SOME RECOVERY

In another blow to Bush's gossamer-thin argument of an economic recovery (think WMD), the Census Bureau reveals that the number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, the third straight increase.

Health Secretary Tommy Thompson's comment might be laughable if it weren't so perverted:

"The big failure is not what is happening in the administration. Individuals in the Senate have failed to adopt the president's health care plan."