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:

• TORTURE In 2005, the CIA destroyed at least two tapes of interrogations.
• CONGRESS On Thursday, the Congress passed a bill that would increase fuel efficiency by 40% by the year 2020.  Bush might veto the bill.
• IRAQ Nearly six in ten military families disapprove of the way Bush has handled the war.
• HEALTH Leading experts say that drinking bottled water is no safer than drinking from the tap.
• 2008 ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL Hillary Clinton has fired a campaign chair in Iowa that circulated a racist smear email that targeted Barack Obama.
• 2008 ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL Hispanic voters are flocking to the Democratic Party in droves.  In 2004, a majority of them voted for Bush.  Now it has flipped.  57% favor Democrats, while 23% said they favor Republicans.
• 2008 ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) predicts Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will win the Iowa Caucus.
• 2008 ELECTION/PRESIDENTIAL South Carolina Democrats (Rasmussen): Clinton - 36%, Obama - 34%, Edwards - 13%.

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 to the commentbox.