Roundup

Great observations from Captain Ed about where the debate over Iraq funding stands today.

Ted Koppel stands up for victory in Iraq.

Unindicted co-conspirator calls Petraeus a political hack. Pathetic. McQ tells you all you need to know.

Drudge blares that Time Magazine left the President off of its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Do you need a greater demonstration of how silly and trivial the list must be?

Ask yourself: if President Bush is not one of the two or three most influential people on the planet, then why do his opponents here and abroad make his defeat the central organizing principle of their lives? Is Iraq suddenly not important?

Soren piles on Romney. He's right though - better not to have tried to back away from Battlefield Earth.

Fausta notes Thompson's suggestion for Michael Moore.

Tom Brady: Yankees fan.

The 25 wonders of the world. I've seen 5 of them.

A historian says that Jack the Ripper died in Poland, after living in the US and South Africa.