Today’s was the first bloggers briefing of 2008 and to kick things off, Bruce Bartlett came by to plug his new book, Wrong on Race, which sets the record straight on the Democrats record on race relations.

I’m not saying I buy this entirely, but let me play Devil’s advocate.

How do the presidential candidates of both parties stand on the important issues? AdvanceUSA selected ten issues and compared the candidates.

The Sunday New York Times runs a front-page story on debates within the Bush administration over whether to conduct covert operations against al-Qaeda/Taliban forces in Pakistan.

CREW sent an ethics complaint asking for an investigation into whether Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) violated federal bribery law by including a $2 million earmark.