• Via Atrios, Glenn Greenwald discovers that Lieberman consultant Dan Gerstein is up to his old tricks again. The Washington Post quotes Gerstein bashing Lieberman's blogospheric foes without disclosing that Gerstein is one of Lieberman's paid advisers.

• Slate's John Dickerson says the Hillary campaign has been doing some creative editing to make her look like Commander-in-Chief material.

• Salon notes that White House counsel Dan Bartlett is continuing to peddle the idea that the American people don't think members of Congress should determine foreign policy over the President — despite contrary poll data.

• John Edwards has given an ultimatum to his Democratic rivals: When Bush vetoes the Iraq withdrawal timetable, send him another one, and refuse to pass a "clean" funding bill without such withdrawal deadlines.

• NRSC chairman Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) is putting together a road show of vulnerable senators for a joint fundraising tour. Sens. Norm Coleman (MN), Susan Collins (ME), Gordon Smith (OR), and John Sununu (NH) will launch their tour in late may, hitting up Houston, Dallas, and Las Vegas for out-of-state donations. As The New Hampshire Union Leader points out, this is not a new tactic. President Bush memorably dubbed a previous troupe of touring senators “The Three Amigos” in 2002. All this comes at a time when Democrats are wildly out fundraising Republicans, having raised almost twice as much cash in the first months of 2007. — Kate Redburn

• Charges have been dismissed against Jim Webb aide Phillip Thompson, who had been arrested for bringing a loaded gun belonging to the Senator into the Russell Senate Office Building.

• A new poll from the Tarrance Group (R) has Governor Ernie Fletcher (R-KY) up 51%-29% over his primary challenger, defeated former Congresswoman Ann Northup. The catch: The Tarrance group is the Fletcher campaign's official pollster, and the Fletcher campaign were the ones who released it — so take it with a grain of salt.

• A new SurveyUSA poll shows that 91% of New Jerseyans think Governor Jon Corzine should get a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt in the accident that nearly killed him. Meanwhile, Corzine has announced he will pay the full costs of his healthcare, from the emergency care to his physical rehabilitation, rather than have it charged to the taxpayers.