Daily Briefing: Scott McClellan Upgrades
•Democrats seen to have a better chance to gain governorships than Congress. Gov.Mitt Romney(R-Mass.): "The math is not in our favor this cycle." Gov.Bill Richardson(D-N.M.): "If we're going to win in '08, strengthening the Democratic party shouldn't be through Washington, but through the states." [ WSJ ]
•GAO finds government credit cards were misused and overcharged in the wake of Katrina. [ WP ]
•White House press briefings will be held across the street for at least seven months while the briefing room is renovated. [ WP ]
•Both parties are increasingly running minority candidates. [ USAT ]
• Adam Kidantakes responsibility for dealings withJack Abramoff; says he was not duped: "I wish I had never met Jack." [ LAT ]
•Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid made up nearly half of the total 2004 budget. [ USAT ]
•South Dakota tests the boundaries of abortion restrictions. [ WP ]
•Rep.Tom Tancredo(R-Colo.) likes ruffling GOP feathers over immigration: "Party I couldn't care less about. If it gets hurt by this, it deserves to be hurt." [ LAT ]
•Military contractors are grinding for a "flattening of the defense budget." [ NYT ]
•Administration supportsAnna Nicole Smithin Supreme Court case. [ WT ]