Here is a compendium of the blogs that are covering the campaign as news. Poynter Online - Monitoring Politics Sometimes a simple explanation is the best. Here the complex matter of the federal budget is explained simply.TrueMajority The "Fog of War" still has me thinking today. The piece McNamara has now written about the USA involvement in Iraq is chilling, given that the the current administration seems to be basing their actions on ideology without regard to facts or reality. NPR reported today that not only were the Arms Inspector s and Allies tricked about WMD in Iraq, but apparently so was Saddam. It turns out scientists came to realize that they could get money out of the Saddam govt. by saying they were developing weapons programs, but then diverting the money. So Saddam thought he had the weapons, our intelligence thought he had the weapons, but there were no weapons. This story is airing now, so I can't link it yet.