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Kucinich questions Bush's mental health
Strong words from Democratic presidential contender Dennis Kucinich may be nothing new, but his comments to a newspaper Tuesday questioning President Bush's mental health are raising a few eyebrows.

"I seriously believe we have to start asking questions about his mental health," the Ohio congressman told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "There's something wrong. He does not seem to understand his words have real impact."

US Deaths In Iraq Lowest Since March 2006 USA Today reports the "number of US combat deaths in Iraq is headed for the lowest level in more than a year and a half and the fifth consecutive monthly decline."

BIDEN DESCRIBES GIULIANI AS "A NOUN AND A VERB AND 9/11″: Rudy Giuliani, the front-running Republican candidate for president, had questioned what credentials Hillary Clinton, the front-running Democrat, has to serve as president in the last debate of the Republican candidates. The Swamp: Electing a president: A question of experience

GAO Report Highlights Ongoing Problems   McClatchy reports, "The US and Iraqi governments have failed to take advantage of a dramatic drop in violence in Iraq, according to a report issued Tuesday by a US watchdog agency, which warned that prospects were waning 'for achieving current US security, political and economic goals in Iraq.'"

21 States Could Run Out Of SCHIP Money   The New York Times reports, "Twenty-one states will run out of money for children's health insurance in the coming year, and at least nine of those states will exhaust their allotments in March if Congress simply continues spending at current levels."

Some funnies-

Actually, all the funnies this morning are mean, so just go laugh at the video of a farting pumpkin.