Edwards adviser who riled up the netroots yesterday issues an apology. That and other political news of the day in today’s Election Central Morning Roundup.

Today’s Must Read: what does the defeat of the no-confidence vote mean?

Some choice words from Eugene Robinson, a regular oasis of non-Bush hagiography on the WaPo oped page …

That was a wonderful reverse-Borat moment Sunday, with the joyous townspeople of Fushe Kruje yelling “Bushie! Bushie!” and Albania’s prime minister gushing over the “greatest and most distinguished guest we have ever had in all times.” The crowd pressed in for autographs, photographs, a presidential peck on the cheek. Years from now, in his dotage, Bushie will feel warm all over when he recalls those magical hours in Albania. How they adored him!

Outside of greater Tirana, however, the president’s stock as an apostle of freedom continues to fall — and rightly so. Even as Albania swooned, the rest of Europe was digesting a blue-ribbon report issued Friday about the abduction, secret detention and abusive interrogation of suspects in Bush’s “war on terror.”

Voter suppression kingpin Schlozman ‘clarifies’ testimony to the senate. More soon.

Is the failure to stall the Iraq War dragging down the new Dem-controlled Congress?

A new poll finds that Congress’ approval rating is at its lowest in a decade — and that less than one-third of liberals approve of the job Congress is doing.

Here’s Brad Schlozman’s “clarification” of his testimony.

Joe Trippi and the Edwards campaign respond to Edwards adviser Mudcat Saunders’ assertion that unnamed liberal bloggers should “go to Hell.”

A couple weeks ago Drinking Liberally, a nationwide political and social organization where liberals and progressives gather in bars to socialize and talk politics, celebrated the 4th anniversary of its founding. In today’s episode of TPMtv, we report from the flagship chapter at Rudy’s Bar and Grill in Hell’s Kitchen on what the group represents and how it affects the progressive movement in general …

Late Update: For the full, unedited versions of all of our interviews at Drinking Liberally, click here.

When I sat down at my email this morning there was a weird email in my inbox.

The ‘from’ field said “Jerusalem Post” and the ‘subject’ line was “A Message from Rudy Giuliani”. Sure enough they were sending out his fundraising pitch. Here’s our report.

Your Department of Transportation under the Bush administration.