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:

• (SOCIAL ISSUES) A judge in Polk County ruled that Iowa's law banning gay marriage was unconstitutional.
• (HOMEFRONT) One in eight 9/11 rescue workers are afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder.
• (WAR) Army officials will investigate more than 18,000 contracts awarded in the last four years to see if there was any fraud.
• (WAR) The Pentagon's inspector general is launching an investigation into the military's inability to account for missing weapons.  This investigation was launched following the news that Kurdish militants used US weapons to attack Turkey.
• (WASHINGTON) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is opening the door to a possible compromise with Republicans on a bill to end the war.  "I'm not saying, 'Republicans, do what we want to do.' Just give mesomething that you think you would like to do, that accomplishes someor all of what I want to do," Reid said.
• (CORRUPTION) In the interrogation video that was released on Thursday, Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) was accused by the police officer of lying to him: "I don't disrespect you but I'm disrespected right now, and I'm nottrying to act like I have all kinds of power or anything, but you'resitting here lying to a police officer."
• (2008 RACE) On the Late Show with David Letterman, Hillary Clinton joked that Bill Clinton would be her vice presidential nominee if the constitution were different.  "Believe me," she joked, "he looked into that."
• (2008 RACE) Many 9/11 rescue workers are still upset that Republican presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani will attend the 9/11 memorial because it reeks of political pandering.  According to the Washington Post, 'Groups called the 9/11 Firefighters & Families for Truth, WTCFamilies for Proper Burial, 9/11 Parents & Families of Firefighters& WTC Victims, and September 11th Advocates said Giuliani has"perpetuated his 'grand illusion' of hero rather than account for thefailures.'"
• (POLL) Iowa Democrats (Time): Edwards - 32%, Clinton - 24%, Obama - 22%, Richardson - 13%.
• (POLL) If you look at the numbers on a graph, Bill Richardson is surging faster than any other Democratic candidate in Iowa.

If we left something out, it's because we either wrote about ityesterday or are scheduled to do so in an individual post later today. Otherwise, feel free to add any stories in the commentbox.