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:

• Bush's approval rating stands at 29%.  It is the lowest of any other NBC poll during his presidency.
• Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) has joined Dennis Kucinich's campaign to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.
• This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held a conference call with liberal bloggers, promising them that his majority would revive the Iraq war debate.  “They’ve been driving this debate very well,” Mr. Reid said later,speaking of the bloggers who have been pushing for Congress to end thewar. “I understand their disappointment. We raised the bar too high."
• Scooter Libby will appear in federal court today and ask the judge to forestall his prison sentence while he appeals.
• An internal FBI audit found that the agency violated rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data on phone calls, emails and financial transactions since 2002.
• Democrats and Republicans are nearing a deal on spending projects.  each senator wants a piece of the pie for his/her district.
• Steven Spielberg has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.  He recently flirted with the idea of endorsing Obama, holding a fundraiser for him a few months back. 
• National Democrats (NBC/Wall Street Journal): Clinton - 39%, Obama - 25%, Edwards - 15%, Richardson - 4%, Biden - 4%.
• National Democrats (ARG): Clinton - 39%, Obama - 19%, Edwards - 13%.

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