Weekend Odds and Ends

It's only 307 (long) days until Election Day. Here's the news...

Discouraging economic news has finally caught the President's attention. He says "we’re considering all options" in terms of an economic stimulus package. One thing being considered? Tax cuts, natch.

Jon Soltz asks, why does the President hate the troops? It involves a pocket veto.

Sen. Dodd may have ended his long-shot presidential bid, but he makes clear he still intends to filibuster any FISA granting immunity to telecom companies. Kudos.

Was Rudy Giuliani upset by the Iowa results? No, because 9/11 9/11 9/11.

Meanwhile, in Pakistan, the investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto is being taken up by Scotland Yard. And the recent events have many in Washington having doubts about supporting Musharraf's regime.

The post-election turmoil in Kenya is renewing international focus on that nation.

Finally, in the Middle East, "Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in an unprecedented public acknowledgment, called continued Israeli construction in West Bank settlements a breach of Israel's obligations under a recently revived peace plan."