Little things

In a ridiculously forgiving USAToday piece on McCain, "Now, a statewide survey by the University of New Hampshire this month found seven in 10 independents plan to vote in the Democratic primary in 2008." (Assuming a 38D-35R-27I breakdown, that's a big swing independent vote affecting the Dem primary in NH.)

After the attack on Bagram airbase, "Cheney flew out for Oman aboard a military C-17 Globemaster named "The Spirit of Strom Thurmond" after the staunch conservative politician." (picture.)

In his report citing "significant risk" to the US, Peter Pace takes a shot at the State Dept. "And it said the decline in readiness is also affected by whether other federal agencies and other nations are fulfilling their commitments. There have been long-standing complaints that the State Department has not met its responsibilities in Iraq..."