Today’s Must Read: trying to make sense of the very long list of U.S. attorneys who just missed getting canned.

National Dems to actively target GOP Reps. Marilyn Musgrave and Sam Graves.

That and much more news in our Election Central Morning Roundup.

Why all that drama in March, 2004 over the president’s secret domestic surveillance program — when it had been going on unchecked for more than two years? An explanation.

Bush ducks question over whether he ordered the Card/Gonzales hospital blitz. More soon.

As the walls close in, Steve Clemons wonders, what ever happened to Wolfowitz the strategist?

How you can be a part of TPMtv, in today’s episode of … well, TPMtv …

Edwards campaign slams Rudy Giuliani for his claim that he “usually” hears Democrats blaming America for 9/11.

Dem senators Schumer and Feinstein to push for Gonzales no-confidence vote.

Count ’em up. As the Democrats push for a no-confidence vote for Gonzales in the Senate, you can bet that they’re taking a hard look at the vote count.

And it’s not looking good for Gonzales. We’ve updated our count and so far nine Republican senators have called (or hinted strongly) that Gonzales should resign.

Update: Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) makes it ten.

President Bush refuses to answer whether he ordered Card and Gonzales to Ashcroft’s hospital bedside …

The funny thing about this dodge is that the president is saying not only that the nature of the program is highly classified and must be kept secret, which may be true, but that his apparent order for Gonzales and Card to go squeeze the semi-concsious John Ashcroft is also highly classified and must be kept secret. Somehow I just don’t get that one. The president’s refusal to answer tells the tale. The president gave the order and even placed the call, as James Comey all but told us yesterday.

But it should not surprise us because this White House has mainly used ‘classification’ as a way to keep embarrassing information out of public view.