Three quick politics stories

First, the WaPo has an interesting piece on how Frist's presidential ambitions and his role as Senate Majority Leader are coming into conflict. Apparently, his pushing of his agenda in preparation for a presidential run is pissing off other Senate Republicans. (Think he'll tank McCain somehow?)

Second, Eleanor Clift mentions that James Baker, Bush Sr. advisor and 2000 election figure, has been tapped by the current Bush administration to lead a key outside advisory group on Iraq policy.

Third, Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr. of Missouri, actually asked the question that nobody else in politics has dared to ask,

"I have a question for President Bush," said Clay, who voted against the resolution authorizing Bush to go to war in Iraq. "If you really believe that the war that you started in Iraq is a fight to defeat terrorism and to defend our freedoms, why haven't your girls enlisted?"

It's a bit of demagoguery, but boy, is that fun. In the Post-Dispatch article this links to, he also calls Bush an "incompetent chickenhawk."

(Also: Today's Doonesbury is wickedly on topic.)

UPDATE: Scalia has been denying that he made an obscene gesture and said "F*** You" in Italian while in a church. Doofus, you don't pick a fight with the reporter when there's a picture.