More on U.S. Attorney for Milwaukee Steve Biskupic.

Today, the appeals court released its written opinion of the case he brought against Georgia Thompson, a state bureaucrat, in a case that implicated Wisconsin’s Dem governor. The verdict? “Preposterous.”

Yet another lesson in positive thinking from the administration.

This time, it’s White House spokeswoman Dana Perino emphasizing the number of figures in the administration who haven’t received public pressure to resign.

Here’s a Friday afternoon quiz for you. Guess who said these remarks about Iraq — Lieberman or the White House?

Doolittle: Like the Duke Lacrosse guys, I’m falsely accused.

You’ve undoubtedly heard the story of the scandal surrounding World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and the generous salaries and favors he provided to his girlfriend, Shaha Ali Riza, in his capacity as president of the Bank. But look what Sid Blumenthal has dug up. The strings Wolfowitz pulled for Riza, the plums and sinecures go back into his time in the US government — unexplained security clearances provided to a foreign national, special contracts apparently cooked up especially for her with US tax dollars. I had a hard time keeping all the intricacies and details straight in my head. But there definitely seems to be a story there. Oh, and Dick Cheney’s daughter Liz — MidEast democracy czar installed at the State Department to keep the neocons flame burning — she’s in the mix too.

The Wall Street Journal goes front page with the tangled web of Rep. Rick Renzi’s business dealings.

CNN’s Kyra Phillips informs us that Reid’s “war is lost” comment is “discouraging” to the troops.

The GOP’s “bitch slap” theory of electoral politics, as advanced by your liberal media–in this case, by the queen bee herself.

A look at what the Supreme Court’s abortion decision portends for other important cases in the new Alito era.

Baghdad, through the eyes of U.S. commander David Petraeus:

On Friday night at dusk, Petraeus boarded a helicopter to look for scenes of normalcy and progress from above the maelstrom of the capital.

“On a bad day, I actually fly Baghdad just to reassure myself that life still goes on,” he said, leaning back and propping his legs on the seat in front of him.

The aircraft banked right and Petraeus caught sight of a patch of relative calm. “He’s actually watering the grass!” Petraeus said with a laugh, peering down at a man tending a soccer field, with children playing nearby.

Seconds later, the aircraft pivoted again, exposing boarded-up shops on a deserted, trash-strewn street. A bit farther, along the Tigris River, a hulking pile of twisted steel came into view — the remains of the Sarafiya bridge, blown up April 12 amid a series of spectacular and deadly suicide bombings.

“That’s a setback,” Petraeus said, his voice lower. “That breaks your heart.”