MAKING THE CASE

The latest CNN/USA Today poll makes for fascinating reading. The usual gender gap in war-support has evaporated, with women just as likely to back a war against Iraq as men. More interesting, on the question of who’s exploiting this for domestic reasons, the Democrats come off worse than Bush. 59 percent say the Dems are delaying a war-vote for political reasons. Only 26 percent believe Bush’s war-timing is politically motivated. As so often, the voters have sized it up pretty accurately.

SADDAM, SADDAM, SADDAM: This via Instapundit: Mike Silverman’s guide to Saddam art in Iraq. I prefer the little gay guy in the South Park movie myself. Man, could he dance.

SONTAG AWARD NOMINEE: “Actress Susannah Harker, of House of Cards and Pride and Prejudice, said supporting the anti-war campaign was a ‘moral stance’ for her. She said: ‘If this is about producing weapons of destruction I think that America is the worst culprit and they should be dealt with first.'” – BBC Entertainment news.