DailyKos:

It is no secret that America's energy needs (i.e. oil) have played a significant role in U.S. foreign policy over the years, especially in the middle east.

Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait in particular, rank #1, #3, #4, and #5 in the world respectively in terms of oil reserves.

Our military has fought wars and shed blood in this region. And our government has sold arms, invested billions of dollars, and turned a blind eye to regimes whose records on fighting terrorism, defending human rights, and fostering political stability---the very things the current administration claims we are fighting for in Iraq---are abysmal to say the least.

For these reasons, there is broad, bi-partisan consensus that energy independence is a matter of urgent national security.

The ultimate irony is that while our government has done almost nothing to ween America off oil, the military...yes the military...is actually moving towards energy independence. Read on...

CBS:

SHOULD U.S. SET TIMETABLE FOR IRAQ WITHDRAWAL IN 2008?

Now 4/2007

Yes 63% 64%

No 34 32

Only 20% believe the troop increase is helping. 76% say the war is going badly. The American people want a timetable set up for withdrawal...

The Democratic Party has a 53% favorable rating to only 38% for the Republicans... "Americans also choose the Democratic Party as more likely to make the right decisions about U.S. foreign policy, the war in Iraq, and immigration." I wonder how this will change in the new polling...

Tristram Shandy: Bush throws pro-life supporters under the bus, is he wired again?

Looking for Someone to Lie to Me: Exonerated but still held at Gitmo

darrel plant: Clueless at NPR..the Kurds blame who?

Petrelis Files: Security net's holes...plus, Cheney's "Groundhog Day"

Senate Majority Project: This is starting to get old...McCain breaks McCain/Feingold yet again stumping for Chafee

This Modern World: U.S. foreign policy "experts" do a 180; now suspect sky may well be blue...also, it appears that some reporters don't like being reminded that their job is the illumination of the truth.