Breaking News from the Front Lines:

The New York Times quotes Illinois Republican Ray LaHood, who announced he would not run for re-election as stating,

“People are going to continue to have heartburn over the war,” he said. “Democrats will win the White House, hold their majority in the House and in the Senate in 2008, and then in 2010 we will have an extraordinary opportunity in the off-year of a Democratic presidency and Congressional majorities to possibly win it back. But it is not going to happen the next time,” in 2008.

Ooopsie!

Mitt Romney wants to run on the immigration issue. He claims we can keep the illegals out of the U. S. The question is who will mow his lawn in that case? No, that ain't a joke. When good ol' Mitt was "gubonator" of Mass. he had a local landscaping company doing his lawn (evidently all those kids of his couldn't be bothered to mow the grass). And, yes, the company hired illegal aliens to do the grunt work. A number of these south of the border folks have been discovered by the press. Gail Collins tells part of the tale in her op-ed piece today's New York Times.