Further proving his dedication to leaving no embarrassing failure unrepeated, President Bush is sending Meghan O’Sullivan back to Iraq! MORE »

One of the Bush Administration’s top Iraq bumblers is quitting after four disastrous years. After fucking up everything from the pre-invasion plans to the provisional government, Meghan O’Sullivan will give up her current post as deputy national security adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan, she announced Monday. MORE »

Does Meghan O’Sullivan, President Bush’s deputy national security advisor, qualify as a hottie? We think so; but the point has been vigorously debated. See here and here (especially the reader comments). MORE »

The polls are now open in our White House Hotties contest. They will remain open until 10 a.m. Eastern time, Monday morning. Cast your vote for female hottie here, and your vote for male hottie here.

We’re big believers in an informed electorate. So we’ve collected testimonials, as well as tidbits of gossip, about the contestants.

Testimonials for the female finalists are available after the jump (or just click here). Testimonials for the male finalists will follow later today. Vote early and often, and tell all your friends!

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It’s a tough job, but somebody had to do it. We sifted through your many nominations in our White House Hotties contest, winnowing the entries down to eight contenders on the women’s side. (The male hotties will square off in a separate poll.) MORE »

After all our admiration for White House hotties Frances Townsend and Meghan O’Sullivan, the next logical step would be to pit them against each other in a reader poll (a la Dustee vs. Stormie). MORE »

Is a comprehensive makeover a job requirement for women working at the White House? We previously showed you “before” and “after” photos of homeland security hottie Frances Townsend. And now we have evidence that Townsend’s chief competition for top White House hottie — deputy national security adviser Meghan O’Sullivan, lovingly profiled in yesterday’s Times — has transformed her look too.

As always, the good stuff — the photographic proof — appears after the jump.

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It appears that our beloved Frances Townsend has some competition for the title of top White House hottie. This morning’s Times brings us Elisabeth Bumiller’s profile of 36-year-old Meghan O’Sullivan, deputy national security adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan. This follows on the heels of Washingtonian naming O’Sullivan a “Woman to Watch,” in their feature on the 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington.

More discussion of this high-octane hottie appears after the jump.

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• Delayed discovery of three detainee suicides at Guantanamo Bay raises questions concerning whether regulations for supervision of prisoners were followed. Army general compares the suicides to the 9/11 attacks. [NYT; WP]

• Race between House immigration hawk J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) and Democratic challenger Harry Mitchell is shaping up as a referendum on immigration policy. [WP]
• Immigration issue also complicates Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s re-election bid in California. [WSJ]
• Iran offers initial reaction to Western nuclear proposal; deems some parts acceptable, but offers no specifics. [WP]
• Democrats’ chances of scoring wins in governors’ races may be slipping. [USAT]
• Prominent Democrats schmooze with bloggers at Yearly Kos, reflecting growing clout of netroots. [Time; LAT]

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