April 11

Talking of polls, a new University of Pennsylvania poll reported in the Washington Post shows President Bush besting John Kerry "on such traits as "strong leader," "steady," "easy to like as a person" and "has a clear vision of where he wants to lead the country."

As the situation in Iraq pauses for breath with a ceasefire in Falluja, however, it's important that the White House does something to retake the initiative, other than just have the President say the US forces "are taking care of business".

The declassified PDB memo of August 6th, 2001, however, continues to complicate the White House's strategy.

With British prime minister Tony Blair preparing for his visit to Washington this week, which should bolster Bush's standing, Blair is under pressure from his own party to be more forceful with President Bush over UN involvement.

Finally; signs that Joe Lieberman was never going to be a good candidate after all... turns out his director of communications is named ... Matt Gobush.