- Richard Reeves uses the Congressional Democratic strategy of Vietnam to highlight the current Republican strategy toward Iraq and says Only Republicans Can Stop the War and says if they don’t they face defeat in the next election.

- Joe Klein writes about Religion, good works & the opposite of sin and the two presidential candidates who are doing the same.

- Richard Cohen looks at weight & politics.

- David S. Broder looks at the longshots in the race and has some praise.

- Howard Kurtz calls Iowa weird, then qualifies it & looks at Sen. Clinton.

- Howard Fineman looks at Clinton’s California Strategy | McCain & The Upside of Anger | Running Hard by Staying Out

Immigration
Immigration debate filled the Congress & the campaigns this week and many columnists took the time to write about it. They include Paul Krugman | Eleanor Clift | Pat Buchanon | Tony Blankley | Lynn Sweet | George F. Will | John Fund