Political bits

(NYTimes) Rep. Jim Kolbe's spokesman, who admitted that Kolbe met with Foley in 2000, says "it was unclear if Mr. Kolbe had forwarded the complaint to House leaders." Later: Kolbe now says he passed it along "to Hastert's office."

(NYTimes) On the bright side of last night's post, "83 percent of respondents thought that Mr. Bush was either hiding something or mostly lying when he discussed how the war in Iraq was going. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said Mr. Bush was personally aware of pre-9/11 intelligence reports that warned of possible domestic terrorist attacks using airplanes."

(WCBS) Take a look at this local reporting looking at the Kean/Menendez Senate Race in New Jersey. The report outlines step by step how Menendez tried to trap Kean on Iraq, but I have to wonder if the bones of the story itself wasn't constructed by Kean. Very interesting.