quick fix; unless Bush is capable of pulling a rabbit from his ass.

White House dismisses calls for direct Iran talks; that'll teach them to send long letters to President Bush!

Bush reassures Fox that the Guard at the border situation is only "temporary"; and if you believe that, I have this nice bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell ya!

The We Are America Alliance of 41 immigrant resource groups, unions, churches, day laborers and Spanish-language disc jockeys are preparing a retort to Bush's Monday night speech.

Saddam says he is ready to die, and Saddam's defense lawyer paints a different picture of him as a poet and friendly individual; perhaps he's not a bastard, after all?

While on Baghdad patrol, soldiers keep an eye on Iraqi police; "The same forces trained by U.S. troops to protect the public are often suspected in street killings." What the hell?

Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.) is under investigation for allocating federal funds into his poverty-ridden district--not because he chose a strange way to do it, but because he and his friends most likely pocketed some of the money.

"The Return of Voodoo Economics"; an op-ed piece on how most Republicans still believe that cutting taxes makes the economy grow even though analysts say otherwise.

John D. Negroponte is a bold-faced liar; 3 days before USA Today went public about the NSA spying domestically without warrants, Negroponte swore that the government was "absolutely not" monitoring domestic calls without warrants.

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