Fred Thompson: Nixon's Mole On The Watergate Committee
The Boston Globe dug up Fred Thompson's long-forgotten 1975 memoir, in which the presidential hopeful made a startling admission: As an investigator for the Senate Watergate Committee, he leaked information directly to the White House. One glaring example was that Thompson tipped off the White House that the committee had found out about the secret White House taping system, giving the Nixon Administration time to prepare for the public revealing of it. "Thompson was a mole for the White House," said Scott Armstrong, who served as a Democratic investigator on the committee. "Fred was working hammer and tong to defeat the investigation of finding out what happened to authorize Watergate and find out what the role of the president was."

Bush In Independence Day Speech Defends Surge, Blasts Withdrawal
President Bush said yesterday that the troop surge in Iraq is "essential to the security" of the United States and blasted the idea of withdrawal just as Democratic congressional leaders are preparing new legislation with timetables limiting the American presence in Iraq. "If we were to quit Iraq before the job is done, the terrorists we are fighting would not declare victory and lay down their arms - they would follow us here, home," Bush said. "However difficult the fight is in Iraq, we must win it - we must succeed for our own sake; for the security of our citizens, we must support our troops, we must support the Iraqi government, and we must defeat al Qaeda in Iraq."

Rove's Mircotargeter Working For Romney
The Washington Post today has a profile of Alex Gage, the man who sold Karl Rove and Ken Mehlman on the merits of using corporate strategies of micro-targeting to tailor messages to voters during elections. He now works for Mitt Romney.

Man With Knife Arrested Outside Obama's Hotel
A 24-year-old man with an eight-inch knife, an illegal weapon, was arrested outside Barack Obama's Iowa hotel after he was spotted loitering by Obama's security crew. Due to of an inordinate number of death threats the Illinois senator is the only presidential candidate being protected by the Secret Service, besides Hillary Clinton who has a detail assigned to her because she is a former First Lady.

Rasmussen: Hillary Ties Fred Thompson, Just Edges Out Romney
A new Rasmussen poll finds Hillary Clinton leading Mitt Romney by a small margin of 46%-42%. Hillary also ties Fred Thompson at 45% each.

Rasmussen: Bush's Unfavorability Statistically Tied With Nixon's Among Presidents
A new Rasmussen poll finds that 59% of Americans view George W. Bush unfavorably. He is edged out by a statistically insignificant margin by none other than the disgraced Richard Nixon, who is viewed unfavorably by 60% of Americans.

Quinnipiac Poll: Bloomberg Would Draw From Giuliani In New Jersey
A new Quinnipiac poll of New Jersey finds that Mike Bloomberg would have a potential spoiler effect against the Republicans in New Jersey. While Rudy Giuliani beats all Dems in the state in head-to-head match-ups, Bloomberg turns in to a tied race between Rudy and Hillary Clinton at 36% each, with 18% for Bloomberg.

Tancredo Still Finds Plenty Of Vitriol To Fuel Campaign
Tom Tancredo, the maverick Colordado representative who has based his presidential bid largely around a nativist platform, has found there is still plenty of anger over undocumented immigrants to propel his single-issue campaign despite the death of comprehensive immigration reform in the Senate. "We need to stop the inflow of illegals, and we need to deal with the ones that are already in the country," said one man who drove 250 miles to hear Tancredo speak last weekend in Iowa.

Edwards' $400 Stylist Speaks Out
The Washington Post has a new article out about Joseph Torrenueva, the Beverly Hills hair stylist who gave John Edwards the infamous $400 haircuts. Torrenueva says that while he does still like Edwards, he was let down by the campaign's dismissive attitude against him when the cost of the cuts — he normally charges $175, but the price went up due to him having to fly all the way over — became public. "I'm disappointed and I do feel bad. If I know someone, I'm not going to say I don't know them," Torrenueva said. "When he called me 'that guy,' that hit my ears. It hurt."