Blue Radar

As I post each morning, here are some of the political stories thatmight not be worthy of their own posts, but are nonetheless newsworthy:

• CNN: 51% have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, and 36% have a favorable view of the Republican Party.
• CBS: Bush job approval rating at 27%.
• A mystery pollsteris conducting surveys of whether Americans would vote for MichaelBloomberg in 2008.  Many think this pollster is connected to Bloomberghimself.  The New York Mayor is refusing to comment.
  
• The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about detainees from Guantanamo Bay that want a right to a fair trial.
• Democrats want to cut funding for Guantanamo Bayin half.  This would force the closure of the prison.  Guantanamo'sannual budget is $125 million per year.  At the moment, the bill has 145 supporters in the House.
• The European Union says it has run out of cash for Darfur peacekeepers.
  
• GOP presidential candidate Sam Brownback has a lot of anger for the Clinton family.  As he writes in his new book, "I was considering what I should say when I confronted all the angerthat I held for the Clintons.  I thought, I hate them for what they are doing to the country and I feel justified in hating them for it."
• NBC News:Among the '08 contenders that Americans say they definitely would notvote for, Hillary Clinton (52%) is first, followed by Mitt Romney(46%).  McCain, Edwards and Giuliani are next.
  

If we left anything out, feel free to add any stories in the commentbox.