Also...

Glenn Greenwald over at Salon has a very long and thoughtful post about my CJR piece.

Elizabeth Edwards on Hillary Clinton

"When she announced her candidacy she said, "I'm in it to win it." What is that? That's not a rationale."

I consistently find Elizabeth Edwards to be about ten times more impressive than her husband. More here.

A different kind of progress report

The State Department now requires its workers to wear flak jackets and Kevlar helmets inside the Green Zone. (From the indispensable McClatchy News Service.)