Byrd confronts Wolfowitz in the Senate Armed Services Cmte. hearing; the world is reacting to W's supplemental request for guns and money; Rumsfeld is painting nay-sayers as friends of terrorism; the Palestinian Authority may or may not have a new Prime Minister; the Killer D's are giving up and going home; the Congressional Black Caucus is sponsoring a candidate's debate ... and somebody tossed the Pristina Airport bogey man into the regular open thread, with predictable results.

This thread is currently open to any discussion EXCEPT stumping for your favorite in the Democratic presidential derby, or smearing one of your favorite's rivals. I'll patrol occasionally and comb out the thread as necessary. -- RonK, Seattle